The vendor set the terms. I, also have been a long time Poser user. I still have my Poser v1 diskettes (yes, diskettes). Those who pre-ordered got the deal, simple as that. I wish I had the deal. Heck, I wish I had the $129 to pre-order (being out of work put the kibosh on that!) I can't complain, I got Poser 5 for $99 at Amazon.

"Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks more of what he intends to say than that of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak." - Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Intel Core i7 920, 24GB RAM, GeForce GTX 1050 4GB video, 6TB HDD space
Poser 12: Inches (Poser(PC) user since 1 and the floppies/manual to prove it!)