Unexpected/Sudden Breakthrough: The Sacred Books of the East (50 vols.)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/810914#Comment_810914

I noticed this today too. Wow, I wonder what happened but am glad to hear that it passed 100%.

Now Let's see if we can get more people to bid so we can lower the price.

Kenneth Neighoff

A lower price would be nice.

George Somsel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/810916#Comment_810916

A lower price would be nice.

My guess is that it would be entirely feasible to get the price down to $75 or even to $70 in the time remaining.

GaoLu

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/810922#Comment_810922

I hope. I really want it, but can't pay that much.

I wonder what tagging and special advantage will add substantial value to these?

David J. Wilson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/810943#Comment_810943

Bid what you are willing / able to pay and encourage others to also place bids.

If more people bid, then the price may reduce.... [:)]

Jan Krohn

Maybe production cost was lowered.

Unfortunately $80 is too high for me. At $40 I might consider it...

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/810973#Comment_810973

Unfortunately $80 is too high for me. At $40 I might consider it...

Would you consider bidding $70? It might make it there.

abondservant

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/810976#Comment_810976

we crossed at 70, 65 is in view, and possibly 60 if we really push.

Average Joe

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811007#Comment_811007

we crossed at 70, 65 is in view, and possibly 60 if we really push.

Well, we do have a full week left for people to bid. I think we can get it to $60. I'm going to be super optimistic and say that I think we can even get it down to $50! [:D]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811064#Comment_811064

Well, we do have a full week left for people to bid. I think we can get it to $60. I'm going to be super optimistic and say that I think we can even get it down to $50!

That would be great!

Alright people, you have one week to place your bids. The sooner you do, the more you will encourage others to bid, the lower the price will be.

Matthew C Jones

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811081#Comment_811081

This collection is complimentary to the Great Books of the Western World.

Kenute P. Curry

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811123#Comment_811123

It is now down to $70.00.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811064#Comment_811064

Well, we do have a full week left for people to bid. I think we can get it to $60. I'm going to be super optimistic and say that I think we can even get it down to $50!

For closing price to become $ 50, need 25 % more bids of $ 50 or higher (current progress is 80 %) => The Sacred Books of the East (50 vols.)

A closing price of $ 70 is a discount of 72 % off regular price, which is already 2 % better than March Madness champion.

If the current bids less than $ 65 were raised to $ 65, then closing price would become $ 65 or less.

Keep Smiling [:)]

Dave Thawley

$70 for 50 volumes :-) May even go lower. This is fantastic. The resource does look very interesting :-)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811299#Comment_811299

$70 for 50 volumes :-) May even go lower.

It is very close to $65 now.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811136#Comment_811136

A closing price of $ 70 is a discount of 72 % off regular price, which is already 2 % better than March Madness champion.

If the current bids less than $ 65 were raised to $ 65, then closing price would become $ 65 or less.

Indeed, if just the $50 bids were raised, then the closing price would likely already be at $60 and inching toward $55 and perhaps beyond—especially with a week left. That would encourage others to bid as well.

If owning this collection in Logos would be useful and affordable to any users, it's better to hop on sooner than later!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811081#Comment_811081

Well, we do have a full week left for people to bid. I think we can get it to $60. I'm going to be super optimistic and say that I think we can even get it down to $50!

That would be great!

Alright people, you have one week to place your bids. The sooner you do, the more you will encourage others to bid, the lower the price will be.

[Y]

Dan Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811365#Comment_811365

$50 might be very doable since we have 6 days if enough people jump on purchasing it I would say $50 is possible although I am not 100% sure how likely this is since it has been easy to convince people to hop on some smaller books recently to get them down drastically. But this is bigger pill to swallow. I think it would be a great bargain at $100, offering very important texts for inter religious dialogue but how much better if we can get it down to $1 a volume.

-Dan

Dave Thawley

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811379#Comment_811379

I think it would be a great bargain at $100, offering very important texts for inter religious dialogue

You are right here Dan , $100 for this would be great in itself

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811328#Comment_811328

It is very close to $65 now.

Now at $ 65.00 (with 74 % discount)

Keep Smiling [:)]

Jacob Hantla

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811431#Comment_811431

This is so close to be so much cheaper.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811440#Comment_811440

This is so close to be so much cheaper.

With bidding bump at $ 50, closing price could drop to $ 60 followed by $ 50; noticed progress of $ 50 bids has improved since yesterday.

Thankful for $ 80 cross over of 100 % on a Thursday with eight days before scheduled closing.

Thankful for more community bids of $ 65+ that has already decreased closing by $ 15.

Keep Smiling [:)]

Kenute P. Curry

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811431#Comment_811431

It is at $65.00 now.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811123#Comment_811123

This collection is complimentary to the Great Books of the Western World.

I bid just for this reason.

There was someone here pushing this collection not too long ago:

Massive Collection of World Religion Texts in CP $1 per volume

Great books of the Eastern World

Never the Twain Shall Meet?

The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur were nothing new

Dan Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811511#Comment_811511

Well we are currently down to $1.30 a volume if there are enough late comers hopping on board $1 might be very doable. I am content with the price as it stands but the lower the better!!!!!

-Dan

Glenn Crouch

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811536#Comment_811536

Well we are currently down to $1.30 a volume if there are enough late comers hoping on board $1 might be very doable. I am content with the price as it stands but the lower the better!!!!!

Very much agree with you, Dan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811572#Comment_811572

A teeny-tiny bump for the Monday crowd - doesn't look like it'll take much for the price to go down to $60.00 soon.

https://www.logos.com/product/16532/the-sacred-books-of-the-east

Mark Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811678#Comment_811678

A teeny-tiny bump for the Monday crowd - doesn't look like it'll take much for the price to go down to $60.00 soon.

https://www.logos.com/product/16532/the-sacred-books-of-the-east

$50 isn't impossible. The price is very good now at $65. It can only get better as others enter a bid or bump up their existing bids that will fall short at this point.

Mark Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811678#Comment_811678

A teeny-tiny bump for the Monday crowd - doesn't look like it'll take much for the price to go down to $60.00 soon.

https://www.logos.com/product/16532/the-sacred-books-of-the-east

$50 isn't impossible. The price is very good now at $65. It can only get better as others enter a bid or bump up their existing bids that will fall short at this point.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811800#Comment_811800

A teeny-tiny bump for the Monday crowd - doesn't look like it'll take much for the price to go down to $60.00 soon.

https://www.logos.com/product/16532/the-sacred-books-of-the-east

$50 isn't impossible. The price is very good now at $65.

I'm sure it isn't impossible but I won't hold my breath too long at this stage. And I'm glad the price went down to $65.00; right now just going down by another $5.00 would make me even happier. Baby steps [:D]

Everett Headley

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811431#Comment_811431

Maybe Logos could put out a email to one of their mailing list for others who aren't on the forums to consider it.

Randy Lane

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811877#Comment_811877

Rare event. The low successful bid price went up from $65 to $70 today.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811466#Comment_811466

Noticed => The Sacred Books of the East (50 vols.) is now $ 70 so more bids of $ 65 or higher are needed to change closing price back to $ 65.

Progress of $ 80 bids has become smaller, which happens when bids of $ 80 or higher are reduced or canceled.

Keep Smiling [:)]

Jacob Hantla

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812030#Comment_812030

That's crazy. an't say I've ever seen a community pricing go up in price. I wonder if people misunderstand the concept and lowered their bids to try to get the price to go lower.

Note: If you bid $80, you also bid $75, $70, $65, $60, etc. So if you want it to go lower, the best way to do that is to get more people to bid, not lower your bid.

Plessey Mathews

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812034#Comment_812034

Thanks Jacob for clarifying that. I sort of figured that that is the way the Community pricing mechanism works but it was good of you to confirm this especially for newbies like me.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812029#Comment_812029

Rare event. The low successful bid price went up from $65 to $70 today.

Well, that hurts! I came here expecting to see it had gone down to $60 and it went up! I'm staying in at $70 but nothing higher [:(]

Hopefully the only further movement we see will be downward.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812034#Comment_812034

Note: If you bid $80, you also bid $75, $70, $65, $60, etc. So if you want it to go lower, the best way to do that is to get more people to bid, not lower your bid.

Second best is having users who bid lower than $ 65 to increase bids to $ 65. Graph shows a bump of bidders at $ 50; if those bids were raised to $ 65, then closing price would drop to $ 65 or lower (since a bid of $ 65 includes $ 60, $ 55, $ 50, ...)

Keep Smiling [:)]

Average Joe

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812034#Comment_812034

That's crazy. an't say I've ever seen a community pricing go up in price. I wonder if people misunderstand the concept and lowered their bids to try to get the price to go lower.

Note: If you bid $80, you also bid $75, $70, $65, $60, etc. So if you want it to go lower, the best way to do that is to get more people to bid, not lower your bid.

Right. My bid is still at $80, but I will only pay what the closing bid is (which now appears to be $70 [:(]). I won't pay $80.

Yeah, I wish all those $50 bidders would raise their bid to $60 or $65. That could push it down to $60.

James McAdams

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812111#Comment_812111

Well, we're back to $65, at least!

Average Joe

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812133#Comment_812133

Well, we're back to $65, at least!

That's good. Come on $60!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812134#Comment_812134

Thankful for drop to $ 65 while dreaming of more bids of $ 65 (new or increase smaller bids) that could reduce closing price for all.

=> https://www.logos.com/product/16532/the-sacred-books-of-the-east

Keep Smiling [:)]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812034#Comment_812034

That's crazy. an't say I've ever seen a community pricing go up in price. I wonder if people misunderstand the concept and lowered their bids to try to get the price to go lower.

Note: If you bid $80, you also bid $75, $70, $65, $60, etc. So if you want it to go lower, the best way to do that is to get more people to bid, not lower your bid.

It's odd that it almost seems to have dropped across the board. Is it possible that Faithlife adjusted the threshold upward (i.e., by raising the minimum production cost necessary for putting it into production)? That may not be the case here, but they have occasionally revised the minimum production cost, even sometimes lowering it to get community-pricing resources across the line. Otherwise, perhaps a number of users lowered their bids or dropped them altogether (as you suggested).

Regardless, this set would be an exceptional value for $60 or $65 (respectively at $1.20 or $1.30 per volume). Just a couple days left to bid!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812174#Comment_812174

It's odd that it seems to have dropped across the board.

Sometimes have observed drop of higher bid progress after closing date is set. Noted progress of $ 80 bids has decreased relative to $ 75 since closing was set. Also relative progress of $ 65 compared to $ 70 has increased (slope downward is nearly horizontal).

Regardless, this set would be an exceptional value for $60 or $65 (respectively at $1.20 or $1.30 per volume). Just a couple days left to bid!

For $ 60 closing, need more bids of $ 60 of higher, which could be a combination of new bids and existing bids being increased ($ 50 still has a bidding bump) => https://www.logos.com/product/16532/the-sacred-books-of-the-east

Note: a bid is amount willing to pay for resource; payment does not happen until item ships, which has ranged from a few weeks to a few years.

Keep Smiling [:)]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812181#Comment_812181

It's odd that it seems to have dropped across the board.

Sometimes have observed drop of higher bid progress after closing date is set. Noted progress of $ 80 bids has decreased relative to $ 75 since closing was set. Also relative progress of $ 65 compared to $ 70 has increased (slope downward is nearly horizontal).

Regardless, this set would be an exceptional value for $60 or $65 (respectively at $1.20 or $1.30 per volume). Just a couple days left to bid!

For $ 60 closing, need more bids of $ 60 of higher, which could be a combination of new bids and existing bids being increased ($ 50 still has a bidding bump) => https://www.logos.com/product/16532/the-sacred-books-of-the-east

Note: a bid is amount willing to pay for resource; payment does not happen until item ships, which has ranged from a few weeks to a few years.

Keep Smiling

Thanks, Keep Smiling, that makes sense. I did notice that $50 and other prices have risen a bit (relative to other higher bids), and it does takes more bidders to raise the line at $50 (or other lower bids) than at $80. Anyway, I personally wouldn't want to miss it for $0.10 to $0.20 per volume, since, as you and others have said, those bidding $55 and under could raise their maximum bids and push the price down to $60. A few new bidders wouldn't hurt either!

Dan Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812187#Comment_812187

Just a reminder:

Bidding closes at 12:00pm (PST) on Friday, 3/25/2016. Don’t miss out!

Bids $65 will succeed and with enough interest may go down. If you want this and have a bid currently lower than $65 you will need to move it... My bid is still at $100 US... you end up paying what the closing bid is, so currently I and everyone who has bid $65 and over will get it for that... anyone lower will miss out and I hate the thought of someone missing out on a set like this over a few cents per volume... Just trying to give people fair warning.

-Dan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812340#Comment_812340

Just a reminder:

Bidding closes at 12:00pm (PST) on Friday, 3/25/2016. Don’t miss out!

Bids $65 will succeed and with enough interest may go down. If you want this and have a bid currently lower than $65 you will need to move it... My bid is still at $100 US... you end up paying what the closing bid is, so currently I and everyone who has bid $65 and over will get it for that... anyone lower will miss out and I hate the thought of someone missing out on a set like this over a few cents per volume... Just trying to give people fair warning.

-Dan

Last chance, people - listen to Dan! And we still have time to get it down to $60.00!

Schumitinu

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812467#Comment_812467

Last chance, people - listen to Dan! And we still have time to get it down to $60.00!

We can do this! A few more that raise their vote or jump for it. This is the last day!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812471#Comment_812471

This is still (!?!) open for bidding - don't miss this opportunity!

https://www.logos.com/product/16532/the-sacred-books-of-the-east

(Can you tell I'm still hoping it'll go down to $60.00? [8-)][:D])

George Somsel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/812631#Comment_812631

This is still (!?!) open for bidding - don't miss this opportunity!

My guess is that it is still open for bids because it temporarily dipped below the break-even point. The only problem with that is that the $80 price point has always continued to meet the break-even point. On the other hand, perhaps it's just an Easter present.