POLL: Would you buy the Zondervan Bible Reference Collection for $.....
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I see a bit of improvement in this price drop, but not enough to affect my decision--it's still a bit steep in my view. What they are asking now is in the ball park of what I paid to upgrade to Portfolio (more actually), and I got hundreds of new titles in that. It isn't that I think the books themselves aren't worth what they are asking...theoretically they may be...I'm just not going to pay that much for them. Sure I would love to have the resources, but the cost is prohibitive. I stil think this Z collection would FLY off the shelves at $500 and they would generate more profit than they will going this route, but it's their merchandise to not sell. I might even consider buying at half this current PrePub price at a later date, but I frankly don't see that happening.
Oh well, I guess I won't be quoting Zondervan resources in any of my books. No biggie. I've got tons of resources in my Portfolio and in hardcopy to cull from...more than I will ever have time to fully read and use. But if things change, I will reconsider--I am buying...I've got near about $10K in PrePub orders in the pipe.
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I want the NIVAC commentaries, the Expositors Bible Commentary, Colin Brown's Dictionary of New Testament Theology. Indeed, I will buy these which come to a little more than $600 individually in pre-pub.
There are one or two others that I would like, but can live without.
So I guess that I would be willing to pay about $700 for the lot. Of course, they are worth more than that, but not to me.
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The make your own package at a certain % discount - with a minimum order - would make a lot of sense to me. Might be an experiment worth Logos' time in trying.
"In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church," John Wesley0 -
Not really. Over the years I have learned NOT to register a product unless it is required for functionality. I have a bunch of unregistered Zondervan product that is still is worthless towards a crossgrade to Logos format. Zondervan could have honored any never registered product towards crossgrades but they didn't.Rosie Perera said:I guess Logos and Zondervan listened to us. It's not the $500 that many of us were wanting, but it's a change for the better anyway.
I can give them all the blank cards & numbers but I suspect they have my mugshot on a dartboard in their break room.
You see, I got tired of software companies selling my name & demographics to others for money.Even now, I use trash email accounts for many "registrations" with creative spellings to track which so called "privacy policies" are not really honored.Logos 7 Collectors Edition
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I own the follow in Pradis:
EBC; NIDNTT; NIDOTT; Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: New Testament and the NIV Application Commentary: New Testament. To be honest I can't see myself buying these for any price or at least for now. I have been a Logos user since 1993. I have to remind myself that I own Pradis and hit the "Alt-Tab" keys to go between programs. I also, not to upset anyone, have to ask myself what are they worth to me at any price in Logos format. Will I use them? or Do I find all I need from the TJL, Baker books, IVP Reference Books I own under Logos?
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I own some of it in print but I would love to have it as a part of Logos. I can not swing this price. It is about equal to how much I have invested in my library total (portfolio). Bring it down at least $1000 and I will place my order!
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Matthew C Jones said:
Not really. Over the years I have learned NOT to register a product unless it is required for functionality. I have a bunch of unregistered Zondervan product that is still is worthless towards a crossgrade to Logos format. Zondervan could have honored any never registered product towards crossgrades but they didn't.Rosie Perera said:I guess Logos and Zondervan listened to us. It's not the $500 that many of us were wanting, but it's a change for the better anyway.
I can give them all the blank cards & numbers but I suspect they have my mugshot on a dartboard in their break room.
You see, I got tired of software companies selling my name & demographics to others for money.Even now, I use trash email accounts for many "registrations" with creative spellings to track which so called "privacy policies" are not really honored.I never register software either. I didn't say anything about registering. I meant that perhaps all the voices here on this forum about how the price was too high got conveyed to Zondervan by the Logos folks and they relented and lowered it a teeny bit. Not enough, but all I meant was that perhaps they were listening....somewhat. (Also my comment didn't apply to people trying to crossgrade to this bundle from Pradis; I never had Pradis before, so for me and others like me we're looking at what was a $2000 price tag, and now it's $1800, and having to weigh whether that's worth it to us.)
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Matthew C Jones said:
Not really. Over the years I have learned NOT to register a product unless it is required for functionality. I have a bunch of unregistered Zondervan product that is still is worthless towards a crossgrade to Logos format. Zondervan could have honored any never registered product towards crossgrades but they didn't.Rosie Perera said:I guess Logos and Zondervan listened to us. It's not the $500 that many of us were wanting, but it's a change for the better anyway.
I can give them all the blank cards & numbers but I suspect they have my mugshot on a dartboard in their break room.
You see, I got tired of software companies selling my name & demographics to others for money.Even now, I use trash email accounts for many "registrations" with creative spellings to track which so called "privacy policies" are not really honored.I did register my Pradis software but Logos said I was not in the database that Zondervan sent (not Logos fault on this). Customer Service at Zondervan said that they had a number of Pradis users that somehow were left out of the database. They asked for some basic information about the purchase and said that they were advising Logos to provide the discounts to the people who had contacted them. They responded quickly to my request for help and were very courteous. You might get a better response than you expect form Zondervan if you give them a call.
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This whole Zondervan thing has left a bad taste in my mouth. I ordered the prepub at $2000 and now that they have dropped it a whopping $200 I am canceling my order. If they think dropping the price that little will increase their profits I say good luck.
I would pay $500
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Bought the Expositors Pre-pub set for $129 and change. That's all I wanted (or really need).
Elder/Pastor, Hope Now Bible Church, Fresno CA
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$500 tops. Less would be better![:D]
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