Is there a better Discount for Upgrades some months than others?
Also I see many books on the packages I really don't need or want.. just thinking
Best Discounts: listed in order of discount.
Monthly Book and 99 cent book: Always pick these up, even if you know you will never read them. If these book end up in a future Base Package or Topical Subject Bundle Dynamic pricing will give you credit of these book based on the price in the bundle, not on the price you paid. In other words you will actually get credit for a free book! I got $8 discounted off Lutheran Gold by picking up this month’s books.
80-90% Discount on resources within bases packages when Logos releases a new version. Next anticipated upgrade Fall of 2015 when version 6 comes out. A look at current base packages give a good indication of what will be in future base packages. For example, the Portfolio contains the HD Discourse Bundle on the NT, it is almost a sure thing the OT Discourse Bundle will be in the Version 6 Portfolio. As a result I have passed on the OT Discourse Bundle. Here is why, although dynamic pricing gives you “credit” for resources you already own that credit is based on the discounted price of the bundle, NOT the price you have paid. Participating in Pre-pubs has literally cost me thousands of dollars over the years. The moral of the story, if it is a resource you can wait on, do so.
80-90% Discount on resources in the Topical Subject Bundles https://www.logos.com/bundles when stacked with the 50% discount for owning Portfolio (lifetime) or purchase a base package (at time of purchase).
40%-90% Discount on community pricing items. These are usually worth purchasing if they are a resource you will use. Even if they end up in a future base package or Topical Subject Bundle they discount is often just as great.
60%-90% Discount on base packages between major upgrades. For time to time Logos offers special upgrade pricing such as the 15% off his summer. I ended up purchasing several of the denominational base packages because with the normal discount was stacked with a special 15%. I was actually able to the works of NT Wright (by purchasing Anglican) and Continental Commentaries (by purchasing Lutheran) for LESS than by purchasing them separately. As a bonus I got a whole lot of other books!
50%-90% Discount on resources within old Logos 3 CDs. These are getting hard to find but let me give you an example of how they can help you build your library. This summer I purchased the old Hermeneutica CD off eBay for $120, I then picked up the Continental Commentaries in the Lutheran Gold with a huge discount, then I pick up the remaining volumes at 49% off with the Back to School special. The remaining volumes cost me only $130. Thus for less than $400 I now own the entire Hermeneutica set!
40%-80% Discount on special bundles Logos offers from time to time. There is no way to predict when these will be offered.
30%-75% Discount on March Madness. If an item is in the 40% plus discount range it is often worth purchasing, if for no other reason than to lower the cost of a bundle. Say for example a bundle is sold at 25% off, but one of the volumes which retails at $20 you picked up at 40% off during March Madness, dynamic pricing will take off $15 from the bundle’s price, however you paid only $12 for that book, thus you are $3 ahead!
15%-50% Discount on other seasonal specials such as the current Back to School Special and Logos’ monthly sale.
8%-40% Discount on Pre-pubs. As you can see this is pretty far down to list. Logos is not exactly lying when they say that the Pre-pub price will be the lowest price on THAT item, but the individual volumes in a bundle or an individual book later bundled in another package is not THAT item. Thus individual volumes from those expensive Zondervan, Baker, and Eerdmans pre-pub bundles will be pulled from those bundles and sold at much greater discounts in future sales such as March Madness or as a part of a future base package. This is a hard lesson to learn, but I personally have wasted thousands of dollars participating in pre-pubs. I am not saying I don’t participate in pre-pubs, because there are some books I want now, not later, but if I can wait I do. I have absolutely no fear that I will be missing out on the “best price ever” that is just not true 90% of the time. For the few times it might be true I missed out on the best price ever, I have saved many times more money by waiting.
15%-25% Discount for items from Zondervan and Baker if you sign up for their mailing lists. This is a coupon code that can be stacked with other discounts.
15%-25% Discount for Logos “data mining” your wish list. At least once a month if not twice I get an email from Logos offering me a “personalized discount” on an item from my wish list. This is a coupon code that can be stacked with other discounts.
It really depends on what products you are considering. Discounts for base packages in the past have been around 15% when offered. Discounts for special sales can vary greatly and potentially never be offered again. On the other hand there are some resources that are often discounted.
Also I see many books on the packages I really don't need or want.
Wants and needs are interesting things. I have personally found that items I didn't think I wanted/needed came up as really good resources when doing a particular study. That's why I don't mind having extra resources in my library. The larger the library the better possibility of returning more quality searches.
Forgot the Twitter/Facebook daily deals at 50% off.
Also Vyrso discounted and free books. If they are upgraded to Logos the upgrade is free and the Vyrso discount is usually greater than the Logos discount. For example there are a number of B&H academic books on sale for $2.99 right now. These will surely be offered in a B&H Logos bundle in the future for a much higher price.
Rule of thumb, unless you really need something pass on anything not discounted at least 40%.
Wow, great write-up! Thanks!
Best Discounts: listed in order of discount. Wow, great write-up! Thanks!
Yes, excellent write-up, Keith.
The best deals I tend to get are when a new salesman is trying to court my business. If I haven't purchased anything in a few months, sometimes I get an email from someone new trying to drum up some business. I've gotten 60-90% off things at various points. They usually pick a few things off my wishlist and email me with an offer. For instance I recently picked up a set of books that was onsale for 449$ for 209$ added to my payment plan (that includes the extra 5$ a month for the cost of maintaining the plan).
First Keith thanks for the great write-up. and Bruce also.
I have academic pricing now but don't know which resources use it.
I have looked at the Gold or Reformed Gold.
First Keith thanks for the great write-up. and Bruce also. I have academic pricing now but don't know which resources use it. I have looked at the Gold or Reformed Gold.
Just put an product you are interested in purchasing in you shopping cart and the highest discount is listed. Often academic discounts are the highest. I have passed on a number of "sales" knowing that I can pick the item up at a later date with the better academic discount.
Be sure and delete the item for you cart if you intend in not purchasing it.
BTW if you want to know the true discount on bundles you often have to log out of your account. If you don't Logos will count the dynamic pricing discount on top of the true discount. For example the web page is listing the Baker Apologetics Bundle at a 65% discount for me, but that is only because I already own a number of those volumes, the true discount is much less.
I would personally have to disagree with this. While the discount is not as great as the bundles, special offers, etc., they are still very much worthwhile to check. Half the time I already own them, but since they have been doing it I have probably purchased about a dozen books at a good rate.
Forgot the Twitter/Facebook daily deals at 50% off. I would personally have to disagree with this. While the discount is not as great as the bundles, special offers, etc., they are still very much worthwhile to check. Half the time I already own them, but since they have been doing it I have probably purchased about a dozen books at a good rate.
I could be wrong, but I think when Keith wrote the addendum to his excellent post he might have left out the starting word "Don't"
after all, he ended it with this:
50% is greater than 40% - but I've never played Keith on TV
Robert,
Sorry for the confusion. I was not referring to the 50% off daily deals. I was referring to deals in general.
Here is why, all too often I have discovered that books I purchase at discounts of less than 40% will show up at a later date discounted higher. Take some of the Zondervan bundles offered a few years ago. I think the best discount at Pre-pub was 20% and that was for the super mega bundle costing thousands of dollars. Thankfully I didn't purchase it because many of the individual volumes have been discounted 25-30%. Granted this is less than the 40% "rule of thumb" but Zondervan stuff will never be discounted 40% unless it is a work by an author in the March Madness sale.
It's very necessary to keep a priority focus on your purchasing. For me the main thing is bible study. Figure what your main thing is and stick to it. If you need something for class fine especially with an academic discount.
Even the best of deals don't mean much if they aren't something you can use.
Thanks to All
For the information. very helpful
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