Mormon Studies Collection (45 vols.)

NB.Mick said:

Mark said:

DMB said:

My comment was relative to new bidders ... they're looking at $200 for old stuff.

I am not interested in paying $200 for this resource.  So I thought to cancel.  On my prepub orders page, it does not say the resource is $200, but rather, $30.  I think this was my bid or prepub price when i first bid or pre-ordered.  But on the product page it says my price is $199.99.  

So is the price really $200 or is it $30.  Can someone clarify what change was made when community pricing disappeared.  Were our bids moved to pre-pub and prices changed?

I see the same, but as I understood it, the pre-pubs were locked at the CP price when the CP program was closed. My pre-Pub orders page says $30, too, so I believe I will pay $30 when this bundle ships, not $200. 

I frequently go to my prepub orders to look for former community pricing resources to make sure I am getting the community price. It is indeed $30 if you ordered it in community pricing.

Mark said:

DMB said:

My comment was relative to new bidders ... they're looking at $200 for old stuff.

I am not interested in paying $200 for this resource.  So I thought to cancel.  On my prepub orders page, it does not say the resource is $200, but rather, $30.  I think this was my bid or prepub price when i first bid or pre-ordered.  But on the product page it says my price is $199.99.  

So is the price really $200 or is it $30.  Can someone clarify what change was made when community pricing disappeared.  Were our bids moved to pre-pub and prices changed?  If this resource really is $200, I have a lot of cancelling to do

I, much like Paul (Saul); constantly and without ceasing; am amazed how FL can take something as simple as moving CP bids to pre-pub and make it so confusing to so many people. All traces of the CP history is gone. All that remains is the bid amount that some of us placed before CP ended, and that is in your account pre-pub listing, even if it's just gathering interest. FL should enlist some proof readers from the All Stars to document these types of changes before they try to implement them.[^o)]

NB.Mick said:

I think that Faithlife should make available all the books mentioned in that thread - and if not as full-fledged Logos editions, then at least as automatically-produced eBook editions, which would not require production cost.    

I imagine that would be dependent on whatever the negotiations with rightsholders would allow. 

Ben said:

No, there wasn't ever an option to vote. It was two dozen+ books, and I didn't have time to create votes for each. 

As for accuracy, JoD wasn't even "accurate" or "official" at the time. It's a collection of  spontaneous 19th century speeches, transcribed into shorthand, and then edited in England NOT by the speakers. Comparing the rare shorthand with the published text reveals significant differences. 
https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-prophets-have-spoken-but-what-did-they-say-examining-the-differences-between-george-d-watts-original-shorthand-notes-and-the-sermons-published-in-the-journal-of-discourses/

If it's not going outside the rules of the forum, what is the historical value of the works outside of the "Journals of Discourse"?

Fair enough. I got in at $30. (I wouldn't pay $200). I'll consider keeping my pre-order at that price. But I don't want to use unreliable resources and risk rash judgment in studying what another group actually believes.