Anyone ever buy something on pre-pub that was almost retail, only to discover it would have been cheaper with Academic Pricing had you waited for it to come out? Or has anyone ever experienced anything similar to this?
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Cool, thanks.
Robert,
Academic prices give you an amazing deal, but they're still higher than Pre-Pub prices. It's not in your best interest to wait.
Kent
Robert, Academic prices give you an amazing deal, but they're still higher than Pre-Pub prices. It's not in your best interest to wait. Kent
Kent, isn't it true that not all prepubs are discounted (I'm thinking of certain Baker and Zondervan items)? In that case it would be best to wait.
In my experience the academic price is the same as the pre-pub price. In fact, I just checked my last 40 prepub orders, and in most cases the current academic price matches what I paid on prepub. I'm aware of six occasions when the academic price rose from the initial prepub price (Gottingen Septuagint from $300 to $350, NAC Hebrews $19.95 to $21.95, Studies in the DSS from $149.95 to $159.95, Eerdmans Biblical Resources from $199.95 to $219.95, Anchor Yale Reference $549.95 to $599.95, and the EEC $699.95 to $749.95). Only only of my prepubs dropped in price (NT Discourse Grammar Video, $92.95 to $89.95).
So buying pre-pub saved me $180 over buying academic, or an average of $4.50 per purchase.
My advice would therefore be that if you can afford it, get it at prepub, but if you're struggling to afford it then wait, as it's very likely that you'll be able to get it for the same price later under academic pricing.
Robert, Academic prices give you an amazing deal, but they're still higher than Pre-Pub prices. It's not in your best interest to wait. Kent Kent, isn't it true that not all prepubs are discounted (I'm thinking of certain Baker and Zondervan items)? In that case it would be best to wait.
Todd, for a few of the Baker and Zondervan Pre-Pubs, the prices were the same, but that's certainly the rare exception, not the rule.
The recently-posted Baker Pre-Pubs are 40% off on Pre-Pub; these prices will be going up.
Thanks everybody for your thoughts.
In my experience the academic price is the same as the pre-pub price. In fact, I just checked my last 40 prepub orders, and in most cases the current academic price matches what I paid on prepub. I'm aware of six occasions when the academic price rose from the initial prepub price (Gottingen Septuagint from $300 to $350, NAC Hebrews $19.95 to $21.95, Studies in the DSS from $149.95 to $159.95, Eerdmans Biblical Resources from $199.95 to $219.95, Anchor Yale Reference $549.95 to $599.95, and the EEC $699.95 to $749.95). Only only of my prepubs dropped in price (NT Discourse Grammar Video, $92.95 to $89.95). So buying pre-pub saved me $180 over buying academic, or an average of $4.50 per purchase. My advice would therefore be that if you can afford it, get it at prepub, but if you're struggling to afford it then wait, as it's very likely that you'll be able to get it for the same price later under academic pricing.
This is very good to know. Thanks Mark.
Anchor Yale Reference $549.95 to $599.95
That one actually rose during prepub.
Anchor Yale Reference $549.95 to $599.95 That one actually rose during prepub.
So did Gottingen. Perhaps the academic price is equal to the highest pre-pub price.
Pre-pub for AYRL started at $499.95!
You're right. I must have dithered!
