Just bought Scholar's Library Gold 3 - now need to pay double for version 4???
Just flabbergasting to find out that just two days after ordering Gold 3 Logos releases version 4 and charges the same price for the upgrade as they charge for the Gold 3 package. In other words I need to pay the double price for Gold 4, because I ordered two full days too early!?
Not the first time Logos is being unfair, but certainly the worst so far
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Have you contacted them?
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Sure, but no other than automatic responses: "we are too busy, post your question on the forum." So that's what I did.
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HansKrause said:
Sure, but no other than automatic responses: "we are too busy, post your question on the forum." So that's what I did.
Perhaps you should call sales instead of customer support. It's been reported on these forums that Logos has been fair to others in your situation.
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I am brand new to logos systems and just perusing this forum. I also just bought Logos Gold v.3 a few weeks ago. I got busy and did not have the chance to start using it and when i returned to start using it, i found out V4 was out. I called customer support and they upgraded me to Platinum v4 for $263. i paid a discounted $1035 (or so) for the V3 Gold. So I thought they were fair. So I would call Customer Support.
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I'm not sure you've quite understood the crossgrade/upgrade options.
You should be able to crossgrade for around $70. This gives you everything you had in Logos 3, plus the most important new features in Logos 4.
If you did the upgrade to Logos 4, you get all of that, plus a number of new resources that weren't in your 'old' Gold Edition. I'm not entirely sure what these are, but I think include the 12-volume Holman Commentary set, Eerdmans Bible Dictionary, the 7-volume New Testament Studies Collection, Analytical Lexicon the Greek NT, and dozens of other resources.
I'm not sure of the pricing, but it may well be that if you had waited, you would have to have paid more for the Gold Upgrade now, than you did last week, because of all these extra resources.
Having said that, I'm sure Logos would treat you reasonably in the circumstances, and offer you a discounted Gold upgrade. But I doubt you'll get it for free.
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HansKrause said:
Just flabbergasting to find out that just two days after ordering Gold 3 Logos releases version 4 and charges the same price for the upgrade as they charge for the Gold 3 package. In other words I need to pay the double price for Gold 4, because I ordered two full days too early!?
You can return all products within 30 days for a refund. If CS won't help you out with some sort of deal, return it and then get the one you want.
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Crossgrade is not offered anywhere, unless you happen to know the pages where to look for it (which means you must have preknowledge that crossgrade exists). When going to the logos.com website only upgrades are offered, and at prices which under the circumstances infuriate me.
Interesting, that in L4 the NIV, NIrV and TNIV seem(!) to be included in the package also in oversees shipping (I am in Europe), but until now Logos has failed to ship these because of license restrictions and failed to give additional discount fro leaving out the best Bible translations available.
Customer service and sales are on the other side of the globe and difficult to reach because of the time difference.
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Good idea, Donovan, except that I lose the freight costs x 2 which amount almost to the price of a crossgrade [:^)]
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Thats very odd, my upgrade from Scholar's 3 to 4 was free (I only had version 3 for about a week).
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HansKrause said:
Good idea, Donovan, except that I lose the freight costs x 2 which amount almost to the price of a crossgrade
Good point. When you put it that way, I'd be very surprised if no one at Logos would do you a good deal. I'd give 'em a call and tell them your situation.
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Hans,HansKrause said:Just flabbergasting to find out that just two days after ordering Gold 3 Logos releases version 4 and charges the same price for the upgrade as they charge for the Gold 3 package. In other words I need to pay the double price for Gold 4, because I ordered two full days too early!?
Logos policy in your case has usually been extremely fair and with only a two day overlap - I would wager, based upon my prior experience with Logos that you're particular case would be free. The ONLY conceivable difference in money might be for the difference between a few resources. But two days is awefully short. Definitely call/contact customer support. I'm certain you'll be satisfied.
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HansKrause said:
Customer service and sales are on the other side of the globe and difficult to reach because of the time difference.
I'm sure emailing them will resolve the issue.
As Bob has said before, if a customer can not get satisfaction from sales or CS, you can talk to him.
I'm sure they will "bend over backwards" for you.
Definitely the best sales and CS I have ever dealt with.
"As any translator will attest, a literal translation is no translation at all."
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Did email them twice, Paul, but no response. About the NIV Bibles I have emailed them 5-6- times and tried to get them to act, but a deadly silence came upon all of them after a while. I even missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to boost sales of Logos Bible software through a weekend Bible software seminar. Had to cancel the whole event because they couldn't get the NIV shipping. 100+ Bible scholars and students disappointed!
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Hans,
Try to email one more time but this time put
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMER in the subject of your message. This should speed your service.
Please see Dan Pritchett's post on the matter here: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/4307/34522.aspx#34522
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HansKrause said:
Did email them twice, Paul, but no response. About the NIV Bibles I have emailed them 5-6- times and tried to get them to act, but a deadly silence came upon all of them after a while. I even missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to boost sales of Logos Bible software through a weekend Bible software seminar. Had to cancel the whole event because they couldn't get the NIV shipping. 100+ Bible scholars and students disappointed!
Did you email both CS and sales? They have both been overwhelmed the last couple of weeks, so there may be some delay.
They do read all emails.
I'm sure once they read this post, someone will contact you.
"As any translator will attest, a literal translation is no translation at all."
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HansKrause said:
Just flabbergasting to find out that just two days after ordering Gold 3 Logos releases version 4 and charges the same price for the upgrade as they charge for the Gold 3 package. In other words I need to pay the double price for Gold 4, because I ordered two full days too early!?
Not the first time Logos is being unfair, but certainly the worst so far
I would give Logos a call. Use the international number, it works for me.
Ted
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Ted Hans said:
I would give Logos a call. Use the international number, it works for me.
Ted
Always I call I do it through the regular number. I never use 800 number since it is not free from Europe. I got through almost immediately and waited for the person I needed for less than 10 minutes. It was in the first days of Logos 4. I the past I called Logos many times and always got excellent service. The same with emails.
Bohuslav
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Bohuslav Wojnar said:
Always I call I do it through the regular number. I never use 800 number since it is not free from Europe. I got through almost immediately and waited for the person I needed for less than 10 minutes. It was in the first days of Logos 4. I the past I called Logos many times and always got excellent service. The same with emails.
Interesting, for me the 800 875 6467 number is listed for USA/CAN on Logos. While the 08712181700 is listed for the UK. Is there another number that shows up when you Log into the Logos website?
Ted
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Hans, if you like, I can have one of our techs or sales reps give you a call at your convenience and see what the best deal we can get you would be. What time would be good for you? You're in Finland, correct?
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I had a situation not terribly unlike your situation, Hans, and was
extremely pleased with the service I received from Logos' sales
department after I clearly explained my situation. I continue to have
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Ted Hans said:
Interesting, for me the 800 875 6467 number is listed for USA/CAN on Logos. While the 08712181700 is listed for the UK. Is there another number that shows up when you Log into the Logos website?
No, I see the same 2 numbers on the Home Page. The special discounted number for the UK customers seams not to be available for any other country. I go to the Contacts info page and there are a few other numbers there.
Bohuslav
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Paul was right, they do read the forum posts. In the end I got a phone call from a direct sales rep, who now works on this case. Obviously public pressure helps getting priority. Thanks to you all for responding [:)]
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Hi Hans,
HansKrause said:Obviously public pressure helps getting priority.
My experience with the Logos folks is that we all already have "priority" but may have trouble getting their attention, if they're busy. If you didn't already have their priority, you'd still have had to have called them. Because you DID already have their priority, THEY called YOU as soon as they realized you had a problem.
It's a fine semantic difference, but my understanding of the Logos' folks' good will towards & priority for their customers been tested/proved over a 12+ year relationship with them.
Many blessings to you as you enter the world of L4.
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Bohuslav Wojnar said:
No, I see the same 2 numbers on the Home Page. The special discounted number for the UK customers seams not to be available for any other country. I go to the Contacts info page and there are a few other numbers there.
Thanks for the info - will try that next time.
Ted
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HansKrause said:
Obviously public pressure helps getting priority
The reason most of us could write with confidence informing you to contact Logos, is that Logos does do right by their customers. Now you are aware of this by practical expirence, so you will be in a good position to inform newbies next time. Nothing new to old timers in the forum, welcome to the discovery.
Ted
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I agree - Logos takes care of their customers!
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Ted Hans said:
The reason most of us could write with confidence informing you to contact Logos, is that Logos does do right by their customers.
Hear, Hear!
"As any translator will attest, a literal translation is no translation at all."
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HansKrause said:
Just flabbergasting to find out that just two days after ordering Gold 3 Logos releases version 4 and charges the same price for the upgrade as they charge for the Gold 3 package. In other words I need to pay the double price for Gold 4, because I ordered two full days too early!?
Not the first time Logos is being unfair, but certainly the worst so far
Hans, you are all squared away. I have already unlocked your FREE crossgrade to Gold. Please check your email—you may begin downloading right away!
If you are curious as to why this happened, and if anyone else wants to know the policy on free crossgrades... read on.
According to our records, you have created three distinct web accounts at Logos.com, and it appears that you were logging into one of your duplicate accounts that was not tied to your purchase history. That is why you would have seen a price for the upgrade that equalled the price for the outright purchase because the account you logged in with did not have any purchase history. If you email me I can tell you which account to use for future reference.
This is also a mundane issue of "Finland is really far away from the USA" and a simple email or call to our office is all it takes to get things like this straightened out under normal circumstances. But as you realize, we are definitely not under normal circumstances right now with the flood of calls and emails. It is a simple matter requiring a little more patience during the busiest time in our corporate history.
All customers who activated the product in the 30 days before (and a week or so after) Logos 4 was released are able to get a free crossgrade to the new packages. That is something we have always done for our customers. The reason your crossgrade did not immediately show is because you are one of the very rare exceptions in which you ordered three days before we shipped, in the afternoon, in Finland. Apparently it took so long for your package to arrive all the way in Finland that you were not able to activate it within the window allotted. No big deal, a simple glance at your order history and a click of a button and you are set.
To help you turn that frown upside-down, I think you should also know that this is the best thing that could have happened to you. You were happy to pay the price you did for the product we sent you, and now you have about $3,000.00 of additional resources that you weren't even expecting and there was no additional cost at all. Not to mention any extra titles that you have that even the new customers of Scholar's Gold might not have depending on what may have been removed from that collection. All in all, you got a better deal than all the new Gold customers today forward. Congratulations!
As you may have seen from some long-time customers, customer service is #1 at Logos and we all work harder than any company I have ever seen to make sure customers are always taken care of. I would be happy to address the other concerns of unfairness you are alluding "Not the first time Logos is being unfair" privately. dan@logos.com If I can't help you, feel free to also contact our president at bob@logos.com We honestly do want to have the best customer service in the world, in reputation and in reality.
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I wish I could buy stock in this company. [y]
Guess I just have to buy more books.
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DanPritchett said:
To help you turn that frown upside-down, I think you should also know that this is the best thing that could have happened to you. You were happy to pay the price you did for the product we sent you, and now you have about $3,000.00 of additional resources that you weren't even expecting and there was no additional cost at all. Not to mention any extra titles that you have that even the new customers of Scholar's Gold might not have depending on what may have been removed from that collection. All in all, you got a better deal than all the new Gold customers today forward. Congratulations!
Not a bad return on a bit of frustration and disappointment!
We knew you would be making Hans very pleased.
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