Zondervan sale isn't much of a sale
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Super.Tramp said:
By September 1 9am we had already seen 5 price increases and one decrease.
[:D] yup!
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
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Wow - CE looked more appealing to me than much of what was in the Z collections. The stuff I wanted I picked up through Libronix boxed sets already any way. BUT I bet that saves you a ton of money and probably lowers your monthly payment!Cynthia Tucker said:I agree that 5% isn't much, but I spent a lot of time researching before the sale, and based on the discount on the large packages, I already knew the discount would be 5%; therefore I wasn't disappointed. I found that the largest packages weren't that useful to me, -- too much repetition with old and new editions, etc., so I spent a good 4 or 5 hours picking and choosing assorted smaller packages. And 5% of several packages still gave me a nice discount. I'm pleased with what I came up with. I returned the Collector's Edition that I had just purchased and got about $3500 worth of Zondervan/Nelson products that I really wanted. I shall have fun doing some reading over the next several months!
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When I decide to buy stuff, it seems prudent to me to buy early, then if the price goes up they don't mind letting you keep the lower price, and if the price goes down they honor that too. PLUS there are usually a couple oopsie moments during big roll outs, and if you're in from the beginning, they make those right too. Lets be honest, on my salary I was never going to buy a 9,000$ package on top of what I already owe. But they treated me right with the WBC mistake - without even having to ask - even though I bought it a month ago. Got 45$ off the purchase price, 65$ coming in credit, and both the old, and new version of one of the commentaries... Gotta like their customer service.Super.Tramp said:Friedrich said:Anyway, while I am disappointed in the hype not matching reality, I still blame Z way more than Logos marketing.
I blame Z for being stingy with a measly 5% discount. But I blame Faithlife Marketing for the worst roll-out of a sale in the company's history. By September 1 9am we had already seen 5 price increases and one decrease.
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Super.Tramp said:
I blame Z for being stingy with a measly 5% discount. But I blame Faithlife Marketing for the worst roll-out of a sale in the company's history. By September 1 9am we had already seen 5 price increases and one decrease.
Agree. Logos' marketing in the past few years has stunk. I wish Bob would speak on this subject.
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On the "Essential" libraries:
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I see only the 5% discount (price $33.20) for that one, so I guess the $25 is your dynamic discount on it.DAL said:Get Jon Courson's essential library for $25
- Was the Preacher’s Essential Bible Study Library, missed? It is listed in black at $39.99 without any red discount note.
- Noticed that the John MacArthur Essential Bible Study Library is gone.
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abondservant said:
Wow - CE looked more appealing to me than much of what was in the Z collections. The stuff I wanted I picked up through Libronix boxed sets already any way. BUT I bet that saves you a ton of money and probably lowers your monthly payment!
Lol, not really. I spent about the equivalent of what the CE cost for me. In about 6 months I'll be ready to add it again, but I just couldn't pass up this sale. I actually didn't have a lot of Zondervan, and there were several books I really wanted that I will use right now. I'm pleased as punch! :-)
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Pete De Bonte said:
Noticed that the John MacArthur Essential Bible Study Library is gone.
But this is available.
John MacArthur: Collected Works and Resources (47 vols.)
I was all set to buy the MacArthur Treasury, but I didn't really want all the books in it, and my dynamic price was around $200. So I poked around and found this, which turned out to have all the books I wanted for $67. Faithlife really made me do some research for this sale!
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Thats the important partCynthia Tucker said:abondservant said:Wow - CE looked more appealing to me than much of what was in the Z collections. The stuff I wanted I picked up through Libronix boxed sets already any way. BUT I bet that saves you a ton of money and probably lowers your monthly payment!
Lol, not really. I spent about the equivalent of what the CE cost for me. In about 6 months I'll be ready to add it again, but I just couldn't pass up this sale. I actually didn't have a lot of Zondervan, and there were several books I really wanted that I will use right now. I'm pleased as punch! :-)
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DAL said:
Get Jon Courson's essential library for $25 rather than the collection (same content minus devotional) for $85...that must be a nice glitch for some of us
Thank you!DAL
There might be another deal with the https://www.logos.com/product/38869/jon-coursons-application-commentary-new-testament. Especially if you are looking at getting for example the New Treasury of Bible Knowledge, if you get dynamic pricing on this set you might be able to get it cheap.
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I own the Jon Courson's Essential Library and the dynamic price is still 33.94. Only 5% off.
Update: Now it is down to 14.48. Must have been a glitch in the system.
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What a letdown. Sigh.[N]
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Will the John MacArthur Collected Works https://www.logos.com/product/43981/john-macarthur-collected-works-and-resources
have dynamic pricing?
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The other MacArthur package does, I don't know why this one wouldn't presuming its put out by Z or Thomas Nelson.
I clicked it, but, already own it. So I can't verify whether it does or not.
However if you look at the price, then log out, and refresh the page you should be able to see whether or not it has dynamic pricing (supposing you own at least one of the titles in that package).L2 lvl4 (...) WORDsearch, all the way through L10,
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I bought The Collected Works MacArthur Package and it didn't show dynamic pricing for me, maybe because I happened not to have any of those books. But it was a lot cheaper than buying the same books in the Treasury package. Not sure why.
The Collected Works has 47 volumes and the Treasury has 50, yet the Treasury would have cost me an extra $150. After I purchased the Collected Works, I went back to look at the Treasury and now it says I own everything in Treasury. I'm very confused by this, but just happy I paid the lower price.
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Pete De Bonte said:
I see only the 5% discount (price $33.20) for that one, so I guess the $25 is your dynamic discount on it.DAL said:Get Jon Courson's essential library for $25
I have it listed for 25.35 and I own no Courson products. Now, I think the three volume commentary set is listed as more expensive at $85. Interesting.
PS Can someone paste a snippet from his commentary? I'm guessing the explanation side would be brief, but I am curious how his "application" part looks.
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
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Schumitinu said:DAL said:
Get Jon Courson's essential library for $25 rather than the collection (same content minus devotional) for $85...that must be a nice glitch for some of us
Thank you!DAL
There might be another deal with the https://www.logos.com/product/38869/jon-coursons-application-commentary-new-testament. Especially if you are looking at getting for example the New Treasury of Bible Knowledge, if you get dynamic pricing on this set you might be able to get it cheap.
Your right about another deal. I saw the one library for $25.35 and the other collection for $85, as already described. But the NT volume alone (link above) was $7.73, however, and once purchased, the library was only $14.48.
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dcleghorn said:
Will the John MacArthur Collected Works https://www.logos.com/product/43981/john-macarthur-collected-works-and-resources
have dynamic pricing?
Unforutnately not because it has multiple contributing publishers. The dynamic pricing sale is subject to Zondervan and Thomas Nelson products only. The John MacArthur Treasury is on sale and dynamically priced.
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Kaleb Cuevas said:
Unforutnately not because it has multiple contributing publishers. The dynamic pricing sale is subject to Zondervan and Thomas Nelson products only. The John MacArthur Treasury is on sale and dynamically priced.
Ah, that explains my confusion over the two sets. The Treasury may be dynamically priced, but the Collected Works was a lot cheaper for me, and gave me the same missing books that I would have picked up in the Treasury.
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Does anyone know how to get the individual perspectives volumes at good prices?
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I've purchased many of them over the years on Kindle for ~$2 each - I'd love to have them in Logos but not at that price!
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Mark Barnes said:
I agree that 5% isn't worth shouting about. For many people, however, it's the dynamic pricing that is the most attractive part of this 'sale'.
Well, as is often the case, Mark has already said it!
There is no way I'm getting any of those multi-thousand dollar packages, but I filled a few tiny gaps with the dynamic pricing. The 5% is a disappointment after what we see at other times.
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In the current sale offer I am offered a bundle of 5 WBC books I don't yet have. The dynamic pricing puts that at $53.63. And with my purchase I get a $10 credit for other purchases.
OR I can purchase each of those 5 volumes for $9.99, a total of $45.95, a saving of $7.68.
So that makes the credit for future purchases actuall result in a figure of $2.32.
Odd?
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I believe the credit is 10%, not $10, so it would only be $5.36.David Housholder said:In the current sale offer I am offered a bundle of 5 WBC books I don't yet have. The dynamic pricing puts that at $53.63. And with my purchase I get a $10 credit for other purchases.
OR I can purchase each of those 5 volumes for $9.99, a total of $45.95, a saving of $7.68.
So that makes the credit for future purchases actuall result in a figure of $2.32.
Also the cost of buying the individual volumes at 9.99 each would be $49.95, not $45.95. So if you purchased the set, the total credit toward future purchases would actually only be $1.68.
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OK.... so who else has spent more time this week studying the sale than they have their bible... :-/
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Derek Browning said:
OK.... so who else has spent more time this week studying the sale than they have their bible... :-/
LOL! I know that I spent about 10 hours studying it and moving things into and out of my cart before and during the sale!
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Ah, your math is better than mine. I didn't carry the 4.
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Is it just me or are some Zondervan "collections" not on sale...?
For example NIDNTTE isn't a collection
but Basics of Biblical Greek is
https://www.logos.com/product/41567/basics-of-biblical-greek
One is a set I suppose and the other is a collection of individual volumes but the distinction seems a little forced. Anyway at 5% I'm not about to buy either.
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I understand the comments regarding the discounts, etc. I just want to say that I am appreciating the WBC Commentary set I just purchased for $665. I know that others have had it for much less and that I am late in the game. It is a commentary that I have wanted for a couple of years and it is nice to be able to add it to my library while the price is under $1,000.
I appreciate Faithlife for working out the T's and C's to make this happen.
Thanks, Bob.
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while I hate missing a good deal, I really appreciate your gratitude--it's contagious!
I got my set for less, but by the time I add all the subsequent purchases to update it to the current state, it's probably close to yours!
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
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