Inconsistent pricing by Magix

[behzad]

Inconsistent pricing and all of a sudden major sales and discounts confuses the hell out of me and new buyers.

[Acorn]

And Xara's reply is that it is nothing to do with Xara as Magix runs marketing.
What I consider the worse is the same numeric charge be it in Euros, Dollars or Sterling.

Acorn

[browj2]

What is confusing about a sale on software? I always advise users on the Magix forum to wait and watch for special prices; don't pay the full price. Magix usually has special pricing on software once or twice a year.

The upgrade price is interesting, but I'm still not going to renew my expired update service. The latest patch (today) for Video Pro X has not fixed the problem of the contents of XAR objects (animations) disappearing after a reboot, in fact, it's worse. Not happy.

@Acorn,
I checked the price for several currencies for XDPX on the Magix site:
Canada: New C189$; Upgrade C119$
US: New 159UDS; Upgrade 99USD
UK: New £109; Upgrade £69
Germany: New € 159; Upgrade € 99

Exchange rates today: 1 € = 1.10 USD, so they are close.
1 £ = 1.24 USD, but my British pounds are no longer any good, worthless. I tried to buy deodorant at Heathrow last year, pulled out my 1£ coins obtained from a prior trip, and was told that they were worthless.

[Acorn]

What is confusing about a sale on software? I always advise users on the Magix forum to wait and watch for special prices; don't pay the full price. Magix usually has special pricing on software once or twice a year.

The upgrade price is interesting, but I'm still not going to renew my expired update service. The latest patch (today) for Video Pro X has not fixed the problem of the contents of XAR objects (animations) disappearing after a reboot, in fact, it's worse. Not happy.

@Acorn,
I checked the price for several currencies for XDPX on the Magix site:
Canada: New C189$; Upgrade C119$
US: New 159UDS; Upgrade 99USD
UK: New £109; Upgrade £69
Germany: New € 159; Upgrade € 99

Exchange rates today: 1 € = 1.10 USD, so they are close.
1 £ = 1.24 USD, but my British pounds are no longer any good, worthless. I tried to buy deodorant at Heathrow last year, pulled out my 1£ coins obtained from a prior trip, and was told that they were worthless.

John, thank you for the price collation. I should have been more specific as I had checked Upgrade pricing about a month ago and they were all the same rate, regardless of the major currency; the UK price seems to have improved but Magix is equating Euros to dollars, which is still off.

Regarding your British coinage, I'll accept them at 50% face value.
Seriously, in UK, https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exc...ritish-pounds/, is offering an exchange of $1.1341 today.

Acorn

[pauland]

my British pounds are no longer any good, worthless. I tried to buy deodorant at Heathrow last year, pulled out my 1£ coins obtained from a prior trip, and was told that they were worthless.

I'm guessing you have the old pound coins (they are round) - we have new ones (with flat edges). You can't spend them, but they can be exchanged in a bank, so they aren't worthless - they are worth one pound. Hope you didn't throw them away.

I still have Deutsche Mark coins..

[handrawn]

you would need to bag them so you would only be able to cash multiples of £20 and you cannot mix with the new

[pauland]

you would need to bag them so you would only be able to cash multiples of £20 and you cannot mix with the new

My bank will exchange old £1 coins for new individually.