JUST about to click BUY......

[tonylondon]

Hm you would get money back then.

But still, for them it makes sense ofcourse, but I think,
'what the h'''l'. They could atleast made some difference
(preferably a bit cheaper for us already PRO users )

I guess a little sweetener wouldn't have gone amiss.

[ckh]

I can verify the additional discount for WD6 owners.

I was upgrading from XX5pro and WD6 however, the upgrade page didn't indicate any additional discount. Went ahead and purchased anyway, using my email address already on file for my previous purchases and was surprised to see the price was $84 and not $99. With shipping charges, it went up to $92 total.

So, got a $15 additional discount automatically when checking out.

[ankhor]

Well enough complaining from me.
After the banks(wel we all know what they did),
the insurance companies(pensioninsurances that charged 48% costs
or even more, of the the money you brought in)
real estaters(they added square feet in the ads while the
real square footage could be as much as 25% less)
and a whole lot of other baddies.
This upgrade thing is a minor one.

And that smart stretchy photo thing looks really good.

[pauland]

And I feel a sting, so please don`t say I don`t.
it's those bad christmasmornings all over again

It's just a commercial decision, not some personal issue. Charging other people more doesn't mean you would be charged less and in this case the situation is slightly unusual because the two software versions have a more pronounced divergence.

Feeling bad because someone else gets charged the same, doesn't make your situation any differrent. More positively, you have had the benefit of the pro software since your last upgrade while others have not, so you have had extra value from the product.

Always make software purchases on the basis of personal benefit, rather than the benefit others receive.

[bcire68]

I have to agree with you on that one. I feel like I've been cheated a bit. I recognize that I acted on a false (nobody from Xara said there would be a discount) perception, but that perception was based on precedent. I for one will not be continuing to purchase future upgrades to XWD.

My motivation before in purchasing XWD was to more or less put a down payment on the future functionality for part of it now. If this is the new pricing strategy, then there is no motivation to purchase the same functionality twice. I will just wait for the next version of Designer, next time.

I am also not really happy that the non-pro users can get the same upgrade price as the pro users. I don't understand the new pricing structure at all. Having said that I'm not happy about the pricing structure, it didn't stop me from purchasing the software. But my purchasing practices have changed.

Eric

[ankhor]

Always make software purchases on the basis of personal benefit, rather than the benefit others receive.

Hmm you musn`t have a bonus structure where you work.
I have worked in places where they would open other peoples
payrise envelopes to see what they made and if they made
more then them

And I know it isn`t personal ofcourse, I am over it, although
it left a mark. I see my shrink on tuesday

[pauland]

I have worked in places where they would open other peoples payrise envelopes to see what they made and if they made
more than them

Ouch. I hope that's no longer the case.

[ss-kalm]

Just to put in my two cents worth ...

I have always used a non-pro version and have been quite satisfied. However I didn't upgrade XWD5 to XWD6 as I expected it to be covered in Xtreme. (I know, Kate Moir said it wouldn't be in the non-pro version). As a non-professional user (and a non-pro user), I find that the upgrade to pro is just about attainable, and will very likely switch to XDP6, which as mentioned puts more money in Xara's pocket, and puts me on the Pro upgrade path every year, and so puts even more money in Xara's pocket.

I really don't want to miss out on the added functionality since the difference between pro and non-pro is now quite wide, I suppose you could say that I'm a software junkie, but Xara is the only software I'd even consider paying $100 for ....