New Genesis, New Sales Thread: Report Issues Here "Reporting Only"

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  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,737

    kaltland said:

    The graphic is really pretending to be a punch card, I purchased to get the punch but now it's gone! It was a trap, thought it would be similar to Black Friday ! The discount resets.. Im very disappointed. Today I'm only getting 10%.. and the graphic card is still locked. I opened a ticket (with my other account where I made all the purchases).

     

    Purchase a new thing everyday is impossible to me. 

    Yes, it can be rather costly to purchase something everyday just to keep a discount that you may, or may not use. One possibility is to look for a good sale price on something in your wishlist, or on the Holiday sale page. I was able to get an outfit I will use for $2.40 in the DAZ Originals section of the Holiday Sale yesterday, and there are even more options there today. But even at $2.00 a day, it can add up and might not be worth it after 10 days ($20.00+) if you don't get a good discount on one or more things you would buy anyway. It also won't work well if your on a monthly budget of $20.00 to $40.00, you may use up your entire budget just trying to keep the max discount and not be able to take advantage of the discount.

    I almost always ignore the punch sales. I got hooked on this one hoping to get a better discount on some basic G9 needs. I couldn't quite afford .... or maybe more accurately I couldn't justify the cost of Josie 9, so the whole punch thing hasn't saved me as much as it could have. Unfortunately, I just don't have the ability to purchase a lot of stuff even at decent discounts, so I have to be pretty picky.about what I get. I just can't justify getting bundles where 50% of it I may never use. The same is true for the items I purchase to keep the punches going. If I won't use it, then maybe I'm better off using the $$$ I'd spend on punches to pay the no punch price on an item I really want. I go through a lot of "yes, I do like it, but will I ever really use it". If I probably won't use something, I typically won't get it.

    I'm sure people who can spend more on DAZ stuff than I can are very happy with the sale, especially those that love playing shopping cart Jenga to get the best discount. I'm not complaining though. the Black Friday Weekend Punch sale worked out well for me laugh

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,701
    edited December 2022

    Well, for me the punch sale means spreading my purchases over several days instead of making one order. For example there are 3 DAZ+ itemsi want before the price increases next Wednsday; so Instead of buying them all on Tuesday I can get one today, one tomorrow and one Monday.

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  • Charlie Judge said:

    Well, for me the punch sale means spreading my purchases over several days instead of making one order. For example there are 3 DAZ+ itemsi want before the price increases next Wednsday; so Instead of buying them all on Tuesday I can get one today, one tomorrow and one Monday.

    How can you tell when the price is going to increase? 

  • AnEye4Art said:

    Charlie Judge said:

    Well, for me the punch sale means spreading my purchases over several days instead of making one order. For example there are 3 DAZ+ itemsi want before the price increases next Wednsday; so Instead of buying them all on Tuesday I can get one today, one tomorrow and one Monday.

    How can you tell when the price is going to increase? 

    In this case there is an introductory discount for 2 weeks and it  expires Tuesday midnight DAZ time. 

  • Thanks.

  • There does come a point when you have to decide if wasting $2 is worth it for the potential larger saving the next day when you my have to make the same decision again and again... and so on.

    Doesn't quite sit right with me and it's also easy to exploit... not that i believe that's the prime motivation, but it may help to offload some lesser products.

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    DustRider said:

    kaltland said:

    The graphic is really pretending to be a punch card, I purchased to get the punch but now it's gone! It was a trap, thought it would be similar to Black Friday ! The discount resets.. Im very disappointed. Today I'm only getting 10%.. and the graphic card is still locked. I opened a ticket (with my other account where I made all the purchases).

     

    Purchase a new thing everyday is impossible to me. 

    Yes, it can be rather costly to purchase something everyday just to keep a discount that you may, or may not use. One possibility is to look for a good sale price on something in your wishlist, or on the Holiday sale page. I was able to get an outfit I will use for $2.40 in the DAZ Originals section of the Holiday Sale yesterday, and there are even more options there today. But even at $2.00 a day, it can add up and might not be worth it after 10 days ($20.00+) if you don't get a good discount on one or more things you would buy anyway. It also won't work well if your on a monthly budget of $20.00 to $40.00, you may use up your entire budget just trying to keep the max discount and not be able to take advantage of the discount.

    I almost always ignore the punch sales. I got hooked on this one hoping to get a better discount on some basic G9 needs. I couldn't quite afford .... or maybe more accurately I couldn't justify the cost of Josie 9, so the whole punch thing hasn't saved me as much as it could have. Unfortunately, I just don't have the ability to purchase a lot of stuff even at decent discounts, so I have to be pretty picky.about what I get. I just can't justify getting bundles where 50% of it I may never use. The same is true for the items I purchase to keep the punches going. If I won't use it, then maybe I'm better off using the $$$ I'd spend on punches to pay the no punch price on an item I really want. I go through a lot of "yes, I do like it, but will I ever really use it". If I probably won't use something, I typically won't get it.

    I'm sure people who can spend more on DAZ stuff than I can are very happy with the sale, especially those that love playing shopping cart Jenga to get the best discount. I'm not complaining though. the Black Friday Weekend Punch sale worked out well for me laugh

     

    I regret not purchasing more in the Black Friday weekend. I really can't afford all these punches. I just hope they maintain their 1st January sale... 

     

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 6,855

    What does the punch card actually work on? Yesterday I should have had two punches, but nothing in the store got an extra discount in the cart, so I dumped it. It's pointless to buy stuff to get 35% discount punch if it doesn't work on anything in the store. 

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,737
    edited December 2022

    It only works on the categories on the holiday sale page with the little punch card icon next to the category title (see below).

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  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 6,855

    DustRider said:

    It only works on the categories on the holiday sale page with the little punch card icon next to the category title (see below).


     

    Oh, only new releases. I never purchase new releases unless there's a huge incentive (like 3 free bundles.) I guess I'll sit this one out. I spent way too much in the great Black Friday sale anyway, and it doesn't seem like this can compete. Has anyone figured out how to get 84% off like in that sale? What's the max off people are getting? 

  • TDBAGZTDBAGZ Posts: 165

    Wonderland said:

    DustRider said:

    It only works on the categories on the holiday sale page with the little punch card icon next to the category title (see below).


     

    Oh, only new releases. I never purchase new releases unless there's a huge incentive (like 3 free bundles.) I guess I'll sit this one out. I spent way too much in the great Black Friday sale anyway, and it doesn't seem like this can compete. Has anyone figured out how to get 84% off like in that sale? What's the max off people are getting? 

     

    Its the Holiday Sales Page Items, This includes the Categories as well. Now if your desired item gets pulled from the category before your 35% is active ... well... tough nuggets I guess.

  • Wonderland said:

    DustRider said:

    It only works on the categories on the holiday sale page with the little punch card icon next to the category title (see below).


     

    Oh, only new releases. I never purchase new releases unless there's a huge incentive (like 3 free bundles.) I guess I'll sit this one out. I spent way too much in the great Black Friday sale anyway, and it doesn't seem like this can compete. Has anyone figured out how to get 84% off like in that sale? What's the max off people are getting? 

    Not just new releases.. anything in the annual holiday sale with the little 'stamp' icon next to it.

  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,309
    edited December 2022

    I have decided that I do not like this roller coaster ride of punch sales. One day I had 3, next day back to that 1 only except whatever I put in the cart wasn't being discounted. They expect me to do this all over again?!!!

    Update: and from 1 now we go to three!!! {wild guess that the punch gizmo isn't always displaying accurately, oh well}

    And so I bought something, a really nifty idea came to me after I bought it on how to use it! Yes. And that remain a mystery 'cause it should be real funny if I can pull it off okay.

    And in buying a new item, we got to choose a free item, thank you Daz3D.

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  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 6,855

    SolitarySandpiper said:

    Wonderland said:

    DustRider said:

    It only works on the categories on the holiday sale page with the little punch card icon next to the category title (see below).


     

    Oh, only new releases. I never purchase new releases unless there's a huge incentive (like 3 free bundles.) I guess I'll sit this one out. I spent way too much in the great Black Friday sale anyway, and it doesn't seem like this can compete. Has anyone figured out how to get 84% off like in that sale? What's the max off people are getting? 

    Not just new releases.. anything in the annual holiday sale with the little 'stamp' icon next to it.

    'OK, I just got something for $2.50  in case the sales look better tomorrow (in 2 minutes) but I went on a bit of a spending spree when everything was 84%-90% off and I doubt this sale will be as good. I actually hope it isn't, I really don't want to be tempted lol.

  • ...yeah I think I'm done for this year.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,223

    This is how I figure it:

    • Assume the sale runs for 30 days.
    • Assume I can actually find something to buy for as little as $2.00 each day.
    • At the end of 30 days, I have spent $60.00 to get and keep max punches for the whole time. If the $2.00 items were things I wanted, great. If I bought them just to get punches and will never use them, I have to get back $60.00 in discounts during the 30 days just to break even.
    • At max discount of 35%, I have to spend $60/0.35 = $171.43 just to break even! If my budget isn't that high, wasting $60 to get punches is silly.
    • At a max discount of 25%, instead of 35%, I have to spend $240 to break even. Yikes!
    • What if I can't get exactly $2.00 in my cart each day? Suppose I have to spend an average of $3.00 for those punches. Then my break even point goes to $257 for 35% or $360 for 25%.
    • Remember, not everything in the store is even eligible for the discount.
    • You really need to think about how much you are going to spend this month to see if there is any possibility of coming out ahead in the end.
    • If you don't spend just to get punches, that money is available for the purchases you really do want. Each truly desired purchase will cost a little more than if you had punches, but you may very well come out ahead of the game in the end, because you didn't waste money solely to get punches.
  • Getting a head start on some new year resolutions too.

  • HylasHylas Posts: 4,958
    edited December 2022

    @barbult, I was thinking along those lines already, but thank you for the exact break down!

    Since the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend we've actually had some sales that are pretty decent all by themselves (Holiday Grab Bag, DAZ+ Cathegory Sales if you are a member). I will take advantage of those and regard whatever Punch Card bonus comes on top of them as a bonus without paying too much attention to it.

    I might get the Punch Card going again in the run up to XMas and then again New Year's Eve, in the hopes for some extra nice offers then. But otherwise I'll be pretty much ignoring the Punch Card.

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  • So, is it still only holiday sale items that count to get a punch? If not and any $2+ item triggers, then mine still isn't working. 

    Since I decided early on it wasn't my kind of deal/promo/ game, I don't personally care. Just flagging to give Daz a clearer picture of how many users still need a fix.

  • WandWWandW Posts: 2,816

    I bought items on Wednesday, Thurday and Friday, but got engrossed in the football game last night and forgot to check out, and so missed yesterday.  I went from 35% punch discount straight back to 10%.  Not Nice! angry

  • KeryaKerya Posts: 10,943

    Thank you, barbult

    Now I don't feel left out. I don't like the punches system and your clarification makes me feel much better!

  • WandW said:

    I bought items on Wednesday, Thurday and Friday, but got engrossed in the football game last night and forgot to check out, and so missed yesterday.  I went from 35% punch discount straight back to 10%.  Not Nice! angry

    Is that your in cart discount or just what the graphic (which is notoriously bad) shows.

    I believe you should be getting a 20% discount. Check your in cart price of a Holiday sale item and if it only has a 10% increase I would file a ticket 

  • WandWWandW Posts: 2,816

    Charlie Judge said:

    WandW said:

    I bought items on Wednesday, Thurday and Friday, but got engrossed in the football game last night and forgot to check out, and so missed yesterday.  I went from 35% punch discount straight back to 10%.  Not Nice! angry

    Is that your in cart discount or just what the graphic (which is notoriously bad) shows.

    I believe you should be getting a 20% discount. Check your in cart price of a Holiday sale item and if it only has a 10% increase I would file a ticket 

    I thought it should have been 20% too.  That's both the card graphic and in the cart...

  • WandW said:

    Charlie Judge said:

    WandW said:

    I bought items on Wednesday, Thurday and Friday, but got engrossed in the football game last night and forgot to check out, and so missed yesterday.  I went from 35% punch discount straight back to 10%.  Not Nice! angry

    Is that your in cart discount or just what the graphic (which is notoriously bad) shows.

    I believe you should be getting a 20% discount. Check your in cart price of a Holiday sale item and if it only has a 10% increase I would file a ticket 

    I thought it should have been 20% too.  That's both the card graphic and in the cart...

    Sounds like grounds for a ticket if a purchase would have gotten you 35% last night. 

  • miladyderyni_173d399f47 said:

    So, is it still only holiday sale items that count to get a punch? If not and any $2+ item triggers, then mine still isn't working. 

    Since I decided early on it wasn't my kind of deal/promo/ game, I don't personally care. Just flagging to give Daz a clearer picture of how many users still need a fix.

    Punch Card: 
    To qualify for the punch card - the order must be $2 or more and can't be a gift card.

    To use the punch card discount - items featured as part of the “2022 Holiday Sale.” Excludes Gift Cards, FastGrab items, Daz+ Memberships, and “Today Only” deals unless otherwise specified. Currently, on the sales page, we have a little punch card icon next to each of the sales where the coupon discount should apply. 

     

  • DMaxDMax Posts: 637

    This is about the Bachelor Bundle which I purchased a week ago. There was an error with the missing Montreal hairstyle which I see now has been corrected. How do I go about obtaining the hair which was missing in the bundle when I first purchased it? Thank you (I was away for a week and now cannot find the discussion thread on this subject).

    Thank you!

  • ramastersramasters Posts: 91
    edited December 2022

    ramasters said:

    So yesterday I was getting 25% for my punch card, but today I'm only getting 10%. I bought something over $2 on Nov 29, Nov 30 & Dec 1 but didn't buy anything yesterday. So does the discount then reset? It says "Purchase Daily to stack your discount" but it doesn't say anything about it resetting after you hit the maximum. It just says earn a maximum of one punch per day.

    I want to love this, but it's just really frustrating.

    So I didn't purchase anything over $2 yesterday, but today I'm receiving 30% Daz+ discount + 10% discount + 10% discount on the new release.

    $19.95 - 30% = $13.97
    $13.97- 10% = $12.58
    $12.58 - 10% = $11.33 (it's showing 11.31 in my cart)

    Ignore this, just saw the banner 10%.

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  • 3DRT3DRT Posts: 61

    Do purchases made with store credit from a gift card count as $0? I don't seem to be accumulating punches from them. 

  • 3DRT said:

    Do purchases made with store credit from a gift card count as $0? I don't seem to be accumulating punches from them. 

    No. Buying a new Gift Card doesn't count, but spending store credit from a Gift Card does count.

  • DMax said:

    This is about the Bachelor Bundle which I purchased a week ago. There was an error with the missing Montreal hairstyle which I see now has been corrected. How do I go about obtaining the hair which was missing in the bundle when I first purchased it? Thank you (I was away for a week and now cannot find the discussion thread on this subject).

    Thank you!

    I thought this should have happened automatically, if it hasn't you may need to open a support ticket - however, if others are also affected it may be a more general issue that I can send on to Daz.

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