Interesting--I bought my Finale 2003 at half-price (=$300) in 2004 from a retailer in Fort Worth--still happy with it, and have not upgraded since.
ajr > First off, Finale may not be authorizing those sales and > they may be pirated copies. > > Secondly, even if they are not pirated copies, they may be > copies purchased from a music retailer who has gone > bankrupt. In such cases all assets are sold off at auction > and somebody may have paid ten-cents on the dollar to buy > that stock, which is why they can offer them for sale so > cheaply and still make a profit. > > These days I'm the last person to leap to MakeMusic's > defense, but in this case until you know for certain that > the company OEM Software Resellers purchased those copies > directly from MakeMusic and didn't buy them through a > liquidation sale, it's a bit premature to get irate over the > low price. > > Secondly, it's important that we all remember that MakeMusic > has never forced anybody to upgrade. At least as far as I > know, they've never put a gun to anybody's head and said > "Buy this upgrade for $100 or I'll blow your head off." > They have forced people who deal with others (who have > bought the upgrade) to buy the upgrade in order to be > version compatible to share files, but that is a very small > percentage of the Finale-user-base. If you have fallen for > the "upgrade this year to get even better, more unbelievably > gorgeous output with even less effort" trap (as I have for > practically every upgrade) it's not the company's fault -- > it's your fault for buying their "you really need this > upgrade" crap. > > Yes, you have spent $2400 approximately to get to where you > are as a Finale user -- had you not spent that money, you'd > be theoretically much richer but you wouldn't have had the > advantage of all these years of Finale use. A new user will > always arrive at the same level of program features spending > far less than a person who has used the program for many > years and upgraded each year. It's a fact of software life, > not specifically related to Finale but to all software programs. > > Even if a new user paid the full $699 dollars they'd still > be spending far less than you've spent over the years. > > You may be right in thinking that Finale2010 can do all > you'd ever want a notation program to do, and in that case > there is no need to buy Finale2011. I skipped Finale2009 > but fell for the Finale2010 upgrade and am sorry I did so. > It offers me nothing by way of improvement for my notational > needs over Finale2008. But I fell for it and have nobody > but myself to blame for it. > > So skip the next few upgrades and don't buy another upgrade > until you find one that really offers significant > improvement over the version you currently have. I know > that's what I'll be doing. > > David H. Bailey > > > > Michael Greensill wrote: >> I just got an e-mail from some company called OEM software resellers, >> who are offering the full Finale 2010 for $119. A savings of $480 off >> the retail price. >> >> Is anyone else as pissed off as me that having owned Finale since 3.0 in >> 1992 and being forced to pay approximately $100 every year to >> upgrade...Finale must have cost me around $2400. >> >> They should at least give long time owners a free upgrade now and then >> just for loyalty. >> >> I'm pretty happy with 2010, so I think I'm done with upgrading. What >> else can they offer me? Unless they come up with some method of actually >> doing my work for me! >> >> Mike G. >> >> www.mikegreensill.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > > -- > David H. Bailey > dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
