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Macheist bundle 2008

louelou21 said:
I am a little confused about this whole situation. quoting straight from MacHeist's website:
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any thought??
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Yup, that's been pointed out a few times earlier in this thread. If you peruse the MacHeist forums they have some of the more authoritative folks starting threads stating that both Snapz and Pixelmator have been unlocked. So I think they just haven't updated the text on the front page.
 
The cost of marketing and awareness

Not sure if anyone cares but just wanted to make a point about MacHeist and other bundles like this as it seems these are here to stay in the Mac community.

Some have said that all the MH people have done is provide the marketing glitz. Well, this can not be under valued. Yes, they did not develop the apps, will not support the apps, etc. But believe it or not, marketing is a huge part of the success for any small business.

If you app is not noticed it will not sell. Just look back at this thread. There are a number of people who never knew of some of these apps. That should tell you a great deal right there. Somewhat savvy Mac users (on a Mac forum) didn't know about some apps. So, that small developer is not doing a good job at marketing. Or maybe doesn't have the budget for marketing. Or maybe he/she is just a developer, wants to make great apps and just doesn't want to spend time marketing.

This is where the middle man of MH comes in. I think they are doing a great job of creating buzz and awareness. Trust me, it is not easy to get listed on MacRumors, Digg, and other popular web sites. And it is not free. Advertising and marketing costs money folks.
 
Dang! I missed being the one to unlock Pixelmator by just one or two purchases. (It was at $99,983 when I started the purchase process, and $100,025 when I got my purchase confirmation email. At $11.25-$12.25 to charity per purchase, I was that close.)

I bought it almost exclusively for Pixelmator and Snapz Pro X. The others might be interested, but I was close to buying Pixelmator on its own for $59 anyway, so when this was announced, I figured I had to. At 'worst', I saved $10, got $11.25 donated to charity, and got a bunch of other shareware apps 'free'. (Snapz Pro is the only other app on the list I've even considered paying for, but $69 for it was way more than I was willing to pay. I might also take to liking Cha-Ching, but I haven't gotten my serial number quite yet.)
 
A response!

phillryu said:
You need to take that up with MacUpdate or the developer. They should be able to take care of your problem.
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They ALSO did not respond.

Trust me -- when my serial number didn't work, I contacted SRS twice (once I got a response telling me they would get back with me -- they never did) and twice to MacUpdate. Then I started e-mailing others... anyone I could think of.

SRS iWOW isn't that impressive anyway. It just pisses me off that one of the programs that I *would*use in the bundle didn't work. I don't even use the other applications in the bundle after trying them.
 
Has anyone have luck yet with Cha Ching serial? Apparently, they were supposed to resolve today the issuing of new serials.
 
I am a little confused about this. Since they are all unlocked, does that mean I have the full retail version of each program? Or are they special editions with limited features or no updates included? I am interested in purchasing the package, but im just not sure if its worth it. I noticed that MH buyers get the betas of the next version of some of the software, but do I actually get the GM version as well?
 
PlaceofDis said:
i went ahead and got it. its not a lot of cash and it has some pretty useful apps in it. i was planning on getting 1password at some point and cha-ching so that made it worthwhile for me.
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Same with me.

I wanted 1Password and ChaChing in the first place before the bundle was revealed.

so I bought it on the first day.
 
iPoodOverZune said:
Has anyone have luck yet with Cha Ching serial? Apparently, they were supposed to resolve today the issuing of new serials.
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Apparently the lead developer is sitting in a hotel room (or en route to it) at MWSF, and as soon as they've posted the final code to version 2, the new serials will be posted to your MacHeist bundle page. Although they said Monday, they left the door open for a 1 day slippage, due to travel.
 
I'm interested in buying the bundle, but wondering if it will include upgrades when new versions of the software are released?
 
I'm a bit confused. What's in this bundle for those who have done the previous MacHeist and purchased the previous MacHeist bundle? It seems to me that I have most of these apps already. You'd think they would try to get a collection of different apps in this bundle.
 
FriDay85 said:
I'm interested in buying the bundle, but wondering if it will include upgrades when new versions of the software are released?
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It's hit or miss, depending on the developer. From the July MacUpdate bundle, Garage Sale and TechTool, and SRS iWow have paid upgrades out there. Some of that has to do with Leopard compatibility (Techtool) and didn't really screw over the bundle buyers exclusively. Garage Sale just had a major update in it's design. I think the rest have had many free updates, but none paid.

With this bundle you can expect about the same. Pixelmator, for instance, hasn't been out that long - they can't really expect paid updates to go over that well anytime soon.

Rest assured you'll have long enough with an app to decide if it really improves whatever it is you do. If it does, any update fee down the road is going to be worth it anyway...
 
jhande said:
Apparently the lead developer is sitting in a hotel room (or en route to it) at MWSF, and as soon as they've posted the final code to version 2, the new serials will be posted to your MacHeist bundle page. Although they said Monday, they left the door open for a 1 day slippage, due to travel.
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So, got the number today, and it doesn't work. Tried pasting it in and typing it in. Anybody else have this problem? Any suggestions?
 
Use someone's referral link to save $2?

Someone told me that when they followed the referral link, they saved $2 "Heister Discount". Might be worth going through a referral link.

I mostly wanted SnapzX Pro & PixelMator. Now have two licenses to AppZapper & 1Password.

- Brian
 
Hi,

I'm really happy that I finally clicked on the macheist link!

I was looking for something to help me record some online news videos for a presentation that I have to make and I think Snapz would be great for that!

I had a question about Snapz - when recording video content will it degrade the quality, or keep it the same?

Man, this is sad, but this is pretty exciting for me (I just learned what streaming video is - pathetic, huh?)

Finally, there's only about a week left. Do you think there is any benefit for waiting a while longer?

Thanks so much!
 
I had to re-download Cha-Ching after my serial number arrived before it would work. The copy I downloaded before the serial numbers came out would not activate.
 
BrianMR said:
Someone told me that when they followed the referral link, they saved $2 "Heister Discount". Might be worth going through a referral link.

I mostly wanted SnapzX Pro & PixelMator. Now have two licenses to AppZapper & 1Password.

- Brian
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Ditto here. Had Appzapper and 1password before. Wanted Snapzpro and pixelmator.

But cha ching is okay too. Not that great, but time pass. I would really like if they somehow could integrate their online and transactions area. That is, scheduled downloads and integration of of bank data into accounts. The app will become really sweet if it could perform something what Yodlee and Mint does. Directly login into accounts and put things in one place. Many banks charge for direct download to personal finance softwares such as Money or Quicken. Yodlee/Mint overcomes this problem by direct logins. My only problem with all these online personal finance softwares is that if ever they had their databases hacked or stolen, the customers will be screwed. Otherwise, their interface is very neat. I hope Cha Ching can learn something from that.:)
 
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