Adobe's Crazy Prices

[mb72378]

I went on to adobe's website to purchase Photoshop CS5 Extended and After Effects CS5 and was floored that they were each $999.

Then looked up the pricing for the CS5 Production Premium and it's only $1699 and includes:

Photoshop Extended, Premiere pro, After Effects, Audition, Flash Catalyst, Flash Professional, Illustrator, OnLocation, Encore, Device Central, Bridge, and Media Encoder.

Interesting. that's about $142 per piece of software.

Why make it so expensive for one piece of software? But so cheap when you buy the bundle?

[Jisgren]

Its even better right now since they are offering a 50% discount if you are switching editors. That's $849 for the entire production premium!

[mb72378]

Are you serious? Im actually thinking if getting it to think about replacing my final cut studio.......are there any requirements....like do I have to turn in my final cut studio serial or something?

[Hawk Teflon]

Nope. You just type "SWITCH" into the promotion code part after you've added it to your cart. Simple as that.

[mb72378]

Suh-weeeet! Glad I posted on this! Thanks you much. you guys just saved me $900! Your checks are in the mail! haha

[Cassius]

That's by far my favorite marketing trick. For only a dollar more your drink can be twice as large. For 8.99 you get two rentals a month, for 10.99 you get unlimited. Throwing in a bad option makes the other options look really wonderful. That's why I stand by ugly people whenever I can.

[ZazaCast]

You can even do better with Videoguys...I posted this earlier:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread...=1#post2381579

Get the suite + Red Giant Magic bullet!

[arniepix]

That's why I stand by ugly people whenever I can.

Funniest thing I've heard so far, today!

[mb72378]

Getting ready to pull the trigger on purchasing the Adobe CS5.5 Prod. Premium Suite.

I have 2 Q's first though......
(1) I don't follow release dates and stuff.....is the 5.5 suite pretty up to date? I mean, I wont end up buying the suite then hearing that CS6 is coming out in a month?
(2) Is "videoguys" a reputable company to purchase from online?

Thanks

[capt chuck]

5.5 just came out in May... pretty safe.

[mb72378]

can anyone vouch for the videoguys website? reputable?

[Mark Williams]

Over the years I have purchased Adobe 6.5, Matrox RT2000, Edius 5 and Edius HDSpark card from them with no problems. I would think the current Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium package is pretty standard and should work fine. Just read the fine print in the product description. http://www.webvideoguys.com/AdobeCS55switch.html

[Matt Gottshalk]

can anyone vouch for the videoguys website? reputable?

Absolutely.


Bought a ton of software from them.

[Scott F]

Absolutely.

+1. They are nice guys, too.

[mb72378]

awesome...thanks so much guys