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Black Friday Price Analysis (with some limited historical data)

iDt

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For those of you that are questioning whether you should buy a plug or not, I put together a handy Google Sheet that shows the Black Friday sales as a %, as well as some data on whether I've seen a plug cheaper (based off the promo emails I have saved).

The following plugins have been seen cheaper:

Ampex ATR-102$199.00August
Fatso Jr/Sr$199.00August
Precision K Stereo$99.00June
Harrison 32C$99.00June
Neve 33609$99.00June
PRecision Multiband$129.00June
SPL Transient Designer$99.00June
Cooper Time Cube$79.00June
API 500$179.00June
Magnetic Tape Bundle$398.00June
Liitle Labs VoG$79.00June
EP-34 Tape Echo$99.00Multiple
Studer A800$199.00Multiple


Full spreadsheet is available at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mNc71xMoMGuFJ-G2pXSJ1FN8PMyOiH-iQ5lqiBY3mGo/edit?usp=sharing

If you see data that I need to update, feel free to leave a comment on the sheet or here on this thread.
 

DanButsu

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I wonder what the Hamster would say about this?
 

Blackout

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i think this thread should be updated every month! very helpful
 

Kcatthedog

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Why don't 12 of us volunteer and each do one month:just need write rights.

I will do December or we could go by birthday month so we don't forget in which case I would be August .

let's ua forum man up here :) whose next ?:)
 

DanButsu

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I'll do September!
 

Don Schenk

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Thank you iDt.

I keep a snag-it rolling screen capture of the sales starting with June 2014.

Here are a few lower ones I found:

EMT 250 was $129 Nov 2014 Black Friday Sale

EP34 was $99 Black Friday 2014

Precision KHz $49 June 2014 half-year

Precision De-esser $49 June 2014 half-year

DreamVerb Room Modeler $49 June 2014 half-year

Harrison 32C $99 June 2014 half-year

Cambrige EQ $69 June 2014 half-year

You are much more organized than I. May I come visit you and do a Mr. Spock-style Vulcan mind-meld?

:- Don
 

iDt

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Talk about making a splash with my first post! :D

I created the spreadsheet because I was second guessing myself on some of the deals since I've been burned multiple times this year when it comes to UA purchases. I've only been on the UAD platform since this spring, so I had no clue about the various month to month promos in the beginning. Last month I realized that I still had the promo emails from April, June and August, so it made things a little easier in October. I decided to get organized this month so I could have all the info easily digestible.

Anyone who wants to contribute is more than welcome to. I'm working on getting some automation in place to auto populate the Cheaper column as well as some conditional formatting.

A couple things have been brought to my attention -

The following plugins have a discrepancy in pricing and are cheaper if you own the legacy version (at least, that's my best guess for the difference as I vaguely recall seeing that documented in an email):
Neve 1073
1176 Collection
Fairchild Collection
LA-2A Collection
Neve 88RS
UA-610
Analog Classics Pro
Distortion Essentials (No legacy plugin. I own Raw though)
Softube Amp Room Bundle.

I've highlighted these Plugins in Blue and the prices have been updated to reflect the price if you do not own the legacy versions. (I've included the upgrade price in comments.)

Also, someone commented that the MAAG EQ was $79 rather than the $179 that I have it listed for. Can anyone confirm?

If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears!
 

Kcatthedog

Hall of Fame Member
You could add a Registration Custom Bundle offer master heading with 3-5 sun columns 1 for Twin 2/299 and the other for apollo using 3/399,6/799,10/1099 and all.

Typically the $133 per price is cheapest but you only get this offer when you register a new apollo.
 

iDt

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Kcatthedog

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alphabetical sort ?

Updated for December.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mNc71xMoMGuFJ-G2pXSJ1FN8PMyOiH-iQ5lqiBY3mGo/edit?usp=sharing

Also, I've figured out a way to automate pulling data so this document will be updated near-automatically when there's a pricing change.
Great very good of you !!

I realize the table is sorted by greatest discount to lowest but then you have to go searching for a particular plug.

What if you sort alphabetically by plug name. i would find that more user friendly :) !
 

iDt

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Great very good of you !!

I realize the table is sorted by greatest discount to lowest but then you have to go searching for a particular plug.

What if you sort alphabetically by plug name. i would find that more user friendly :) !
You should be able to sort your view by clicking on the dropdown arrow next to the column letter that you want to sort by. In theory it shouldn't effect other users viewers as only people that specifically have edit rights should be able to make a change that effects everyone.
 

Don Schenk

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You should be able to sort your view by clicking on the dropdown arrow next to the column letter that you want to sort by. In theory it shouldn't effect other users viewers as only people that specifically have edit rights should be able to make a change that effects everyone.
I simply hit download and saved the file as an Excel file. Then it can be sorted by Excel.

:- Don

BTW - for the mods, the forum is continuing to kick me out (log me out) when I try to post. Sometimes (like when making this post) I had to login several times before it would let me post.
 

DanButsu

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Ya it's wacky. I could not post all night. Seems ok now. I'll email Matt H about it. Thanks Don
 

Dguidry

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OP is a genius. I did a google spreadsheet like this on another forum about duck hunting mudmotors and put a link to the data entry and data view urls in my signature. It became so populated with data (lots of parameters to enter about performance and engine modifications) that everyone refers to it now when contemplating buying a new rig. But drawing in data automatically takes it to a new level.
 

iDt

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Does anyone fancy giving this an update :)
Sorry folks, the script I was using broke after the last update you see. I haven't had the time to go through and fix it yet, but I'll try to get it fixed by the end of the month or so.
 
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