but the normal scenario to cover this would be a 'grace' period. i have no problem with spec's offering it (it is a good thing). nor do i have any issue with the 6 months they have chosenwagtunes wrote:Problem is, without the free upgrade for Omni 2 , they'd be spending $500 on Omni 1 now and another $500 for Omni 2 in 3 months. That's absurd. No one would do it. So the end result is they have to wait 3 months to use the instrument. Why should they be punished because they just happened to have never heard of Omni before this? Even an extra $250 for just a few months of use is a high price. Me? I'd wait the 3 months if I had to pay $250, even though I want the instrument now. In the meantime, those who knew about Omni 1 and bought it have had all this time to use it
the thing is that for a long time spec's have declined to do trade shows, and have answered update inquiries with 'you will know about it when it's here.' i guess their excitement got the better of them, and they showed at namm, even though the product is not ready. this generates the necessary hype, but also turns 'grace' period into 'sale' period. of course, without the omni 2 news, people would have been buying omnisphere in the coming months. and they would have got their 'grace' (as they should). what would not have happened is people (many of whom would have been omni 1 detractors) scurrying to grab this great intro price on omni 2
i think these criticisms are just, without being harassed and labelled an ingrate or a troll