Another story of my life... (Waves related)

[craigb]

After having to put my life into storage units back in 2009, when I could finally take some of my music gear out to use it I couldn't find my Waves bundles (Gold, Diamond, Restoration, etc.) and thought they had been stolen.

Well, after all of the recent "fun," I either gave away, sent to the dump or brought home to the garage everything I had that was stuffed in my final 10' x 10' storage unit (we're talking crammed floor to ceiling!).  I was just going through one of the boxes with family heirlooms in it and guess what I found!  Yep.  My Waves boxes.

Now, back in 2006, I had gone to a Waves demonstration at a local Guitar Center and ended up spending a fortune for the Diamond upgrade (with Restoration) and one of these:

Unfortunately, the accelerator ended up in a bad eBay auction (where I learned my lesson about needing a reserve) and only sold for $340 back in 2009! 😢

Anyway, my Diamond upgrade is still shrink-wrapped and sporting a price on the label of $1,650!!!  😲

So, I just got off the phone with Waves and found out that, yes!  I can sell my licenses (called an "ownership transfer"), but the normal prices for everything I have now totals around $730...  Oh, but the Diamond upgrade is currently on sale for $180 less, so everything is now worth $550 max.  Yay.  🙄

But wait!  It gets even better!  I have version 3 so, to upgrade everything to the current version 13 (a requirement to allow me to transfer the ownership), I'd have to pay $125.91 to get their upgrade/renewal service and THEN, if I did transfer ownership, they'll charge a transfer fee equivalent to 5% of the original retail price or $150 max (which is what I would have to pay).

This means I need to come up with over $275 BEFORE even trying to sell these - and that's assuming  they'll even sell right now (most of my stuff isn't getting any responses).  😕

 

Hmm, did I forget to mention that just last Friday my replacement 10 TB hard drive decided to fail?  Evidently, I was only provided a 90-day warranty when I bought it last August, so I'm screwed there.  I spent most of Friday, all of the weekend and part of Monday (yesterday) restoring the most important files...  Maybe it's time to just give everything away and become a Monk...  🤔

[CoveCamper]

With your luck Craig, if you become a monk this would happen!

 

 

[Shane_B.]

Sorry to hear all that Craig

Hard drives suck. The larger they get the scarier they get and the more you stand to lose.

[craigb]

The positive:  BackBlaze was awesome! 🙂👍

[jesse g]

Well  Craig,  you did put it in storage for safe keeping and for it to be stored securely.  After all of these years, it was secure and safe, so you got your money's worth.  It's a shame you forgot it was there, however.