A Moment of Softube Absurdity - brought to you by Plugin Boutique

[cclarry]

WHY it PAYS to do a comparison - PB is currently offering the Softube Vintage Essentials Bundle,
which consists of Harmonics, Tape Echo, and Tape for $175

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/39-FX-Bundle/7784-Softube-Vintage-Essentials

And that seems like a pretty good deal....UNTIL

Softube Tape is $39
https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/44-Saturation/3416-Tape

Harmonics is $49
https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/44-Saturation/4837-Harmonics

And Tape Echoes is $59
https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/10-Delay/7729-Tape-Echoes
 

Now, doing the math 39 + 49 + 59 = $147!

$28 savings by buying the plugins individually over buying the bundle!

 

[InstrEd]

Now we have to do math while we shop?  who would of thought ?

[Byron Dickens]

That's about like when I got IK's total Studio Deluxe, which includes Miroslav Philharmonik, for less than Miroslav was by itself.

[InstrEd]

I calculated that the IK group buy has to get up to 6 free to have me take a serious look.

[kevin H]

18 minutes ago, InstrEd said:

Now we have to do math while we shop?  who would of thought ?

You must not be a fan of math metal ? either prob hahah

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_metal

[Fleer]

crystal math 

[cclarry]

24 minutes ago, InstrEd said:

Now we have to do math while we shop?  who would of thought ?

Actually you don't!  That's what you have ME for! 

[InstrEd]

37 minutes ago, Fleer said:

crystal math 

Hmm

Why are you getting chemistry involved. The math is hard enough ?

[Jacques Boileau]

1 hour ago, InstrEd said:

I calculated that the IK group buy has to get up to 6 free to have me take a serious look.

I predict we will see you in the group buy then! ?

Not that any of my prediction ever came through though.... ?

[paulo]

Yeah, never ever take a PIB "sale" price at face value. Their marketing technique seems to mainly involve putting on a blindfold, sticking some pins in the product list, adding a random amount onto the price of them, then taking slightly less than that off again and calling it a sale. 

 

[Jeslan]

Not exactly about this but I think quite related.

I have seen this kind of thing happening in big physical grocery stores where I am from. Like those high discount packs where you buy many of the same thing so each one is supposed to be cheaper, until you decide to actually make the calculation yourself with the original price. Of course after it has been noticed it ends being "just a mistake from the person printing the labels".