When Marketing Crosses the Line of Etiquette (Audio Plugin Deals)
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Lode_Runner
Sample librarian
For those wondering where APD got your phone number it's on the sign up form you complete when you first purchase. It has an asterisk indicating it's a required field.
bryla
Orchestrator
Thought they had been smart and compared it to the price of all solo strings individually but they total $396 making it only half price. I wonder where they got a listing price of $500?? @APD ?I have an additional small gripe with APD. The current Embertone ISS deal they are running is being advertised as 60% off, but if you look at Embertone's current full retail price ($297)
and compare with the (broken link removed) ($199),
it's closer to 30% off.
30% is still a discount, I'm only pointing out that they're more-or-less fudging the numbers to hype their sale. Not a huge deal, but not a good look either.
erica-grace
Senior Member
As far as they are concerned, yes they do have a reason. How else would they spam you?
This is exactly why I never ever EVER give my real phone number. Which explains why I never got the text - it went to a bogus #
Land of Missing Parts
Grumpy Monkey
Do you ever get payments declined with the bogus number?
Lode_Runner
Sample librarian
I agree with you. Sorry I was a bit concerned after posting that my post might come across as a defense of APD, rather than just a bit of neutral fact-checking.
Regarding this, APD are rerunning deals they've run in the past. Embertone have (very recently) reduced their pricing on the Intimate Strings. I'm guessing APD just reused the information from the first time, without checking it was still current.
I'm not sure why I'm playing peacekeeper.
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erica-grace
Senior Member
Never. Paypal, and my CC companies look for name and address - not phone number. Those are always correct.
Paul Grymaud
Active Member
What ?! They are angry ? Okay, I'll dial all the numbers I've got here.
dzilizzi
Senior Member
A lot of the time your credit card company requires it which is probably why they program it as a required item even if they use Paypal.That explains where they got it from thenStill, they have no reason whatsoever to require it. Also I'm pretty sure they need permission to market per channel and I never agree to phone.
Morning Coffee
Active Member
I know for a fact that I didn't give my correct phone details with this company and many other music library related companies, yet I still received a message on my personal phone number. How did they get my number then? Not sure what or who to believe, which is why I don't like giving out too much personal information.
This is part of their privacy policy, interesting, although it doesn't mention anything about phone numbers.
https://audioplugin.deals/privacy-policy/
This is part of their privacy policy, interesting, although it doesn't mention anything about phone numbers.
https://audioplugin.deals/privacy-policy/
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timprebble
Sound designer, Composer, Sound library developer
Sadly this marketing approach will have been AB tested and if despite X% of negative feedback it generates Y% of extra revenue then they will continue doing it. Common decency and privacy seem to just be ignored, as that condescending response indicated... The sad aspect of companies like @APD doing this, is that they have revealed that I can't ethically trust them. I wont be buying anything from them ever again.
prodigalson
Senior Member
nathantboler
Active Member
I got the APD spam text too. Boo.
Off the top of my head, here are some super classy, quality developers (who had nothing to do with the text) that do business with APD.
@Soundiron Team
@audioimperia
@zircon_st
@Realitone
@Embertone
@Simone Coen
@nathantboler
If any of these fine folks could tell Audio Plugin Deals that it isn't cool to text people without asking permission first, it'd be an awesome move. Thanks for keeping it real!
Thanks for bringing it to our attention. We're on it.
Chr!s
Active Member
This kinda thing is why I avoid buying from anyone but the manufacturer now. Not saying 1st party is inherently above this but...
A lot of these 3rd party distributors are sketchy as hell. Case in point, and they can't even avoid mistakes in their privacy & data "protection" policy.
Haven't felt this safe since that time I let Stevie Wonder take the wheel.
A lot of these 3rd party distributors are sketchy as hell. Case in point, and they can't even avoid mistakes in their privacy & data "protection" policy.
Haven't felt this safe since that time I let Stevie Wonder take the wheel.
Quasar
Senior Member
I didn't like the text, but I am certainly not outraged about it, nor will it prevent me from buying something at APD again if they're offering a good deal for something I want.
I simply assume that there is no privacy on the grid, which is a big part of why I keep my DAW workstation offline. I'll save my outrage for the companies and developers who require that I place my private workstation into the online miasma to activate their products... Compared to violations of that order, a text message resulting from a past online transaction isn't a big deal at all.
I simply assume that there is no privacy on the grid, which is a big part of why I keep my DAW workstation offline. I'll save my outrage for the companies and developers who require that I place my private workstation into the online miasma to activate their products... Compared to violations of that order, a text message resulting from a past online transaction isn't a big deal at all.
Mornats
Hobbyist
Its not compliant with GDPR as GDPR requires that "optin" is requested rather than assumed. Their privacy policy states "By using our services, you agree to Opt In" and that's completely against the law now in the EU
