Yesterday I looked at all the bills and calculated how much money I spent: Oh boy, was I shocked...Just got the VSL protection plan, after all, ilok has their protection plan. I've got too much invested (as you can probably surmise by the scroll bar on the bottom right) to be going through hassles. Attached a screenshot:
Just read the details at vsl
What a bloody liberty...
70 quid( and that will rise) every 2 years plus you have to buy
Another bloody dongle ..to store emergency
License on
I thought last time this topic was discussed
Vsl said they could'ent disable lost broken
Or stolen keys.. seems now they say they can . Thats it for me selling off most
Of my vsl ...my dad used to say
Theres always some bugger who will make
Money out of some one else's misery
of course! But maybe it also means soon new interesting productsYou can dress it up anyway you like
Its still a nice little earner for vsl
Just got the VSL protection plan, after all, ilok has their protection plan. I've got too much invested (as you can probably surmise by the scroll bar on the bottom right) to be going through hassles. Attached a screenshot:
Pretty much sums it up as I see it too. I will have no problems living with this.This new insurance seems like the easiest solution for VSL to provide, in terms of requiring little/no research and development on their part. Basically, they probably crunched the numbers, looking at the historical records of past lost licenses/damaged dongles, etc., then worked out the cost to them, added a healthy profit, and presented "insurance." No need for them to employ engineers to create a technical solution, no need to partner up with other companies (iLok, etc.) beyond the current arrangements they have, and best of all, a new consistent revenue stream, as opposed to simply a solution for which they would not profit.
Viewing the 50/50 opinions on whether or not people like this solution is already a victory for them. I'm sure that even if this insurance was met with 100% disapproval, VSL would firmly stand behind it, simply because they are masters of not bowing to pressure from their customer base (see Synchron Strings) and finding opportunities to profit from what might be considered "mistakes" (see dongles, Synchronized libraries). At this point, complaining is fine simply to see where everybody stands on it, but to expect them to change a newly established policy/insurance offering isn't going to happen. Sadly, it isn't going to happen for years to come, if ever...once you've made a new insurance plan like this available, and once even a handful of customers have purchased it, you're bound to this. To change things yet again would place existing customers that went along with the insurance at harm, and would further make VSL look like they're grasping at air to find a solution. Sadly, this insurance is THE solution, so we either like it or learn to live with it.
Dave
If you buy a new dongle for two years like me ( I bought my in february this year), then you don't need to purchase the protection plan as these circumstances would serve no purpose and nevertheless would a bit cheaper when you would buy the new dongle for 2 years, surely it all depends on how much you will pay for new one
Can someone answer this for me..when VSL sells a license to use a sample library does the license have an expressed expiration date? If no then how can VSL charge you again a fee for this lifetime license that you already paid for simply because the USB dongle malfunctions and a fee per library? Just because the dongle stops working how does that invalidate the right to use the library without paying another fee to have it reinstated? This is just awful.
Can someone answer this for me..when VSL sells a license to use a sample library does the license have an expressed expiration date? This is just awful.