View Full Version : "Free upgrades for life", yet upgrade fee?


setarip_old
1st January 2007, 02:02
The "Magic DVD Copier" was originally offered for sale at $29.97, including "free upgrades for lifetime" See

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showpost.php?p=272980&postcount=1

In what looks curiously like a recent "setup posting" at another site, the threadstarter asks of the author why his copy of the program is no longer functional.

The author responds as follows:":Originally Posted by sam
If you purchased it between 8/2005 and 11/2005, your free upgrade period has expired. When you run ver 4.4, our program will tell you what happen and give you a button to purchase upgrade package or download old version. Current upgrade fee is $14.97 for 2 years upgrades.
Or you can contact us (support@magicdvdripper.com) and tell us your email address or user name, we will assist you.To which the threadstarter posts:thank you sam thats a great deal for two years of upgrades for Magic dvd copierWhat gives? One and one half years is a "curious" definition of a "lifetime".

Are there any other commercial decrypting programs that charge for updates/upgrades? Unless there's something I'm missing about this program (Which is not to be confused with its sister program, "Magic DVD Ripper"), considering that the excellent "RipIt4me" is freeware and other commercial products, such as "DVD95Copy" continue to provide free updates/upgrades, I wonder why anyone should be willing to pay a second fee for a program...

Any thoughts or explanations?

(BTW - One of the reasons I said the original post lookslike a "setup posting" is because the original post states:Hi Sam,
I was just wondering why my serial doesn't work for the latest version release I installed it ver 4.4 and I guess there is an upgrade fee now?? I have had it over a year too. Please tell me what the upgrade fee is please if this is the case.
Thank you
MicroburnWhile the author's response indicates:When you run ver 4.4, our program will tell you what happen and give you a button to purchase upgrade package or download old version.So that it would appear that the threadstarter would have had to already known the answer to his/her question before asking it...)

blutach
1st January 2007, 03:56
I'm not at all sure it was a "setup" as I know the OP is an even bigger fan of DVD95C.

But, yes, it is strange to see decrypting progs charging for upgrades - a bit like Symantec with their virus defs, eh?

Regards

CruNcher
1st January 2007, 04:12
Money makes the world go round the world go round... hehe
indeed some people seem to be happy that manufactures try to improve their old outdated CSS stuff every month now :P
i would suggest everyone from staying away from such programms that try this kind of strategy on their customers now, because they seem to have no idea how to exist any longer as to lett their users pay and even try to higher their profits with this now (lack of inovation).