Dinosaur Crossgrade for Zebra2 - does somebody owns a Vintage Synth ?

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  1. JockÄl

    JockÄl Member

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    As some of you know, U-he is offering this dinosaur-"crossgrade" for Zebra 2 on their site and despite the fact that even the U-he support recommends catching this deal, I thought about doing this.
    (info: https://www.u-he.com/cms/zebra2-dinosaur-crossgrade )

    The problem is, that they do not accept my Yamaha-Vintage organ, which is kind of
    vintage, but isn't truly a Synth.. yamaha_b30ar_01.jpg
    (google-pic, can't find my mails)

    So I thought on biting in the sour apple, thinking the $-price (199$) in € (thought about 1€=1,12$; then you cut of 12% from 200$ which is the €-price [176€]) isn't that painful.
    But actually as a €-paying customer you are f*****, because you additionally have to pay your national VAT.
    So adding 19% to 176€ would be around 209€, but look there: Screenshot (6).png
    U-he is calculating with 184.01€, which let me re-calculate my previous calculation, because I thought I'd be wrong. But when you change the currency to $ it shows this (incl. adding 19% VAT to the $-price): Screenshot (7).png Now converting $ in € (watch at the date, pretty actual): Screenshot (8).png My calculations seemed to be right. But actually I'm still pissed of, because U-he charges you bad exchanges.

    So my question is: does anybody has a Vintage-Synth and could be so kind and send me the required pic via PN, so I can at least save 50 bucks and land somewhere in my pre-calculated price-range ? (And I don't have to die, because I'm a student). He or she will be definitely my hero ! (And I'm definitely naming my first successful song after him [if i'll ever be famous:rofl:])

    P.S.: So I'm hoping to not violate the forum-rules or being in the wrong one for this, if so, prompt me to delete it.
     
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  3. Really, they say, "All you have to do is send us a photo". Just find some obscure foto and bang, a quick fiddy. Here's one...

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  4. hfeuhfz7342hf724

    hfeuhfz7342hf724 Noisemaker

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    Photo is not enough (read @u-he), photo has to show the crossgrade card:

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    (Do you think the U-he guys are that dumb giving you a reduced price for a random pic?)
     
  5. JockÄl

    JockÄl Member

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    I don't know if they are "dumb" or just don't care, but I have a reply from their report, which states that they are totally okay if you just send a (obviously real and actual taken) picture with the card. Although it's still better if someone PN's me one :thumbsup:
     
  6. ArticStorm

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    the problem is that the US consumers are a bit meh about paying extra, so their price is a lot cheaper as the EU price and yes the VAT till adds.

    i made it different, i bought zebra over my company, which is registered in states, so now my company owsn the copy, but i saved the VAT and the extra bucks for being non US.

    well the organ isnt a true synth, so the dino discount isnt working. have you dealt with the support? they are friendly, maybe you can work a way together out with them?
     
  7. JockÄl

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    @ArticStorm Yeah I already tried, and obviously they're really friendly (even reply in your native language, if they can speak it :wink:), but they have this "everybody gets the same-policy", which means everybody has the same condition on buying and getting discounts.
    If you watch closely they never offer any discounts for their products (except if they offer it in the beta-phase), so there are no EDU- or student-licenses or anything else, and also there aren't different conditions for the Dinosaur-Crossgrade. So everybody get's treated "equally"...:dunno:
     
  8. Mykal

    Mykal AudioP2P

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    Why even buy it from U-he. Sweetwater has it for $199 all day everyday do yourself a favor and buy in the States and save your self the tax. still going to be cheaper that what U-he offers even if you do send a pic of an old synth
     
  9. Hans242

    Hans242 Producer

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    Or get it from JRRShop also for $199. Great store!
     
  10. JockÄl

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    Okay, then I should consider doing this. Actually I'd presume this isn't quite legal if I buy it in US-Stores, to then "ship" it back to EU...but yeah okay, I thought about doing this before posting... Thanks for all your replies until then :)
    If someone has another idea how to save some bucks, I'd bethankful :shalom:
     
  11. ArticStorm

    ArticStorm Moderator Staff Member

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    either sweetwater or JRRShop does support worldwide citizens? because boom all for that price from u-he is really cool. maybe i will consider it.

    @JockÄl i think that is a bit unfair to put the price lower for US citizens. what can i for, that i live not in US.

    i am not sure, if this is legal, not sure if its working ...
     
  12. ovalf

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    Almost everything is cheaper in USA...
    EVERYTHING is pricier in Brazil!
    When you search for war in other countries to move their economy and create bubbles with almost no interest is not about justice, its about fucking others to make better lives for them.
    So economy Is about injustice...
    USA strategy is an evolution of colonial empires because they do not need land to put part of population. Instead they war, reconstruct, put sympathizers in charge, go away and let the country with an enormous debt..
     
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  13. TinTin

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    i also have buy and buying alot of things via JRR Shop
     
  14. Mykal

    Mykal AudioP2P

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    it's a digital download so anyone with a credit card should be able to purchase. it never hurts to try. BTW the price is not different at all, just the tax is different
     
  15. Sylenth.Will.Fall

    Sylenth.Will.Fall Audiosexual

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    Lmao. Send them a photo of that beast? and they might question why you'd want to bother with ANY audio software whatosever.
     
  16. Sylenth.Will.Fall

    Sylenth.Will.Fall Audiosexual

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    I'm reliably informed that Urs has a wicked sense of humour. Send him a pic of one of his synths showing r2r on the serial number :P
     
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