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Upgrade price increase

Gunleik Groven

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Hi.

for a client I wonder where the announcement is of the new upgrade price for Dragon and the time threshold (specificaly if it was nov 1st or dec 1st)
And also if this goes both for Epic and Scarlet Dragon, or just Epic.

Tried google site search, and I guess it's burried down in som deep recon thread :)

Best

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May or may not happen, I think. They have more market research now and the selling climate keeps changing unpredictably, plus their costs may have gone down in unpredictable ways. This announcement is many months old.

I can say that for me this does not change our planned upgrade schedule one way or another. We will upgrade after Goldilocks OLPF is released, whenever that will be.
 
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Gunleik Groven said:
...I guess it's burried down in som deep recon thread :)

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G
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Abe Espinoza said:
Jarred mentioned it in the Scarlet Dragon Upgrade thread.
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For the record, that's a TERRIBLE place for an official announcement, especially since it represents a substantial amount of money and affects all Dragon upgrades, not just Scarlet.

I imagine there are going to be some Epic MX owners who didn't read that thread because they felt it didn't pertain to them, causing them to miss the message.

Likewise, there will be Scarlet owners who missed it as well, simply because they don't read Reduser all that often.

Forums are great places to conduct conversations but they suck as repositories for information. It's too scattered and disjointed. RED needs to do better on this front all the way around.

Instead of just sending people emails about buying new Scarlet Dragons outright, RED needs to send emails alerting people of their "why buy a new camera when you can upgrade?" philosophy-killing price increases for their existing cameras.
 
Hi Brian...

I am not RED.
And I can follow you.

A couple of points, though...
I think reduser is hardly the place where even "most" redusers gets their official info. red.com and bomsquad reps probably is.
As Nick Grow points out, it is on the official RED pages, that is red.com

I am inclined to do two things.
I don't want a huge debacle on red policy on this issue, still I did post it because my client had missed it. It's important info.
So if the thread can stay polite (your post is polite, that's not the point), maybe this thread can stay open as a reminder for those here who need it.

Isn't that a blessed positive plan? :)

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G
 
Nick Grow said:
https://support.red.com/entries/23779978-What-is-the-EPIC-RED-DRAGON-Upgrade-Program-

https://support.red.com/entries/23755862-What-is-the-SCARLET-DRAGON-Upgrade-Program-

NICK
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I appreciate the effort but why would someone who's already an owner read something titled, "What is the EPIC RED/SCARLET DRAGON Upgrade Program?"

I mean, some people new to RED might read it, but someone who's had their camera since 2011 probably wouldn't feel the need to consult that page because they would presumably already know about the upgrade. It's part of the appeal of buying the camera in the first place, is it not?

You know where I would most certainly read that deadline info? Yep...in an email from RED.
 
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Point is well made.
And I follow you.

A very good thing then that this thread stays open as a reminder for those who need it.

Thanks
 
Gunleik Groven said:
Hi Brian...

I am not RED.
And I can follow you.

A couple of points, though...
I think reduser is hardly the place where even "most" redusers gets their official info. red.com and bomsquad reps probably is.
As Nick Grow points out, it is on the official RED pages, that is red.com

I am inclined to do two things.
I don't want a huge debacle on red policy on this issue, still I did post it because my client had missed it. It's important info.
So if the thread can stay polite (your post is polite, that's not the point), maybe this thread can stay open as a reminder for those here who need it.

Isn't that a blessed positive plan? :)

Best
G
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I can dig it. As I stated in my reply to Nick, those pages will mostly attract newbies to RED, given their wording.

There's just not a scenario I can come up with where support pages seemingly directed towards new users is a better place to put that info than in an email or on the home page of the website.

A noticeable banner or link stating "Important notice about Dragon upgrade pricing." would be sufficient. I don't think that's asking a lot. It would ultimately help more people as well as RED.

I already knew about the price increase (since the day it was announced) so it's not for my benefit. I'm sure others will benefit, though.
 
We will be prepping an email to go out to all camera owners letting them know.
 
My Epics have been upgraded, so I certainly have no dog in this fight. I would hope that Red would send every registered owner of an MX Scarlet or Epic an email advising the price increase. Red does know who the registered customers are, after all.

Beat me to it. Go RED go!
 
I'm on here a lot. I missed it. Thanks.
 
michaelk@RED said:
We will be prepping an email to go out to all camera owners letting them know.
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Thanks. Does the Dec 1st cut off mean you can place your order before that day to secure $9500 price? or do you have had it physically upgraded by then? Thanks!
 
Nathan L Collett said:
Thanks. Does the Dec 1st cut off mean you can place your order before that day to secure $9500 price? or do you have had it physically upgraded by then? Thanks!
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Want to know this too.
 
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