{"id":2702,"date":"2013-02-27T12:06:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2015-09-06T06:57:34","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T13:57:34","slug":"the-nitty-gritty-on-buying-name-mangler-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/?p=2702","title":{"rendered":"The nitty-gritty on buying Name Mangler 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--RGSupportContent-->Have you heard the one about the customer who walks into this confusing mess of prices and stores, and says &#8220;Look, just tell me how to buy the new version of <a href=\"hhtp:\/\/manytricks.com\/namemangler\">Name Mangler<\/a>?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>OK, so it&#8217;s not really that bad, but the fact that there are two versions Name Mangler 3 for sale in two distinct channels does make for some potential confusion for those looking to buy. Hopefully this post will clear up any such confusion. <\/p>\n<p>As background, this is the pricing for Name Mangler 3, in both the direct and App Store sales channels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Normal price is $19 ($18.99 in the App Store).<\/li>\n<li>Sale price is $10 ($9.99 in the App Store) through March 5th 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Direct purchasers of version 2.x can upgrade for $9 through our web site for the next 30 days. Beyond that, the upgrade price will be $14. The upgrade will, as always, get you <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/index.php?act=article&#038;code=view&#038;id=57\">This knowledge base article<\/a> describes the differences between the App Store and direct versions of the program. There aren&#8217;t many, but for certain users, there may be some show stoppers for the App Store version. Please check that document before you buy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stickynote\">The first topic to address is recent buyers, particularly recent App Store buyers. The good news is that <b>if you purchased Name Mangler within the last two weeks (on or after Feburary 13th, 2013), you&#8217;re entitled to a free upgrade<\/b> to Name Mangler 3.<\/div>\n<p>How do you get that upgrade? That depends on where you bought your copy. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For <b>direct buyers<\/b>, we will be sending you a license file, with no action required on your part. (If you already purchased an upgrade license, we&#8217;ll be sending you a refund, too.)<\/li>\n<li>For <b>App Store buyers<\/b>, you face a decision. If you want the App Store version, you&#8217;ll have to buy it directly from the App Store&mdash;we do not have any way to provide free App Store copies to recent purchasers.\n<p>However, you can get a free license to the direct version, if that&#8217;s acceptable to you. To get your free license, email me (rob at our domain, or <a href=\"\/mail\/?to=rob\">click here<\/a>) your iTunes receipt, clearly showing your full name, date of purchase, and Name Mangler as the purchased app. I will then verify the receipt and send you a license file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read on for some answers to questions that may come up as you&#8217;re looking to buy Name Mangler 3&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>I previously purchased Name Mangler 2 from the App Store; don&#8217;t I get a discount?<\/b><br \/>\nApple, unfortunately, offers no way to sell upgrades to previous customers. We don&#8217;t know who our App Store buyers are (we receive no buyer information at all), and there&#8217;s no official upgrade mechanism in place for App Store applications. If this is something you&#8217;d like to see, we encourage you to let Apple know.<\/p>\n<p>Lacking any Apple solution, putting the new app on sale for a limited period of time is the best we can do for an upgrade plan. Make sure you buy within a week, though, to take advantage of the sale price.<\/li>\n<li><b>I bought Name Mangler 2 directly from you, but now want the App Store version. How do I buy an upgrade license?<\/b><br \/>\nIf you want Name Mangler 3 from the App Store, you&#8217;ll need to buy it there. With the sale price, though, this will only cost you $0.99 more than would buying the upgrade license through our site.<\/li>\n<li><b>I <a href=\"\/blog\/?page_id=2208\">crossgraded to the direct version<\/a> from the App Store version. How do I buy an upgrade license on your site?<\/b><br \/>\nThe crossgrade license is not the same as an actual license for an app purchased from our site. It allows you to run the direct version as a licensed customer, but we cannot use this license as the basis for an upgrade license. (The reasons relate to piracy and the ease with which pirates could use a license conversion tool for bad things.)<\/p>\n<p>As such, you&#8217;ll need to either buy a full license through us or through the App Store, depending on which one you want. Again, during the sale period, this will only cost your $0.99 more than would a true upgrade license.<\/li>\n<li><b>I bought Name Mangler 2 directly from you, and want to buy the upgrade license from you as well.<\/b><br \/>\nGreat, an easy one! Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-junkie.com\/ecom\/gb.php?c=cart&#038;i=1212101&#038;cl=109807&#038;ejc=2\">click here<\/a> and you&#8217;ll see the shopping cart with the $9 upgrade license already in it. Complete the checkout, and await your license email. NOTE: You must have a full Name Mangler 2 purchased license in order for the upgrade license to work.<\/li>\n<li><b>I accidentally upgraded to the direct version of Name Mangler 3, but prefer to stay on Name Mangler 2<\/b><br \/>\nNo problem, it&#8217;s easy to revert to the older version. Delete Name Mangler 3, then <a href=\"\/download\/namemangler\/2\">download Name Mangler 2<\/a>. Copy the file off the disk image to your hard drive, and you&#8217;re back in business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any questions I don&#8217;t address in the above Q&#038;A, please post them as comments, and I&#8217;ll do my best to answer them.<!--\/RGSupportContent--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard the one about the customer who walks into this confusing mess of prices and stores, and says &#8220;Look, just tell me how to buy the new version of Name Mangler?&#8221; OK, so it&#8217;s not really that bad, but the fact that there are two versions Name Mangler 3 for sale in two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,4],"tags":[],"coauthors":[21],"class_list":["post-2702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company-news","category-name-mangler","category-products"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2702"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3487,"href":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions\/3487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2702"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manytricks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=2702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}