They got me too. I won't be installing for at least a month, but with the price difference I can afford a comfortable mouthpiece if the teeth gnashing gets too bad.
Bought it today at the 'special' price and installed it. It runs for about 2 minutes and crashes with a very simple edit. I was getting about 5 minutes with Vegas 11. Not the upgrade I was hoping for.
For me, what happens in Vegas may not stay in Vegas for long. Been a long hard year of constant bugs and crashes with 11 and now 12 promises more of the same. I can remember when Vegas was the most stable NLE. Not anymore.
SCS has been known to refund the earliest buyers' "loss" when an upgrade has been available before the special upgrade price was announced. I suppose they still do, but I think this is different. This was a special sale booster for V 12 linked with the 12.12.12 date. One does not expect a seller to compensate people who missed such a thing, even by a day. There is a difference between a sale or a seasonal discount and a special first month upgrade price.
Still, like Chienworks said, no harm in asking. They are a reasonable lot, normally, the SCS people.
Grazie, it looks like it was a limited time offer that expired october 31. I missed it, it was attached to the first V12 upgrade offer apparently that I did not take.
My point is that you don't hurt your good customers. If we had been given the choice to buy now for $139 or wait 6 weeks and get 30% off I'm pretty sure that a lot of people would have waited. The reason we bought is because we were told the price would go up. The obvious implication being it is not going to be cheaper than $139. Bush league in my opinion.
I was on the upgrade "train" to version 10 and then I got off on that exit. It's a nice exit and seems to have everything I need. And of course I'm still waiting for AVCHD smartrender...