Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-03-14 Thread toronado455
Been checking the Sibelius/Avid websites on the crossgrade frequently over the last few weeks, and it is always showing as SOLD OUT for the boxed version. I'd really rather have the shipped box than the download. The offer ends this Friday, the 19th. Any suggestions?

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-03-14 Thread John Howell
At 11:53 AM -0700 3/14/10, toronado...@gmail.com wrote: Been checking the Sibelius/Avid websites on the crossgrade frequently over the last few weeks, and it is always showing as SOLD OUT for the boxed version. I'd really rather have the shipped box than the download. The offer ends this Friday,

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-03-14 Thread toronado455
Thanks! On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 1:15 PM, John Howell john.how...@vt.edu wrote: At 11:53 AM -0700 3/14/10, toronado...@gmail.com wrote: Been checking the Sibelius/Avid websites on the crossgrade frequently over the last few weeks, and it is always showing as SOLD OUT for the boxed version.

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-11 Thread dhbailey
Lawrence Yates wrote: I'm very happy with Finale but I am increasingly being given Sibelius files to work with and so am seriously considering buying Sibelius as well. This offer, if, as someone has suggested, applies to older versions of Finale, sounds very attractive but I don't want to give

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-11 Thread dhbailey
toronado...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Will Roberts whrcompo...@fastmail.fmwrote: I don't think you have to give up Finale at all. You just have to send them two pages of your Finale user guide or one of your Finale program discs. When I read about this special

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-11 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 1/11/2010 6:38 AM, dhbailey wrote: You don't lose the functionality of any Finale version you have installed on your computer, and as long as you send an older version's installation CD you lose absolutely nothing from your current version, including the ability to reinstall it if you need

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread Jari Williamsson
dhbailey wrote: I wonder if Finale ever offers a reduction in the crossgrade (they call it a competitive upgrade) price of $199. But, if I haven't misunderstand something, the costs if you want to share notation data back and forth are: Finale: $199 + $0 That other app: $129+$199 (for

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread dhbailey
Jari Williamsson wrote: dhbailey wrote: I wonder if Finale ever offers a reduction in the crossgrade (they call it a competitive upgrade) price of $199. But, if I haven't misunderstand something, the costs if you want to share notation data back and forth are: Finale: $199 + $0 That other

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread Lawrence Yates
I'm very happy with Finale but I am increasingly being given Sibelius files to work with and so am seriously considering buying Sibelius as well. This offer, if, as someone has suggested, applies to older versions of Finale, sounds very attractive but I don't want to give up my current Finale.

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread Will Roberts
Lawrence Yates wrote: I'm very happy with Finale but I am increasingly being given Sibelius files to work with and so am seriously considering buying Sibelius as well. This offer, if, as someone has suggested, applies to older versions of Finale, sounds very attractive but I don't want to

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread toronado455
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Will Roberts whrcompo...@fastmail.fmwrote: I don't think you have to give up Finale at all. You just have to send them two pages of your Finale user guide or one of your Finale program discs. When I read about this special crossgrade price on the Sibelius

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread Will Roberts
toronado...@gmail.com wrote: ... was wondering if it matters which program disk you send them. Like, could you send them your old Finale 2008 CD and keep your Finale 2009 and your user guide remains intact? I don't think it matters, provided it's an original program CD. David, can you

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread Lawrence Yates
I can't find any mention of the need to be a student to qualify either. Cheers, Lawrence -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread J D Thomas
When I crossgraded from Finale to Sibelius over 2 years ago, I sent them my CD for Finale 2002, which won't run under OS X. No problems. HTH J D Thomas ThomaStudios On Jan 10, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Will Roberts wrote: toronado...@gmail.com wrote: ... was wondering if it matters which

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread toronado455
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Will Roberts whrcompo...@fastmail.fmwrote: toronado...@gmail.com wrote: Also it says you must currently be a student. So faculty doesn't count? Where did you see that? No mention of needing to be a student here:

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread toronado455
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 4:28 PM, J D Thomas j...@thomastudios.com wrote: When I crossgraded from Finale to Sibelius over 2 years ago, I sent them my CD for Finale 2002, which won't run under OS X. No problems. Awesome. I'll send them my 2008 CD.

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread John Howell
At 4:09 PM -0800 1/10/10, toronado...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Will Roberts whrcompo...@fastmail.fmwrote: Also it says you must currently be a student. So faculty doesn't count? Where do you find that? I don't see it on the Competitive Crossgrade page at all. John

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread John Howell
At 4:28 PM -0800 1/10/10, J D Thomas wrote: When I crossgraded from Finale to Sibelius over 2 years ago, I sent them my CD for Finale 2002, which won't run under OS X. No problems. Yes. When I crossgraded from Mosaic to Sib 5 I sent in the pages from the Mosaic manual--after photocopying

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread John Howell
At 5:31 PM -0800 1/10/10, toronado...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Will Roberts whrcompo...@fastmail.fmwrote: toronado...@gmail.com wrote: Also it says you must currently be a student. So faculty doesn't count? Where did you see that? No mention of needing to be

[Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-09 Thread dhbailey
Sibelius is currently offering a reduction from their normal $199 crossgrade price for users of Finale, Notion, Encore or Mosaic. The current special price to crossgrade is $129(US) or £129(UK). I'm not trying to suggest that anybody should make the purchase, but I just thought that people