He didn't give you $50 off. He gave you a loyalty reward, something like a time-delayed volume discount. He then changed his prices to simply give it to everyone.
You're getting what you expected. The only thing you're having trouble accepting is that it was given to everyone. There's a small basis of reasonableness in your objection. Everyone else gets the discount without having to spend more on their first light like you did. But, why should that concern you? You're still getting the discount you expected when you bought your first light.
Did you buy the first light with the expectation everyone would have to pay more for their first light?
No.
You're having trouble understanding the difference between their (his…whatever) advertised policy and what became of it.
He dropped the prices for everyone. Yes. I understand that. Those prices became the new general prices. -I got it. That still has nothing to do with a return-customer discount.
You're saying that what he did was to transmute that specialized-discount into the general price list. You have communicated that. But, that being the case, I don't agree with that policy and my opinion is that it's a sketchy thing to do. It ignores the fact that I had already given them (by paying full retail price for my first light) what now ends up being more than any discount would defer. lmfao!
I paid $500 for my first light and got a $50 incentive to spend on a future purchase
He dropped the price to $400 a few months later -not a sale or a discount -just the general price list.
So, at that point, I already paid $100 more for the same light that's now selling for $400. Essentiially, I already paid
more than average. But, it's all good because the prices got lowered
AND I have a return-customer discount as an added incentive! Yay! *cough*
Stay with me, now…just a little bit more…
I go to make a second purchase
with my previous $50 incentive…but no! No code! Gone!
So, he's already made $100 more off of me than the average customer and I can't defer any of that to a future purchase with my return-customer discount, either -because it's gone. He changed his policy. Is the $100 all the money in the world? No. But it's a fucked-up thing to do, regardless. -Principle!
If I were to have purchased a second light, then I'd be into the game for roughly $900 for two lights ($500 for my first one and $400 for the second). While you (anyone) starting a new purchase would be into it for $800
for the same two lights. Even if I had the discount code that I expected, then I'd still be into it for $850 ($500 + $350). So, "Do I care what anyone else pays"? Yeah! If everyone else is paying less! I'm looking to pay the least amount -always!
At the time, there was nothing on the FAQ page about the policy change and he never responded to my email, either. I was anxious to get the second light. That's when I started researching some different lights to buy…but I also continued to check the A51 site, too…mainly because I liked the product and was trying to talk myself into staying loyal to a company that didn't really seem to give a shit what I thought….(but I'm better, now!)
He eventually added "the" question to the FAQ page -and his "answer".
I was glad he dropped his prices in general. Great! But it seems he did so by getting rid of the return-customer discount -which disregards the people who have already invested their business with him. He doesn't have to pay back that money to return customers anymore! -thus, the lower prices! Slick! Now, everybody (well…not
everybody) benefits!
And then the whole attitude thing about the criticism of his method…I don't appreciate it and won't do business with people who act like that. Someone will reverse-engineer an A51 light and give Jeff some competition in the same price range -except without the autistic customer relations. "
The Soup Nazi of LEDs"! HAHAHA! I guess so!
Some people don't get it. Some people get it but don't care. Still, others aren't even invested, but they just like to go to discussion forums and bark like nervous, little dogs. To each their own.