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General Software Discussion / Re: Favorite ZIP/RAR application?
« on: December 18, 2011, 09:34 PM »
Just had a response from winRar:

Please note that in the past we have had several promotion campaigns, offering WinRAR version-specific licenses with significant price discounts. For users who have bought such a license, the lifetime upgrade text is no longer valid and to avoid confusion we have taken it out from our websites.

For all the other WinRAR customers, who have purchased a regular license (even if the purchase has been made in 2005 or 2003 for example), we still offer free upgrades and updates. There are no indications that this policy will change in the near future.

Clear enough!
-Darwin (March 14, 2011, 10:38 AM)
-Curt (December 18, 2011, 09:32 AM)

Seems they have not taken any promotions out from their websites. If you go to their site, click buy now button, the shopping cart always includes promotion from Panda Antivirus Cloud. There is a promotion with Nova Backup also.

And there is not any mention at all about promotion and 'version specific' license in their site, in email, anywhere.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Favorite ZIP/RAR application?
« on: December 18, 2011, 09:11 PM »
I *feel* certain that WinRAR does not offer lifetime keys, because even the "1-year of maintenance, including the right to upgrade (within that year)" is $6.14 extra!:
-Curt (December 18, 2011, 06:38 AM)

rarlab.com doesn't offer any "insurance" by the way, while win-rar.com adds the "WinRAR Maintenance" package to your shopping cart automatically... neither of the sites specifically mention anything about the lifetime for licenses, though.
-f0dder (December 18, 2011, 03:04 PM)

That's why I emailed them first to ask if they still offer lifetime upgrades. And they clearly states they still offer it.

I also ask in second email about Maintenance Package :

"Thank you for your answer. If so then what does maintenance package-upgrade assurance mean? It says that I get latest version during 1 year period. Is there any fine print that I missed?"

The answer :

"The Maintenance Package guarantees upgrades and priority support. As I mentioned previously, our private customers who purchase a license are provided upgrades either way. The maintenance funds go primarily into product development and are generally oriented toward business customers."

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General Software Discussion / Re: Favorite ZIP/RAR application?
« on: December 17, 2011, 10:43 PM »
@y2kusuma - See if you can email Burak Canboy and ask him about it. That's the top of the chain for WinRar.
-Renegade (December 17, 2011, 10:36 PM)

Thanks Renegade, but I don't know his address.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Favorite ZIP/RAR application?
« on: December 17, 2011, 10:10 PM »
I decided to buy a WinRAR license but before I made my purchase, I emailed [email protected] if they still offer lifetime upgrades. Here is the reply :

"Thank you for contacting WinRAR!

It has always been our policy to offer our licensed private users free
upgrades. There is no indication this policy will change in the
future."

So I bought it, but when I tried to register WinRAR 4.10 Beta 5 with the attached registration file, the registration failed. I emailed support immediately and this is the reply :

"Hello,
this 'version specific' license needs WinRAR 4.01 to run.
It will not accept any newer version of RAR / WinRAR.
If not already done, download and install WinRAR 4.01"

What??? It doesn't look like lifetime upgrades license to me. Not register, even on the same major version. I demand my lifetime license, but two days have passed and still no response. Now I'm thinking to claim a refund with Paypal.

I still believe in lifetime licenses, I have those from PowerArchiver, TrueLaunchBar, Axialis and recently Listary Pro.
WinRAR? Never again.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Listary Pro for $9.95 on 17 December
« on: December 17, 2011, 08:08 PM »

Sorry that Virtual Disk is no longer being maintained and is not available for ordering any more.
-Virtual Disk
-Curt (December 17, 2011, 06:17 PM)

Thank you Curt. It makes me wonder will Listary suffer the same fate. Hope not. I hate it when a good software discontinued or abandoned. Remembering Onfolio, Musicmatch Jukebox, Encarta, MS Money, Palm OS ....

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