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Who else wants to score another amazingly priced bundle of Mac software?If you visit www.themacpak.com today, you’ll see they’re pedaling a bundle of 10 applications for $45.00. That’s nice for them, but not nice enough for MacZOT. We’ve got a better idea, and amazingly, the guys at TheMacPak have agreed! “Here’s the plan,” we said. “We’re going to give a further $3.00 off your price, and we’re going to tell everyone the application you don’t reveal until May 18th a day early.” (We love getting insider information for our loyal MacZOT customers.) “Okay,” they said. “So that basically means that you’re selling the bundle for $42.00. If the customers had knowledge of 5 out of the 10 great apps in the bundle on our site, we’d be charging them $50.00. So they’re not just saving huge amounts from the combined retail price of the apps, they’re getting an extra $8.00 off, too.“ “That’s right,” we said, “and we don’t event think that’s enough. So we’re also going to tell them the category each of the remaining 5 apps, that haven’t revealed yet, so they know more about the 10 great apps they’re getting for $42.00, making it a steal at only $4.20 an app before committing to purchase.” “Okay, but surely that’ll take up a lot of space on the page,” they said “No,” we said, “because we’re just going to put it all in a list, like this:”
“Wow!,” they said, “when you look at it like that, you realize that you’d be crazy not to buy.” “Yes,” we agreed, “especially at just $4.20 per application, and there’s only a couple weeks ’til the serials are delivered!” PLEASE NOTE: Serials for all apps will be delivered to your email inbox during the 1st week in June, when The MacPak offer has ended. |
May 17th, 2007 at 12:58 am
Anyone else confused?
May 17th, 2007 at 1:20 am
I purchased on the first week… and so far, this may end up being the best bundle I’ve bought in a long time!
I read somewhere the devs are being paid on a commission basis, and that’s a great thing!
May 17th, 2007 at 1:23 am
It’s simple. The Mac Pak is another special deal where they bundle the apps as a single purchase, but don’t tell you what they are. Every day, they reveal what one of the applications is, but add $5.00 to the price.
MacZot! Is simply taking $3.00 off the price, and revealing one of the applications a day early.
When you buy now, the serial keys won’t be delivered until June, to keep the secret apps secret until everything is done.
May 17th, 2007 at 1:38 am
It’s not QUITE as simple as Kevlar says, but points for trying.
The Mac Pak is a special offer, described as Kevlar describes it. Fun, but it gets expensive if you wait (up to $75!).
What MacZOT is doing is, for today only, offering you the bundle at a small discount off TODAY’S Mac Pak price, revealing half the bundle’s contents. You save a little money over ordering it directly from The Mac Pak today, and a great deal more if you’re the sort who waits.
Since the entire Mac Pak is of no use to me (I’ve sussed out what the other apps are, and no I’m not telling), I’m buying the ZOT! so as to provide software gifts for our MUG members.
Bottom line: $4.20 per app. Even if you only use half the apps in the bundle, it’s a good deal.
May 17th, 2007 at 3:24 am
I’m curious as to the organizational tool and the writing kit. Got all the rest and don’t need it. Anybody take a wild guess?
May 17th, 2007 at 3:46 am
Thanks for the explanation.
The only one so far I’m interested in is SmartBackup, which is $15 on its own, so the current deal isn’t much use to me!
May 17th, 2007 at 4:23 am
Charles, that sounds like exactly what Kevlar said…?
May 17th, 2007 at 4:24 am
Charles, that sounds like exactly what Kevlar said…?
Also, would have been nice if the MacPak site hadn’t just done their site in Photoshop then reduced the size, messing up all the fonts. Makes it pretty hard to read (not to mention ugly!)
May 17th, 2007 at 4:58 am
Regarding our site design. We’re working with a design agency to create an amazing new design for future months, which we can’t wait to show you. As for the remainder of the bundle items we’ve not yet revealed, some of them are really amazing applications, that every mac user should have. The others are really amazing applications that most mac users will appreciate.
I’d like to thank all of you who’ve purchased so far, and welcome future comments!
May 17th, 2007 at 7:37 am
Has anyone used Snapshot? How does it interact/not with iPhoto? iPhoto drives me insane – it would be nice to have something more friendly.
Thanks.
PT
May 17th, 2007 at 9:09 am
Anyone have any good guesses?
May 17th, 2007 at 9:17 am
I’m going for it – SmartBackup and DEVONagent 2 (have 1.7) are worth it.
May 17th, 2007 at 10:05 am
I’ve been focusing on #6 and #10. I’ve had a hell of a time finding any apps that retail for $49.99 (only found four so far and one of them doesn’t fit the descriptions at all). There are a lot of $49.95′s out there, including Circus Ponies Notebook (fits the description of #6). Now if that were in the bundle I would definitely buy it.
#10 could have been either iBiz, iBank, or Color Schemer Studio (stretching on this one). They are all $49.99, but none of them have enough stars on MacUpdate.
I’m stumped. Anyone else have any ideas that they are willing to publicize?
May 17th, 2007 at 10:34 am
as much as i like the mystery bundles with a good savings this is just too large a bundle, too large a price, and too many unknowns. out of the revealed programs i only have interest in two, and that’s a stretch at best.
maczot should go back to the 2-3 item mystery bundles for a cheaper price.. this could have easily been 3 days of $20 bundles that might generate more interest. (yes, i realize it’s not maczot’s direct offering but someone else’s advertised here.)
good luck to all those who buy in.
May 17th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Doesn’t anyone thinkn #10 is DevonThink? It presume fits the description and price.
May 17th, 2007 at 10:52 am
#10 is not DevonThink, since it would be a MacHeist dupe and TheMacPak promised no dupes with MacHeist.
May 17th, 2007 at 11:49 am
#10 could be DevonThink if it’s a newer version than what was received via MacHeist. I believe they’ve already pulled that trick with DevonAgent which came from MAAD.
May 17th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
What a great idea! A deal on an already great deal – I just wish I had jumped on it at $30!
May 17th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
I cannot find any app that fits the description and sells for $49.99. I thought that Yep! might might be in the bundle, but it sells for $35. My best guess for the writing app would be Mariner Write at 49.95 as Scrivener is selling for less.
May 17th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
PT,
Snapshot is excellent. It is done by a developer who follows-up and makes other excellent apps as well.
gryphonent,
The developer of Scrivener has stated he will not be participating in any programs like these.
May 17th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
My best guess for #10 is Mellel which retails for $49. Has anyone out there tried this program???
May 17th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
My best guess for #6 is Mellel which retails for $49. Has anyone out there tried this program??? And for #10 my guess is Circus Ponie’s Notebook which retails for $49. Could #8 be ChatFX which retails for $20? OR it could be ShowMacster which retails for $21.80.
May 17th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
I doubt #10 will be Mellel (49$ v 49.99$)… but if it was what a great deal! It must be Mariner Write.
Anyway… DEVONagent and *eventually* Circus Ponies Notebook (#6) alone will make this a great deal.
I won’t be buying it since I already have DEVONagent and DEVONthink PRO (that I prefer to Circus Ponies Notebook, although this is a very good app as well). SmartBackup seems great as well, but I’m already using Chronosync (great!). As for a writing tool I have Mellel and Scrivener… any other will be too much (although I’d like to try Nisus Writer Pro, in beta now). The others don’t seem so appealing.
Anyway… my dream ZOT (or any other bundle) would be:
1) PathFinder – 34.95$
2) Graphic Converter – 30$
3) Papers – 39$
4) DVDpedia (I already have Bookpedia) – 18$
5) Curio – 39$ basic (129$ pro, but 55$ if academic, which I am)
6) MailSteward – 49.95$
7) TextSoap – 29.95$
All this would make around 240$. If the ZOT was 75$… Oh, my!
May 17th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
At millca — Mellel is a great application. Fast and very stable. I’m doing my PhD using it (together with Scrivener). You should try it. The only problem for me is the poor capacity for making tables… However, since I mostly work with Excel, I import them as images to Mellel (drag & drop) and they work perfectly. In all, I’m dumping Word for good; and… I am so glad for it!!!
Another new writing application (this one for free, and a great substitute for TextEdit) is Bean.
May 17th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
I wish Nisus Writer Express was $49.99, but alas it is only $45.00. (I’ve tried Mellel, but Nisus Writer Express seemed to handle Greek better.)
May 17th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
What I find interesting is that currently the products that have been revealed to us total $129.80. Then if you total up the rest that MacZot is claiming we will get, it only comes to $284.28 (and NOT $288.86; leaving a difference of $4.58). So that sort of tells me that the amounts MacZot has listed are off a bit to throw us all off a bit from all our guessing!
May 17th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Woke up, and decided that it was worth it. There are two programs that I want and they add up to almost 42 bucks, so if one of the other apps is worth it to me, then I have made out. I already have DevonAgent and I don’t use iChat, so those two are a bust.
DevonAgent is fantastic! It integrates perfectly with DevonThink (Pro Office) and for me is a great tool. For anybody that wants a good web spider, you should try this little tool out.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:26 am
I took the plunge too. I’m looking forward to Devonagent. I’d be happy if #10 was Circus Ponies’s Notebook but how does devonThink compare to it? Notebook seems to offer some very nice features bu devonthink would integrate nicely with DevonAgent…decisions, decisions..
May 18th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Wasn’t DevonAgent in MAAD? I think I got it there. Ok, so it wasn’t version 2.
I also have DevonThink from some other bundle.
The Devon* applications *look* as if they’re very useful, but somehow I’ve not been able to get them into regular use. Anyone have any tips on how to get Devonised?
Circus Ponies Notebook seems to be yet another clipboard manager. Not to be super critical or anything, but I’ve noticed that the Mac appears to have an excess of clipboard/note gathering software.
May 18th, 2007 at 10:48 am
Look at the video tutorials and visit the Devon forums. Great apps.
May 18th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Here’s a link toe screencast for Circus Ponies Notebook:
http://media-c02m01.libsyn.com/podcasts/c7ffafdab6f04c85c93be8d8e0a47e3d/464e479d/donmc/SCO0096-CPNoteBook-Free-h264-960×540.mov
It seems to be a step up on other organizational tools…. and if you think this has anything in common with a “clipboard manager,” do yourself a favor and watch that screencast for about two minutes.. at least.
Happy 15th, Circus Ponies!
May 21st, 2007 at 6:15 pm
WooHoo! I guessed #6 correctly. I’m pumped that it is Mellel!!! I’m even more pumped that I actually purchased it from MacZot for $42! I waited right up to the wire at 11:55pm going back and forth. Finally I just took the plunge.
May 31st, 2007 at 6:53 am
May 30th and the last app was Circus Ponies Notebook.
May 31st and the website’s already saying the sale is over (May 31st), and the list of apps is gone.
Any one receive keys yet?
June 2nd, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Hello.
Only receive one serial yesterday for Picture Sync and nothing from MacPack. :(
and no more listing of the software on the web site. :(
June 3rd, 2007 at 6:31 am
The list was:
1. Pangea Arcade or Ottomatic
2. DevonAgent 2
3. SmartBackup
4. Snapshot
5. FileChute
6. Mellel
7. Mountain Tanks
8. ShowMacSter
9. PictureSync
10. Circus Ponies Notebook
I’ve not received *anything* so far – not even an acknowledgement of my reminder email.
I’m beginning to get concerned.
June 3rd, 2007 at 12:37 pm
I’ve received acknowledgement of my order with the serial for Smartbackup and then a seperate e-mail with serial for Picturesync….but nothing else.
June 4th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Same as aldpam, but the original TheMacPak site stated that registration information would be e-mailed during the first week of June (i.e., this week), so I’m not concerned yet.
Sanjay, it seems you should have received a few e-mails, so I’d contact the macZOT staff and see what’s up… Does your TheMacPak purchase show up when you view your macZOT account “My Orders” page? Mine does, and your should too unless there was a problem.
June 4th, 2007 at 10:57 am
I just received an e-mail from MacZot stating that all serials have been sent out. I’ve still received nothing other than the first 2, so I wrote to the e-mail address provided. I hope they get it straightened out.
June 4th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Same scenario here: the only thing I got up to now: no lifesign from TheMacPak after the Smartbackup/Pangea-mail.
I hope we will see a happy end here soon.
June 4th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Same here RE: today’s message. Hopefully the serial numbers will arrive soon, but at least we do know that they are working on it. My guess is that the “all serial have been sent out” message was just sent a little too soon.
June 4th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
As it happens, I bought into this bundle at TheMacPak site before it showed up at MacZot. Have sent an email to the id at that site, but no response so far … kind of worried, but the MacZot connection is kind of reassuring.
June 4th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
My Mellel license just arrived. I have 3 now: SmartBackup, PictureSync, and Mellel.
June 4th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Like DarylF2, I got the Mellel license too now. Good to see that there’s something happening.
June 5th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
good to see things-a-happening for some folks.
as for me, haven’t received a single license email eventhough I purchased at the very beginning.
Mailed Mr Howson directly and no response either.
Looks like this will be the last ever bundle I buy into…
:-(
June 6th, 2007 at 4:24 am
The license for CP Notebook arrived today! Basically, I had to visit http://www.circusponies.com/retrievelicense and enter my TheMakPak email adress. A couple of minutes later, I got the license key.
Hope the other stuff follows ASAP.
June 6th, 2007 at 5:05 am
I have Circus Ponies Notebook now, too. What a terrific app! I hope the Pangea license arrives before the weekend, as I’d love to play some of the Pangea Arcade games over the weekend.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Still no licenses for the Pangea game, DevonAgent 2, Snapshot, or Mountain Tanks…
June 7th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
The license for snapshot arrived this evening.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
I’ve received licenses for everything except DevonAgent2 adn Mountain Tanks. But has anyone else had problems getting a license for PictureSync to work? I’ve entered my email several times and I’m always told
“Your email address/username was not recognised, please go back and re-enter it.”
I’ve tried entering my PayPal email (which is the one they really want) and my MacZot email account. Neither work. Has anyone had success yet registering PictureSync? Do you know any tricks? I’ve written the developer twice now and still haven’t heard back. Perhaps he’s been bombarded with similar emails.
June 8th, 2007 at 5:21 am
PictureSync registration was a problem for me as well, but I e-mailed the developer and he resolved the issue quickly. If his registration system is having problems with the TheMacPak registrations, he might be having to do them all manually, and so might be overwhelmed right about now…
June 8th, 2007 at 9:47 am
Well, I finally got an email from Mark Howson saying that the licenses would be “resent” next week.
June 11th, 2007 at 7:18 am
What I’ve received … yet … is marked with an (x). What’s missing got an (-).
- 1. Pangea Arcade or Ottomatic
- 2. DevonAgent 2
- 3. SmartBackup
x 4. Snapshot
x 5. FileChute
x 6. Mellel
- 7. Mountain Tanks
x 8. ShowMacSter
x 9. PictureSync
x 10. Circus Ponies Notebook
June 11th, 2007 at 9:50 am
I have received everything so far except DevonAgent
June 11th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I have all licenses now except for DEVONagent 2.
June 11th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
I’ve not received a single license so far. This is despite the fact I signed up within a couple of days of the first announcement.
Very disappointing.
June 12th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
I’m also missing DevonAgent. Tried to contact Mark several times but didn’t get any response.
Gerald
June 13th, 2007 at 1:00 am
The missing SN has just arrived.
June 13th, 2007 at 8:00 am
Has anyone received the Mountain Tanks registration codes yet? That’s the last one I’m missing.
June 13th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Good for all those who got something … I’m still waiting for a license. Any license.
And to make things even more interesting, the website is now missing contact information as well!
I’m going to avoid Mr Howson’s little schemes in the future. I guess MacZot is the only way to go.
June 13th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
TheMacPak guys seem to have been busy creating a forum:
http://www.themacpak.com/Forum/index.php
I’ve posted a query about the May licenses … first non-admin post, I think. Let’s see what happens.
http://www.themacpak.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?id=4
June 13th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
I’m stillmissing two of them:
- Pangea Arcade or Ottomatic
- SmartBackup
June 14th, 2007 at 8:40 am
The instructions to receive the Pangea Arcade or Ottomatic game was to send an email with whichever game you wanted in the subject line to pangea@namenetwork.info. Don’t put anything in the body of the email. Also be sure to use your MacZot email address.
As for SmartBackup, here are the instructions for that:
SmartBackup
If you haven’t already, download SmartBackup from http://freeridecoding.net/smartbackup/index.html so you can register it. The registration email address for TheMacPak has a special prefix. Just add “macpak.” (without the quotes and be sure to include the period) to the front end of your MacZot email address.
For example:
macpak.stevejobs@apple.com
This’ll work perfectly for almost all customers, unless you have a special character in your email address, like a + sign. In this case, simply remove the plus sign, and try again.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:28 am
I’ve received everything except for ShowMacster and Pangea Arcade/Ottomatic, which the latter I have e-mailed twice, with no response at all.
June 16th, 2007 at 7:39 am
Here’s the ShowMacster email address: support@showmacster.com
As for getting the Pangea Arcade/Ottomatic game, send a real email to the same address listing all possible emails they might have (as my PayPal email and MacZot email are completely different). Just explain you still haven’t received the game you chose as part of MacZot’s MacPak deal. After I wrote them an email, they responded right back and forwarded they email they supposedly had already sent me with my registration # (somehow that email just have got put into my Junk mail folder and I had deleted it — this actually happened with Mountain Tank as well).
Hope this helps!
Christi
(and no, I don’t work for any of the above developers, nor MacZot; I’m just a happy purchaser of the MacPak)