New back to school crystals bugged?

Hey usually these type of deals cost 7 CAD but now cost 14 CAD. Is this correct or is it a mistake?

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Hey everyone,
Just taking a moment to address this.

There isn't anything fishy afoot, here; this price was intentional. Different deals have different prices. It's also why prices are clearly displayed and require a second stage of confirmation (with the price displayed a second time).

That being said, we are taking your feedback to the team and letting them know the general sentiment regarding this deal! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.

I mean this in the nicest way possible, The company is trying to test the water and see how much people will pay when the jackpot events arrive in December because you guys gave up the other event.

Demonzfyre

Hey everyone,
Just taking a moment to address this.

There isn't anything fishy afoot, here; this price was intentional. Different deals have different prices. It's also why prices are clearly displayed and require a second stage of confirmation (with the price displayed a second time).

That being said, we are taking your feedback to the team and letting them know the general sentiment regarding this deal! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.
I mean this in the nicest way possible, The company is trying to test the water and see how much people will pay when the jackpot events arrive in December because you guys gave up the other event.

Kuzuri_1832

I saw the price first (thankfully, otherwise I could have auto-pilot purchased it) and got excited, yeah excited that it was double the price. I thought 'oh they must have increased the odds to match the highest progression level' then noticed the offer next to it and got more excited thinking 'what a time to add a Paragon nexus crystal, when 6* SW is added!'. I was then dropped back to earth when I realized that not only was SW not in the pool, but that the odds were still the same as previously.

Highest crystal of this kind is still Cavalier, yet that is now two progression levels behind. TB's don't need 3*'s, let alone Paragon players. Perhaps it's time to rename these crystals at least.

Anyways, I don't mind them doubling the price for the same thing, just means I will never be tempted by them going forward.

Humanity404

Glad I happened to notice before instinctively hitting buy.

Vance2_jr

I did it instinctively before I realized the price increase. Last time I buy these. In the immortal words of George W. Bush: “… fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
How are they fooling u if the price is right there...

To clarify, I’m accepting responsibility for jumping right in without actually reading.

Apparently, I need to also explain the nuances of the Bush quote, which was a complete mangling of the actual phrase, which is “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” The point being, I will now read everything and not assume things are the same as they were last time. And I will not be buying these again.

KennyPL

I wonder how many people bought it "on instinct"? I bet there will be a butt load of pissed players around

Coppin

I did it instinctively before I realized the price increase. Last time I buy these. In the immortal words of George W. Bush: “… fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
How are they fooling u if the price is right there...
To clarify, I’m accepting responsibility for jumping right in without actually reading.

Apparently, I need to also explain the nuances of the Bush quote, which was a complete mangling of the actual phrase, which is “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” The point being, I will now read everything and not assume things are the same as they were last time. And I will not be buying these again.

Fool me once means u were deceived...
U were not deceived... U just rush to it...
Basically your quote doesnt apply...

Vance2_jr

I did it instinctively before I realized the price increase. Last time I buy these. In the immortal words of George W. Bush: “… fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
How are they fooling u if the price is right there...
To clarify, I’m accepting responsibility for jumping right in without actually reading.

Apparently, I need to also explain the nuances of the Bush quote, which was a complete mangling of the actual phrase, which is “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” The point being, I will now read everything and not assume things are the same as they were last time. And I will not be buying these again.
Fool me once means u were deceived...
U were not deceived... U just rush to it...
Basically your quote doesnt apply...

Please go back and read my first sentence. I’m sure we can split hairs on this all day long, but that wouldn’t be productive, now would it?

Warlockjr

Thanks a lot kabam always trying to make money from us god dang

Warlockjr

5 bucks a crystal is rediculos

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JHVS123

Man. I bought all 3 of these on autopilot without seeing the $10 tag. Totally my fault and from here on out I guess I will have to carefully review each purchase as to whether the price has escalated before I buy. I guess if I had landed something above a 5 star I wouldn't even mind but that makes me feel even more foolish for wasting that amount on these crystals.

TimeGenesis

Hey everyone,
Just taking a moment to address this.

There isn't anything fishy afoot, here; this price was intentional. Different deals have different prices. It's also why prices are clearly displayed and require a second stage of confirmation (with the price displayed a second time).

That being said, we are taking your feedback to the team and letting them know the general sentiment regarding this deal! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.

We get that every deal is different but these are the same crystals we usually get for 5$ albeit the different champion pool. Same drop rates, same quantity.

What makes this crystal so special compared to the previous deals that justifies the price hike?

TyEdge

There’s a difference between fishy and on-the-level-but obnoxious. Everything is properly displayed and public, so it’s not “fishy” imo. It’s also a super weak choice for them to make a day after nuking the work put into alt accounts.

o_o

I did it instinctively before I realized the price increase. Last time I buy these. In the immortal words of George W. Bush: “… fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
How are they fooling u if the price is right there...
To clarify, I’m accepting responsibility for jumping right in without actually reading.

Apparently, I need to also explain the nuances of the Bush quote, which was a complete mangling of the actual phrase, which is “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” The point being, I will now read everything and not assume things are the same as they were last time. And I will not be buying these again.

Nemeschy

Hey everyone,
Just taking a moment to address this.

There isn't anything fishy afoot, here; this price was intentional. Different deals have different prices. It's also why prices are clearly displayed and require a second stage of confirmation (with the price displayed a second time).

That being said, we are taking your feedback to the team and letting them know the general sentiment regarding this deal! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.

But it's not a "different" offer. It's the exact same offer you put out every week for $5.00. That statement is flimsy at best. Misleading actually. It's no different from any other nexus deal. It's not like every champ in there is a banger. 60% of them suck, just like every other offer.

Warlockjr

Kabam Miike said that he has no idea why its 10 bucks this will not continue

LBN1

I appreciate the clarification by Kabam Jax. I looked before buying, and did not buy and came to the forums first as the price increase is shocking. In the end, games can charge what the market will bear. This increase, is just absurdly and ridiculously overpriced, and is now a super easy hard pass saving me $10 bucks weekly as I'd typically by both sets. I used to buy these sets 3 to 4 times a month, so almost weekly. Now I doubt I ever will again.

Every Summoner out there, should join me and never buy these. Hopefully the revenue drops like the iron anvil on Spiderham's special 3, and then Kabam could realize the error of their ways and go backwards, though I don't hold out much hope...

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Sir_Globalot

I'm an adult and I can't believe I'm disappointed about "back to school" even at this age! Lol

Unyonface

I also almost bought this deal but stopped before I clicked purchased cuz I saw 9.99. Now don’t get me wrong, I think this is overpriced for 2 nexus crystals, but hear me out. Could it be that Kabam is charging more because of the champs that are in the pool? Hercules, Doom, OS, Shang-Chi, Mr Negative, and Captain Britain? Maybe under there reasoning, they charged more because of those champs being in there? I’m not saying it’s right to charge more just because those champs are in the pool, but Kabam might think it was ok to raise the price.

Wozzle007

The feedback on here will matter less than the revenue this deal brings compared to the normal price

Hey everyone,
Just taking a moment to address this.

There isn't anything fishy afoot, here; this price was intentional. Different deals have different prices. It's also why prices are clearly displayed and require a second stage of confirmation (with the price displayed a second time).

That being said, we are taking your feedback to the team and letting them know the general sentiment regarding this deal! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.

This feels a bit disingenuous to say it’s a different deal just because the champion pool has changed when the drop rate remains the same. The featured 6* crystal costs 15k shards irrespective of quality of the champion pool, featured Cav crystals cost 300 units irrespective of the champions. Just because money is being charged doesn’t mean it is a different deal. All of these things require a swapping of tokens to acquire them, just because this uses real world money doesn’t mean it’s a different deal as every other time. It leaves a bad taste that a decision has been made at Kabam that thinks a 100% increase is a fair value and ultimately this feels like price gouging. Kabam can charge whatever amount it wants, but when you double the cost of something I think we players have right to feel a little bit aggrieved.

Destroy4589

So same rates, similar quantity of good and bad champs, no guarantee i'll acquire the desired champs and yet you're charging double the price? Only difference is increasing the limit. Who let the intern in marketing think up these prices? Or is the excuse high energy bills, war in ukraine, covid?

Pseudouber

Hell No, I always bought these but not now for 30 bucks for all 3. I would have gotten them all for 15 and took my chances before. For a Paragon player they really need to start increasing the chances for a 6* or come out with thronebreaker crystals...we are at paragon now Kabam.

GroundedWisdom

The feedback on here will matter less than the revenue this deal brings compared to the normal price
Hey everyone,
Just taking a moment to address this.

There isn't anything fishy afoot, here; this price was intentional. Different deals have different prices. It's also why prices are clearly displayed and require a second stage of confirmation (with the price displayed a second time).

That being said, we are taking your feedback to the team and letting them know the general sentiment regarding this deal! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.
This feels a bit disingenuous to say it’s a different deal just because the champion pool has changed when the drop rate remains the same. The featured 6* crystal costs 15k shards irrespective of quality of the champion pool, featured Cav crystals cost 300 units irrespective of the champions. Just because money is being charged doesn’t mean it is a different deal. All of these things require a swapping of tokens to acquire them, just because this uses real world money doesn’t mean it’s a different deal as every other time. It leaves a bad taste that a decision has been made at Kabam that thinks a 100% increase is a fair value and ultimately this feels like price gouging. Kabam can charge whatever amount it wants, but when you double the cost of something I think we players have right to feel a little bit aggrieved.

Actually, they're entitled to charge whatever they want for these Offers. There is no going rate. Now, that's not to say there aren't trends. Otherwise we wouldn't be here. However, on a base level, they offer what they offer based on a number of factors, and we are free to decide if it's worth the money they're asking for whatever it is they're offering. There's a misconception that we choose the price based on what we buy, and that's not directly accurate.

Jaded

The feedback on here will matter less than the revenue this deal brings compared to the normal price
Hey everyone,
Just taking a moment to address this.

There isn't anything fishy afoot, here; this price was intentional. Different deals have different prices. It's also why prices are clearly displayed and require a second stage of confirmation (with the price displayed a second time).

That being said, we are taking your feedback to the team and letting them know the general sentiment regarding this deal! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.
This feels a bit disingenuous to say it’s a different deal just because the champion pool has changed when the drop rate remains the same. The featured 6* crystal costs 15k shards irrespective of quality of the champion pool, featured Cav crystals cost 300 units irrespective of the champions. Just because money is being charged doesn’t mean it is a different deal. All of these things require a swapping of tokens to acquire them, just because this uses real world money doesn’t mean it’s a different deal as every other time. It leaves a bad taste that a decision has been made at Kabam that thinks a 100% increase is a fair value and ultimately this feels like price gouging. Kabam can charge whatever amount it wants, but when you double the cost of something I think we players have right to feel a little bit aggrieved.
Actually, they're entitled to charge whatever they want for these Offers. There is no going rate. Now, that's not to say there aren't trends. Otherwise we wouldn't be here. However, on a base level, they offer what they offer based on a number of factors, and we are free to decide if it's worth the money they're asking for whatever it is they're offering. There's a misconception that we choose the price based on what we buy, and that's not directly accurate.

Wait hold on, businesses are allowed to change what they charge without notice to their patrons?? Unbelievable, blasphemy!! At the same time we have free will to decide on buying their product or not? Mind blowing information you are providing me today.

SatsuiNoHadou

The feedback on here will matter less than the revenue this deal brings compared to the normal price
Hey everyone,
Just taking a moment to address this.

There isn't anything fishy afoot, here; this price was intentional. Different deals have different prices. It's also why prices are clearly displayed and require a second stage of confirmation (with the price displayed a second time).

That being said, we are taking your feedback to the team and letting them know the general sentiment regarding this deal! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.
This feels a bit disingenuous to say it’s a different deal just because the champion pool has changed when the drop rate remains the same. The featured 6* crystal costs 15k shards irrespective of quality of the champion pool, featured Cav crystals cost 300 units irrespective of the champions. Just because money is being charged doesn’t mean it is a different deal. All of these things require a swapping of tokens to acquire them, just because this uses real world money doesn’t mean it’s a different deal as every other time. It leaves a bad taste that a decision has been made at Kabam that thinks a 100% increase is a fair value and ultimately this feels like price gouging. Kabam can charge whatever amount it wants, but when you double the cost of something I think we players have right to feel a little bit aggrieved.
Actually, they're entitled to charge whatever they want for these Offers. There is no going rate. Now, that's not to say there aren't trends. Otherwise we wouldn't be here. However, on a base level, they offer what they offer based on a number of factors, and we are free to decide if it's worth the money they're asking for whatever it is they're offering. There's a misconception that we choose the price based on what we buy, and that's not directly accurate.

Are you out of your mind dude? You do realize that what just transpired was essentially inflation of +100% for the same goods that we’ve been offered week after week.

And to add on to that, this truly feels like a slap in the face to many people especially with the increased cost of living and rampant inflation experienced by all worldwide.

GroundedWisdom

The feedback on here will matter less than the revenue this deal brings compared to the normal price
Hey everyone,
Just taking a moment to address this.

There isn't anything fishy afoot, here; this price was intentional. Different deals have different prices. It's also why prices are clearly displayed and require a second stage of confirmation (with the price displayed a second time).

That being said, we are taking your feedback to the team and letting them know the general sentiment regarding this deal! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.
This feels a bit disingenuous to say it’s a different deal just because the champion pool has changed when the drop rate remains the same. The featured 6* crystal costs 15k shards irrespective of quality of the champion pool, featured Cav crystals cost 300 units irrespective of the champions. Just because money is being charged doesn’t mean it is a different deal. All of these things require a swapping of tokens to acquire them, just because this uses real world money doesn’t mean it’s a different deal as every other time. It leaves a bad taste that a decision has been made at Kabam that thinks a 100% increase is a fair value and ultimately this feels like price gouging. Kabam can charge whatever amount it wants, but when you double the cost of something I think we players have right to feel a little bit aggrieved.
Actually, they're entitled to charge whatever they want for these Offers. There is no going rate. Now, that's not to say there aren't trends. Otherwise we wouldn't be here. However, on a base level, they offer what they offer based on a number of factors, and we are free to decide if it's worth the money they're asking for whatever it is they're offering. There's a misconception that we choose the price based on what we buy, and that's not directly accurate.
Wait hold on, businesses are allowed to change what they charge without notice to their patrons?? Unbelievable, blasphemy!! At the same time we have free will to decide on buying their product or not? Mind blowing information you are providing me today.

Moving past the ToS, as I'm sure it's been reiterated enough that people know they can modify, businesses do it all the time. Ever been to a department store? Been to a grocery store lately? I don't remember receiving notice that their prices will increase.

Jaded

The feedback on here will matter less than the revenue this deal brings compared to the normal price
Hey everyone,
Just taking a moment to address this.

There isn't anything fishy afoot, here; this price was intentional. Different deals have different prices. It's also why prices are clearly displayed and require a second stage of confirmation (with the price displayed a second time).

That being said, we are taking your feedback to the team and letting them know the general sentiment regarding this deal! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.
This feels a bit disingenuous to say it’s a different deal just because the champion pool has changed when the drop rate remains the same. The featured 6* crystal costs 15k shards irrespective of quality of the champion pool, featured Cav crystals cost 300 units irrespective of the champions. Just because money is being charged doesn’t mean it is a different deal. All of these things require a swapping of tokens to acquire them, just because this uses real world money doesn’t mean it’s a different deal as every other time. It leaves a bad taste that a decision has been made at Kabam that thinks a 100% increase is a fair value and ultimately this feels like price gouging. Kabam can charge whatever amount it wants, but when you double the cost of something I think we players have right to feel a little bit aggrieved.
Actually, they're entitled to charge whatever they want for these Offers. There is no going rate. Now, that's not to say there aren't trends. Otherwise we wouldn't be here. However, on a base level, they offer what they offer based on a number of factors, and we are free to decide if it's worth the money they're asking for whatever it is they're offering. There's a misconception that we choose the price based on what we buy, and that's not directly accurate.
Wait hold on, businesses are allowed to change what they charge without notice to their patrons?? Unbelievable, blasphemy!! At the same time we have free will to decide on buying their product or not? Mind blowing information you are providing me today.
Moving past the ToS, as I'm sure it's been reiterated enough that people know they can modify, businesses do it all the time. Ever been to a department store? Been to a grocery store lately? I don't remember receiving notice that their prices will increase.

We do get information about increasing gas prices, meats in groceries, etc… idk what world you live in (I know you live in Canada like I do) but we most definitely get information on prices increasing. Perhaps not the exact amount but we will know prices are increasing from news outlets, local grocery stores or word of mouth. Sorry if you are too sheltered to know that and when these item’s costs are increasing.

Wozzle007

The feedback on here will matter less than the revenue this deal brings compared to the normal price
Hey everyone,
Just taking a moment to address this.

There isn't anything fishy afoot, here; this price was intentional. Different deals have different prices. It's also why prices are clearly displayed and require a second stage of confirmation (with the price displayed a second time).

That being said, we are taking your feedback to the team and letting them know the general sentiment regarding this deal! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.
This feels a bit disingenuous to say it’s a different deal just because the champion pool has changed when the drop rate remains the same. The featured 6* crystal costs 15k shards irrespective of quality of the champion pool, featured Cav crystals cost 300 units irrespective of the champions. Just because money is being charged doesn’t mean it is a different deal. All of these things require a swapping of tokens to acquire them, just because this uses real world money doesn’t mean it’s a different deal as every other time. It leaves a bad taste that a decision has been made at Kabam that thinks a 100% increase is a fair value and ultimately this feels like price gouging. Kabam can charge whatever amount it wants, but when you double the cost of something I think we players have right to feel a little bit aggrieved.
Actually, they're entitled to charge whatever they want for these Offers. There is no going rate. Now, that's not to say there aren't trends. Otherwise we wouldn't be here. However, on a base level, they offer what they offer based on a number of factors, and we are free to decide if it's worth the money they're asking for whatever it is they're offering. There's a misconception that we choose the price based on what we buy, and that's not directly accurate.

I’m not sure why your trying to correct me when I literally wrote “Kabam can charge whatever amount it wants.”

And also I said “The feedback on here will matter less than the revenue this deal brings compared to the normal price”

Who gave the impression that we the customer can set the price? We know we can’t. We can influence through our actions both in terms of feedback and spending habits as a 100% price increase is a bit ludicrous.

The trend for this item has been a consistent history of costing the exact same amount every single time. If you we’re going to SPC chart the history of the cost of the item, this is the only occasion I can recall it differing in price and the fact it’s doubled after so many occasions of having a completely static cost would likely fall into special cause variation (I’m sure someone like DNA3000 could school me on my incorrect use of SPC here).

You’re obviously free to buy if you think it’s worth the value. My suggestion would be to buy the Sunday Thronebreaker daily special. You get 2 Cav Nexus crystals, plus all the Rank 4 materials and after 7 weeks can get trade in for the paragon offer or Thronebreaker if your not paragon yet.