Where is the demo for vBulletin 4.0, where is a complete list of screen shots?

[amazeme]

currently running joomla 1.5 + vbulletin forum. presale link for the suite got me to the site but no demo was a shock.......lets see what you want us to pay for - thx

[Mangler]

$500? It reads $130 for me? =260 for you.
Yeah after I saw the pretty new homepage I was hoping for a pretty new forum! I'm curious will there be awesome themes or not ?

Hmm. this is interesting.

Mine are owned but expired (one is 3.8 and the other 3.5). Perhaps that makes a difference.

Edit: Just looked at it again. My options are upgrade to 4.0 suite at $250 per license, or buy NEW forum only license for $195 per. Unfortunately $4 large is not much better than 5 and still out of my range by a bunch. I have been holding on by upgrading just when I need to, this pretty much seems to take away that option.

[netsultants]

I was going to start a thread like this. I'm glad I'm not the only one with this issue. I was a bit confused today to receive an upgrade offer. I was happy to learn 4.0 is being released and when I went to the site in the link to learn more there was nothing showing what it's going to be. A feature list is great but not enough to make a purchase decision.

I hope the offer gets extended to a reasonable time frame so we have a chance to review the product.

These are your customers requesting this......

We are excited and supportive but we need to see what we are getting. Frankly, I'm confused.

[stonepilot]

show me the Demo!

yeah, I agree. I've bought before without a good demo, like the offical vB blog add-in, that didn't work out so well. Would love to see how it all works and if I have to get a brand-free to keep the CMS from listing out - Powered by vBulletin on my homepage.

[jtech77]

I have been using vBulletin for a good 7 years now. I have two owned licenses. I have been promoting vB pretty much the whole time I have used it because I think it's a great product. But, the $500.00 I would have to spend to bring both licenses to v4 pretty much prices me out of it.

It is really going to stink trying to find and learn a new forum software but thats my only option. The economy is in the crapper and I have been out of work for over a year. Thanks vB for a great product over the years, sure wish I could tag along for v4 and beyond.

$500? It reads $130 for me? =260 for you.
Yeah after I saw the pretty new homepage I was hoping for a pretty new forum! I'm curious will there be awesome themes or not ?

Hmm. this is interesting.

[hockeyshare]

You'd also think they'd at least make mention of an expected (even approximate) release date. Instead of...hurry up, give us your $130 for a product you can't see and we won't tell you when exactly it will be available.

...not sure I understand the logic here

...nice shiny new front page though...all it's missing are screenshots and demos

[Delroy]

When I saw the new site design I was very excited. When I clicked the forum link and saw this same old 3.8.4 I was really disappointed. I felt like I was just spammed.

Also...someone please update that darn blog.

[jrcal]

If that were the case then why didnt wayne say so in this post? It would avoided this totally predictable reverb of similar posts.

Better yet - launch the product, and then offer an early-bird discount to customers.

[Mangler]

I have been using vBulletin for a good 7 years now. I have two owned licenses. I have been promoting vB pretty much the whole time I have used it because I think it's a great product. But, the $500.00 I would have to spend to bring both licenses to v4 pretty much prices me out of it.

It is really going to stink trying to find and learn a new forum software but thats my only option. The economy is in the crapper and I have been out of work for over a year. Thanks vB for a great product over the years, sure wish I could tag along for v4 and beyond.

[NetRover]

It is bizzar though to try and sell licenses without a demo.

I've never bought anything by that method before.

[smnet]

Easy guys. I just talked to someone on the phone from sales and they hinted a possible demo out before the 30th. When has Jelsoft really let you down? Take a deep breath and relax. No one from Jelsoft is going to reply if you talk like this.

If that were the case then why didnt wayne say so in this post? It would avoided this totally predictable reverb of similar posts.

[jrcal]

No one from Jelsoft is going to reply if you talk like this.

Great business tactic - piss your customers off, and then don't respond to them.

[Markro]

Easy guys. I just talked to someone on the phone from sales and they hinted a possible demo out before the 30th. When has Jelsoft really let you down? Take a deep breath and relax. No one from Jelsoft is going to reply if you talk like this.

I'll be honest, I don't think anyone here is making irrational demands . Demo and/or screenshots with a pre-sales release seem to go hand-in-hand. Although I may be wrong....

[bstillman]

You want us to drop $130 without even giving us screenshots? Seriously?

[CarterMarkham]

Easy guys. I just talked to someone on the phone from sales and they hinted a possible demo out before the 30th. When has Jelsoft really let you down? Take a deep breath and relax. No one from Jelsoft is going to reply if you talk like this.