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Monster bundle by Appsumo - $99 for $5k+ services

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Aside from the books and subscriptions, seemed to me like a lot of trial accounts, basically. It feels more like buying a coupon book than getting anything tangible this time.

I rather like the idea of AppSumo, just this time I have a hard time seeing which of these are good deals. After going through them all one-by-one I still can't tell if it's worth a hundred bucks to the average startup.

I had that same feeling, and was not convinced it would be worth the time to research the true value.

This bundle rocks! If you're worried about not getting what you want, Noah is the nicest guy around. Will give you a 100% refund, no questions asked. http://appsumo.com/faq/

if i don't buy the bundle that i don't want in the first place then i don't have to worry about the troubles with a refund.

Fair point. My personal favorites are pivotal tracker ($100 credit), $50 for Twilio, $40 for Postmark and Geckoboard.

I got it early today, and it's more then just trail accounts, some are free for a few months, but there is a lot more value here. I totally thought it was worth it, but I'm going to be using most of this stuff for my startup anyways

I look at it like a sample bag from a carnival, but without the creepy carnies or the smell of cabbages.

Basically, you get to tool around with a bunch of products for a while and see what they're like, how you can use them and what value they provide. Sure, they cost you 1000 packs of Mi Goreng, but so does a tank of petrol.

It bugs the absolute shit out of me that every time I hit AppSumo, they ask me for my email address even though I've already given it to them.

Sorry. That should only happen once per forever. Also, it is cause the link is to appsumo.com instead of to the deal (appsumo.com/lean) which skips the email page.

I think I've entered it about a dozen times myself. I never clear cookies.

me too, entered at least 5 times

well, that you (and I) bother, says something about their service.

The links from the newsletters also prompts for an email address, which is quite annoying.

Yes! Happens to me also. Very very annoying.

One thing that annoyed me about some of these AppSumo deals, is that I got bitten by that fact that some of them had an expiration date. There seem to be alot of constraints that don't show up until AFTER you pay for it. Would be nice to make some of these details more upfront

Fair point. We have the finer details section under each item. How can we make that more clear?

Well, as an impulse buyer, I saw some of the headlines and just pulled the trigger without looking at the bottom row of fine print of every single deal. You're probably thinking great, ideal customer. That happened about twice though before I decided to just not bother looking anymore until I have a real pressing need for some of the offers, due to some of the expiration dates. True, the notices are there, but they really are in fine print at the bottom of each deal's page. IMO, there could even be a simple warning at the bottom of the main page like "Some offers are only redeemable before a certain date. Some restrictions may apply - See deal page for details" Even something along those lines would be a bit more informative for the buyer and offer a clue that there are possibly certain restrictions to pay closer attention to. No more buyers remorse.

Having bought like 10 deals I really miss having emails that tells me "hey this coupon is expiring in 1 month, 2 weeks, 1 week, 3 days"

I have let some coupon expire because I was lazy and didnt need them at that very moment

clickable without the email submit nag http://www.appsumo.com/lean/

THANK YOU. Can someone ask a mod to change the link to this?

No offense intended to anyone here but one of the Appsumo deals I signed up for was, absolutely, a scam.

My advice would be to only sign up for these offers if you won't be upset if some of the vendors refuse to honor the text of their offer, just assume that some will pull a bait-and-switch and you won't be too disappointed.

Do not think that you'll be able to persuade them to honor the offer as described, I made that mistake and simply wasted a lot of time; they know that, ultimately, no-one is going to bother taking legal action, so, they'll just stonewall you until you go away.

Also, pay extremely close attention to the expiration dates.

I guess Noah needed to do something to make up for the long-form sales letter debacle. :-)

There are a hell of a lot of services here... What are your must-haves?

Wow, this is most probably the biggest startup bundle ever.

He should add some startup furnitures + office space. Then it would be awesome.

Awesome, the return of the Lean Startup Bundle! Sold!

Only took us 5+ months to get this setup :)

I can see there was a lot of timing and coordination involved, though. Worth the wait!

Great deals, thanks Noah!

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