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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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