Here's my understanding of the pricing, after a conversation with the awspubs people:
It's $50 for the drive itself, not its contents, plus the same-as-paper price for the contents.
So you pay the same for the code whether it's on paper or on the drive, plus $50 for the drive.
If you get multiple codes on one drive, it's still $50 for the one drive, plus the total cost of the codes.
If you get multiple codes each on their own drive, it's the cost of all the codes plus $50 for each drive.
They also give discounts for multiple formats of the same code. If you buy the code on paper plus on flash (which I think you'll want to do because you can't print from the flash), the cost of the second format is 25% of the nonmember price. Which, if you get the 25% discount as a member, brings you back up to what the nonmember price would have been for one format.
If you already bought your paper copy, they'll still give you that discount; they can look up your order.
So if you want D1.1 on paper, and you're a member, it's $294.
If you want D1.1 on flashdrive, it's $294 + $50 = $344.
If you want D1.1 and D1.5 on one flashdrive, it's $294 + $198 + $50 = $542.
If you want D1.1 and D1.5 each on their own flashdrive, it's $294 + $198 + 2*$50 = $592.
If you want D1.1 on flashdrive and paper both, it's $392 (nonmember price) + $50 = $442. (Can also be thought of as $294 + $392/4 + $50.)
If you already bought your paper copy of D1.1 and you now want to buy the flashdrive, it's $392/4 + $50 = $148.
If you are a nonmember and you want D1.1 on flashdrive and on paper both, it's $392*1.25 + $50 = $540.
They're not set up to take orders for this over the web; you have to call them and explain what you want. It's a custom job of which particular combination of codes you want on your drive. They said that anything that can currently be ordered as PDF can be put on the drive, and they can fit 3 or 4 codes on the drive. (I'm guessin' they can get a lot more of the skinny codes like A5 on there.) They can also do back editions, so if for some reason you want the last 3 years of D1.1 on your drive, they'll sell you that too.
Hg
Thanks hg, All that was explained to me was $148 for the drive( since I had already purchased the bound copy), but that was after I got the following email, Thats what got me wondering if they were trying to use me as a sex orafice.
Here is the email I originaly recieved after asking about getting one after the fact that I had ordered a book earlier:
Good Morning Carl,
Yes you may contact our customer service dept and place the order for the
D1.1-08 on the flash drive for $50.00.
Toll Free customer service 1-888-935-3464.
Regards,
(name removed)
WEX- World Engineering Xchange Ltd
2671 West 81st Street
Hialeah, FL 33016
Tel: 305-826-6192 Fax: 305-826-6195
Toll Free: 888-Welding
P.S. They giving you royalties?
Maybe they thought you wanted to switch an order from paper to flash. Or maybe they left out the word "extra".
I don't think written communication is WEX's strong suit. I had a bunch of email back-and-forth about the pricing, none of which was clear, but then over the phone they made plenty of sense. I think it's a case of "I understand what I mean; why don't you understand what I mean?"
Which happens a lot. Particularly with technical people.
Hg
Well, it was a couple months after I recieved the book, so I doubt thats the case, Maybe the help didn't quite understand the pricing at the time I asked!
I love flash drives and use them all the time. But like with everything computer, they can crash. I just had my new Vista computer do an automatic Microsoft update while a flash drive was in place. It totally wiped out the flash drive and even my computer repair shop said they couldn't recover any data from it.
Make sure AWS will replace your flash drive promptly if it goes south.
Bob
I bet if you sent them the carcass they'd be willing to replace it. Might want to double-check that when you place the order, though.
Hg
Hi, I'm Jeff Kennedy WEX. If you have a problem with the flash drive, I will replace it. And thanks to HG for an excellent explaination to the pricing. If you would like help with publications, tool kits, weld replicas or the flash drives please call 305.826.6192 or e-mail jeff.kennedy@wex-americas.com
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