Discount time question

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What day does the discount for the Lifetime account become available again?

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Usually in the middle of December. I think last year it was something like the 18th?

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2022: ???
2021: Mon, Dec 20th
2020: Wed, Dec 16th
2019: Wed, Dec 18th
2018: Tue, Dec 18th
2017: Mon, Dec 18th

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So, around the 15th to the 25th?

(Very wide estimation)

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All I know is that Iā€™d promote whoever came up with the plan originally. Real win-wins are rare in business.

I suspect itā€™s at least sligtly better on average for WK, but Iā€™m unsure and I donā€™t begrudge them a dime. If you plan to stick with it, itā€™s a steal.

Itā€™s probably more motivational for those on monthly or annual plans to keep reviewing daily, but who knows? Then again, once one pays for ā€œlifetimeā€ you become more invested in learning rather than speed.

There is an interesting calculus between subscriptions and purchase, and WK seems to understand it perfectly. Iā€™m truly impressed.

Regardless, I didnā€™t bat an eye when I pulled the trigger. Iā€™ll ā€œfinishā€ at right around three years ($267 at annual rates) but will almost certainly stick around longer than that. I win! And so do they!

Theyā€™ll be pariahs if they ever eliminate the annual discount for lifetime rates. Bā€™rer 恆恕恎 comes to mind.

Seriously: this is one of the best pricing programs Iā€™ve ever seen in any industry. Kudos to the team.

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How much is the discount usually?

If itā€™s 50% it would take me just under 3 years to break even as Iā€™m currently paying $4.50 on the 50% monthly discount they offered last year.

Not sure whether to go for monthly/annually/lifetime if they offer discounts on all of them this year. :confused:

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Usually itā€™s $100 off lifetime, no discount on monthly or annual.

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Ahh okay, it must have been a one off doing monthly/annually discounts last year then. I guess if they donā€™t do it this time around Iā€™ll probably bite the bullet and go lifetime.

Surely Iā€™ll be using this service for longer than 3 years in the long runā€¦

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I plan to use it until I die.

Or at least the forums partā€¦

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is there discount for one year subscription? Mine expires in february, could I pay advanced if I get a discount?

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I think there was a code for it to be like 15% offā€¦I forgot what it was though.

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I thought so, I got 50% off monthly last year and I could have sworn there was 50% off annual also.

I emailed WK yesterday and they said an official announcement of upcoming mid-december discounts are going to be made shortly.

If they discount annual I will definitely get it, lifetime is too expensive for me to pay all right now as I may no longer need WK by the time it has paid for itself.

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