A very humble request…
Having been laid off almost a year ago, my financial resources are running
right out the bottom, yet I still am extraordinarily eager to buy a copy of 3-D
Studio v. 2. There's no conceivable way that I can afford $2995, but I want to
proceed legitimately and have checked with Autodesk Customer Service re the
following approach:
If I can find anyone who bought 3-D Studio release 1 and no longer uses it nor
plans to, NOR has upgraded it using that serial number, if I could find such a
person and BUY their old set, or even just Disk # 1 and transfer ownership of
that serial number, I could then upgrade to release 2.0 at a much reduced cost.
I know it's very unlikely that such a person exists, especially on THIS forum,
populated by avid 3-D users, but maybe one of you knows of someone who bought
it, tried, it, and didn't get into it.If you could put me in touch with such a
person, maybe we could work out some sort of complimentary purchase.
At any rate, that is my ONLY hope of getting 3-D Studio, and I DO wish that
Autodesk didn't price it so astronomically high. Thanks for any help or advice
anyone can provide.
Pete Fisher
PS – I DO own Animator Pro, Sketch, Chaos, CA-LAB and most of the Autodesk
Retail products; it's just 3-D studio that's so totally beyond my reach.