User blog comment:HachuneNova/How much is an AH-Software starter pack?/@comment-33767747-20171125200226

$200-300+ is not at all unusual to pay for a starter pack. Starter packs are usually...

- Physical - if from the company itself (so you're paying for the CD, paper used, boxes, taxes, and the shipping; opposed to just the taxes)

- Include the voice(s) and the editor itself (actually cheaper than if you bought them all separately)

Vocaloid alone is roughly $100.

The average voice is anywhere from $60-160 depending on what you buy. The most expensive I've seen thusfar in terms of pricing is galaco - $157.82 on the vocaloid store. The only voices more expensive than her is Megpoid Complete and Gakupoid Complete. Megpoid Complete is $220 and Gakupoid Complete is $197 - and that's still cheaper than buying their natural and extensions separate. The aforementioned prices don't even include the editor.

So, let's contextualize this all in the case of Macne Nana V4. These prices are from the vocaloid store itself...

Vocaloid Editor: 98.64

Macne Nana (3 voices, all bought separately): 78.91 x 3 = 236.73

All together: $335.37 and that's not even physical

Starter pack with just Macne English (mind you, there's currently a Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale, so she's 5% off right now - this is also digital): 168.67

The price you got for the starter pack suggests that you're trying to buy from AHS directly. Current exchange rates are $278.89.

335.37 vs 278.89 - or - 335.37 vs 318.89 (let's assume EMS shipping is $40).

If anything, you're being given a break from AHS.

You say that you're at home with your parents and don't have a debit card, so I'm going to assume that you currently don't work. You can do one of the following...

- Get a job, a bank account, and save your money for what you want (if of legal working age).

- Work out a deal with your parents. Like, if they buy the full starter pack, then you do XYZ chores without question and/or you don't get Christmas or Birthday presents for the following year.

<p style="font-weight:400;">- Alternatively, the cheapest option at your disposal is to buy the starter pack on the vocaloid store: $168.67. You only get Macne Nana English, the Editor, and it's digital only... but it should tide you over and be less hard attack inducing on your family's wallet until you can afford to buy all the voices you want for yourself.