Already read privileged chapters counted in new privilege purchase
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krisiri You don't pay the Privilege fee in the new month for a new set of advance chapters. You pay to extend the Privilege period from the previous month. So yes, you will still get the same set of advance chapters from the previous month.
Your privilege access gives you the privilege to unlock X chapters ahead from non-privileged readers. And that continues in the new month if you keep extending your privilege access period.
Example:
Say you bought the privilege to access 50 advance chapters for book A last month.
The regular release for non-privileged readers for book A is at chapter 350. Because of your privilege access for 50 advance chapters, you could unlock the advance chapters for book A up until chapter 400.
From this point on, everytime the translator of book A releases a chapter for the privileged readers, non-privileged readers will also get a chapter from the regular release. This means when the translator releases chapter 401 for the privileged readers of book A, the non-privileged readers of book a get to unlock chapter 351. Chapter 402 for privileged readers = chapter 352 for non-privileged readers. And so on.
When your privilege period expired at the end of last month and you decided to extend it by paying the Privilege fee for the same tier (in this example, the 50 advance chapters tier) again in the new month, it doesn't mean that you will get another set of 50 advance chapters which will make you read up to chapter 452. No, it only means that you will continue from where you left off, so in this example, from chapter 402. You are still reading 50 chapters ahead from the non-privileged readers.
That's how the Privilege program works. Hope that clears it up for you even just a bit.
CKtalon
Doesn't make sense to charge for the full amount again just to be where you were. Would it not be better to have the price reduced as you have previously read all of the chapters and paid for it?
CKtalon the most loving marriage in history
I purchased 50 chapters the highest privilege. I had read all the chapters till yesterday. Today when I tried to unlock the new chapters, it said that I need to unlock using privilege. I tried using 250ss and what was unlocked was the previous month's privilege.
krisiri is the same as patreon you pay for 20 in advance but you don't get 20 extra chapters. The only difference is that you support the novel because you like it and you don't see the extra chapters in the official library as you do in the app. That is way you don't like this system. :D
Now before I upgrade just want to know something. The last chapter I have unlocked, I have read it. Now I want to open today's chapters posted by the author. Its asking for upgrading. Now if I use my ss to upgrade will I be able to unlock the chapters posted today or will I be going back to the previous privilege tier
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No, you will need to keep purchasing the same tier again and again every month until the novel is finished in order to keep getting the same state you were at in the previous month.
Take my example from before, if you bought the 50 advance chapters tier and stopped at chapter 402 last month while the non-privileged readers were at chapter 352, then you will need to buy the same 50 advance chapters tier again in the new month in order to resume from chapter 402. If you buy a lower tier privilege, say 5 advance chapters tier, in the new month, it will only give you access to 5 advance chapters ahead from the non-privileged readers, so using this example, you will be at chapter 357.
So yes, if you bought the privilege tier of 2000 SS last month, you will need to buy the same privilege tier of 2000 SS again this month.
I have purchased the highest tier privileges for a number of books n read till the end. And now with a release of 1 chapter I hv to purchase all over again? This is a bloody rip off. I tried purchasing for 1 book additional 15 chapters to try but it won't unlock either.
Is this some freaking scam
Of course it is a scam. Qidian is shady and will probably remain that way. I am surprised people still fall for it. People complained about it even before it was launched. I mean, if you study its method, you would know how badly you're scammed. You're paying for the ability to pay for more. Pretty much the reason why I don't buy SS. That and the low quality translation. I just feel sad for the original authors who actually write good stories. For them, it's better to support them via Patreon than through Qidian.
I thought I was the one with such an issue. Paying so many bucks for the same thing again and again. R we fools