On 21 May 2000, Christopher Miller wrote re [idm] Re: mp3s and change in the mu:
quoted 3 lines Most record shops have the policy of `no returns', and very few> Most record shops have the policy of `no returns', and very few
> will actually allow you to listen to the cds in the store before
> you buy 'em.
I know the manager at my local shop, he lets me bring in my own
disc-man player and headphones and I can park off in a corner of
the shop with a pile of things... but it *still* doesn't give me the
"vibe" of listening to music in my own space and making a realistic
decision on whether or not I will continue liking it.
quoted 3 lines I also can't make a decision based on standing at the front> I also can't make a decision based on standing at the front
> counter of a record shop with headphones on while they've got
> other music playing over their own speakers.
Exactly.
In SA we pay dearly (by the SECOND) for phone calls, so
downloading MP3's doesn't work out to be that cheap a deal either,
especially with flakey bandwidth etc. so it is a continuing battle to
order stuff from overseas without having heard it before - oh, we
poor obsessed creatures.
I
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