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From:
R.P.
To:
Alan Lockett
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Date:
Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:06:58 +0100 (BST)
Subject:
Re: [idm] Ordering stuff online?
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yes, i remember Blahdvd, and similar thing happened to me once/twice with Powerplaydirect. i think it was the Harmonic33 album on WARP, which they couldnt get from the distributor and re-ordered 14 (!!!) times. i just kept waiting, cuz i wanted to see what's gonna happen :) but yeah it was worth the wait (7.99!) Idei Lahesna is rather rare indeed! i'm surprised Blahdvd were selling it! and just checked - they still do , so i'll get me a copy as well :) thanks for the tip!! speaking of Octex , his 2nd album just came out: http://www.electrosputnik.com/cd_RXTXCD008.php never tried PBE, but i've heard a lot obviously on the list. --- Alan Lockett <Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
quoted 138 lines Thanks for the tip. I think I already got there (or to a similar> > Thanks for the tip. I think I already got there (or to a similar > destination), though. > I have done some ordering through blahdvd.com, which I think is > pretty much > the same kind of entity as Play.com. I managed to order *and > receive* a > copy of Octex 'Idei Lahesna' - a pretty esoteric item of Slovenian > post-techno electronica - for £8.99 P+P free. > I think Blah is based in the Channel Islands so there's probably > some kind > of tax-free thing going on there. Dunno if it pays for US buyers to > shop > there. I still like the 'personal service' element of the likes of > Playing > By Ear. Eventually, I found that Blah started to get back to me and > say > they couldn't source the disc they'd already taken my order for. > > Blah indeed... > > alan > > --On 30 September 2005 13:24 +0100 "R.P." <rockin_pony@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > Alan, here's a good tip ;) i order most of my electronic CD's > from > > the cheap UK online shops, such as Play.com or > Powerplaydirect.com . > > not many people know that you can actually buy electronic stuff > from > > these very commercial sites! of course you can't find every > > electronic album there, but labels like Toytronic, Merck, Lo, > Warp, > > Rephlex are usually available. and not for £12.99, but for a cool > > £7.99-9.99 :)) great deal, no ? ;) > > > > not sure how this is useful for american users, but i think > Play.com > > ship worldwide (for free?), so worth checking out. > > > > > > > > --- Alan Lockett <Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > > > >> > >> Depends where you're located. > >> UK-peeps like myself had it large for most of this year with the > >> pound > >> vacating its bladder waterfall-stylee all over the dollar. Arf > arf! > >> Buying > >> from the US was a gleeful virtually BOGOF (Buy One Get One Free) > >> scenario a > >> couple of months back at $1.90 to the GBP, but now it seems the > $ > >> is wiping > >> itself down and drying itself off a bit. > >> So, in sum, all in all, not *Killer*, but still fairly > Essential. > >> Which leads me on to... Boomkat: a good resource, but if this > were > >> a friend > >> dropping in he'd be one who took his shoes off and put your > telly > >> on full > >> volume and banged on too much till you needed to throw him out. > But > >> anyway > >> at around 12 quid a throw for a disc on average that's still No > >> Snip even > >> for the pocket of a British trouserwearer. I prefer to exploit > that > >> Special > >> Relationship. > >> So, yeah... I will say that I've always been happy with Playing > By > >> Ear (but > >> don't go looking for a website); PBE has a good combo of prompt > >> service > >> and, if you want it, individualised recs and sharp informed > >> responses to > >> requests for appraisal. Good prices too, but cheapness isn't the > >> only > >> criterion, otherwise we'd all be trudging round > >> Wallmart/Woolworths/Kwik > >> Save (insert lo-grade cheapskate de-personalised monolithic > >> institution of > >> choice), and I prefer to support cottage/bungalow/mudhut/garden > >> shed > >> industries. > >> > >> alan > >> > >> --On 30 September 2005 09:59 +0100 Brian.Power@cso.ie wrote: > >> > >> > Forced Exposure > >> > Mimaroglu > >> > Amazon > >> > plus various mp3 dowload sites (emusic, bleep, finetunes, > >> beatport, > >> > audiolunchbox, playlouder.com) > >> > > >> > Just this week I purchased 4 Planet Mu releases on the web > from a > >> US based > >> > retailler. The price per CD worked out at approx. ¤14. HMV > here > >> in Cork is > >> > selling Mu Ziq's Bilous Paths for ¤27 ! No, that isn't a > typo... > >> > > >> > The local indie shop could hardly do better than ¤18 or ¤19 > for a > >> planet > >> > Mu release, given that they have what you want in stock... > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On 9/30/05, wells oliver <wells@submute.net> wrote: > >> >> Where does everyone order stuff online from? Now that Skimo's > >> gone I'm > >> >> just sorta adrift. > >> > > >> > I'm lucky enough to have a record store nearby that stocks all > >> the > >> > stuff I need. I used to buy online alot, but I never do > anymore. > >> It's > >> > just too much risk with the postal service etc.. > >> > > >> > Neil > >> > > >> > > >> > > >
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