eoghanBasic Member Posts:331
12/15/2008 6:44 AM |
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The recent plunge in the strength of sterling is resulting in dirt cheap CDs from the likes of CDWOW.com and Play.com. CDWOW.com early last week had a day long 'happy hour' with 1 pound off everything and I got two recent releases for GBP 6.99 instead of the usual 7.99, P&P included. According to my Visa statement this translated to a ridiculous EUR 8.30 per CD. And sterling has fallen in further in value since then. We could soon be seeing 1 pound for 1 euro. The 7 euro new release could be on our hands in a matter of weeks....
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eoghanBasic Member Posts:331
12/15/2008 6:45 AM |
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And I see that CDWOW are running another one of these 'one pound off happy hours' today up to 9pm...
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whiterob81Basic Member Posts:162
12/15/2008 7:50 AM |
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haven't ordered off cdwow in years. gave up on them because it used to take so long and then half the time stuff would go missin in the post. although havin a look at the prices today, i might have to give them another go
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carry_grantPosts:99
12/15/2008 1:54 PM |
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Have rarely had trouble with CDWOW.
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adminBasic Member Posts:399
12/16/2008 1:52 AM |
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A while back CDWOW had some warehouse problems (....I think a fire was involved...) and I recall some costly legal case they lost about the same time. I stopped buying from them around that time but since their site revamp earlier this year I dipped my toes back into their waters and have had no problems. I bought a Dylan CD from them a while back, it cost me 2 GBP (after applying one of their 1 pound vouchers) and the thing arrived a week later having been posted from Australia(?!?) How they made money on that transaction I have no idea.
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whiterob81Basic Member Posts:162
12/16/2008 4:39 AM |
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it's been about 2 and a half years since i used them. i think after Christmas I'll give them another go lost a lot of music recently when my mp3 player and hard drive broke down at the same time. need to start building up the collection again. all recommendations appreciated.
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carry_grantPosts:99
12/16/2008 8:42 AM |
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The other thing about them is that since the revamp, their catalogue of artists is quite impressive - obscurists ahoy.
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adminBasic Member Posts:399
12/18/2008 4:45 AM |
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Sterling just keeps on falling! Not quite at parity but it's now down to Eur 1.06 for a pound. Which means the 6.99 GBP CD I just ordered a few minutes ago (Sun Kil Moon's album of Modest Mouse covers, a fine indicator of how deep their selection is these days, as carry_grant has noted already) is going to cost me EUR 7.42.
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carry_grantPosts:99
12/18/2008 1:16 PM |
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New Animal Collective album cost me a tenner.
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