Unicron Veteran Member Posts:1696  
| 4/25/2006 1:56 PM |
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Don't have a credit card. I think CDwow takes laser but is there anywhere that sells stuff a bit less mainstream?
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 4/25/2006 2:01 PM |
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I'd recommend a 3V 'disposable' credit card that you top up and can use online. It's free.
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UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 4/25/2006 2:22 PM |
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There's a 5 Euro handling fee per card you buy and you can't actually top them up the same way you're can with phone credit. If you're left with €1.29 on the card and buy a new one for €50 your credit is only €50, not €51.29
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off the post Basic Member Posts:284
| 4/25/2006 2:26 PM |
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What about Amazon?
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| 4/25/2006 2:27 PM |
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cdwow accept laser cards and are very cheap, but limited range.
http://www5.cdwow.ie/
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| 4/25/2006 9:41 PM |
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Originally posted by miwadi
cdwow accept laser cards and are very cheap, but limited range.
http://www5.cdwow.ie/
Uh oh. I didn't know this....but now I do.
s**tE. I avoided a credit card partly for reasons related to temptation and will power. That's torn it now. Great.
That said, I find a Laser makes things awfully easily to buy. It feels like you're not spending money at all... But OH how you are.  |
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
| 4/25/2006 11:57 PM |
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Don't a lot of sites take Paypal these days?
CDBaby accepts (http://cdbaby.com/) "PayPal, check, money order, international money order, cash, chocolate." 
My personal fave, www.spun.com accepts paypal or money order in advance of an order. Even Amazon.co.uk accepts "cheques or postal orders (denominated in Pounds Sterling)"
On any site you visit, there should be a help link where you can find payment options, if you read this section there is nearly always a non-credit card option. Never as convenient as a credit card in my opinion though.
My advice: get a flexible friend and some inflexible self-control. |
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UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 4/26/2006 10:21 AM |
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What'd be really good is if Irish banks started providing their customers with Visa Debit cards.
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| 4/26/2006 11:34 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Unicron
There's a 5 Euro handling fee per card you buy and you can't actually top them up the same way you're can with phone credit. If you're left with �1.29 on the card and buy a new one for �50 your credit is only �50, not �51.29
I applied to have one of those 3v vouchers sent out to me a few months back. Resulted in me having a fairly meaningless conversation with a 3v rep yesterday.
Fiona's phone rings.
Me: Hello?
Dude: Hi is that Fiona blah blah?
Me: It is indeed.
Dude: I'm Dude McChap from 3v services whatever..
Me: Right. Ok.
Dude: You received a 3v voucher from us a while back.
Me: Yeah, haven't used it yet though.
Dude: Oh. Haven't you? Oh. Right well...uh
Me: Yeah...so.....
Dude: Right, well, sure, if you look on our website you can see a list of places that you can have your voucher topped up.
Me: Yeah, I know.
Dude: No need to be a bitch, bitch.
ME: Why did you just waste my time? I'm never going to get these precious minutes back, yknow?
Dude: I'm just doing what they told me.
Me: Leave it out, would you? I'm kinda busy here with important stuff. O'Sullivan just needs to pot the yellow to leave Williams needing snookers. I'm more worried about that and I really dont have the time for this s**t.
Dude: I know where you live, you c**t
Me: I hope you catch SARS.
Dude: Sure seeya later
Me: Yep, all the best.
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Goat Boy New Member Posts:72
| 4/26/2006 11:35 AM |
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CDWow now have this Warehouse that lists a lot of non-mainstream stuff. Pick an obscure band you like and search for them in CDWow. It probably won't be found but the site should then give you the option of searching their Warehouse for it. Prices are about standard CDWow levels. It doesn't come from their normal stock so won't be delivered as quickly. I've had mixed results from it. Got the Band Of Horses album from it last week quite soon after release date, but also had a Clogs album on order for over a month and they just couldn't get it so I got a refund. Worth trying though...
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off the postBasic Member Posts:284
| 4/26/2006 1:01 PM |
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I think Amazon is the biz. Select the New and Used link and it brings you into a list of independent retailers who sell at lower prices than the official Amazon price. When you add in P & P it works out at €12/13 which is what would you pay on CDWOW. Anything I've ever ordered has arrived.
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UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 4/26/2006 2:19 PM |
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Where is this pay by postal order thing on Amazon? I selected a few albums I really want to get and was all excited and now it's just asking for credit card details. I WANT MY FROG EYES DAMMIT
It's a joke that amazon.ie doens't take laser.
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off the postBasic Member Posts:284
| 4/26/2006 3:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Unicron
Where is this pay by postal order thing on Amazon? I selected a few albums I really want to get and was all excited and now it's just asking for credit card details. I WANT MY FROG EYES DAMMIT
It's a joke that amazon.ie doens't take laser.
Errm, why don't don't you just get a credit card.....  |
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klootfan Advanced Member Posts:851
| 4/26/2006 3:30 PM |
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Is Laser card not just an irish thing. I dont think its a european wide debit card and hence most places wont support it.. maybe im wrong.. i aint no finance type person
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klootfanAdvanced Member Posts:851
| 4/26/2006 3:34 PM |
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Just checked laser.ie and yep, laser is just an irish thing. It aint in anyway international. cdwow support it because of the number of Irish using it I presume...
Right, im off to buy series 4 of family guy....
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UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 4/26/2006 6:07 PM |
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Originally posted by klootfan
Right, im off to buy series 4 of family guy....
Hey, that was my first reaction upon learning CDWOW took Laser and visiting the site.
Why don't I get a card? Despite being on a solid financial footing I've got a low credit score. |
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| 4/27/2006 10:39 AM |
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Aloha, www.bangcd.com take laser, don't know if they have much in the line of alternative selection but sure you never know unless you go!!!
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