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I don't get this Amazon CD vs. MP3 pricing - pinkoos - 06-18-2013
Example, this Young the Giant CD:
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Giant/dp/B004DY4Z6E/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1371581141&sr=1-1&keywords=young+the+giant
By the physical CD for $3.99 (and it's even Prime eligible) and get the "AutoRip" MP3s for free.
However, if you just want the MP3s, then you have to pay $9.49:
http://www.amazon.com/Young-The-Giant/dp/B0046X7VAO/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1371581141&sr=1-1
Is this some kind of licensing issue or something like that?
Re: I don't get this Amazon CD vs. MP3 pricing - decay - 06-18-2013
maybe they pressed too many and are trying to clear out physical stock?
Re: I don't get this Amazon CD vs. MP3 pricing - pinkoos - 06-18-2013
By the way, the Young the Giant album is awesome...highly recommended.
Re: I don't get this Amazon CD vs. MP3 pricing - freeradical - 06-18-2013
I never buy mp3's anymore unless it's from an album that only has one good song on it.
Re: I don't get this Amazon CD vs. MP3 pricing - weapon - 06-18-2013
Autorips reside on Amazon cloud. You have to agree to their terms and bit rate.
Just buy the cd and rip your own.
Re: I don't get this Amazon CD vs. MP3 pricing - raz - 06-18-2013
I had the same problem. The disk was cheaper than the MPs.
weapon wrote:
Autorips reside on Amazon cloud. You have to agree to their terms and bit rate.
They only live on the cloud until I download them to my machine. After that, I don't care what Amazon does with their cloud.
Re: I don't get this Amazon CD vs. MP3 pricing - RAMd®d - 06-18-2013
I agree- I think the idea is to unload the physical item taking up space.
Re: I don't get this Amazon CD vs. MP3 pricing - deckeda - 06-18-2013
Having the CD isn't a problem, it's a windfall.
But hey -- everyone just continue to pay for lossy MP3s until all the lossless music is gone from the market if you want a "problem."
Re: I don't get this Amazon CD vs. MP3 pricing - $tevie - 06-18-2013
Half of these responses don't seem to be allowing for the fact that the CD is less than half the price of the mp3, which was the point of the OP. Canned mp3 responses which don't address the pricing paradox are sort of misplaced.
Re: I don't get this Amazon CD vs. MP3 pricing - kj4btkljv - 06-18-2013
deckeda wrote:
until all the lossless music is gone from the market
How could it ever be gone if it's lossless?
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)Jeff