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steviep316 (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 21st January 2004, 13:27

CD-wow have been told officially to raise their prices by £2 because of the BPI. :( Although still cheaper than the high street, is there a reliable alternate site which will be cheaper than the newly inflated CD-wow prices??

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kebabhead (Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 21st January 2004, 13:36

If you look at avforums website there is away of getting £2 off Cd`s and £2.50 off DVD`s

I won`t post the link as the Mod`s will delete it

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happy (Competent) posted this on Friday, 23rd January 2004, 20:11

should BPI be refered to DTI for anti competitive practices for forcing CD-WOW to do this...

"If you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything" BTTF

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Colinbell (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Saturday, 24th January 2004, 17:42

Happy,,,,,,Hmmm,,You have made a Good point there!,,

>:( >:( >:( The BPI have got a bloody cheek if you ask me,,and if they think we are all going to rush out and buy from the High street, just to make them think they won a few browny points,,well,,,they are living in cloud cuckoo land!!,,,I`ll still Use CDWOW,,even if they become slightly dearer than HMV!!,,,(I`ll never buy chuff all from HMV again!!!!!!!!!!! after this! ) I don`t like being bullied as to where I buy and don`t buy from! >:(
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dicanio (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 25th January 2004, 00:26

That is the way both consumers and cd-wow can get around their price hike. That is to regularly supply lots of vouchers and stuff like that

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Chris Gould (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 25th January 2004, 01:46

Unfortunately this will cost CDWow money, as they have been forced to buy more expensive CDs in the first place. I seriously doubt they can afford to lose money on each transaction. The best way to show these BPI arseholes who`s boss is to file share the s*** out of your music. The w***ers get f*** all that way.

This item was edited on Sunday, 25th January 2004, 01:43

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Axe-man (Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 27th January 2004, 15:53

I thought prices were due to go up Sunday night, but they still look much the same to me. However, I did order The Rolling Stones 40 Licks album last night for £6.99 (or £4.99 with vouchers), and today it`s not listed in their charts at all - although it comes up at £10.99 on a search!

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Saqib (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 27th January 2004, 17:18

hi,

i dont think they will be forced to buy expensive cds - as far as i can tell they will still supply the cheaper ones to the uk but there will just be a surcharge of £2 - i am extrapolating this from their email about the price hike saying that all other countries are not affected - it would be silly to set up two warehouses - one for the uk and one for others just to supply different cds (as dvds and games are not affected)

just my $0.02.

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Braindead (Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 27th January 2004, 18:09

I think the BPI have to realise that if CDs are cheaper, there is less pirating and folks buy more CDs.

Personally, if I hear an intersting track I tend to buy an album by the artist to hear more. When you can pick up a CD at £7 or so it isn`t worth messing around ripping your own. Also tend to buy a lot of old stuff because the price has been good from CD-Wow.

So what happens now? I will be buying less CDs. I will listen tracks on the web rather than buying on impulse - I`ll think twice. Suggest the BPI do the same.

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duder (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 27th January 2004, 18:35

Prices now increased - it comes up with the £2 charge when you go to pay.


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