krj
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Dec 2 23:00 UTC 2000 |
Heh. If I had known Park Records was going to end their policy of
putting CDs into the US market about one year after their release in
Britain, I wouldn't have ordered BEDLAM BORN as an import. Sounds like
Borders got a large shipment from the UK, I will have to find time to
go paw over it.
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micklpkl
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Dec 7 00:56 UTC 2000 |
Sure, Ken --- I'd love to do so. <grin>
I found out about half.com when I was on vacation, back in September. I
thought I'd take a look at their selection, and IIRC, I didn't find much that
interested me at first. The site did offer a wish list function, and I took
advantage of that and promptly forgot all about it. Imagine my surprise, when
I arrived home from vacation, I found a notification that a used copy of
"Rhodes I" by Happy Rhodes had become available for purchase. The total with
shipping was just a smidge over $9 --- and better yet, was described as being
in Like new condition, still-sealed. I was ecstatic, having seen the same disc
in worse condition sell for upwards of $70 over on ebay.com. It was very
simple to purchase with a credit card. Unlike it's sister website, half.com
handles all the purchasing details, and it's not necessary for the buyer and
seller to contact one another.
So far, the listings are for CDs, books, DVDs/movies, and console-type games.
I have been selling quite a few items, also. It's a much less painful process
than eBay, for your average run-of-the-mill product. I still reserve rarities
for eBay, because the ROI tends to be higher.
Check it out, if you're in the mood for a good browse through a used
CD/bookstore, but don't want to leave your computer. Caveat emptor! Check the
descriptions carefully, as well as the rating system that sellers are
*required* to honour. Also, check the seller's feedback rating and watch for
things like over-rating, slow shipping (seller's should ship w/in 24hrs of
confirmation), or dead-beat sellers.
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krj
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Feb 4 01:15 UTC 2001 |
Another CD shop obituary... I hopped over to Windsor today and found
that Dr. Disc will be closing on February 11. The sign in the window
invited customers to stop in and pay their respects; viewing hours
end at 6 pm. My visit was cut drastically short; I had planned
on the store having its usual late evening hours.
Dr. Disc was part of a southern Ontario chain of indie-oriented stores,
and I didn't ask if the whole chain was going out of business, or
just the Windsor store. I'd only been there a few times over the years;
their folk stocks were always disappointing, but they did carry a
lot of Canadian rock bands which I might have heard on the CBC-FM
late night shows. Today, the stock has already been well
picked over -- the store was about half empty -- and the sale discounts
weren't too deep, so I wouldn't recommend a trip there for anything
except sentimental reasons.
Perhaps the relatively new (?) HMV store in the Devonshire Mall
pushed Dr. Disc over the edge; the HMV store had a lot of goodies
in it.
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krj
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Feb 4 21:47 UTC 2001 |
((( Due to a disk space crunch in the /bbs partition, cfadm has moved
late 1990s Agoras to a different partition. For reasons I don't
fully understand, this may eventually cause problems with items
linked from those Agoras when they are moved back to /bbs at some
future date.
This item is linked from a 1998 Agora. It seemed safest just
to cut off discussion here and start a new item on the topic.
I don't think there are any other active music conference items
with similar links; let me know if you think I missed any. )))
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