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Old 02-01-2012, 09:19 AM   #1
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Massive CD sale at Amazon, CDs for $1

Sold and shipped through Amazon. I got 23 CDs for $25. A very minor list of things I remember seeing.

Bob Dylan, Springsteen, Miles Davis, Journey, Toto, Kansas, Britney Spears, Johnny Cash, Simon & Garfunkel, Pearl Jam, The Clash, Outkast, The Byrds, Journey, Hall and Oates...

Tons more I didn't name.

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Old 02-01-2012, 09:22 AM   #2
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I'm on the music page and don't see anything. Where is this?
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Old 02-01-2012, 09:36 AM   #3
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Old 02-01-2012, 09:36 AM   #4
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Just search for the artist or an album to see if it's on sale. Make sure to buy it directly through Amazon. Most were either .70 or 1.30.

My order
1 "Graceland"
Paul Simon; Audio CD; $1.40
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "The River"
Bruce Springsteen; Audio CD; $2.60
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Aerosmith"
Aerosmith; Audio CD; $0.70
In stock on February 4, 2012
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
Bob Dylan; Audio CD; $0.70
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Bob Dylan"
Bob Dylan; Audio CD; $0.70
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Blonde on Blonde (Reis)"
Bob Dylan; Audio CD; $1.40
Usually ships in 6 to 9 days
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Sounds of Silence"
Simon & Garfunkel; Audio CD; $0.70
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below"
Outkast; Audio CD; $2.60
Usually ships in 7 to 11 days
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Bridge over Troubled Water"
Simon & Garfunkel; Audio CD; $0.70
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Born to Run"
Bruce Springsteen; Audio CD; $1.40
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Toys in the Attic"
Aerosmith; Audio CD; $0.70
Usually ships in 6 to 9 days
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Paul Simon"
Paul Simon; Audio CD; $1.40
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Stankonia"
Outkast; Audio CD; $1.30
Usually ships in 6 to 9 days
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Highway 61 Revisited (Reis)"
Bob Dylan; Audio CD; $0.70
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Aquemini"
Outkast; Audio CD; $1.30
Usually ships in 7 to 11 days
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Freewheelin Bob Dylan (Reis)"
Bob Dylan; Audio CD; $0.70
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Blood on the Tracks (Reis)"
Bob Dylan; Audio CD; $1.40
Usually ships in 6 to 9 days
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Ten"
Pearl Jam; Audio CD; $0.70
Usually ships in 6 to 9 days
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Bringing It All Back Home (Reis)"
Bob Dylan; Audio CD; $0.70
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Nashville Skyline (Reis)"
Bob Dylan; Audio CD; $0.70
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates"
Hall & Oates; Audio CD; $1.30
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "John Wesley Harding (Reis)"
Bob Dylan; Audio CD; $0.70
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
1 "Darkness on the Edge of Town"
Bruce Springsteen; Audio CD; $0.70
In Stock
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
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Old 02-01-2012, 09:37 AM   #5
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I would have purchased more, but I actually had a large majority of the ones I would have wanted. Otherwise I would have grabbed 100 or so CDs.
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Old 02-01-2012, 09:44 AM   #6
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Search for "The Essential" in music.

I got The Essential Weird Al for $2
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Old 02-01-2012, 09:45 AM   #7
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There's also a bunch of $1 MP3 credits available as well.
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Old 02-01-2012, 09:52 AM   #8
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Essential Clash
Clash
Essential Reo Speedwagon
Reo Speedwagon
Essential Lou Reed
Lou Reed
The Essential Weird Al Yankovic
Weird Al Yankovic
Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
Bruce Springsteen
Bat Out of Hell
Meat Loaf
Number Ones
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary of Thriller (CD+DVD)
Michael Jackson
The Anthology
Tribe Called Quest
The Score
Fugees
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Bob Dylan
Vitalogy
Pearl Jam
Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003
Pearl Jam
Ten
Pearl Jam
Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates
Hall & Oates

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Old 02-01-2012, 10:09 AM   #9
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Interesting, although I'm seeing a bunch of "9 left in stock" or "1 left in stock", etc. I'd suggest hurrying if anyone wants to grab something.
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:20 AM   #10
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Evil Empire [Audio CD]
By: Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine [Audio CD]
By: Rage Against the Machine
Battle of Los Angeles [Audio CD]
By: Rage Against the Machine

There Is Nothing Left to Lose [Audio CD]
By: Foo Fighters
Colour & The Shape (Exp) [Audio CD]
By: Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters [Audio CD]
By: Foo Fighters
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace [Audio CD]
By: Foo Fighters
Fashion Nugget [Audio CD]
By: Cake
Good News for People Who Love Bad News [Audio CD]
By: Modest Mouse
Grace [Audio CD]
By: Jeff Buckley
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:27 AM   #11
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Someone noticed these were Sony artists, so if you go into music, the advanced search, the put Sony as the label, it should narrow the list down. Not all albums are that cheap, but it should help narrow it down a little.
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:30 AM   #12
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Looks like this is a CBS/Sony sale, from what I can tell.
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:37 AM   #13
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What's the deal with the digital credit. Looks like it is only 1$ per customer instead of $1 per purchase. that kind of sucks, as I bought 25-30 discs.
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:41 AM   #14
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I think it's over. People are reporting the prices are back to normal. JUST got my order in.
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Old 02-01-2012, 12:29 PM   #15
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Crap, missed Weird Al, back to $12.99.
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Old 02-01-2012, 02:00 PM   #16
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That sucks, I was hoping to get some at work and our internet went down
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Old 02-01-2012, 05:11 PM   #17
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Well, at least one of my CDs has already shipped. 26 more to go.
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Old 02-01-2012, 05:34 PM   #18
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C.....d......?

Sadly, my CD collection, once my pride and joy, is now largely a dust collecting device.
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Old 02-01-2012, 05:44 PM   #19
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Well obviously I'm just going to rip all of them and shove them in a box somewhere.
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Old 02-01-2012, 06:02 PM   #20
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Well obviously I'm just going to rip all of them and shove them in a box somewhere.

Same here, except shove them on a shelf.
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Old 02-01-2012, 07:02 PM   #21
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Most of my order shipped. I think this was more of a quick clearance vs a pricing error.
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Old 02-01-2012, 07:43 PM   #22
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Sounds like Amazon or one of the warehouses was clearing out of theirs and now all the prices are for other vendors

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Old 02-02-2012, 07:33 AM   #23
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They just cancelled a bunch of my orders. Looks like I will get about half of what I ordered.
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Old 02-02-2012, 07:33 AM   #24
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Motherfuckers reneged on every single fucking one of them. "Pricing error." Canceled my order.
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Old 02-02-2012, 07:39 AM   #25
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I don't think I got an email telling me there was a pricing error for every item - in fact, earlier yesterday I got an email telling me one of the items could ship earlier than the others - but the entire order was canceled as of this morning. It doesn't even show on my account history, and the link in the email from yesterday just takes me to a message that the order was canceled. Bastards.

OTOH, I thinnk we've now found the true price point at which CDs will sell, huh? Maybe this was some sort of experiment.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:03 AM   #26
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Looks like anything that didn't ship yesterday was cancelled. No Weird Al. . Primarily got "Essential" type CDs. Oh well.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:04 AM   #27
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I got nothing.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:07 AM   #28
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After the prices all went up, I had a bad feeling about items not immediately available to ship.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:09 AM   #29
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I wonder if this wasn't a pricing error, then, but a shipping/supply issue for them based on how many orders they were flooded with. Either way, they suck.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:15 AM   #30
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I got
Journey Greatest Hits
Essential Lou Reed
Essential REO Speedwagon
Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
Tribe Called Quest-The Anthology
Meat Loaf-Bat Out of Hell
Michael Jackson-Number Ones
Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary of Thriller (CD+DVD)
Jeff Buckley-Grace
Essential ELO
Essential Hall and Oates.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:23 AM   #31
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I ordered a couple of those and the entire order still got canceled. Huh.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:25 AM   #32
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I still have two orders pending, a Dylan's Greatest Hits and Fugees the Score. They don't appear to be shipping out until tomorrow for delivery on the 7th, so i expect them to get canned.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:27 AM   #33
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I bet this has everything to do with when the order was placed. I got mine in just before the prices changed. I think this is solely a supply issue, not a pricing error. They are motherfuckers.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:31 AM   #34
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Looks like I only got:

Number Ones
Sold by Amazon.com LLC (Amazon.com) $1.40
Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates
Sold by Amazon.com LLC (Amazon.com) $2.00
Essential Judas Priest
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:33 AM   #35
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I guess if I cared enough I'd just go download all of these CDs for free. I think I'm more pissed at the how/why they canceled it, not that I won't get any of these CDs.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:36 AM   #36
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I bet this has everything to do with when the order was placed. I got mine in just before the prices changed. I think this is solely a supply issue, not a pricing error. They are motherfuckers.

Most of the stuff I ordered(and was cancelled) was stuff that I had pirated a lifetime ago and was attempting to "make good" by actually purchasing. Oh well.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:39 AM   #37
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I was just looking to cheaply fill in some cracks in my collection legitimately. Most of this kind of stuff I never purchase because I hear the most popular stuff on radio, so why buy it? I'm really only bummed about not getting a couple of old Aerosmith albums and the Byrds collection, all of which I owned on vinyl once upon a lifetime ago.
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Old 02-02-2012, 09:34 AM   #38
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All of mine were canceled. If only I had Amazon Prime still, I likely would have gotten some.

I'm upset, but not really angry.

Here's my thing though: I think a reasonable case could be made that these CDs sell for this price all of the time. All of the CDs are the ones that are available for a penny at Columbia House. I know the times I've used that service, I've combined enough deals to get about 40 CDs for $50, which is roughly the same for today.

I think the prices shown are practically what Amazon could sell them for and still make a small profit.
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Old 02-02-2012, 11:54 AM   #39
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I can't honestly see how Amazon can buy/burn and ship a CD at $1 apiece and turn any sort of profit. Digital doesn't have any overhead like that but even then we're talking about a pricing model with that much for a song not that much for an entire CD.

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Old 02-02-2012, 12:04 PM   #40
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I figured they were just burning off part of their inventory, trying to recoup anything for dead inventory. Which is what they might have been doing, and just relied on canceling any orders afterward that went over the amount of inventory they had on hand.
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Old 02-02-2012, 02:37 PM   #41
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All of mine were canceled. If only I had Amazon Prime still, I likely would have gotten some.


I have prime, which is why i probably got any of mine shipped.
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Old 02-03-2012, 06:53 AM   #42
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I take that back. 7 Bob Dylan and 2 Simon and Garfunkel shipped. 9 Cds for $6.30. I guess I can't really complain too much.

Yeah, the price mistake excuse is BS. Definitely too low inventory for some of the disks.

A little sad, I was really hoping Graceland and The Best of Hall and Oates would ship.
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Old 02-03-2012, 01:33 PM   #43
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5 packages just arrived to deliver 11 CDs. And we wonder why the terrorists hate us.
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Old 02-29-2012, 11:41 AM   #44
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Not as cheap, but some different stuff for 2.99 at the google music store.

Leap Year Sale: 29 Albums for $2.99 - Google Music on Android Market

Mostly rap stuff like Drake, Watch the Throne, Snoop Dogg.
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