> Hehe... had similar issues this week. (Epoc Live "Ruffneck Soul" EP)
>
> Want to buy _any_ CD/Vinyl? Just drive to the store and pop yer money on the checkout
> counter. Pay, and go away.
>
> Want to buy digital? ->
>
> Oh sorry, for downloading a complete album from Amazon MP3 store, installing our
> special downloader is mandatory. Not for single tracks btw...
>
> Oh sorry, registration needed here! (everywhere). Even if i'm just paying via PayPal.
> (Did i have to do this registration in brick-and-mortar record stores? Friggin' no!
> It's a crappy download, not a shipped parcel!)
>
> Oh sorry, we offer only a hilarious completely FLASH-ONLY website (Beatport).
>
> And not every store even has the information about how the files are encoded.
>
> The best bit was www.tradebit.de - while the same 5-track EP costd $9.99 at
> www.tradebit.com/their actual download partner 7digital.com, the german shop wanted
> to charge me a friggin' 9.99€!
>
> By the way: It's the same in regard to charging the same amount in different
> currencies also for the software industry - see Agnitum (Outpost Firewall) for
> example. $49.95 vs. 49.95€. Fuck you, all.
>
> Thats's (also) why "oh-so-simple" digital distribution still sucks big time for me.
I buy quite a lot of MP3 stuff from HMV Digital. Its a British site but they're generally reasonably priced and you just get what you paid for.
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/epoc-live/ruffneck-soul
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/izzy-st...he-ju-ju-hounds
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