> 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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