Lebon14 wrote:
12$ US = 16.22$CAD + 20.28$ (15$USD) shipping (for each CD you take). It's better to get it/them new at this point. Do you see my point? Not fucking everybody has 35$ to bust on CDs, let alone used!!! It's even worse in Mexico, Brazil and even Russia where the exchange rate and postal systems are incredibly bad that it's not worth it. That is why piracy is so rampent in these countries.
So, that's why it's imperative to have CHOICE. But this CHOICE is NOT available. It's expensive import and expensive import only.
And when it's unavailable a new sealed on CDJapan and have to go to your local CD/Vinyls retailer.
It's like this I'll get next month a new sealed SEB176 but for 45€...
I reserved a SEB95 first press too.
All his SEB cost around 40/45€ but they are all new and sealed with their obi.
He surprise me when I asked the ones he can import. He can get the 25, 30s, 40s, 170s
It's my only way to get old SEB without à problem. I'm not sure with Amazon/Fnac/Discogs marketplaces, there's no pictures
And from what Avex put on iTunes... Saying an album is complete but there's missing tracks (I think of SEB43).
And i'm happy for the shutdown. My IRL friends will maybe stop saying to stop buying music and download them... Where.they put their money ? In a scholar week (Monday to Friday), they eat to McDonalds, Quick, kebab, O'Tacos and a local American fast food. Each one is around 7€, please calculate = 35€ each week in fast foods. For this price I prefer bought music. Fun fact: they think i'm rich.
Sorry if I've go too far
Oh, last thing. Why I need to say to get out of their mind buying music is the right way ? When I see the sales and popularity these times, it's a pleasure to see the artists and producers keep creating new music.
They always say me "You should stop buying music, it's wasted money", "haha, you bought again music. No interest when you can download them..."
Come back to EUROLOVERS, xiao said.it was one or two guys from Avex (I thinked off too with the unreleased extendeds) but on Mari - I Love You From My Soul, there were a comment from Gabrielli saying something like "hi, I don't you know at all, where did you get the rights to monetize my song ?". So it wasn't Avex. The only thing I know its the owner is Japanese.