Re: iTMS: Thursday!
On 26/04/2005, at 4:40 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hi Thought folks might be interested in this. Obviously so you can buy tunes and play them under Tiger :) http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/iTunes-music-store-set-to- open/2005/04/26/1114462030140.html?oneclick=true When posting links to the Sydney Morning Herald, could every please remember to remove the ?oneclick=true part of the URL. This stops the redirect to the annoying signup page. Thanks - Matt (A Mac user who certainly won't be using the store at $1.80 a track.)
Re: iTMS: Thursday!
On 27/04/2005, at 3:23 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On 26/04/2005, at 4:40 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hi Thought folks might be interested in this. Obviously so you can buy tunes and play them under Tiger :) http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/iTunes-music-store-set-to- open/2005/04/26/1114462030140.html?oneclick=true When posting links to the Sydney Morning Herald, could every please remember to remove the ?oneclick=true part of the URL. This stops the redirect to the annoying signup page. Thanks - Matt (A Mac user who certainly won't be using the store at $1.80 a track.) If anyone is an avid reader of Appletalk.com.au, you will know that the tracks will be $1.69 each, and a few people have already signed up and bought tracks. Apple have somehow left a backdoor open into iTunes, and people have been able to sign up. I don't mind paying $1.69 a track, if it means I save $17 on an album that has one good song and 11 fillers ;-) Seeya Rod! -- Endorphin IT Specialising in After Hours Macintosh Support and Training 7pm-10pm Monday to Friday ph 0408 913 473 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iTMS: Thursday!
On 27/04/2005, at 3:40 PM, Rod wrote: On 27/04/2005, at 3:23 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On 26/04/2005, at 4:40 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hi Thought folks might be interested in this. Obviously so you can buy tunes and play them under Tiger :) http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/iTunes-music-store-set-to- open/2005/04/26/1114462030140.html?oneclick=true When posting links to the Sydney Morning Herald, could every please remember to remove the ?oneclick=true part of the URL. This stops the redirect to the annoying signup page. Thanks - Matt (A Mac user who certainly won't be using the store at $1.80 a track.) If anyone is an avid reader of Appletalk.com.au, you will know that the tracks will be $1.69 each, and a few people have already signed up and bought tracks. Apple have somehow left a backdoor open into iTunes, and people have been able to sign up. I don't mind paying $1.69 a track, if it means I save $17 on an album that has one good song and 11 fillers ;-) That still works out to US$1.29 per track. Minus 10% GST comes to US$1.16 per track So we pay a US$0.17 (AUS$0.22) premium per track for living in Australia. Thanks Apple. Can someone please pass me the KY? - Matt
Re: iTMS: Thursday!
So we pay a US$0.17 (AUS$0.22) premium per track for living in Australia. Any news on what a full album costs? in the US itunes shop it's like $9 or $9.99 or something like that. I guess because I tend to buy new music of the non top 40 type where a full length album is $27 + (often $32+) (ie anybody seen Modest Mouse's GNfPwLBN out cheap in Big W? No? thought not) as such even without a discounted full album rate there would be a reasonable saving for of around $13 purchasers like me... my main issue is that the few iTunes ACC based tracks that I've had friends buy for me in the UK and US don't seem to be that much better quality than 128kbps MP3's which I don't rate as being listenable quality Thanks Apple. Can someone please pass me the KY? ... not just Apple so tell me why a Canon EOS digital camera's costs between 25% and 50% more here in Australia than in the US despite freight costs Japan/Taiwan to Aust and US being much of a muchness? factoring in Aust Federal GST V's US's easly avoidable state by state sales tax and we are still being shafted by someone. small market? or are we just willing to pay more than US consumers? - Matt -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. - Miguel de Unamuno It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://ecel-mark.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~marksecker/index.htm (sometimes works)
Re: iTMS: Thursday!
On 27/04/2005, at 4:01 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On 27/04/2005, at 3:40 PM, Rod wrote: On 27/04/2005, at 3:23 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On 26/04/2005, at 4:40 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hi Thought folks might be interested in this. Obviously so you can buy tunes and play them under Tiger :) http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/iTunes-music-store-set-to- open/2005/04/26/1114462030140.html?oneclick=true When posting links to the Sydney Morning Herald, could every please remember to remove the ?oneclick=true part of the URL. This stops the redirect to the annoying signup page. Thanks - Matt (A Mac user who certainly won't be using the store at $1.80 a track.) If anyone is an avid reader of Appletalk.com.au, you will know that the tracks will be $1.69 each, and a few people have already signed up and bought tracks. Apple have somehow left a backdoor open into iTunes, and people have been able to sign up. I don't mind paying $1.69 a track, if it means I save $17 on an album that has one good song and 11 fillers ;-) That still works out to US$1.29 per track. Minus 10% GST comes to US$1.16 per track So we pay a US$0.17 (AUS$0.22) premium per track for living in Australia. Thanks Apple. Can someone please pass me the KY? Thank the lovely record companies we have here. I'd rather blame those who brought us Australian Idol than Apple ;-) Seeya Rod! -- Endorphin IT Specialising in After Hours Macintosh Support and Training 7pm-10pm Monday to Friday ph 0408 913 473 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iTMS: Thursday!
I guess $1.69 is not to bad, in EU it's Euro 0.99 which is about AUS $1.65 Cheers, Peder on 27/4/05 16:01, Matthew Healey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 27/04/2005, at 3:40 PM, Rod wrote: On 27/04/2005, at 3:23 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On 26/04/2005, at 4:40 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hi Thought folks might be interested in this. Obviously so you can buy tunes and play them under Tiger :) http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/iTunes-music-store-set-to- open/2005/04/26/1114462030140.html?oneclick=true When posting links to the Sydney Morning Herald, could every please remember to remove the ?oneclick=true part of the URL. This stops the redirect to the annoying signup page. Thanks - Matt (A Mac user who certainly won't be using the store at $1.80 a track.) If anyone is an avid reader of Appletalk.com.au, you will know that the tracks will be $1.69 each, and a few people have already signed up and bought tracks. Apple have somehow left a backdoor open into iTunes, and people have been able to sign up. I don't mind paying $1.69 a track, if it means I save $17 on an album that has one good song and 11 fillers ;-) That still works out to US$1.29 per track. Minus 10% GST comes to US$1.16 per track So we pay a US$0.17 (AUS$0.22) premium per track for living in Australia. Thanks Apple. Can someone please pass me the KY? - Matt -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: iTMS: Thursday!
On 27/04/2005, at 5:37 PM, Peder Kristensen wrote: I guess $1.69 is not to bad, in EU it's Euro 0.99 which is about AUS $1.65 Cheers, Peder snip That still works out to US$1.29 per track. Minus 10% GST comes to US$1.16 per track So we pay a US$0.17 (AUS$0.22) premium per track for living in Australia. Thanks Apple. Can someone please pass me the KY? - Matt Also, who knows how much the credit card surcharge is on each transaction. Apple may have had to broker a slightly higher fee thanks to the quite low charge for each song. Anyhow, I couldn't care less if it is $1.29 or $1.80. For my mind, if you can find an album cheaper on cd, buy it. But the real use for iTMS for me is the out of print music that will never make it back to cd, the video clips, the celebrity playlists (some are actually quite insightful!), and the fact I can preview any album without having to queue for ages at a cd shop (*if* the cd shop has it). This is the real gem of iTMS, which has no real peer amongst cd shops or other online services. And it works seamlessly with my iPod ;-) Seeya Rod! -- Endorphin IT Specialising in After Hours Macintosh Support and Training 7pm-10pm Monday to Friday ph 0408 913 473 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iTMS: Thursday!
On 26/04/2005, at 4:40 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hi Thought folks might be interested in this. Obviously so you can buy tunes and play them under Tiger :) http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/iTunes-music-store-set-to-open/ 2005/04/26/1114462030140.html?oneclick=true I love who let it slip :-) I'd like to see Steve and Russell go toe-to-toe on that gaff :-) Seeya Rod! -- Endorphin IT Specialising in After Hours Macintosh Support and Training 7pm-10pm Monday to Friday ph 0408 913 473 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
