5 ms·
On clicking through to the eligible CDs many of them seem to cost less to purchase than buying the MP3s to begin with. Isn't that a bit silly? If you just want
by ubercow13 14y ago
On clicking through to the eligible CDs many of them seem to cost less to purchase than buying the MP3s to begin with. Isn't that a bit silly? If you just want the MP3s it's sometimes cheaper now to just buy the CD anyway.
Edit: am I right in thinking the difference is that this offer only nets you the tracks in your cloud player account whereas buying the mp3s means you can download them too and do what you like with them? If so it seems silly that you wouldn't also be given DRM free files with this offer as it would just save you the hassle of making them yourself.
- ghshephard 14y agoA significant majority of the time when I want to purchase MP3s from iTunes it is cheaper for me to purchase the CD from Amazon and have it shipped to me, then iTunes match it. I've got about 80 or so CDs I've done this with. I don't know if I'm exploiting a loophole or not, but I figure because I have the physical CD at my desk, it's legit. I'm still uncertain if this is shady behavior on my part or not - but I save $2-$3 / CD, so I keep doing it.
- southpolesteve 14y agoI believe that is totally legit. You should check out Murfie.com
- bjustin 14y agoThey have said that Match is for getting high quality versions of songs that you ripped from CDs, so no reason to feel bad here.
- Raphael 14y agoYou are making a trade-off in time, since you have to wait for the CD to ship and then you have to go to the trouble to rip it.
- ghshephard 14y agoRight - the vast majority of these CDs are classic releases from the 70s, 80s - definitely not time sensitive. Amazon just tends to have them for super cheap, whereas iTunes keeps the price high. I figure now I have the best of _three_ worlds. Physical CD, Itunes Match syncs it across all my gear - and now, presumably, it will stay in my Amazon Locker forever.
- RobAtticus 14y agoYour cloud player tracks are free to download. I do it all the time to have them uploaded to my Google Play account which I use for streaming.
- bbgm 14y agoI do something similar with Spotify. Works quite well
- mbrundle 14y agoI just tried buying an AutoRip-eligible CD and it treated the AutoRip mp3s just like a regular mp3 purchase - I was able to download them using the Amazon MP3 Downloader app. Wonder if Amazon will soon lower the prices of MP3 albums which are pricer than the CDs to match the CDs, or if they're somehow prevented from doing so.
- roc 14y agoIt's been that way for a while. I've been buying and ripping myself since back when the last independent record store around me closed, and online music was only selling DRM'd 128kbps tracks. It was really about the DRM and the quality (I'm no golden ear, but even on my dicey consumer equipment I can hear the artifacts at 128). The price difference was just icing on the cake. It's not like it took a lot of effort or time to put the CD in the tray, hit "go" and get 320 kbps and a FLAC track (for kicks).