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I too prefer buying from Amazon, for mostly the same reasons. I had assumed that it was saving me money too, so I checked the last 8 albums I bought: Amazon

• corin_ 13y ago
  Why are you trying to judge them based on 8 data points when a better comparison is the article you're commenting on?
  • officemonkey 13y ago
    Also, he saved 8 dollars by using Amazon. That's enough for another CD.
    • kree10 13y ago
      Mentioning CDs reminds me that the price of physical CDs on Amazon in some cases has dipped below $0. For some CDs, Amazon throws in the MP3 download (with the usual cloud storage) for "free". The funny thing is, the price of the CD+MP3 is sometimes less than the MP3 alone, even with shipping. Check the Velvet Underground's back catalog for some examples.
      • officemonkey 13y ago
        That is an awesome tip.
      • ssivark 13y ago
        Now, if you pirated that mp3 track (with negative sale price), would that be "stealing"? :-)
        • kree10 13y ago
          But seriously: if you sell the CD, should you delete your MP3s?
  • tedunangst 13y ago
    My data is better than their data. There may be less of it, but it's mine, so it's better.
    • cdash 13y ago
      Your data shows you saved with amazon, what is your point?
      • ketralnis 13y ago
        That's all he's trying to show, he's not trying to show that it would save you money.
  • yetanotherphd 13y ago
    Because these 8 points are albums he actually bought. It could be that the albums that Amazon sell for cheaper are albums no one buys. By using his own purchases, he gets data that avoids this issue.
    • corin_ 13y ago
      It improves it for music that he buys, not for music that people in general buy.
      • yetanotherphd 13y ago
        There was no attempt in the article to weight by volume, so his sample of albums is a good test of the claim.