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[Bryn]

I too ordered from amazon.co.uk when they were quoting that very attractive price. I also read their terms and conditions. There is no contract to supply unless and until they make call funds form your credit or debit card, which they do not do until the time of dispatch. If the price quoted is 'clearly an error' they would also have a way out.

[Mandryka]

Re the 'Real Chopin' box, I placed an order with an American marketplace seller, which arrived today. As I had suspected, it's not the 21 disc box, but a single disc (boxed, admittedly) of the complete Chopin songs from the Chopin Institute. I checked by typing the upc into Amazon's software and it does indeed come up with the so-called 21 disc set! I see that Amazon has revised the price of the 'other' Real Chopin box from £160 down to £71.99 and I suspect this is the real 'Real Chopin'... really (even though it's marked as a one disc set).

I've just cancelled my order, partly because of reading this, partly because of the incessant delays, and partly because I don't really need a multi-disc box-set which I'll almost certainlyl never get round to listening to!

[Threni]

Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes

Khachaturian: Symphony No.2 "The Bell" / Battle of Stalingrad - Suite
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Bruch vilin concertos and symphonies complete, salvatore

Respighi roman trilogy Ozawa

Stab at mater Rossini pappano

Khachaturian piano concerto and symphonies armenian

[amateur51]

Stab at mater Rossini pappano

Steady on old chap, I know she can be a trifle irritating at times, but this ....

[Chris Newman]

Steady on old chap, I know she can be a trifle irritating at times, but this ....

Reminds me of a 1960's review in the Guardian in the days when Ted Greenfield and Neville Cardus phoned in their reviews from phone booths at the Festival Hall. Next morning the paper ran a review of Britten's Lazy Luminations. They also once had Beethoven's Erotica Symphony.

[Roehre]

Stab at mater

Did your mother survive btw ?

[MickyD]

I've just got Davitt Moroney's attractive Hyperion CD of rarely heard harpsichord pieces by Marc Roger Normand Couperin and at bargain price from the Hyperion special offer website. Very nice!

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

I too ordered from amazon.co.uk when they were quoting that very attractive price. I also read their terms and conditions. There is no contract to supply unless and until they make call funds form your credit or debit card, which they do not do until the time of dispatch. If the price quoted is 'clearly an error' they would also have a way out.

Curiouser and curiouser. After receiving the single disc of Songs, I contacted Amazon about their product description. They have now (eventually) got back to me to say, no, their description is correct: 21 CDs, Real Chopin. And it's back at a silly price.

[Bryn]

Curiouser and curiouser. After receiving the single disc of Songs, I contacted Amazon about their product description. They have now (eventually) got back to me to say, no, their description is correct: 21 CDs, Real Chopin. And it's back at a silly price.

And I got an email from them today with the following wording re. that same 21 CD Real Chopin set (pre-ordered direct from them at £11.12 with free delivery:

We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:

F. Chopin "The Real Chopin"
Previous estimated arrival date: February 03 2011 - February 11 2011
New estimated arrival date: January 31 2011 - February 01 2011

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

Ditto here. And on 'my orders' page, the status has changed to 'Dispatching soon', promising that 'this portion of your order cannot be cancelled or changed'...

Even by Amazon?!

[Bryn]

Likewise, though I had not noticed that aspect until you mentioned it. I must check to see if they have debited the price from my credit card yet. That would definitly complete firm up the contract.

Hmm, no sign of a debit as yet, but the tally is a couple of days behind anyway.

[MickyD]

Have been getting the same messages as you from Amazon re the Chopin, folks, so let's hope that we are all soon in for a very nice bargain! I'll post again when I receive my set.

[Bryn]

Just in:

Amazon.co.uk items (Sold by Amazon EU S.a.r.L.):

1 The Real Chopin £11.12 ... £11.12

Dispatched via Royal Mail Tracked (estimated arrival date: January 27, 2011).

[Panjandrum]

Ditto. The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

[Bryn]

Latest comment in relation to the sole review (1 star) on the amazon.co.uk page for the Real Chopin 21 CD boxed set:

In reply to an earlier post on 25 Jan 2011 12:33 GMT
R. K. Powell says:
I ordered this box set on 28 Dec for £9.97 (!), realising that it was a pricing error. Somewhat to my amazement, the full 21CD set arrived today. At 47p per disc, this is one of my best bargains ever.