Online stores and listings

[Dave2002]

Maybe someone could tell a few of the online stores about the information which is required by prospective purchasers when looking for collections of discs .

I would suggest:

1. The title for each CD/DVD/SACD etc

2. The performers on each as above.

3. The track listing.

That could help to avoid some of the problems - where there are either no listings, or listings like this one - http://www.amazon.co.uk/CENTENARY-ED...ll_full#disc_1

Sure - the tracks are no doubt listed there, but trying to work out what pieces they all are is a challenge. This is really not great at all. Have these people no imagination? More likely they just don't care.

[visualnickmos]

Maybe someone could tell a few of the online stores about the information which is required by prospective purchasers when looking for collections of discs .

I would suggest:

1. The title for each CD/DVD/SACD etc

2. The performers on each as above.

3. The track listing.

That could help to avoid some of the problems - where there are either no listings, or listings like this one - http://www.amazon.co.uk/CENTENARY-ED...ll_full#disc_1

Sure - the tracks are no doubt listed there, but trying to work out what pieces they all are is a challenge. This is really not great at all. Have these people no imagination? More likely they just don't care.

Agree totally. The example you give is a perfect illustration of the 'as good as useless'

[Phileas]

This could be a mildly diverting challenge for forum members to identify all the un-named pieces in the collection, just using the track titles and performers. :)

[Dave2002]

This could be a mildly diverting challenge for forum members to identify all the un-named pieces in the collection, just using the track titles and performers. :)

Shouldn't be very difficult, but it's shoddy that one should even have to try. Even if we assume 30 seconds on average per CD - some will be easy, others less so, and record keeping would be needed - that's still 25 mins for all, or maybe only 13 minutes on average if we assume that by the time one has decoded half of the box one would have made a decision to buy, or not.

I'll stick by the adjective I've just used - "shoddy."

[visualnickmos]

This could be a mildly diverting challenge for forum members to identify all the un-named pieces in the collection, just using the track titles and performers. :)

I think I would rather watch old episodes of "Face the Music" - how the BBC has dumbed down - a programme like that wouldn't even pass muster, now. Sad times, we now live in.

[Petrushka]

This could be a mildly diverting challenge for forum members to identify all the un-named pieces in the collection, just using the track titles and performers. :)

My thoughts exactly! I've just been amusing myself trying to identify as many as possible.

No. Dave2002 is right. It's shoddy. I usually look up the same disc/s on either Presto or MDT and depending on price opt for the cheapest (by no means always Amazon either).

[Don Petter]

No. Dave2002 is right. It's shoddy. I usually look up the same disc/s on either Presto or MDT and depending on price opt for the cheapest (by no means always Amazon either).

Indeed! Amazon almost double (£307.99) for the Westminster Chamber Box I've just ordered from Presto (£156). (Though I did have to pay £1.50 for delivery, which would have been free from Amazon.)