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  • vinteuil
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 12765

    Originally posted by Bryn View Post
    Predictable?
    ... yes, I can be.

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    • Bryn
      Banned
      • Mar 2007
      • 24688

      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
      ... yes, I can be.

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      I was thinking more of the text.

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      • Conchis
        Banned
        • Jun 2014
        • 2396

        The Strauss box was, iirc, advertised on Amazon for the ridiculous price of £11.99. I wouldn't have clicked 'buy' for any higher price, as there was already significant overlap with my existing collection, but things like the Leinsdorf Friedenstag swayed my hand.

        I certainly wouldn't have paid over twenty quid for it.

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        • cloughie
          Full Member
          • Dec 2011
          • 22110

          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
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          ... I got the DG Strauss Complete Opera box from amazon this Feb for some 40 euros. Does this make me a bad person?



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          No, that seems a fair price, not the superbargain that Amazon advertised, but fair. The positive side to the Menhuin cancellation is that I will not have to find space for it and will not need to dispose of duplicates!
          Last edited by cloughie; 17-09-18, 17:38.

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          • MickyD
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 4744

            Hurry, folks, that wonderful 30 CD Sony Telemann box is back on Amazon at around £18 - really great recordings, DHM, Seon etc with vintage artists.

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            • Bryn
              Banned
              • Mar 2007
              • 24688

              Originally posted by MickyD View Post
              Hurry, folks, that wonderful 30 CD Sony Telemann box is back on Amazon at around £18 - really great recordings, DHM, Seon etc with vintage artists.

              https://www.amazon.co.uk/Georg-Phili...=telemann+sony
              "Temporarity out of stock", but marketplace suppliers do have it, starting at £57.73.

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              • MickyD
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 4744

                Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                "Temporarity out of stock", but marketplace suppliers do have it, starting at £57.73.
                So presumably one could try and order it at £18 and see if Amazon would honour it?

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                • Bryn
                  Banned
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 24688

                  Originally posted by MickyD View Post
                  So presumably one could try and order it at £18 and see if Amazon would honour it?
                  Worth a try, for those who don't already have it.

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                  • Conchis
                    Banned
                    • Jun 2014
                    • 2396

                    Originally posted by MickyD View Post
                    So presumably one could try and order it at £18 and see if Amazon would honour it?
                    I get the impression Amazon is done honouring 'accidental bargains'. This thread has pretty much skidded to a halt over the last couple of years - a far cry from the glory days of 2010/11.

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                    • visualnickmos
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 3609

                      Originally posted by Conchis View Post
                      I get the impression Amazon is done honouring 'accidental bargains'. This thread has pretty much skidded to a halt over the last couple of years - a far cry from the glory days of 2010/11.
                      Tell me about it! RVW EMI set of about 30 CDs for 4,99 € for one example - mind you that was not as far back as that.

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                      • cloughie
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2011
                        • 22110

                        Originally posted by Conchis View Post
                        I get the impression Amazon is done honouring 'accidental bargains'. This thread has pretty much skidded to a halt over the last couple of years - a far cry from the glory days of 2010/11.
                        This thread is probably essential reading for the Amazon vigilantes! Maybe we need an undercover PM network!

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                        • gurnemanz
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 7379

                          Originally posted by MickyD View Post
                          So presumably one could try and order it at £18 and see if Amazon would honour it?
                          We did get the Telemann box for 20 Euros at Amazon.de a few months ago.

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                          • MickyD
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 4744

                            Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
                            We did get the Telemann box for 20 Euros at Amazon.de a few months ago.
                            Yes, I managed to do the same. I am still working my way through it - so many treasures by some of the very best artists, an outstanding bargain.

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                            • Barbirollians
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 11661

                              Some excellent bargains on warner box sets at Presto including the Philharmonia/Karajan Beethoven symphonies for just £10.70 .

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                              • Dave2002
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 18008

                                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                                This thread is probably essential reading for the Amazon vigilantes! Maybe we need an undercover PM network!
                                I think it depends how greedy bargain hunters are. I suspect that a "bargain" at a £5 ,£10 or even £20 discount is neither here nor there re "honouring", and can be shut off quickly enough if needed. £50 or more is probably more than can be reasonably tolerated.

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