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  • Stunsworth
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 1553

    Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
    Great bargain. I'll be curious to see if they honour it. I would have joined in if I hadn't got them via the Teldec USB stick which appeared last year. A novelty, for sure, and not a bad bargain at £95 for complete Bach.
    I see the price has now leapt up to 230 Euros, so I'm guessing the orders at the lower price will be cancelled.
    Steve

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    • Beef Oven!
      Ex-member
      • Sep 2013
      • 18147

      Originally posted by Stunsworth View Post
      I see the price has now leapt up to 230 Euros, so I'm guessing the orders at the lower price will be cancelled.
      Last night, I got a confirmation of order email and a discount e-coupon, with an estimated delivery date. If they cancel, I'm going to involve my MP.

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      • MLF

        Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
        Last night, I got a confirmation of order email and a discount e-coupon, with an estimated delivery date. If they cancel, I'm going to involve my MP.
        I received the same confirmation email but Amazon have now cancelled.

        Oh well...

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        • Parry1912
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 963

          Originally posted by MLF View Post
          I received the same confirmation email but Amazon have now cancelled.

          Oh well...
          Same here! C'est la vie.
          Del boy: “Get in, get out, don’t look back. That’s my motto!”

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          • Dave2002
            Full Member
            • Dec 2010
            • 18008

            I saved my time on this one, as I couldn't remember my amazon password and didn't get round to it. When I had a similar situation on the Spanish site, I received an email explaining that in Spain at least it would have been illegal to honour the low price as it was below the economic price. I'm not sure if this applies genrally through the EU.
            Last edited by Dave2002; 21-07-14, 16:51.

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            • Beef Oven!
              Ex-member
              • Sep 2013
              • 18147



              I'm going to complain.



              Bonjour,

              Nous vous informons que l’article 'Bach : L'Intégrale des cantates Sacrées (Coffret 60 CD)' que vous avez choisi sur Amazon.fr a fait l’objet d’une erreur d’affichage de prix.

              Nous avons été contraints de retirer cet article de votre sélection car la vente de ce celui-ci au prix erroné aurait entrainé une vente à perte, ce qui est interdit par la loi.

              Sachez que votre compte bancaire n'a pas été débité du montant correspondant à cet article.

              Amazon.fr met tout en œuvre pour que chaque client bénéficie d'un service de qualité irréprochable et des meilleures offres. Nous vous prions de bien vouloir accepter nos excuses pour le désagrément causé et vous remercions pour votre compréhension.

              Cordialement,

              Service Client Amazon.fr


              Veuillez noter que ce message d'information a été envoyé à partir d'une adresse ne pouvant recevoir d'e-mails. Merci de ne pas y répondre.

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              • vinteuil
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 12765

                Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                I'm going to complain.

                .
                ... why?

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                • Beef Oven!
                  Ex-member
                  • Sep 2013
                  • 18147

                  Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                  ... why?
                  Because they are French. And the French don't normally have difficulty in ignoring EU regulations.

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                  • Dave2002
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 18008

                    Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post


                    I'm going to complain.



                    Bonjour,

                    Nous vous informons que l’article 'Bach : L'Intégrale des cantates Sacrées (Coffret 60 CD)' que vous avez choisi sur Amazon.fr a fait l’objet d’une erreur d’affichage de prix.

                    Nous avons été contraints de retirer cet article de votre sélection car la vente de ce celui-ci au prix erroné aurait entrainé une vente à perte, ce qui est interdit par la loi.

                    Sachez que votre compte bancaire n'a pas été débité du montant correspondant à cet article.

                    Amazon.fr met tout en œuvre pour que chaque client bénéficie d'un service de qualité irréprochable et des meilleures offres. Nous vous prions de bien vouloir accepter nos excuses pour le désagrément causé et vous remercions pour votre compréhension.

                    Cordialement,

                    Service Client Amazon.fr


                    Veuillez noter que ce message d'information a été envoyé à partir d'une adresse ne pouvant recevoir d'e-mails. Merci de ne pas y répondre.
                    Apart from the language that looks similar to one I received in Spanish. I wonder which laws in each country would be violated in each country if they were to honour the orders.

                    I don't think the excuses from UK sites hide behind any such laws.

                    C'mon though, we are sometimes chancers, hoping to get things for a lot less than they might be worth! Though at times "worth" mIght be very difficult to quantify.

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                    • Beef Oven!
                      Ex-member
                      • Sep 2013
                      • 18147

                      Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                      Apart from the language that looks similar to one I received in Spanish. I wonder which laws in each country would be violated in each country if they were to honour the orders.

                      I don't think the excuses from UK sites hide behind any such laws.

                      C'mon though, we are sometimes chancers, hoping to get things for a lot less than they might be worth! Though at times "worth" mIght be very difficult to quantify.
                      The complete sacred cantatas of JS Bach are priceless.

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                      • Dave2002
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 18008

                        Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                        The complete sacred cantatas of JS Bach are priceless.
                        How about I get you a bargain set at £500, then?

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                        • Beef Oven!
                          Ex-member
                          • Sep 2013
                          • 18147

                          Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                          How about I get you a bargain set at £500, then?
                          Very kind of you.

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                          • hafod
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 740

                            Consolation prize for the non-appearance of the Harnoncourt/Leonhardt set:

                            Brilliant Classics 50CD set of Bach Cantatas for 21.97 euros.

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                            • LeMartinPecheur
                              Full Member
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 4717

                              Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                              Apart from the language that looks similar to one I received in Spanish. I wonder which laws in each country would be violated in each country if they were to honour the orders.

                              I don't think the excuses from UK sites hide behind any such laws.
                              The French certainly used to have, quite likely still have, national competition laws against selling goods at below cost. It looks like it's these laws (not EU ones NB) that they're worried about breaching. The point of them was I think to prevent big shops sending little ones out of business by predatory sub-cost pricing, simply because the big boys could stand the losses far longer than the little ones if they attempted to compete.

                              We in the UK saw no need for such restriction of 'proper' free market competition. Which probably explains why we have so few small shops these days

                              Free marketeers commonly fail to acknowledge that the necessary end of unchecked competition isn't any sort of consumer heaven, it's total monopoly - the triumph of the 'last man standing'. As witness what commonly happens to a town's petrol prices if there's only one supermarket with pumps, once all the small petrol stations have gone to the wall. Consumers are so-o-o surprised and disappointed. And of course powerless.
                              Last edited by LeMartinPecheur; 21-07-14, 20:30.
                              I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!

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                              • MLF

                                In fairness this is a very fine consolation prize! None of the operatic excesses of the Rilling and JEG versions. Ruth Holton is to my mind the perfect soprano for Bach's Sacred Cantatas.

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