stanski Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I think Amazon are being so clever trying to trip us up and pay more? Example: Today I purchased a CD album (retro I know but thats me) Costs £5 the MP3 version is something like £7.90? Fine ok but when you buy CD's etc on Amazon they give you an mp3 version of it for free anyway? So I downloaded the mp3 immediately whilst my cd turns up next week. I prefer CD's still because if your mp3 gets corrupted etc you still have the CD, plus I still play cd's better quality anyway. So the impatient kids will pay more for instant gratification eh? Mind you they are probably on dodgey websites anyway downloading all this stuff for free? Very odd anyway thought I would mention it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 That does sound a bit odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Baton Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 When you buy a CD you don't get the MP3 you get access to a digital version of it on Amazons cloud drive. This means the track can only be accessed whilst you have a connection (possibility only through an android device), its only available at 256 kbps or under bit rate which is the minimum you'd expect and has DRM that limits it so its only available on 10 devices. If you buy the MP3 you get the actual file DRM free, you can play it on any device offline, the bit rate is what ever amazon sell it as, but they are pretty bad and not telling you before you buy it and its never above 320 (so probably not much of a win there). You'll also probably get better artwork and maybe a video or something else like that. Buying the CD and ripping your own losses version is always going to be better 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arran Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 [Mod edit - this forum does not condone such actions] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 (edited) Their pricing since the lovefilm takeover which now covers the lovefilm/amazon prime/amazon instant video 3-for-1 deal is too clever for me! Edited April 11, 2014 by SuperStu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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