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BMG Music Service Ends In June. No More 12 For 1

post #1 of 33
9/24/09 at 5:11am
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“12 For One” CD Deals No More: BMG Music Service Ends In June : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
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post #2 of 33
9/24/09 at 11:57am
Testimony to how important the BMG 12 for 1 is at this point in history...the service closed this past June, and only NOW is a news story being posted about it here.

I'm devouring up lots of CD's at my local FYE and making lossless copies of them and turning them back in. That's become a far more efficient use of my money I think than purchasing lots of new CD's through the mail, though I am still a yourmusic.com subscriber.

Another sign post on the road to the death of physical media as anything but a niche.
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post #3 of 33
9/24/09 at 12:34pm
When cds first hit the market, BMG and Columbia House were the places to build your collections. I started buying greatest hits of unfamiliar genre artists as well as favorite artist's catalogs.

Things change all the time, adapt or die.
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post #4 of 33
9/24/09 at 12:40pm
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Originally Posted by Jeff Guidry View Post
I'm devouring up lots of CD's at my local FYE and making lossless copies of them and turning them back in.
Wow- that's pretty bold. So let me get this straight- you go into FYEs, buy a CD, come home- rip a lossless copy of it, and then return the CD back to FYEs for your money back?

Just so you know, that's theft.
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post #5 of 33
9/24/09 at 12:42pm
I bought many discs through BMG, especially box sets. Working the BMG "system", the average cost per disc with s/h was $7. I quit using them when I got everything from them I wanted.
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post #6 of 33
9/24/09 at 12:58pm
BMG was great. i used them for years. got great deals. now for buying CDs, i mostly use ebay or third-party vendors on amazon.
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post #7 of 33
9/24/09 at 1:32pm
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Remember that feeling when you found your 12 at your door? Christmas!
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post #8 of 33
9/24/09 at 1:35pm
Like equipment now.
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post #9 of 33
9/25/09 at 1:04am
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Wow- that's pretty bold. So let me get this straight- you go into FYEs, buy a CD, come home- rip a lossless copy of it, and then return the CD back to FYEs for your money back?

Just so you know, that's theft.
Sorry for not being clear...I am buying used CD's and then selling them back to FYE for less than I purchased them for.
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post #10 of 33
9/25/09 at 1:20am
Okay, that's not theft. That's smart.
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post #11 of 33
9/25/09 at 1:50am
i could never find 12 at a time that I wanted. Was lots of filler in their selections.
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post #12 of 33
9/25/09 at 6:45am
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Originally Posted by Jeff Guidry View Post
Sorry for not being clear...I am buying used CD's and then selling them back to FYE for less than I purchased them for.
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Okay, that's not theft. That's smart.
No, keeping copies is still against the law.
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post #13 of 33
9/25/09 at 7:34am
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No, keeping copies is still against the law.
When you consider they are getting a small percent of what they payed upfront and are keeping only a digital copy of the music, no booklet, photos or liner art, then one could ration that they only payed for the digital copy. A method that usually is much cheaper than buying the disc, though not offered in lossless due most likely to bandwith issues.

I see nothing amoral about this.
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post #14 of 33
9/25/09 at 9:10am
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When you consider they are getting a small percent of what they payed upfront and are keeping only a digital copy of the music, no booklet, photos or liner art, then one could ration that they only payed for the digital copy. A method that usually is much cheaper than buying the disc, though not offered in lossless due most likely to bandwith issues.

I see nothing amoral about this.
Possesion of the physical media gives the right to use it.
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post #15 of 33
9/25/09 at 2:51pm
What the hell? The article is from March. BMG has been closed for months. Is this a glitch.
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