[DM-MUG] This is WAY cool....Complete my Album in iTunes

[Bryan Baker]

I really like the option, though I believe 6 mo is a bit stingy.
I can think of a few situations this could come in handy - say you  
need (or really want) a particular tune right away and download just  
it. (say maybe DJ request or project) then you find out it's an  
awesome album and you decide you want the whole thing. If the album is  
less than 11 tracks, no biggie, since you can just get all the  
individual tracks at the same pricing, but if it's a big album, you're  
faced w/ re-buying the whole enchilada or paying more to get the  
individual tracks.

Another is, you find out that there's another track you love on the  
album that is ONLY available as part of the album (long tracks  
typically).

This option actually appeared at the same time (iirc) as the EMI DRM  
free thing.


On Feb 27, 2008, at 7:00 PM, Jeff Muller wrote:
> I guess that's nice but isn't one of the main concepts and selling  
> points of iTunes the ability to buy only the songs you want from an  
> album? The idea being that many (most?) albums contain one or two  
> "good" songs but when CDs were your only option, you had to pay for  
> all the "crummy" songs, too, in order to hear the "good" ones. In  
> essense, now they're offering a discount on the "crummy" songs! :-)
>
> I can think of a couple of situations where someone would go for  
> this but, to me, it seems counterintuitive to the basic iTunes  
> concept. I'm not trying to start a big controversy here. It just  
> seemed odd to me and I'm just wondering, am I missing something in  
> this new service? (If so, it wouldn't be the first good idea I've  
> discounted in my life!)
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2007, at 10:52 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
>
>> Apple: iTunes introduces complete my album   Co announced a new  
>> iTunes service that allows customers to turn their individual  
>> tracks into a complete album at a reduced price by giving them a  
>> full 99 cent credit for every track they have previously purchased  
>> from that album. When users buy any ...
>> (AAPL), (Trade)
>>
>> Go to the store, click the button and see the albums that apply,  
>> select one and you'll see that whatever from it that you have  
>> previously purchased is greyed out and the rest show up and now you  
>> can see if you want to buy the remaining songs without having to do  
>> all the click and find yourself as long as it's within 6 mos. of  
>> the purchase of the earlier song[s]....what a great concept!
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