internet orders or local record shops?

I haven't ordered anything of the internet... yet.

I usually go to a nearby shop and they order my prog needs for me (no extra costs). However, it's been three months or so since I ordered The Night Watch and it still hasn't arrived.
A good thing is that in record stores you might find some prog albums, and since nobody except your local town fool (us) likes them they cost only half of the regular price of an album (sometimes even less, like the time I saw Camel's Raindancers for 4,99 euros but didn't buy it ).
However, as The Night Watch is taking so long and the shop man said he can't order any Gentle Giant, I might have to resort to online shopping.

I download too, but usually just a few songs so the album I plan on buying still holds surprises for me.

I get a lot of my CD's from eBay and than sometimes if I see a CD I want at a
record shop and its moderately priced, i might purchase it.

Nowadays a mix of Amazon and eBay. I have exhausted the prog titles I like in our HMV and Virgin shops. They are also pricey unless you are lucky to hit a gem in their sales. There are some excellent UK prog sellers on eBay worth giving a try.

I used to buy on Internet until 1999 when a suposedly serious online store charged US$ 4,727.00 on my credit card (What was left of the credit line).

I had an insurance on that credit card but it costed me 10%, after 5 months the store admitted it was a mistake caused by a virus, but the insurance never returned me the 10% because they said they had already settled the claim with me (Something that was true according to our laws).

I could fight in the court, but the insurance of the  credit card had a clause that submitted me to the laws of Cayman Islands, for $473.00 it was not recomended to go to trial (Being that the insurance was almost for free, Peruvian Insurance and Bank Super Intendence admitted that hidden clause).

Since then I started seeking for small stores and found one that always has great albums, and only buy something on the net through very seccure stores and using a debit card that works with a saving account and I don't deposit more than 100 or 200 bucks when I want to buy something.

Iván

 

ivan_2068 wrote: I used to buy on Internet until 1999 when a suposedly serious online store charged US$ 4,727.00 on my credit card (What was left of the credit line). I had an insurance on that credit card but it costed me 10%, after 5 months the store admitted it was a mistake caused by a virus, but the insurance never returned me the 10% because they said they had already settled the claim with me (Something that was true according to our laws). I could fight in the court, but the insurance of the  credit card had a clause that submitted me to the laws of Cayman Islands, for $473.00 it was not recomended to go to trial (Being that the insurance was almost for free, Peruvian Insurance and Bank Super Intendence admitted that hidden clause). Since then I started seeking for small stores and found one that always has great albums, and only buy something on the net through very seccure stores and using a debit card that works with a saving account and I don't deposit more than 100 or 200 bucks when I want to buy something. Iván

wow, that's quite the story... and a cautionary tale. 

Rosescar wrote: I haven't ordered anything of the internet... yet. I usually go to a nearby shop and they order my prog needs for me (no extra costs). However, it's been three months or so since I ordered The Night Watch and it still hasn't arrived. A good thing is that in record stores you might find some prog albums, and since nobody except your local town fool (us) likes them they cost only half of the regular price of an album (sometimes even less, like the time I saw Camel's Raindancers for 4,99 euros but didn't buy it ). However, as The Night Watch is taking so long and the shop man said he can't order any Gentle Giant, I might have to resort to online shopping. I download too, but usually just a few songs so the album I plan on buying still holds surprises for me.

 

Which shop do you go to?

By Pm if you wish

All of the three...