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    Posted: November 30 2004 at 08:25

Guys, what is your favorite prog music online store ?

If you cast a vote for OTHER , please use this thread to tell us which online store you are using and prefer.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 08:48

I was disappointed big time with online buying. At least from here in Canada, it seems to be no cheaper (more expensive, in fact) & requires me to drive up my Visa bill. (Too easy to spend too much, as well, with just a few mouse-clicks! I'm sure some of you can relate....Ouch)

Instead, I opted to give my business to a small local CD store here. The guy will order what I want (& I'll know first if it is available), & I can pay cash when it arrives, thus help to support the local economyThumbs Up, and save myself those expensive shipping charges.

That's by far the best option for me. Online shopping is out, pour moi.Stern Smile



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 08:58

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 11:03

Originally posted by Peter Peter wrote:

Instead, I opted to give my business to a small local CD store here. The guy will order what I want (& I'll know first if it is available), & I can pay cash when it arrives, thus help to support the local economyThumbs Up, and save myself those expensive shipping charges.

I do the same. I order through Borders bookstore and pick it up at the local store without paying shipping costs.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 11:22

I don’t buy online

(except for some Dutch mailorder companies)



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 14:56
Originally posted by Peter Peter wrote:

Instead, I opted to give my business to a small local CD store here. The guy will order what I want (& I'll know first if it is available), & I can pay cash when it arrives, thus help to support the local economyThumbs Up, and save myself those expensive shipping charges.

So Petey,where exactly is this wonderful store of yours? Surely it deserves some free publicity.Wink




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 15:42

Im poor

I trad emy old cd's/vinyls for new ones

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 15:57
Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Originally posted by Peter Peter wrote:

Instead, I opted to give my business to a small local CD store here. The guy will order what I want (& I'll know first if it is available), & I can pay cash when it arrives, thus help to support the local economyThumbs Up, and save myself those expensive shipping charges.

So Petey,where exactly is this wonderful store of yours? Surely it deserves some free publicity.Wink

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 16:20

Amazon - there's not much it doesn't sell or can't get if you really want it, and it's usually cheap. The other good place is eBay...

Of course, I usually go to as many vinyl shops as possible - much better than high street retailers like Virgin (who don't go all the way...), HMV (Have Morethan Virgin) or Whiffys (WH Smith, who stink). 2nd-hand vinyl shops are better 'coz you never know what's going to be on the shelves from one week to another.

My heroes named (vinyl shops in Reading);

1) The Sound Machine (Harris Arcade)

2) Oxfam Music Shop (London Street)

3) Rusty's Records (Oxford Road - just over the bridge)

4) Replay Records (Harris Arcade)

5) (If I'm desparate): Sirrell's (Oxford Road, corner of Argyll Street).



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 17:01

Play.com is pretty good for the UK with free delivery. I also use Key mail order who have a good selection of prog.

I do prefer to buy from shops though. In Glasgow, we have several good ones.

"Lost in Music" off Byres Road in the West End has a specific prog section, mainly neo prog, plus good new and used sections.

Avalanche in Dundas Street beside Queen Street station is pretty good for prog metal, with a good second hand selection.

Fopp in Union Street and Byres Road does many of the more popular prog remasters for £5 a time.

Missing Records in Oswald Street, near Central Station is all second hand, with some good prog at good prices from time to time.

I used to find Plastic Factory in Birmingham had a great selection. Anyone know if they moved or just closed down completely?

In London, there are several good new and used shops in Berwick Street, off Oxford Street.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 17:03
Usually, when there's something specific want, I eBay it. I'm very comfortable with eBay and use it quite often, and for finding rare out-of-print vinyl of my favorite prog bands, eBay is the place to find it. I've only had one bad experience, when I received a wrecked lp of Moving Pictures... but besides that one unfortunate incident, I love eBay and I use it all the time.

I want to buy a korg synth off of eBay
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 17:12

Originally posted by Sweetnighter Sweetnighter wrote:


I want to buy a korg synth off of eBay

Don't do it!

When it comes to electronics, unless you're a wiz with a soldering iron, remember and chant the following mantra:

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i could buy an insurance policy on it via ebay
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Cert & Easy

I can strongly recommend Ultima Thule in Leicester (Conduit Street, next door to the railway station - but watch out for  their strange opening hours), and check out  their website via Audion Ultima Thule. Perhaps the best Krautrock specialist in the UK, and also heavily into European prog.

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If there's a specific CD I'm after, I always check EBay first, if it's not there, Amazon have rarely let me down (especially since they started 2nd hand sales) - Virgin and HMV? Well, I can't remember the last time I crossed their overpriced moneygrabbing thresholds; if it's a good music shop I'm after, I always use Moores Records in Stevenage - run by music lovers, for music lovers, and staffed by people who will not raise an eyebrow when asked for 'Cornology' by The Bonzo Dog Band

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2004 at 14:23
Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Cert & Easy

I can strongly recommend Ultima Thule in Leicester (Conduit Street, next door to the railway station - but watch out for  their strange opening hours), and check out  their website via Audion Ultima Thule. Perhaps the best Krautrock specialist in the UK, and also heavily into European prog.

Vinyl???

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2004 at 14:29

Anyone visiting Bolton?

If by some mishap you do venture into Bolton

YOU MUST VISIT X RECORDS

http://www.xrecords.co.uk/

Bolton's only specialist rock/prog store!

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mind you only deal with a male member of staff......and I'm not being mysogrenistic



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