11/14/2006
Apple Credits Already Purchased Songs
Has this happened to you before? You like an artist and buy a few tracks from their album on iTunes. Then you realize that you really like the artist and want to buy the rest of the album. But if you buy each remaining song on the album separately, it costs more than if you just buy the entire album all at once. And many times, several tracks on the disc as well as the PDF booklet are only available if you purchase the entire album at once (iTunes calls them Album Only offerings).I've run into this dilemma a few times before. Sometimes I'll want to buy the entire album but won't just because I don't want to waste the money.
Apparently I'm not alone when it comes to this problem. If recent reports are true, Apple is supposedly going to credit iTunes users who purchase individual tracks before buying the entire album. For example, let's say you bought two tracks from the new live Foo Fighters album for $0.99 each and the album is priced at $9.99. If you decided to buy the album later, Apple would charge you something like $8.01 instead and credit you for the tracks you already own.Why would Apple do this? Why not? Something as simple as this might be the deciding factor between you just buying 1 or 2 songs or the entire album on iTunes. And if you decide to buy the entire album, then everybody wins. You save some money and get the music you want. The record companies sell more albums (something they are struggling to do because everyone just buys singles now). And Apple makes a bigger commission.
It's a great idea. I'm surprised Apple hasn't done this in the iTunes Music Store since day one.
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So if I buy 11 $0.99 tracks from a $9.99 album, then buy the album, do I get a $0.90 refund, making the total price of the album for me $9.09?
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: November 14, 2006 12:00 PM
: November 14, 2006 12:00 PM
According to Makayama, the new version is 300% faster than other products. In less than 45 minutes, a DVD can be transferred to the iPod. The software produces a sharp picture and stereo CD-quality sound.
[*] posted by : November 15, 2006 3:55 AM
: November 15, 2006 3:55 AM
the big question about iPods lately is. . how do you get downloads from iTunes store to be able to run in other media players? Why are we all enslaved to the lousy iTunes 7.2? The software is horrible. Memory hog, stutters, fails.
When is someone gonna crack the Apple DRM.
When is someone gonna crack the Apple DRM.
[*] posted by : December 02, 2006 9:13 AM
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