Comments on: Why I Owe Vampire Weekend Money, and Other Thoughts http://www.grownupthinking.com/index.php/2010/02/04/why-i-owe-vampire-weekend-money-and-other-thoughts/ Fresh ideas for connecting with the new consumer Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:51:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Zena http://www.grownupthinking.com/index.php/2010/02/04/why-i-owe-vampire-weekend-money-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Zena Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:02:56 +0000 http://www.grownupthinking.com/?p=1219#comment-515 Laura, I feel your pain. I recently felt a surge of guilt after illegally downloading songs from my favorite artists, even though I have been doing it for years! And so, to get the full experience, I went to Best Buy to revel in my newly discovered concience and I bought 2 CD's, including the John mayer CD. It felt great, but along with another album I bought, it was over $25 for 2 CD's. So I felt better about making the purchase, but not so great about spending so much. So, I thought, I should try itunes, but that was pretty much the same price as the physical CD. Then, I found out about Digital Downloads on Amazon.com, and it's actually wayyy cheaper. For example, @ Best Buy or itunes, it is an estimated $12 for the Vampire Weekend album, but its only 5 bucks on amazon, and it downloads straight to your itunes. By purchasing the album on amazon, you are contributing to the artist, alleviating your guilt, saving $$, and you don't have to feel like you are stealing! I'm proud to say that I haven't used my limewire ever since I found out about Amazon's digital downloads, and I feel much better about my music. Laura, I feel your pain. I recently felt a surge of guilt after illegally downloading songs from my favorite artists, even though I have been doing it for years! And so, to get the full experience, I went to Best Buy to revel in my newly discovered concience and I bought 2 CD’s, including the John mayer CD. It felt great, but along with another album I bought, it was over $25 for 2 CD’s. So I felt better about making the purchase, but not so great about spending so much.

So, I thought, I should try itunes, but that was pretty much the same price as the physical CD. Then, I found out about Digital Downloads on Amazon.com, and it’s actually wayyy cheaper. For example, @ Best Buy or itunes, it is an estimated $12 for the Vampire Weekend album, but its only 5 bucks on amazon, and it downloads straight to your itunes. By purchasing the album on amazon, you are contributing to the artist, alleviating your guilt, saving $$, and you don’t have to feel like you are stealing! I’m proud to say that I haven’t used my limewire ever since I found out about Amazon’s digital downloads, and I feel much better about my music.

]]> By: Dust http://www.grownupthinking.com/index.php/2010/02/04/why-i-owe-vampire-weekend-money-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Dust Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:15:34 +0000 http://www.grownupthinking.com/?p=1219#comment-510 You really only owe them a small percentage of that $12. It's really the record company who would get most of that, and they should never be apologized to. You really only owe them a small percentage of that $12. It’s really the record company who would get most of that, and they should never be apologized to.

]]> By: giancarlop http://www.grownupthinking.com/index.php/2010/02/04/why-i-owe-vampire-weekend-money-and-other-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-507 giancarlop Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:56:24 +0000 http://www.grownupthinking.com/?p=1219#comment-507 Not even iTunes' latest digital LP format comes close to this experience: http://bit.ly/afTmMM Not even iTunes’ latest digital LP format comes close to this experience: http://bit.ly/afTmMM

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