The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

Opus106 · July 21, 2012, 12:42:51 AM

Quote from: Que on July 20, 2012, 02:22:17 PM
Would you believe I had already planned to look for that particular box set?

Q

It's not a coincidence.

kishnevi · July 21, 2012, 06:31:59 AM

Que, I hope you already ordered it, because the price is now back up over 60 Euros.
On the other hand, the smaller Sony 15 CD set I ordered is still at 18.90 Euros
http://www.amazon.es/Gustav-Leonhardt-The-Edition-CdS/dp/B00186JBT6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1

Que · July 21, 2012, 06:36:48 AM

Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 21, 2012, 06:31:59 AM
Que, I hope you already ordered it, because the price is now back up over 60 Euros.

Coopmv · July 21, 2012, 07:29:45 AM

Quote from: Que on July 21, 2012, 06:36:48 AM

Yeah, I hear you. The same happened to me with that Bach Organ Works set by Olivier Vernet ...

Opus106 · July 21, 2012, 07:40:07 AM

Quote from: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 07:29:45 AM
The same happened to me with that Bach Organ Works set by Olivier Vernet ...

That was one-of-a-kind. It came down to a hundredth of a Euro. And it would have still been a bargain with JPC's atrocious shipping rate slapped on.

Que · July 21, 2012, 08:00:03 AM

Quote from: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 07:29:45 AM
Yeah, I hear you. The same happened to me with that Bach Organ Works set by Olivier Vernet ...

Perhaps I get another shot at the Leonhardt set some time in the future.

Sory for waisting the opportunity, Navneeth! $:-\$

I was still busy deciding on stuff to go with - I guess someone was less fussy...

Q

Opus106 · July 21, 2012, 08:08:28 AM

Quote from: Que on July 21, 2012, 08:00:03 AM
Sory for waisting the opportunity, Navneeth! $:-\$

No problemo, Que.

Coopmv · July 21, 2012, 08:56:47 AM

Quote from: Opus106 on July 21, 2012, 07:40:07 AM
That was one-of-a-kind. It came down to a hundredth of a Euro. And it would have still been a bargain with JPC's atrocious shipping rate slapped on.

I have never placed a real big order with JPC (usually under 100 Euro) and if that one-price shipping of 13 Euro applies, then its shipping rate is not that atrocious compared with MDT where I routinely pay over £10 (with no cap) in shipping to the States ...

Coopmv · July 21, 2012, 08:57:53 AM

Quote from: Que on July 21, 2012, 08:00:03 AM
Perhaps I get another shot at the Leonhardt set some time in the future. Sory for waisting the opportunity, Navneeth! $:-\$

I was still busy deciding on stuff to go with - I guess someone was less fussy...

Q

It all comes down to timing and nobody can catch every great sale ...

Opus106 · July 21, 2012, 09:16:50 AM

Quote from: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 08:56:47 AM
I have never placed a real big order with JPC (usually under 100 Euro) and if that one-price shipping of 13 Euro applies, then its shipping rate is not that atrocious compared with MDT where I routinely pay over £10 (with no cap) in shipping to the States ...

24.99 to my neck of the woods.

Coopmv · July 21, 2012, 09:29:36 AM

Quote from: Opus106 on July 21, 2012, 09:16:50 AM
24.99 to my neck of the woods.

Is this among the highest shipping rates for JPC?

Opus106 · July 21, 2012, 10:00:10 AM

Quote from: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 09:29:36 AM
Is this among the highest shipping rates for JPC?

Possibly.

bigshot · July 24, 2012, 09:43:26 AM

BARGAIN ALERT!

The whole Rise of the Masters series is on sale for $1.99 a pop. The world's best music with the world's worst covers at the world's best price. Some name performers in there. Definitely worth the risk.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=100+supreme+classical+masterpieces+rise+of+the+masters&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A100+supreme+classical+masterpieces+rise+of+the+masters

Ataraxia · July 24, 2012, 10:03:27 AM

Yeah, I've seen those around. Pretty good, eh?

Karl Henning · July 24, 2012, 10:13:23 AM

Quote from: MN Dave on July 24, 2012, 10:03:27 AM
Yeah, I've seen those around. Pretty good, eh?

Hmm.

Obviously, I could not speak generally with any authority, so take this as a single data point. But years ago, I picked up the Chopin waltzes played by Tomsic, and found that CD to be an eminently forgettable musical experience.

Ataraxia · July 24, 2012, 10:20:41 AM

Hmm.

http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Nocturnes-Peter-Schmalfuss/dp/B000002X8F

bigshot · July 24, 2012, 10:21:43 AM

The Tchaikovsky collection includes performances by Neeme Jarvi, Paavo Bergland and Leif Segerstam. The Debussy has Noriko Ogawa. There's some very good stuff in there.

Karl Henning · July 24, 2012, 10:25:50 AM

Oh-ho! Dig ye this:

QuoteDubravka Tomsic never recorded the 14 waltzes!
In a recent conversation with Miss Tomsic, she stated that she has never recorded Chopin's 14 waltzes. The German company which produced this CD is using her great name erroneously. Whoever the artist is, he or she is competent at best, but definitely not Dubravka Tomsic.

Karl Henning · July 24, 2012, 10:26:51 AM

Quote from: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 10:21:43 AM
The Tchaikovsky collection includes performances by Neeme Jarvi, Paavo Bergland and Leif Segerstam. The Debussy has Noriko Ogawa. There's some very good stuff in there.

And some dodgy stuff . . . music-piracy-laundering? . . .

Ataraxia · July 24, 2012, 10:26:56 AM

Yikes.

But, heck, what do you want for 2 smackers?

The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

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