The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

[DaveF]

This is one of the odder sites I've noticed recently: http://www.selections.com/.  Looks like garden furniture at first sight, but the 3rd tab along the top, Music, has lots of reasonably priced stuff - seems to be especially good for single/double Regis and Brilliant discs.  Very cheap shipping rates, too.

DF

[jwinter]

Complete Furtwängler records - 107 discs: 79.99$, 86.88$ delivered. From Amazon.

Does it actually seem to be complete?  For example, does it have all umpteen recorded versions of each Beethoven symphony?

[mc ukrneal]

Does it actually seem to be complete?  For example, does it have all umpteen recorded versions of each Beethoven symphony?

Read the first review for a list of the disc details: http://www.amazon.com/Wilhelm-Furtw%C3%A4ngler-Legacy-Dietrich-Fischer-Dieskau/product-reviews/B004JC16LC/ref=cm_cr_dp_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0#R15TTCEZZ26AXD

[jwinter]

Read the first review for a list of the disc details: http://www.amazon.com/Wilhelm-Furtw%C3%A4ngler-Legacy-Dietrich-Fischer-Dieskau/product-reviews/B004JC16LC/ref=cm_cr_dp_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0#R15TTCEZZ26AXD

Thanks for the link!

[DaveF]

Only thing I will say is that I've found the shipping [from www.selections.com] to be very slow.  I mean weeks.  But it always gets here eventually. 

I notice that some items claim to be "in stock" while others say "available in 14-28 days" - I wonder whether your orders all came from the latter category?

Best current bargain I can see on there, BTW, is Messiaen's complete organ (Tanke) and piano music (Hill), plus songs (Kappelle/Austbø) - 17 discs for £19.99.

Also what I said previously about cheap shipping is not necessarily true - I was reading the overseas surcharge rates (oops).

DF

[Lilas Pastia]

Read the first review for a list of the disc details: http://www.amazon.com/Wilhelm-Furtw%C3%A4ngler-Legacy-Dietrich-Fischer-Dieskau/product-reviews/B004JC16LC/ref=cm_cr_dp_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0#R15TTCEZZ26AXD

Thanks, you beat me to it . I haven't opened it yet. Will survey contents this weekend.

[kishnevi]

What about this?

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11 discs for approx $25 from the Amazon US marketplace.

Currently 12.53 Euros on Amazon Spain.

[Ken B]

Has selections.com been hacked? I get taken to a site 'Elite' that is unrelated. 

[Gurn Blanston]

Has selections.com been hacked? I get taken to a site 'Elite' that is unrelated. 

I hope that YOU haven't been hacked!  Try this link;

http://www.selections.com/music/classical/

Works for me, anyway.

[jut1972]

I hope that YOU haven't been hacked!  Try this link;

http://www.selections.com/music/classical/

Works for me, anyway.

Works fine for me too, sounds like a browser hijack... 

[jut1972]

MP3 only on Amazon.co.uk

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0035AG2Z4/ref=s9_aas_bw_g340_ir02?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1J64E0PRVCJA5YY1ZVGH&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=290631167&pf_rd_i=77977031

30th Anniversary Les Arts Florissants Compilation £4.49 for 175 tracks. 

[hafod]

MDT is having an EMI clearance sale - some astonishing reductions.
http://www.mdt.co.uk/special-offers/emi-clearance-sale.html?dir=desc&order=price

[jut1972]

Thanks for that picked up the Rattle Mahler and Beethoven sets. 

[Matoupaschat]

Hello, this is my first message. I apologize for my english. I would draw your attention on a very good boys solist's version of Bach's St-Matheuw
http://www.amazon.de/Matth%C3%A4us-Passion-BWV-244-Limitierte-Sonderauflage/dp/B008NVR6DM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345580636&sr=8-1
disponible at Amazon.de .

[Lilas Pastia]

Thanks for this, Matou. It does look quite interesting. The Thomanerchor is a great ensemble and so of course is the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester. And at the price  one could do much worse.

Merci beaucoup pour cette très intéressante suggestion!

[kishnevi]

MDT is having an EMI clearance sale - some astonishing reductions.
http://www.mdt.co.uk/special-offers/emi-clearance-sale.html?dir=desc&order=price

Quite astonishing and tempting.  Until I saw the shipping charges (to the US at least), when they became far less astonishing and tempting.....For instance, the complete Ciccolini EMI box seems a steal at just under 30 GBP (36 if you need to pay VAT).  But the shipping charge is just under 20 GBP; add in bank fees and it's about 80 USD.  Not sure what the going price is on other sites, but my interest in Aldo is not strong enough to get me to spend 80 USD....

Presto has the two Rattle boxes I'm interested in, and although their listed price is higher,  the shipping charges make it more or less even to MDT.

[The new erato]

Quite astonishing and tempting.  Until I saw the shipping charges (to the US at least), when they became far less astonishing and tempting.....For instance, the complete Ciccolini EMI box seems a steal at just under 30 GBP (36 if you need to pay VAT).  But the shipping charge is just under 20 GBP; add in bank fees and it's about 80 USD.  Not sure what the going price is on other sites, but my interest in Aldo is not strong enough to get me to spend 80 USD....

Presto has the two Rattle boxes I'm interested in, and although their listed price is higher,  the shipping charges make it more or less even to MDT.

mdt har more or less lost me as a regular customer due to their shipping charges, though less exorbitant to Norway than to the US. In this case a few offers was so tempting that the low price made the shipping seem worthwhile, I will report in the Purchases thread when stuff is actually confirmed sent.

[Coopmv]

Quite astonishing and tempting.  Until I saw the shipping charges (to the US at least), when they became far less astonishing and tempting.....For instance, the complete Ciccolini EMI box seems a steal at just under 30 GBP (36 if you need to pay VAT).  But the shipping charge is just under 20 GBP; add in bank fees and it's about 80 USD.  Not sure what the going price is on other sites, but my interest in Aldo is not strong enough to get me to spend 80 USD....

Presto has the two Rattle boxes I'm interested in, and although their listed price is higher,  the shipping charges make it more or less even to MDT.

I hear you.  Those trans-Atlantic shipping charges are often deal breakers ...

[mc ukrneal]

I hear you.  Those trans-Atlantic shipping charges are often deal breakers ...

Yes, mdt has to be cheaper on a per disc price to be worth it (and often are for some brands, like Opera Rara when on sale).

For those in the US and have a Saks credit card, I heard that Capital One bought them (or is now the bank behind the card), which would mean the Saks card would probably not charge a foreign transaction fee. Worth checking out if you already have a card...

[Coopmv]

I have only shopped at jpc twice so far due to its shipping charge (13 Euro to the US) and I generally cannot find enough good prices to make paying that one-price shipping worthwhile.  On balance, Presto has the best shipping charge.  The MDT's shipping charge calculation is not that straightforward to figure out, as I have on a few occasions paid well over £10 shipping for my orders ...