I’ve been a solid purveyor of legal music since iTunes came out when I was in college. I’ve been known to buy music to avoid writing papers, cleaning, and just about anything.
Yesterday there was a promotion on Amazon that if you sent 5 friends an Amazon/Facebook gift certificate (each valued at $1 or more), you’d get $5. HELLO. I love free money – and I love giving small tokens of my affection. So, I dolled out 5 gift certificates to friends and family. I did run into one hiccup in that a few of my gift giving attempts got “rejected” in that something about their Facebook account setup wouldn’t let me give them a gift. This was a bit sad for both parties – especially the ones I was trying to give a gift to.
Regardless!
Last night, I went on Amazon to puruse the offerings and saw that the new Taylor Swift album was for sale for …. $3.99. What? No? Not possible? YES POSSIBLE.
Since I have currently have a bank of iTunes credit, I figured I’d check and see what the price difference was between the two offerings. Well, it certainly wasn’t pennies. The iTunes price is currently $12.70. Now, I think last night it was $13.99 because I remember saying “TEN DOLLARS. WHAT?”
I probably don’t even have to tell you which one I bought. Half the time I listen to the whole album and only buy the songs that I like, at $3.99 I didn’t even waste my time…. just bought the whole thing.
Makes me wonder how many people bought the Taylor Swift digital album from iTunes for full price … and which they had checked Amazon.
Moral of the story? Amazon wins again.