--- hell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack wrote: > I'm getting a little annoyed with the complaints > about the price of Joni's > new CD set. A new release (single CD) here is > around $33, a double-CD > around $40. And spare a thought for those of us in > far-off lands, who pay > exorbitant amounts in shipping and handling costs if > we have to use Amazon > or equivalents, not to mention the delay in product > releases, if they're > released here at all.
How does the NZ$ compare to the US$? Just wondering because, even though I often think we pay a *lot* for CDs in Canada, by the time you figure out exchange rates, we probably pay something equivalent to what the Americans do. Most CDs I've seen in stores (not doubles) cost around $20 Canadian, give or take a few bucks. I sometimes order from places like CDNow or Amazon because there's more variety to be found there than in most stores in Canada, even in a large city. By the time you figure in exchange rates, taxes, shipping and handling and other miscellaneous ripoffs, i probably end up paying slightly more than I would pay for a CD here in Toronto. The $30-some I've heard quoted for the new double Joni probably works out to close to $50. That's about what I paid for Jane Siberry's double one (can't remember the name - Anthology? whatever) but I ordered that from her website and so had to pay about $5 for shipping and handling. I guess if you like the music enough and you're likely to play it more than once, it's a good deal - otherwise, it's a shitload of money. I'm appalled at how much people in the UK, New Zealand, Australia & so on end up paying (because you live on islands? could that be it?) so, when you look at it that way, we shouldn't whine so much. ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
