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From: greg@olivee.UUCP (Greg Paley)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Buying CDs MAIL ORDER
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Date: Thu, 2-May-85 13:11:22 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  2 13:11:22 1985
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> 
> 	Anybody else out there in NETland want to tell the rest of us
> what you're paying for CDs (and what part of the country you are from
> so we don't have to guess)?
> 
> 				- Lester Waters -

I've only bought locally, which means the San Francisco bay area and,
more specifically, the San Jose area.  Tower Records (of which there are
5 in relatively close proximity) generally charges $14.99 or $15.99 -
slightly higher for Telarc and some Japanese imports that are not
generally marketed here.  However, every week one label or another has
been on "sale" when the $15.99 discs go down to $12.99 and the $14.99
discs go down to $11.99.  So far I have yet to pay the "non-sale" price
for anything.

There are also a number of "Wherehouse" outlets.  Their concentration
these days is on video rentals.  They do however, sell CD's and their
standard price is equivalent to Tower's "sale" price.  The problem is
that their selection (varying from one to another) is much more limited.
However, if they happen to have the one particular one I'm looking for
(as they have several times) it doesn't matter to me what the rest of
their selection is like.  There is some variance between the individual
outlets as to pricing on Telarc's - I've bought some for $12.99 in one
store and seen them for $16.99 in another.

	- Greg Paley