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Crackdown on cheap CD's from Channel Isles

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  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    lemonjelly wrote: »
    Does that make it right though?

    & I assume by your response that you believe the government are lying when they say we're all in this together, as dictated by global economics it is pointless trying to tax the rich?

    It is not right, but being pragmatic about it, no single government has the power to do much about it.
  • lemonjelly
    lemonjelly Posts: 8,014 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    So we're not all in this together then. & the poor can bear the tax burden, as the rich won't pay...
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    lemonjelly wrote: »
    So we're not all in this together then. & the poor can bear the tax burden, as the rich won't pay...

    Depends on your definition of rich. The very rich have never paid much tax, the "quite well off" do tend to pay.
  • AD9898_2
    AD9898_2 Posts: 527 Forumite
    Record companies shot themselves in the foot with the price of CDs in the past. And as far as paying for downloads, they haven't learned their lesson. iTunes for instance wanna charge you £10 for a crappy 128kbps download, with !!!!!! sound quality that is a tenth of a CD.

    Not surprising people use torrent sites.
    Have owned outright since Sept 2009, however I'm of the firm belief that high prices are a cancer on society, they have sucked money out of the economy, handing it to banks who've squandered it.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    I just bought two CD's from Amazon, only £5 each, in addition I subscribe to Napster at £5 a month with unlimited streaming and 5 downloads a month, great value.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • Old_Slaphead
    Old_Slaphead Posts: 2,749 Forumite
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    edited 2 March 2011 at 5:47PM
    StevieJ wrote: »
    I just bought two CD's from Amazon, only £5 each

    Outrageous

    Lots of classic stuff at FOP for less than a fiver - and FOP are owned by errrrrrmm HMV :(

    Oh well, bye bye FOP, hello ebay (again)
  • mc2705
    mc2705 Posts: 294 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    I wonder if this ruling will make it more expensive for Day V Lately to get hold of his early 90s single?
  • robin_banks
    robin_banks Posts: 15,778 Forumite
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    Angelic wrote: »
    I am surprised so many still buy CD's. The last songs I bought legally were via Amazon.

    It's a good format tbh, and $h!t's on MP3's.
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    It may be me, but I find the sound quality of downloads to be pretty awful.
  • robin_banks
    robin_banks Posts: 15,778 Forumite
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    ILW wrote: »
    It may be me, but I find the sound quality of downloads to be pretty awful.

    Not you at all, mind you I'm a vinyl luddite.
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?
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