Affordable Music On A Budget
I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how expensive it is to be a “music junkie”. Consider if you were to buy 20 CDs (which I consider a conservative number) at the store at an average of $12.75 per CD a year, you’d be spending $255.00 annually. That’s a lot more money than most people have. Even considering you can buy a song on iTunes for 0.99, its still expensive (especially for those of us that want complete albums). So I did some searching. Aside from using a site in Russia, like the old allofmp3.com, a good alternative could be to buy used CDs on SecondSpin.com
SecondSpin.com buys and sells used CD’s, DVD’s, and Video Games. Individual CD’s (non-box sets) seem to sell anywhere between $2.00 and $9.00. So at the high end, you’d be saving $3.75 off of the average. Not bad. Here are some albums I own that I found:
- Living Things – “Ahead of the Lions” » $2.47
- Modest Mouse – “We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank” » $8.99
- Linkin Park – “Minutes To Midnight” » $8.99
- Alice In Chains – “Sap” » $4.99
As you can tell, there are some decent deals to be had if you don’t mind second hand music. They have a strict quality control policy which keeps the defect rate to less than 1%, so everything is 100% guaranteed. Nice!
One thing to , I don’t think you’ll find some obscure bands or new releases, which makes sense. Second, shipping seems a little steep, especially if you order a lot of CDs. Ground is $2.75 plus an extra $0.45 per additional CD. So if you order 10 CDs, its $7.25. Well, that doesn’t seem expensive until you realize they guarantee delivery in 1-3 weeks! Ouch. To get faster service, expect to pay quite a bit more. But if you’re getting a steal on the music and you don’t mind waiting for delivery, this might be the place for you.