SMiLE Sessions Price Thread.

[hypehat]

Why do I keep finding the crappy price of $171 on Amazon and everyone else has these better prices? 

The $110 people keep spouting was the price it was listed for when the set first came up. A little birdie on the Hoffman said that might have been the wholesale price, not the retail, and Amazon quickly bumped it up to $140, then $171. Amazons pre-order thang means you pay the price it was when you order it no matter how it changes, so a few of us are paying one of those two.

AGD, are you sticking with your $110 box? Speediest delivery says it wouldn't get there til the 3rd at the earliest on our shores.... are you ready to wait?

[Ron]

Spin CDs in the UK have it for £128.99, with free shipping, so cheaper than Amazon.

http://www.spincds.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=beach+boys+smile&order=release_date&dir=desc


And please no one buy this from a supermarket! I don't care how cheap it is.

Pardon my ignorance.  What is the difference between buying it at a 'supermarket' and buying it at SpinCDs.com ?

[hypehat]

Supermarkets are one of the main factors in the death of the traditional record shop. I even feel bad buying it from Amazon.

[Jay]

Price of the box on buy.com has gone up to $157 + shipping.

I seriously doubt that Barnes & Noble will be out of business by November 1.  The demise of one of their major competitors (Borders) should help them stay afloat at least through Christmas.

I actually was thinking of Borders. No idea how I confused the two. Oops. 

[Ron]

Supermarkets are one of the main factors in the death of the traditional record shop. I even feel bad buying it from Amazon.

That's kind of my point.  SpinCDS isn't a traditional mom and pop.  it's a huge company making a fortune. 



.... which I'm completely fine with, like supermarkets selling them.  free market and all. 

[juggler]

Amazon UK currently has the 2CD set priced at £11.93 (~$19) which is considerably less than the current price on Amazon US ($32.46).  Go figure.

It's kind of strange how Amazon UK is still the low-cost option for the 2CD for U.S. buyers.  That doesn't happen every day.

[hypehat]

Supermarkets are one of the main factors in the death of the traditional record shop. I even feel bad buying it from Amazon.

That's kind of my point.  SpinCDS isn't a traditional mom and pop.  it's a huge company making a fortune. 



.... which I'm completely fine with, like supermarkets selling them.  free market and all. 

One could argue that Spin is better as, while it is a huge company, it is a dedicated record shop (unlike Sainsburys or Amazon) and those are getting scarce nowadays. It's kind of a moot point.  Like, if I didn't buy it from Amazon, I'd buy it from Rough Trade, hardly a company in the throes of poverty. But it's the principle of the thing, I guess. 

[runnersdialzero]

.... which I'm completely fine with, like supermarkets selling them.  free market and all. 

O OKAY

[Billgoodman]

Anybody know if there will be import taxes in the EU if you buy from amazon.ca?

[STE]

There might be..
Even if there are taxes to be paid, it's still the cheapest solution.

From my Custom webpage:

Example:
A private person buys DVD’s by post. The price including postage is 50 euros.
The DVD’s are ordered from the USA. The share of postage is 15 euros. The consignment is free from import duty,
because the total value of the goods in the consignment does not exceed 150 euros. Since the total value of the
goods exceeds 22 euros, VAT is assessed:
• VAT is 23% of the basis of tax on import, i.e. of the price to which the postage has been added (50 euros) =
11.50 euros.
VAT is levied, since the amount of VAT exceeds 10 euros.

Of course your VAT might be different.

[Pretty Funky]

Boxset dropped to $166.84 on Amazon. Keep it going!

[Billgoodman]

There might be..
Even if there are taxes to be paid, it's still the cheapest solution.

From my Custom webpage:

Example:
A private person buys DVD’s by post. The price including postage is 50 euros.
The DVD’s are ordered from the USA. The share of postage is 15 euros. The consignment is free from import duty,
because the total value of the goods in the consignment does not exceed 150 euros. Since the total value of the
goods exceeds 22 euros, VAT is assessed:
• VAT is 23% of the basis of tax on import, i.e. of the price to which the postage has been added (50 euros) =
11.50 euros.
VAT is levied, since the amount of VAT exceeds 10 euros.

Of course your VAT might be different.

Thanks, I looked it up on for The Netherlands there will be a 22,5% tax.

[Wrightfan]

Boxset dropped to $166.84 on Amazon. Keep it going!

Vinyl dropped too so my order is now $5 cheaper  (I got the box set for $146 so that stays the same.)

[Myk Luhv]

It's still only $123.99 on Amazon Canada! I'm hoping my replacement credit card gets here soon so I can pre-order before (if?) the price goes up...

[SloopJohnB]

137.54€ on Amazon.fr (190$, 120£).

http://www.amazon.fr/Smile-Sessions-%C3%89dition-Limit%C3%A9e-Deluxe/dp/B004RFYEEC/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1316157562&sr=1-1

[rattfink]

It's 169.99 on soundstagedirect. If you use the code VINYL11, you save 11% (which brings it down to about $152). Apparently they are a good company. I haven't ordered anything from them prior to this, but I saw good feedback on some message boards.

[Pretty Funky]

Amazon.com!

Now $142.  

Backlash due to Canadian price?

[Sam_BFC]

Dawwww why are Amazon UK leaving their price static??

[BiNNS]

Woo. It's now $103.78 on Amazon.ca.

[doc smiley]

even though its supposed to be automatic, I canceled my 123.99 amazon.ca boxset and then reordered it at 103.78.
with shipping and taxes its $124

Great deal!   

[juggler]

Woo. It's now $103.78 on Amazon.ca.

At this price, switching orders to Amazon.ca is probably worth it for all Amazon.com buyers (except maybe the $110 folks for whom it'd essentially be a wash).

[BiNNS]

I purchased mine for $123...which i was more than ok with. Now at $103, this is just another reason to SMiLE.

[roll plymouth rock]

even though its supposed to be automatic, I canceled my 123.99 amazon.ca boxset and then reordered it at 103.78.
with shipping and taxes its $124

Great deal!   

I did that too!!! I love the alertness of this board.

[Shady]

Man, that is a great deal on Amazon.ca

[The Shift]

Woo. It's now $103.78 on Amazon.ca.

At this price, switching orders to Amazon.ca is probably worth it for all Amazon.com buyers (except maybe the $110 folks for whom it'd essentially be a wash).

For UK buyers this would work out cheaper but for the fact that amazon.com allows import taxes to be paid as part of the order; can't see that as an option at the Canadian site.  At a guess I'd say that, taking that into account, the price difference is negligible.