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From: myeksie@uokvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Ordering CDs
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Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 16:39:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  8 16:39:00 1985
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ho95b!ran writes

>I received the Compact Disk Centre's catalog 2 days after I called (!).
>Most prices for Classical music were $15.99 ($14.99 if part of any order
>of 10 or more).  My complaint is with their definition of 10 or more.
>According to their catalog, if you order 10 disks, and they are
>out of stock on one of them, you don't get the good price, since they're
>only shipping 9.  Even worse, their 800 number is for *ordering* only.
>They will not (cannot) tell you at that time if they are out of stock,
>so you pays your money and you takes your chances.
>They suggest you order a few extra disks to ensure that your order
>stays above the limit of 10!

You don't have to order extra disks to get your discount, just provide
alternate selections (i.e. order 10 and provide 5 alternates Then if they
are out of stock on 2-3 of the original 10, they will replace those 2-3
with discs from your alternate list.  You may provide them with 15 discs
but you're getting and paying for 10).  I see no problem with this policy
as it seems to be a common one.  Laury's doesn't do it but then you don't
get a discount from them.

This may be repeating myself but after reading the notes again, I wanted
to make sure this point was clear.

(Sorry for the duplicate response.)

Mark Yeskie