iTunes - Complete my Album
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iTunes - Complete my Album
So I'm browsing iTunes a bit today and noticed a link to "Complete my Album" So I decide to check it out. Basically iTunes allows you to complete an album from which you have downloaded tracks for a "reduced" price. So I'm thinking "sweet! I'll complete my Stephen Lynch CDs" I click on one of the albums. I've downloaded 4 tracks from it... the original cost was $11.99 and the "complete my album" cost is $8.03. The difference is the $3.96 that I spent downloading the original 4 tracks. Granted, the album has 12 tracks remaining that I would get, but it isn't like they actually "discounted" anything... they just allowed me to buy the rest of the album at the regular price minus the money that I've already paid. I guess my beef is just that they made it sound like a sale, and it definately is not.
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Originally Posted by cungar
I'm not sure why you'd expect the remaining tracks to be discounted. If I buy a half a set of golf clubs they wouldn't give me a discount when I came back to buy the other half.
"Did you know that if you've purchased one or more songs from an eligible album, you may now be able to buy the rest of the album at a reduced price?"
They make it sound like a sale... or a special offer... and I suppose they don't have to offer the service - hence I would have to buy the remaining 12 tracks at $0.99 each or download the entire album again for $11.99. I just think they worded it badly to make it sound better than it is.
Something like "If you've purchased one or more tracks from an eligible album, you may put the cost you've already spent towards the purchase of the complete album" would have been more clear as to what they were doing.
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It is a sale and also includes a limited time offer for music you bought in the past.
Just because you don't like the type of sale that it is (giving you credit for the songs you already purchased to now go back and buy the album at a "discounted price" instead of the full price) doesn't mean it isn't a valid sale.
Just because you don't like the type of sale that it is (giving you credit for the songs you already purchased to now go back and buy the album at a "discounted price" instead of the full price) doesn't mean it isn't a valid sale.
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Originally Posted by C-Mart
Because that is how it is worded:
"Did you know that if you've purchased one or more songs from an eligible album, you may now be able to buy the rest of the album at a reduced price?"
"Did you know that if you've purchased one or more songs from an eligible album, you may now be able to buy the rest of the album at a reduced price?"
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I'm with C-Mart on this one. I think it is misleading.
I think the *may* is there because not all albums are eligible for the offer. You might have purchased 3 songs off of Artist X's album but can't buy the rest at the "reduced" price.
I think the *may* is there because not all albums are eligible for the offer. You might have purchased 3 songs off of Artist X's album but can't buy the rest at the "reduced" price.
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Originally Posted by cungar
I'm not sure why you'd expect the remaining tracks to be discounted. If I buy a half a set of golf clubs they wouldn't give me a discount when I came back to buy the other half.