German Music Express Kaputt

Steve Emerson

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Aug 31, 2007, 1:18:40 AM8/31/07

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Just made an attempt to visit this perenially useful store (url:
Musicexpress.com), which offered lots of Europe-only issues for sale to
the U.S. with flat-rate shipping of $5. Gone. One gets redirected to the
"sister store," CDconnection, which has its uses as well, but is much
shorter on imports; being U.S.-located.

Unfortunate.

SE.

Andrej Kluge

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Aug 31, 2007, 5:24:00 AM8/31/07

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Before they redirect you, they say:

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Dear German Music Express Customers,
Thank you very much for your business over these past 15 years. It was
a pleasure to have so many wonderful customers. Now it is time for us to
move on to other tasks and other adventures. As of this date we are closing
our virtual doors. We wish you all the best for the future.

For customer service, we can still be contacted by email at
ser...@www.musicexpress.com.

For your musical needs and enjoyment we recommend that you visit
CDconnection.com, one of the oldest, and still one of the best CD stores on
the Web.

The domain name "musicexpress.com" is now available for purchase.
Please email musice...@cdconnection.com for details.

In 45 seconds you will be automatically connected to CDconnection.com , or
just click here to connect immediately...

Thanks again, and best wishes to you and yours!
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Ciao
A.

El Klauso

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Aug 31, 2007, 7:30:37 AM8/31/07

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Schade...

wkasimer

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Aug 31, 2007, 10:45:56 AM8/31/07

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On Aug 31, 1:18 am, Steve Emerson <eme...@nospamsonic.net> wrote:

> Unfortunate.

Yes, but their selection was idiosyncratic, and their search engine
awful. Shipping was pretty reasonable, though.

Lately, I've been surprisingly happy getting some of my German CD's
from, of all places, HMV Japan. The selection is excellent and the
prices pretty reasonable; shipping is expensive, but not much more so
than from Germany, and as long as you order a few things, it isn't
prohibitive. And they are fast; I placed an order on a Monday and
received it the following Saturday.

Bill

Frank Berger

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Aug 31, 2007, 11:02:59 AM8/31/07

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"Steve Emerson" <eme...@nospamsonic.net> wrote in message
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I always found musicexpress to be prohibitively expensive.

wkasimer

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Aug 31, 2007, 11:47:28 AM8/31/07

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On Aug 31, 11:02 am, "Frank Berger" <frank.d.ber...@dal.frb.org>
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> I always found musicexpress to be prohibitively expensive.

That was among the reasons I stopped ordering from them several years
ago - I could always find the same items cheaper elsewhere.

Bill

Steve Emerson

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Aug 31, 2007, 9:21:47 PM8/31/07

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In article <13dgbd4...@news.supernews.com>,
"Frank Berger" <frank.d...@dal.frb.org> wrote:

When only one or two things were desired, I found them very economical;
the least expensive option out there. Too, the shipment arrived in a
week. In marked contrast with JPC and Amazon.de. This was because
Musicexpress shipped from the Netherlands and did not use Deutsche Post.

The search engine was fine for my purposes; I knew what I was looking
for and could find it by inserting two names.

Those unenthusiastic about Musicexpress -- what source do you use for
German releases and how are the shipping times and rates?

Thx,
SE.

david...@aol.com

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Sep 1, 2007, 1:31:25 PM9/1/07

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On Aug 31, 10:45 am, wkasimer wrote:

> Yes, but their selection was idiosyncratic, and their search engine
> awful. Shipping was pretty reasonable, though.

All true, but I found more than one recording there that I hadn't
managed to find anywhere else.

-david gable