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JC_AOR

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  1. 29 minutes ago, Geoff said:

    It's more the principle of the thing than anything else. $36 for a CD is what I used to pay way back when I started for the most expensive imports I could find. I don't have the means to be spending $36 for CDs in 2021, cob. 

    Yeah $36 for the CD and another $36 (US) for postage to Australia.  That is seriously what is costs nowadays to have 1 CD posted to Australia.

  2. On 9/14/2021 at 4:03 PM, auslander said:

    They are similar to what I use. But, at the moment you can't send things as documents in them, they have to go by weight as parcels. That is the cost killer. US sellers also set their prices to post to Australia and often those costs are even more than the price of the CD itself.

    What it costs to post (after covid) is why I don't bother selling to overseas anymore. Which is a pity. Pre-covid you could post CDs as documents and this cut costs in half. 

    Now I mostly have to buy from bigger sellers on ebay and most send via shipping (literally ships on the ocean) which take twice as long to arrive but at far cheaper rates (Europe is cheaper than US for some reason). So ebay still works for me, but not from small collectors buying and selling from overseas. That is domestic market only now.

    Discogs are a bust now. Not worth it cause of overseas postage costs.

    A real shame isn't it.  Music is becoming inaccessible to those here in Australia who still like to buy CDs.

  3. I have a friend in the US (Illinois) who regularly sends me bulk lots of postage stamps in these Ready Post envelopes for about US$4 - I'm wondering if CDs could be sent in these also, with or without cases.  It would be a dramatic reduction in postage costs I would think.  They are a 6" x 9" envelope and fit one CD in a jewel case very nicely. 

     

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  4. I recently purchased the two new Eonian Records CDs - Rings of Saturn and Mad Anthony and was informed that it would cost US$57 to post these to Australia.  Has anyone else experienced such enormous postage costs either as a buyer or seller?  I knew that international prices had increased in recent times but honestly this is insane!  I don't think I can afford to collect CDs anymore at this rate!

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  5. I have to admit after their first two excellent albums I lost touch with this band, so I really need to revisit them.  That teaser really didn't seem like a teaser because it gives away nothing.  Looking forward to checking out V regardless.

  6. I would never buy this live disc, and as Geoff has said why not just listen to the original. But I tell you what, if this band was playing a local venue in my hometown I'd be super keen to go along and see them, even without some of the original members. Good on 'em for kicking on.

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