Comment Bad Faith Purchase (Score 2, Insightful) 338
I hate to side with a corporation, but in this matter I do have to agree with Amazon:
This box set has been around since 2003. It's not something that a casual music listener purchases. It's something that will attract musicologists, historians, and hard core jazz fans.
The fact that Amazon managed to lay their hands on three copies of this set to sell is amazing! I searched for it a few years ago, and only found one or two new copies of it. The used copies that were on the market were going for $600 or more.
To be honest, I am totally baffled by what the problem is here? Amazon has a cancellation policy if an item is priced incorrectly. At least one person has posted a notice they received of the cancellation.
Is it wrong for a company to not get raped for $1500? Is it wrong for them to not honor a bad faith sale? Is it wrong for them to correct an error in their system? (How many errors have they corrected in customer's favor?)
Back to my previous perusal of this set: I wanted this set, but I knew that I couldn't afford to spend $500 on any CD collection, despite the fact that it is an EXCELLENT set. My solution was to scrounge hard and find the four 3-disc box sets. They provided an excellent overview of the material in the larger set, and satisfied my hunger for the bigger set. Alas, my quick search of Froogle didn't turn up many copies of them (however, if memory recalls, they were difficult to find the first time around - I think I had to search by the individual box titles).
Honestly, the author of this piece just needs to suck it up. If he really wants the set (and, even at $500 it is still an EXCELLENT bargain - only $6.67 per disc!) then buy it at the proper price. If he really doesn't want to pay the $500, then try to find the other sets, or look elsewhere.
This box set has been around since 2003. It's not something that a casual music listener purchases. It's something that will attract musicologists, historians, and hard core jazz fans.
The fact that Amazon managed to lay their hands on three copies of this set to sell is amazing! I searched for it a few years ago, and only found one or two new copies of it. The used copies that were on the market were going for $600 or more.
To be honest, I am totally baffled by what the problem is here? Amazon has a cancellation policy if an item is priced incorrectly. At least one person has posted a notice they received of the cancellation.
Is it wrong for a company to not get raped for $1500? Is it wrong for them to not honor a bad faith sale? Is it wrong for them to correct an error in their system? (How many errors have they corrected in customer's favor?)
Back to my previous perusal of this set: I wanted this set, but I knew that I couldn't afford to spend $500 on any CD collection, despite the fact that it is an EXCELLENT set. My solution was to scrounge hard and find the four 3-disc box sets. They provided an excellent overview of the material in the larger set, and satisfied my hunger for the bigger set. Alas, my quick search of Froogle didn't turn up many copies of them (however, if memory recalls, they were difficult to find the first time around - I think I had to search by the individual box titles).
Honestly, the author of this piece just needs to suck it up. If he really wants the set (and, even at $500 it is still an EXCELLENT bargain - only $6.67 per disc!) then buy it at the proper price. If he really doesn't want to pay the $500, then try to find the other sets, or look elsewhere.
