BMG's yourmusic.com

[Danny Tse]

Here's an inexpensive way to get CD/SACDs....

Yourmusic.com looks to be operated by BMG Music Service; I am sure most of you will be familiar with them. $4.99 plus tax for each CD (with free shipping) and that's including SACDs. The 16 disc Bob Dylan SACD boxset set is $80.00!! Of course, there's a catch.....

So go to yourmusic.com (http://www.yourmusic.com) and check it out.

I am not affiliate w/ BMG or yourmusic.com in any way.

[Billm57]

weird thing is it seems like a better deal than BMG what with the free shipping and all

[PolkThug]

Problem is they make you buy X number of CD's within X time frame at "regular" prices. Same thing they've been doing for 20 years.

[AsSiMiLaTeD]

Well I must be looking at the wrong site becuase:

1 - CDs are $5.99, not $4.99 - still a great deal though and shipping is free.

2 - I have read everything and don't see anywhere where you have to buy x number of CDs at regular price...


Terms And Conditions

In order to subscribe to yourmusic.com, you agree to the terms and conditions set forth below.

For $5.99 a month you are eligible as a subscriber to receive one CD each month from your Music Queue. Your subscription also allows you to enjoy complete access to all of the CDs at yourmusic.com for the unbeatable low price of $5.99 each. Shipping and handling is always free. We will charge your credit card $5.99 every month, beginning on the day you subscribe and continuing every month you remain a subscriber. You will receive regular monthly e-mails from yourmusic.com highlighting new releases, featured selections and special sales. The following terms and conditions also apply:

1.Subscription Availability: Subscriptions to yourmusic.com and shipment of yourmusic.com CDs are limited to the U.S. and its territories and possessions.

2.Your Music Queue: Your Music Queue is a great way to automatically add the CDs you want to your collection! Each month, you’ll receive the first available choice you’ve placed in your Music Queue. Creating your customized Queue is easy. You can add, remove and change the shipment order of CDs whenever you like. Only single CDs can be added to your Music Queue.

If your Music Queue is empty, we will send you e-mails reminding you to add CDs to your Queue for shipment. Remember, your credit card will be charged $5.99 each month, even if you do not have a CD in your Music Queue. So, please be sure to have a CD in your Queue one day before your shipment date. Otherwise, we cannot ship a CD for that month. If you keep your Music Queue filled with CDs, you'll never miss out on your favorite music!

For more information on creating and managing your Queue, visit the Music Queue section of the website.

3.Pricing: In addition to receiving a CD from your Music Queue every month, you can purchase as many CDs as you want for $5.99 each. Multi-unit CD sets are priced at $5.99 per CD. Shipping and handling is always free! We do reserve the right to modify or change our pricing and discounting policies at any time, in which event you will be notified by e-mail.


If I'm understanding everything correctly, this is an excellent deal! Think I'll be joining this...

[PolkThug]

The way I'm reading it is that you pay $5.99 a month no matter what. This entitles you to buy one CD from your 'Music Queue' at a $5.99 price.

So, that ends up to be $12 for the CD.

Of course I could be wrong, but these companies don't make money by giving things away.

I can't see the site from work.

[PolkThug]

I hope someone tries it out and lets us know... If you just pay 5.99 for one CD a month total, this would be the deal of the century, assuming they have CD's that you actually want.

[polksda]

In addition to receiving a CD from your Music Queue every month, you can purchase as many CDs as you want for $5.99 each.

That tells me that the more you buy, the better the deal gets, as the $5.99 monthly "subscription cost" gets defrayed across a larger number of CDs...

[Danny Tse]

Let me find the info on the $4.99 per CD/SACD deal.

I just received an e-mail from yourmusic.com telling my SACD of Marvin Gaye Collection has just been shipped....$4.99 + tax = $5.32. And that's including shipping.

Edit:

Here's the information posted on the stevehoffman.tv thread (http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=42763&page=1&pp=20&highlight=%244.99) regarding the $4.99/disc deal for yourmusic.com (on page 4 of the thread)....

I signed up originally at the $5.99 per disc pricing and couldn't coerce my existing account to get the $4.99 pricing no matter what I did.

So I went to the email customer service part of the website and wrote them as follows:

"A friend of mine gave me the following link to sign-up for
yourmusic.com:

http://a.chtah.com/a/hBBnRfiAT9DbEAT9NMMAEY28iSa/ym1

I notice that this link gives $4.99 per disc pricing rather than the
$5.99 per disc pricing that I have been paying.

Can you please switch my account to the lower pricing without my having
to quit and rejoin the club?"



Within 24 hours they wrote back:

"Thank you for contacting yourmusic.com.

We have received your inquiry regarding the current pricing on
yourmusic.com.

Your account has been converted to the $4.99, offer you requested.

Thanks for shopping at yourmusic.com."



Pretty good customer service. I'm impressed.

I didn't ask for them to give me retroactive credit (in spite of the fact that I've bought a ton of discs in the last month since I signed up). I figure that I made a purchasing decision weighing cost vs. benefit and bought accordingly. They've agreed to give me the lower pricing on future purchases and I'm quite satisfied.

[Danny Tse]

BTW, when I was looking through yourmusic.com's website, I noticed the images of some albums, such as Joe Satriani's "Engines of Creation" or Lee Ann Womack's "Greatest Hits", belong to the SACD version of the album. I have fired an e-mail to yourmusic.com and ask them whether the SACD versions of these albums are available for $4.99/$5.99.

I will keep you guys updated.

[AsSiMiLaTeD]

Originally posted by PolkThug
The way I'm reading it is that you pay $5.99 a month no matter what. This entitles you to buy one CD from your 'Music Queue' at a $5.99 price.

So, that ends up to be $12 for the CD.

Of course I could be wrong, but these companies don't make money by giving things away.

I can't see the site from work.
I've written their CS to confirm. The way I read it, you pay 5.99 a month no matter what. If there's a CD in your queue, then they ship that to you. If there's not a CD in your queue, then you still get billed the 5.99 anyway, but don't get a CD for that...

So as long as you have CD in the queue, you should be fine...

[Danny Tse]

Originally posted by Polkmaniac
I've written their CS to confirm. The way I read it, you pay 5.99 a month no matter what. If there's a CD in your queue, then they ship that to you. If there's not a CD in your queue, then you still get billed the 5.99 anyway, but don't get a CD for that...

So as long as you have CD in the queue, you should be fine...

Yes, you're right. And when you put a CD in queue, you will see when that disc will be mailed out.

[AsSiMiLaTeD]

I did receive confirmation that the 5.99 monthly fee includes one CD from your music queue.

I'm all over this. Guys this is a great deal. At 5.99 a cd (with a few SACD titles also available for that same price) you can't go wrong.

Their seleciton of music is somewhat limited, but they've still got lots to choose from...enough to keep me there for several years it looks like...

[PolkThug]

Wow. And they pay shipping? They must get the CD's for 1-2 bucks.

[AsSiMiLaTeD]

that's what it looks like. I think their business is based on two points:

1 - the assumption that a good percentage of people aren't going to be good about keeping up with their cart, so they make 5.99 a month off those people...

2 - Their selection is somewhat limited, especially on less popular stuff. I did an artist search for Michael Brecker, and only got 2 albums, should have been closer to 10...

[Danny Tse]

Guys, there are some multi-disc album available for the price of 1 disc....example, the just-released 2 CD John Denver "Definitive Greatest Hits" compilation is priced as one CD. Of course, you have to be a JD fan. :D

Also, the Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" 2 SACD+DVD set is priced as 2 CDs. Now, this is the set with the DVD. Try to find that set for under $25.00 at Best Buy.....

[polksda]

These are amazing prices. I wonder if they're just blowing out excess inventory of everything. The boxed set prices, even at $5.99/disc are hella good on some titles:


Title Amazon BestBuy.Com DeepDiscountCD.Com YourMusic

Led Zeppelin - Complete Studio Recordings 116.99 124.99 109.18 59.90
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Box Set) 99.98 99.99 72.96 35.94
Steely Dan - Citizen Steely Dan 59.98 59.99 50.36 23.96
Judas Priest - Metalogy 53.99 52.99 50.36 23.96
The Police - Message in a Box 53.99 59.99 50.36 23.96
Queensryche - Revolution Calling Box 99.98 99.99 ----- 41.93
Black Sabbath - Complete Black Sabbath 89.99 97.99 83.96 47.92

[Shizelbs]

Goodnight nurse! Those are some great prices. I think that convinced me right there.

Okay, my eyes are tired, so if I have it right, CDs are $6-5, and you must pay that fee each month regardless of if you have something in your queue or not. And you can buy an unlimited number of CDs at their price whenever?

[Danny Tse]

Originally posted by Shizelbs
Goodnight nurse! Those are some great prices. I think that convinced me right there.

Okay, my eyes are tired, so if I have it right, CDs are $6-5, and you must pay that fee each month regardless of if you have something in your queue or not. And you can buy an unlimited number of CDs at their price whenever?

Yes, just have several CDs in queue. Yourmusic.com will show you when those CDs will get send out if there's no activity on your account. You can remove those CDs in the queue anytime you want, or buy it immediately. Just remember you get charged every month for $5.99 whether you have a CD in queue or not, so just put something in it.

I am telling you, yourmusic.com will seriously damage my bank account.

BTW, for those looking for SACDs, just do a search for "SACD" with album title. You should see about 2 pages of SACD titles.

[Shizelbs]

Are there any referral bonuses or anything like that?

[punk-roc]

is there a minimum time commitment with this? like do you have to remain a member for a year or something? Or can i cancel anytime i want? i'm trying to figure out how they are staying in business on this - unless its just BMG's excess cds they are trying to dump rather than store in a warehouse somewhere...

Jason

[polksda]

It appears that you can cancel at any time.

Keep in mind that at the production level they are (100s of thousands or millions of units per title), the per-unit production cost is under $1.00 per CD. Even adding a few bucks for royalties, and I can see them still making a marginal profit, or more aptly: they are recouping costs.

If you've pressed 500,000 of a CD and only sold 300,000, what are you supposed to do with the remaining 200,000?

This is a smart idea.

[Danny Tse]

I don't know....$6.00/month (plus tax) for a new CD is pretty reasonable to me.

And you get to buy any other CD for $6.00 too. This is a very good deal.

[Danny Tse]

From stevehoffman.tv

The link works fine for me. If it comes up as 5.99, then send an email to:

reactivate@yourmusic.com

and tell them you would like the 4.99 deal. You will have to sign up first so they have your info.

[Danny Tse]

Received my SACD of "THe Marvin Gaye Collection" today. No "Manufactured under license by BMG"-type printing on the packaging of the disc. Nine days between placing online order and receiving disc. Excellent deal.

[polksda]

I received my shipment today as well. Haven't opened it yet though. I've had email in to them for over a week re: the $4.99 deal, since the URL didn't work for me, but no reply from customer service. Very poor. Note that unlike BMG Music Club, there's no phone number...

I'm holding the threat of returning the shipment and reversing the ccard charges over their heads in hope that they'll respond (yeah, I know, a bit heavy-handed, but a week without any response is inexcusable).

[Danny Tse]

For those having problem looking up availble SACD titles, this is the trick....

Do search with "SACD" using album title. However, type in a space before the S in SACD. Then do search.....you should get a 2 page list of SACD titles.

[AsSiMiLaTeD]

I received a response back stating that the 4.99 offer was for a limited time and is no longer available.

5.99 is still not bad for new CDs...but I'm thinking of cancelling on principle alone.

[Danny Tse]

Eric Clapton, Elton John, Derek & The Dominos SACDs now available at yourmusic.com @ either $4.99 or $5.99 (depends on when you signed up).

[Shizelbs]

Anyone experiencing any problems with this?

I am about to sign up.

[Danny Tse]

No problems so far.

DualDisc of Diana Krall's "Girl in The Other Room" just added.

[racer4551]

Been a very good experience for me since i have joined about 2 months ago,very fast shipping,cd;s all sound great.So far i have gotten about 10 cd's from them with no problems.

[lomic]

Wow, this looks like a crazy deal. Especially having SACD's, I'm flabbergasted, but glad they don't have any I've already bought or I'd feel bad :)

Guess I'll sign up too... I wonder if this is sort of an experiemnt to compete with iTunes, will be interesting to see if they start advertising this service in the future.

[AsSiMiLaTeD]

I decided to go ahead and stick with the deal, even at 5.99. I have received several CDs from them, all good. I had one transaction where they sent me the wrong CD, but they resolved it quickly, sent me out the correct CD and let me keep the other free of charge.

Overall I'm impressed...was a little pissed that they went up to 5.99...but they have a right to set the price at whatever they want...as long as it stays reasonable, I'll stick with them...

[Shizelbs]

I've been happy with them as well. Shipping is a little slow out to Seattle. One CD case arrived cracked, but the disc worked fine. Considering the price, its a pretty sweet deal.

[reeltrouble1]

Well I finally pulled the trigger, seems like most everyone likes the service, got notification today the Derek and the Dominoes SACD, Layla was in the mail to me, 5.99 for high rez, to much, just to much.

RT1

[AsSiMiLaTeD]

Originally posted by reeltrouble1
Well I finally pulled the trigger, seems like most everyone likes the service, got notification today the Derek and the Dominoes SACD, Layla was in the mail to me, 5.99 for high rez, to much, just to much.

RT1
That's one of the first I picked up...lots of good SACD stuff and there's a couple of dualdisc titles now also...

[Danny Tse]

The SACD of "Carpenters - The Singles" has just been added. This one is highly praised.

[Danny Tse]

Just received this e-mail from yourmusic.com....

Starting on May 13, 2005, we will be increasing the monthly fee and CD prices at yourmusic.com to $5.99.

The nerve of those people increasing the price of a new CD/SACD to $6.00 (including shipping) :D As a member who used to get CD/SACD for $5.00, this wasn't unexpected. Still a good deal though.

[reeltrouble1]

Danny---Glad to see you have joined the rest of who are getting ripped so bad on this deal!!:D My SACD of Layla showed up today, perfect condition, I ripped the Hybrid for my regular player already, man 5.99, what are they gonna want next!!:cool:

RT1

Nice to get something for less money, Layla has 14 tracks, lets see thats a whopping 42.7 cents per tune on the disc, and at both high res and regular pcm.