What do you think is a reasonable price for a CD album? - Music

crazychris12 · 07-02-2007, 13:32

Just wondered as I got the Mika album for £6.93 in Asda on Monday.Several top ten albums have been around 7 or 8 quid recently.I want them as cheap as possible but I know supermarkets are forcing many small record outlets to close.Discuss please.

spankyplugs · 07-02-2007, 15:07

£8.99 seems a good price as far as I'm concerned.

stud u like · 07-02-2007, 15:10

5-10 pounds. I shop around to see where they are the cheapest. It is amazing the different store prices for the same item.

topcornetplayer · 07-02-2007, 15:14

It really does depend on how much you want it and how good it actually is I think anything from £7 to about £12 is a good price but it does depend on how much you want it!

smile371 · 07-02-2007, 15:19

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Originally Posted by crazychris12

Just wondered as I got the Mika album for £6.93 in Asda on Monday.Several top ten albums have been around 7 or 8 quid recently.I want them as cheap as possible but I know supermarkets are forcing many small record outlets to close.Discuss please.

£6.93

it's so chep considering people would by it even if it was a fiver dearer!

Havelock Vetinari · 07-02-2007, 15:57

Between £7-11 for single and up to a max of £14-£15 for a double album. I just managed to get Fires by Nerina Pallot of ebay for £3.50 in P&P

Sloopy · 07-02-2007, 17:08

I've paid everything from about £7.93 in a supermarket, up to about £12.99 from the main music outlets.

I can understand why people head to the supermarkets these days - £6.93 is incredibly cheap!!

FutureLover · 07-02-2007, 17:15

I think £7.99 is an average price.

I tend to pay a lot less than that though on a certain website I frequent.

crazychris12 · 07-02-2007, 18:00

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Originally Posted by stud u like

5-10 pounds. I shop around to see where they are the cheapest. It is amazing the different store prices for the same item.

I always shop around too,wouldn't pay £8.99 if I can get it for £6.93.Can't understand anyone saying they don't mind paying a quid or two more to support small record shops.Always check Asda,Tesco,Woolworths etc.if I want one.Got The Feeling album for £7.97 the other week in HMV and it was the same in Asda.

smile371 · 07-02-2007, 18:09

woolworths can be very expesive for some cd's! lil chris is £12 in woolworths but only £8 in asda!

crazychris12 · 07-02-2007, 18:11

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Originally Posted by smile371

woolworths can be very expesive for some cd's! lil chris is £12 in woolworths but only £8 in asda!

Yeah Woolworths were doing all the chart ones last year for under a tenner but now a lot are £12.99.

stud u like · 07-02-2007, 18:17

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Originally Posted by crazychris12

I always shop around too,wouldn't pay £8.99 if I can get it for £6.93.Can't understand anyone saying they don't mind paying a quid or two more to support small record shops.Always check Asda,Tesco,Woolworths etc.if I want one.Got The Feeling album for £7.97 the other week in HMV and it was the same in Asda.

I have to wait til end of the year for my Asda to come to town. Its still being built.

iain · 07-02-2007, 18:49

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Originally Posted by crazychris12

I always shop around too,wouldn't pay £8.99 if I can get it for £6.93.Can't understand anyone saying they don't mind paying a quid or two more to support small record shops.Always check Asda,Tesco,Woolworths etc.if I want one.Got The Feeling album for £7.97 the other week in HMV and it was the same in Asda.

because small independent record shops will stock a lot more than the stuff in the charts? and if they go out of business, it'll be a case of either paying more in virgin or hmv, or ordering them online.

£10 is a decent price - considering that's been the case for as long as i can remember, compared with the standard price of £12 in hmv / virgin, or their stupid prices of £15-17. (although i don't think they're as bad as they were.)

anything less is a bargain. a fopp has just opened here - great shop, as they have loads of old stuff for £5 as a permanent fixture.

Iain

THEXTREMIST · 07-02-2007, 19:31

I'm a bargain hunter so for me I generally will only look at stuff under £5 unless I have a fixed idea in mind of what I want to buy that's over that. I don't tend to get the latest music 1. cause I don't like it and 2. cause it's more expensive although recently, particularly at HMV, I've noticed that old albums are becoming more expensive and new ones are becoming cheaper.

russellelly · 07-02-2007, 19:44

Under a tenner is a good price for a newish album in my book.

07-02-2007, 19:50

brand new album? I think £9.99 is fair price, I wouldn't pay any more for one. Same goes for DVD's although I'd go to around around 15 for one with alot of special features (like I did with the 2 disc M:I:III).

crazychris12 · 07-02-2007, 21:26

When I got my first CD player in 1988 most chart albums were £11.99 but one store where I used to live had them all,new and back catalogue,for £9.99.So I got them all there.

JamFam · 07-02-2007, 21:32

I think between £8 and £10 is reasonable, plenty of websites offer very competitive prices nowadays.

clonmult · 07-02-2007, 21:36

Saw an interesting item on slashdot today, the american music industry has been quoted as reckoning that CDs are too cheap, and that they should be considerably higher than they currently are .... what an idiot.

rivercity_rules · 07-02-2007, 22:48

£7.99

Won't pay more than that.

Tesco and ASDA rule.

07-02-2007, 13:32	#1
crazychris12 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: East London Services: BT Broadband Posts: 7,312	What do you think is a reasonable price for a CD album? Just wondered as I got the Mika album for £6.93 in Asda on Monday.Several top ten albums have been around 7 or 8 quid recently.I want them as cheap as possible but I know supermarkets are forcing many small record outlets to close.Discuss please.

07-02-2007, 15:07	#2
spankyplugs Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: location, location Posts: 14,236	£8.99 seems a good price as far as I'm concerned.

07-02-2007, 15:10	#3
stud u like Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Gender: Male Location: The Sunny Side Of The Street Services: masculine men with passion! Posts: 18,963 Blog Entries: 14	5-10 pounds. I shop around to see where they are the cheapest. It is amazing the different store prices for the same item.

07-02-2007, 15:14	#4
topcornetplayer Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 221	It really does depend on how much you want it and how good it actually is I think anything from £7 to about £12 is a good price but it does depend on how much you want it!

07-02-2007, 15:57	#6
Havelock Vetinari Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mended Drum Services: Scorpion Pit Posts: 12,923	Between £7-11 for single and up to a max of £14-£15 for a double album. I just managed to get Fires by Nerina Pallot of ebay for £3.50 in P&P

07-02-2007, 17:08	#7
Sloopy Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 59,912	I've paid everything from about £7.93 in a supermarket, up to about £12.99 from the main music outlets. I can understand why people head to the supermarkets these days - £6.93 is incredibly cheap!!

07-02-2007, 17:15	#8
FutureLover Banned User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 567	I think £7.99 is an average price. I tend to pay a lot less than that though on a certain website I frequent.

07-02-2007, 18:09	#10
smile371 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,225	woolworths can be very expesive for some cd's! lil chris is £12 in woolworths but only £8 in asda!

07-02-2007, 19:31	#14
THEXTREMIST Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Upminster, Essex Posts: 156	I'm a bargain hunter so for me I generally will only look at stuff under £5 unless I have a fixed idea in mind of what I want to buy that's over that. I don't tend to get the latest music 1. cause I don't like it and 2. cause it's more expensive although recently, particularly at HMV, I've noticed that old albums are becoming more expensive and new ones are becoming cheaper.

07-02-2007, 19:44	#15
russellelly Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Renfrewshire, Blackhill Tx Services: FTA DTT PVRs, DAB, Virgin Media TV:L, BB:M Posts: 9,503 Blog Entries: 3	Under a tenner is a good price for a newish album in my book.

07-02-2007, 19:50	#16
DinoAndana Posts: n/a	brand new album? I think £9.99 is fair price, I wouldn't pay any more for one. Same goes for DVD's although I'd go to around around 15 for one with alot of special features (like I did with the 2 disc M:I:III).

07-02-2007, 21:26	#17
crazychris12 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: East London Services: BT Broadband Posts: 7,312	When I got my first CD player in 1988 most chart albums were £11.99 but one store where I used to live had them all,new and back catalogue,for £9.99.So I got them all there.

07-02-2007, 21:32	#18
JamFam Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East London Posts: 2,986	I think between £8 and £10 is reasonable, plenty of websites offer very competitive prices nowadays.

07-02-2007, 21:36	#19
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Services: V+ HD/10mb, 42" LG, N95, iPod Touch/5th Gen/Shuffle/Nano Posts: 441	Saw an interesting item on slashdot today, the american music industry has been quoted as reckoning that CDs are too cheap, and that they should be considerably higher than they currently are .... what an idiot.

07-02-2007, 22:48	#20
rivercity_rules Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Services: Awaiting Diana Vickers Album. The True Winner Of X Factor! Posts: 16,707	£7.99 Won't pay more than that. Tesco and ASDA rule.