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vfortier

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Dec 16, 2005
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I just received this message from apple:

It's a celebration iTunes style.



The iTunes Music Store for Canada is celebrating its first anniversary. Join the party with exciting features available only during this event.



Exclusive to the iTunes Music Store for Canada

Pick up the audio from The Tragically Hip's "That Night in Toronto" historic concert event.

http://insideapple.apple.com/redir/331041/HIP/b115a09f58ff1850ca99f387ad4263bc



Hot pricing

For two weeks only*, get over 50 featured titles at $0.79 per song or $7.99 per album, from artists like Sarah McLachlan, U2, and the John Mayer Trio.

http://insideapple.apple.com/redir/331041/HOTPRICING/b115a09f58ff1850ca99f387ad4263bc
 
Yup, they've got some really good albums for $7.99

I might buy a couple. Almost definitely gonna buy Beck this weekend
 
Songs at 79c on itunes canada...

A very nice price.

Sounds like it is time for all you Canadians to celebrate and download songs from iTunes music store like there is no tomorrow! :) ;)
 
dmw007 said:
A very nice price.

Sounds like it is time for all you Canadians to celebrate and download songs from iTunes music store like there is no tomorrow! :) ;)

Don't worry, I plan on it, if this is indeed the case! I'll have to check it out myself... We already get a good deal since our $ is weaker than the US $, but this is even better! (Plus, our $ is slowly creeping up to parity nowadays it would seem...)
 
There's like 50 CDs @ $7.99 CAD, but I can't find any songs @ 79 cents. Anyone?

The albums are kinda useless for me, the only one I ever bought from iTunes was Kill Bill 2.
 
hmmm, it looks like it's just the albums for $7.99, doesn't it?

No matter, I'm just planning on buying full albums anyway
 
I just bought the Beck album, it really is great.

Does anybody have the Controller.Controller album (X-Amounts)? Any opinions of it? I downloaded the free single a while back and really liked it, and now the album is on sale for $7.99
 
It would be nice if there more offers like this, especially here in Europe. In the UK it's 79p per song, that's close to $1.40 US or $1.55 in Canada. It's even cheaper if you buy from the other Eurozone stores than the UK iTMS, (€0.99 in Eurozone and about €1.20 in the UK).

It would be nice to see promotions across the world and I see this as a strong forerunner to tiered pricing by Apple.
 
Tempting, though I live in the US.

Do they have iTMS gift cards in the great white north? Might be a way to get an iTMS.ca account without a Canadian credit card. (A relative is coming down to visit next week from Toronto... )

The link from the iTunes didn't seem to work to say where you can get them.

B
 
balamw said:
Tempting, though I live in the US.

Do they have iTMS gift cards in the great white north? Might be a way to get an iTMS.ca account without a Canadian credit card. (A relative is coming down to visit next week from Toronto... )

The link from the iTunes didn't seem to work to say where you can get them.

B

At the very bottom of this page: http://www.apple.com/ca/itunes/

"Send Gift Certificates"
 
flat6 said:
At the very bottom of this page: http://www.apple.com/ca/itunes/

"Send Gift Certificates"
That only works if they already have an iTMS account & valid form of payment in Canada. What I meant was the gift cards you can pick up (in the US) at Target and the like. Maybe Future Shop? Amazon.ca doesn't carry them unlike Amazon.com.

B
 
balamw said:
That only works if they already have an iTMS account & valid form of payment in Canada. What I meant was the gift cards you can pick up (in the US) at Target and the like. Maybe Future Shop? Amazon.ca doesn't carry them unlike Amazon.com.

B

Sorry; I had misread your original post - I thought you were going to use your relative's Canadian credit card to make an account... and I guess just pay them for whatever you're buying using their card.
 
CanadaRAM said:
Not overly knocked out by the selection -- IYO, what albums should I buy and why, from the 50 offered?

I grew up on 70's rock, not into hip-hop, like jazz but not bebop, like some country, love melody and vocal harmony.

There's a CD each by Johnny Cash, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond and Diana Krall. Dunno how if you're into them enough to warrant buying an entire CD...
 
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