Absolutely Fucking Amazing Amazon Sale (US Posters Only)

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Amazon.com is having an incredible sale on all Phantom Records product. Do a Music search under "Phantom" and have it sort the results "Price (Low To High)." All Phantom titles (import versions of US releases and crazy-ass compilations and Japanese releases and all types of other import-bin shit) are $.099, and if you buy more than 25 of 'em, you get free shipping (within the USA, which is why this doesn't really benefit the UK contingent, unless you've got an American friend who will take delivery for you and hold 'em till you visit).

Here's what I bought today:

"You Must Be Certain of the Devil," Diamanda Galas; Audio CD; $0.99
"Simples" Magma; Audio CD; $0.99
"60 Second Wipe Out" Atari Teenage Riot; Audio CD; $0.99
"Lights Out" UFO; Audio CD; $0.99
"High on You" Sly & The Family Stone; Audio CD; $0.99
"Heard Ya Missed Me Well I'm Back" Sly & The Family Stone; Audio CD; $0.99
"Best of the Blackbyrds" Blackbyrds; Audio CD; $0.99
"Filosofem" Burzum; Audio CD; $0.99
"180 Greats" Lee Scratch Perry; Audio CD; $0.99
"Behold the Beginning" Diamond Head; Audio CD; $0.99
"Lucky Man-Best of..." Emerson Lake & Palmer; Audio CD; $0.99
"Psychedelic Soul" Temptations; Audio CD; $0.99
"Spiritual Black Dimensions" Dimmu Borgir; Audio CD; $0.99
"Retrospektiv" Magma; Audio CD; $0.99
"Ne Me Quitte Pas" Nina Simone; Audio CD; $0.99
"Complete Smokin' at the Half Note" Montgomery/Kelly; Audio CD; $0.99
"Echo Dek" Primal Scream; Audio CD; $0.99
"2-Step the Album" Ministry of Sound; Audio CD; $0.99
"Live Under the Sky '79" V.S.O.P. The Quintet; Audio CD; $0.99
"Making Enemies Is Good" Backyard Babies; Audio CD; $0.99
"Live in Paris" Charles Mingus; Audio CD; $0.99
"Girlschool/Girlschool Live" Girlschool; Audio CD; $0.99
"Tokyo Showdown" In Flames; Audio CD; $0.99
"3 Originals" Iggy Pop; Audio CD; $0.99
"Psychedelic Jazz & Soul" Psychedelic Jazz & Soul; Audio CD; $0.99
"Brunswick Anthology" Jackie Wilson; Audio CD; $0.99
"Give More Power to the People" Chi-Lites; Audio CD; $0.99
"Lost Session" Albert King; Audio CD; $0.99
"Essential Sun Records" Essential Sun Records; Audio CD; $0.99
"Gore Obsessed" Cannibal Corpse; Audio CD; $0.99
"King of Chicago Blues" Muddy Waters; Audio CD; $0.99
"Paris 76" Christian Vander & Jannick Top; Audio CD; $0.99
"Just in Time" Lee Morgan; Audio CD; $0.99
"Damned Damned Damned (2002)" Damned; Audio CD; $0.99
"Rockabilly Ricochet!" Crackajacks; Audio CD; $0.99
"De Principii Evangelikum" Antaeus; Audio CD; $0.99
"24 Hours-Day of Seals" Merzbow; Audio CD; $0.99
"Blow for Me a Toot for You" Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns; Audio CD; $0.99
"Essential 1974-78" Radio Birdman; Audio CD; $0.99
"Curtis Live" Curtis Mayfield; Audio CD; $0.99
"Stargazing" Alpha; Audio CD; $0.99
"Damnation" Opeth; Audio CD; $0.99
"Complete Madness" Madness; Audio CD; $0.99
"Live Blasphemy" Incantation; Audio CD; $0.99
"Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Muzik" Qbert; Audio CD; $0.99
"Udu Wudu" Magma; Audio CD; $0.99
"Spokes" Plaid; Audio CD; $0.99
"Orchid" Opeth; Audio CD; $0.99
"Morning Rise" Opeth; Audio CD; $0.99
"My Arms Your Hearse" Opeth; Audio CD; $0.99
"Ultimate New-Wave" Ultimate New-Wave; Audio CD; $0.99
"Breakin' Bread" Fred Wesley; Audio CD; $0.99
"Dub From Creation" Creation Rebel; Audio CD; $0.99
"Rebel Vibrations" Creation Rebel; Audio CD; $0.99
"Wolf Is at Your Door" Howlin' Wolf; Audio CD; $0.99
"Too Much Boogie" John Lee Hooker; Audio CD; $0.99
"Strictly Drum & Bass" Strictly Drum & Bass; Audio CD; $0.99
"Electronic Meditation" Tangerine Dream; Audio CD; $0.99
"Alpha Centauri/Ultima Thule" Tangerine Dream; Audio CD; $0.99
"Lost Album" Meteors; Audio CD; $0.99
"Never Turn Your Back" Budgie; Audio CD; $0.99
"Squawk" Budgie; Audio CD; $0.99

pdf (Phil Freeman), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:08 (twenty years ago)

Hmm, I can't seem to get these records to come up.

mrjosh (mrjosh), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

most of the ones i'd want i already have!

amanda lear (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

Oops I see em

mrjosh (mrjosh), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

how do i change sort ordER??!?!?!?!?!?!

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

I'm sorry. What's the step by step here? I go to the scroll down search for "popular music", type in "phantom", but there's no place I see that lets you rank it low to high in the search.

Brian Turner (btwfmu), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

Search for it first, then there should be a drop-down box that allows you to rank it low to high.

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

There's a little pop-up menu right above the first result.

mrjosh (mrjosh), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

oh there we go

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:36 (twenty years ago)

nope, there most definitely aint./

Brian Turner (btwfmu), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:37 (twenty years ago)

Step by step:

1. Search "Popular Music" (left side of the screen) for "Phantom"
2. You will get about 23,000 results
3. Sort those results by "Price (Low To High)" (drop-down menu at center of screen).

pdf (Phil Freeman), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

how many pages are there

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

358. Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh [IMPORT] (Audio CD)
~ Magma
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
(Rate this item)


OUT OF STOCK

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)


514. Captain Vapour [IMPORT] (Audio CD)
~ Buffalo Daughter
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
(Rate this item)
Usually ships within 1-2 business days


OUT OF STOCK

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

how far along are you guys?

1241 - 1250 of 23067

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

It doesn't show up.

Jeff K (jeff k), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

Frankly, I'll be amazed if this works, and isn't just some screwup on Amazon's part, but I'm game...

Just ordered:
Plush- Fed
Primal Scream- Echo Dek
Serge Gainsbourg- No. 4
Super Furry Animals- Outspaced
Hot Butter- Popcorn
Yello- Zebra
Plaid- Spokes
Hang All DJ's, vol 1, 3, 4 and 5

And since I couldn't find any more that I wanted at the moment (started running into lots of out of stock items, and didn't want to wade through page after page of crap since I'd already gone through like 25 pages of Europe albums and import Nine Inch Nails interview CDs and whatnot) ordered a bunch of duplicates of the Plush and Soulwax albums to sell.

Telephone Thing, Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

thanks for this! let's see what happens... here's what I got:
Don't make fun, I was clicking around randomly changing the page number in the URL. But all this for only $26 including shipping.

• Explode Together - Xtc
• Outspaced - Super Furry Animals
• Best of Jonathan Richman - Jonathan Richman
• Barrett - Syd Barrett
• Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
• 60 Second Wipe Out - Atari Teenage Riot
• Collection - Thompson Twins
• School Guide to - Xtc
• Peppermint Ep - Sloan
• Smeared - Sloan
• Best Mixes From Debut - Bjork
• Rarities 1 & 2 - Who
• 17 - Seagull Screaming Kiss Her
• Radio No. 1 - Air
• Percy - Kinks
• Play Telstar - Ventures
• Coming Up Close - Til Tuesday
• Velocity of Sound - Apples in Stereo
• Absolute INXS - INXS
• I'm Happy & I'm Singing & A 1 - Jim O'Rourke
• Vol. 2-Deck Safari - Air
• Best Of-Film Music - Ennio Morricone
• Very Best of Velvet Undergroun - Velvet Underground
• 2 Many DJ's! Pt. 4 - 2 Many DJ's!
• Contact - Silver Apples
• One - Air
• Any Minute Now - Soulwax

caspar (caspar), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

wow, there are a lot of michael rother solo albums.

Ian John50n (orion), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:24 (twenty years ago)

OK, had to scroll down a bit before the box appeared.

electric eels cd for 99cents ...go git it!

Brian Turner (btwfmu), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:25 (twenty years ago)

has anyone established where the block ends?

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:27 (twenty years ago)

2013. 24 Hours-Day of Seals [IMPORT] (Audio CD)
~ Merzbow
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
(Rate this item)


YAY

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

Just curious...can anyone come up with plausible theories as to just why this is happening? The best I can manage is that maybe some wholesaler is going out of business and trying to dump their stock, but that seems unlikely. I'm happy if it is, though, since the ebay revenue from duplicates could put me significantly closer to that Technics I've had my eye on, and getting the new Soulwax (on Japanese import, no less) for 99 cents is quite a bargain.

Plus I never would have bought the Hot Butter or, er, Europe albums otherwise (I swear to god the Europe is for a friend).

Telephone Thing, Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)


Merzbow, 24 Hours: A Day of Seals (Dirter Promotions, 2002)

What's this? Oh, another four-CD box from Merzbow, the most prolific artist in the known universe. I'd be more overjoyed if I could afford all the man's output (or if labels would send me review copies free). It's great stuff, but man, when you release another $15.99 CD every six weeks, the wallet starts to protest a bit.

Fifteen tracks spread over four discs.

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

everyone has to list what they got so we know where the good stuff is!! Out with it!

caspar (caspar), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

whats a good way of dumping your cart into human form?

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:40 (twenty years ago)

well, I just highlighted the stuff in my cart after I bought it and cut out the availability and price lines.

caspar (caspar), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

looks like between page 450 and 500 the 99 cent stuff ends...

items 4500 to 5000

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:44 (twenty years ago)

It was weird how there was that long spell of stuff being out of stock around items 600 - 800, I think.

W i l l (common_person), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

what is phantom records anyway?

fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:50 (twenty years ago)

I think it's a distributor/wholesaler in the UK. A lot of the stuff I bought was Japanese import CDs with bonus tracks or in fancy limited-edition packaging. The Iggy "3 Originals" thing is a slipcase containing Soldier, Party and New Values.

pdf (Phil Freeman), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:51 (twenty years ago)

I think it has to be a bug / mistake, I mean even if phantom was out of business and they were trying to dump stock, the estimated shipping on my order was $28 which they ate up because I spent $26. That can't add up. I know $28 is high for shipping 26 CDs but it's got to get at their bottom line somehow. We'll see what happens! Anyone remember that $4.99 online cd store back in 1998? I remember getting these huge packages almost every day filled with good CDs because some dot-com wanted to have a large customer base.

caspar (caspar), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

Yankees [IMPORT]
ZORN BAILEY LEWIS
Album Description
Recorded in New York in 1982, this album is described as 'played as heard' on the original sleeve, Yankees is a collection of five highly regarded and totally unique collective improvisations on various themes of sport and culture by three leading figures from the avant garde jazz scenes in England and America. Remastered. Charly. 2003.

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:57 (twenty years ago)

Wow - they have a 50-CD German box set of Country music for $0.99.

o. nate (onate), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

Chairmen of the Board/In Sessi [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Chairmen of the Board

180 Greats [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Lee Scratch Perry

Apocalypse Manifesto [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Enthroned

Deguello [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Zz Top

Professionals [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Professionals

Outspaced [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Super Furry Animals

Best of Paolo Conte [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Paolo Conte

Simples [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Magma

Acoustic [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Gilberto Gil

Dolphy Sound [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Eric Dolphy

Streets of Bakersfield [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Buck Owens

Collection [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Shamen

Psychedelic Percussion [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Hal Blaine

Endtroducing [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: DJ Shadow

Towards the Skullthrone... [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Enthroned

BBC-Radio-Londres-1974 [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Magma

Complete [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Shadows

The Collector's Guide to Rare British Birds [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Birds

Malpractice [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Dr. Feelgood

Live in Winterland-1978 [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Sex Pistols

Their Organic Majesty's Request [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: The Electric Eels

Classic Was the Day [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Funky Dl

In Tweed We Trust [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Thee Headcoats

Evilition Pt. 1 [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Powergod

Spiritual Black Dimensions [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Dimmu Borgir

Ritualism-Live in the Studio [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Radio Birdman

Wolf's Lair Abyss [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Mayhem

Geography of Sound in the [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Ubu/Thomas

Runt-Ballad of Todd Rungren [EXTRA TRACKS] [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Todd Rundgren

40 Chansons D'Or [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Charles Aznavour

All Hail the Queen [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Queen Latifah

In My Lifetime [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Jay-Z

Platinum Collection [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Ray Charles

Vol. 1-Best [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Smiths

Rock Animals [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Shonen Knife

Ghosts of Princes in Towers [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Rich Kids

Barrett [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Syd Barrett

Early Years 1959-66 [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Shadows

Best of the Blackbyrds [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Blackbyrds

Force the Hand of Chance [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Psychic TV

Forever Plastics [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Plastics

Explode Together [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Xtc

Vol. 2-Best [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Smiths

Rock N Roll Terrorist [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Gg Allin

Cherokee [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Jimmy Smith

From France With Love [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: From France With Love

Total Eclipse-Anthology [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Bonnie Tyler

You Must Be Certain of the Dev [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Diamanda Galas

Collection [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Thompson Twins

Treasures [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Carpenters

Maggot Brain [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Funkadelic

Definitive Collection [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Jimmy Cliff

Lucky Man-Best of Emerson... [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Emerson Lake & Palmer

Best of Jonathan Richman [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Jonathan Richman

No.4 [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Serge Gainsbourg


FUCK YEAH!

J (Jay), Saturday, 29 January 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

Someone has to buy that 50-CD country set (search for label phantom and title country) and see what happens.

caspar (caspar), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:03 (twenty years ago)

Someone should buy that 50-CD country comp. I was looking at that, and the 5-CD Tangerine Dream bootleg box, Vol. 2.

x-post

pdf (Phil Freeman), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:04 (twenty years ago)

PDF- you've received some of this stuff from previous orders? As in, it works?

Oh HELL yes.

Telephone Thing, Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:05 (twenty years ago)

It's kind of annoying that they won't let you list more than 25 items per page. The clicking gets tedious.

xpost

o. nate (onate), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:08 (twenty years ago)

I'm thinking the same thing is going to happen with this as with that site selling the Beat Happening box set for $5 a few years ago: "store credit"

W i l l (common_person), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

60 items + shipping to canada = $183

:(

mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)

I just found out about it today. But Amazon's never burned me in the past. The funniest thing is, the e-mail I got says all my stuff will be coming in one shipment - 63 CDs, plus a 700-page hardcover Love & Rockets collection (Locas, marked down to $33 from $50). Since I selected Free Super Saver Shipping, it's probably gonna come by regular mail, and my mailman hates me already. Wait 'til he gets this damn thing in his truck.

pdf (Phil Freeman), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)

where's that German country box set?

scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:13 (twenty years ago)

i got the same credit for the beat happening box, but i did get that wipers box for 8 bucks. it was worth it. i don't really like beat happening anyway.

blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:14 (twenty years ago)

god this is tedious

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:14 (twenty years ago)

Go to the main Amazon screen and search "Phantom country." It'll come up about three items down - it's called 1000 Country Greats or something.

pdf (Phil Freeman), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:14 (twenty years ago)

Me neither!

(xpost)

W i l l (common_person), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)

It's in my shopping cart . . .

J (Jay), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:16 (twenty years ago)

how long has this been public knowledge?

Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:18 (twenty years ago)

Amazing.

Bee Gees-Greatest Hits Go [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Bee Gees-Greatest Hits Go

Music Is a Hungry Ghost [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: To Rococo Rot & I-Sound

Oh Inverted World [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Shins

Dangerously in Love [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Beyonce

Twenty Two Hits of [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Carpenters

Vertex [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Buck 65

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Astor Piazzolla

Pictures of Matchstick Men [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Status Quo

24 Hours-Day of Seals [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Merzbow

Complete Science Fiction... [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Ornette Coleman

Yankees [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Zorn/Bailey/Lewis

After Mathematics [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Kleenex Girl Wonder

Orinthology [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Charlie Parker

C'Mon [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Town & Country

Mu (First & Second Part) [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Don Cherry

Haha Sound [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Broadcast

Submarine Bells [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Chills

Fuxa Versus Ectogram [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Fuxa/Ectogram

Contact [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Silver Apples

I'm Happy & I'm Singing & A 1 [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Jim O'Rourke

Vol. 1-Best [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Smiths

U Got the Look [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Gary Numan

One Bedroom [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Sea & Cake

Enflame [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Passage

Katalog [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Bathory

Vol. 2-Best [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Smiths

charlie va (charlie va), Sunday, 30 January 2005 00:18 (twenty years ago)

Did that make the thread better? I really tried!

J (Jay), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

I still have one CD left:

1 of: Psychedelic Jazz & Soul [IMPORT] [Audio CD]
By: Psychedelic Jazz & Soul

I'm taking that as some sort of sign. I'm sure Psychedelic Jazz and Soul will succumb eventually just like all the rest, but it sure did its best to hang in there till the end. Long live Psychedelic Jazz & Soul!

walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha, and two minutes after I post that I get the order cancellation email! Nice. Look out, they're watching us!!!

walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

"Greetings from Amazon.com.

We regret to inform you..."

The dream is dead.

gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

The dream is dead.

But the albums will live on in our hearts and minds. I say we all write capsule reviews of everything we ordered anyway.

walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

That night when we bought those CDs, I was feeling cranky. The whole possibility of getting scads of high-priced CDs below cost perked me right up. Turned my frown upside down. In the back of my mind, I knew it couldn't be real, so I don't actually feel all that disappointed. Better to have loved and lost? I say yes.

Maria D. (Maria D.), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

Check it out, my 13th Floor Elevators CD slipped through somehow:

Greetings from Amazon.com.

We thought you'd like to know that we shipped your items today, and that this completes your order...

The following items were included in this shipment:
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Qty Item Price Shipped Subtotal
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1 Easter Everywhere [IMPORT] $0.99 1 $0.99

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Item Subtotal: $0.99
Shipping & Handling: $2.98

Total: $3.97

I guess 1 out of 63 isn't bad.

Ryan WS (fffv), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

Ryan WS wins at life.

Matt Chesnut, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:23 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, they are shipping me one thing too: the Fiery Furnaces "Crystal Clear" single - which contains songs that I have already on other releases. I guess I'll keep it as a souvenir of the whole experience though.

o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

SWEET, I love you guys.

mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 16:47 (twenty years ago)

someone should set up a tribute site to this whole ephemeral phenomenon

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

It should be WSJ guy!

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)

i'd read that

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

"the infamous 99 cent import sale: a lesson in ethics"

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

"Why Ripping Off Amazon Is Like Not Supporting Israel"

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

i actually sort of agree with WSJ guy, but he has a distinctively schoolmarmish quality i don't identify with.

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:25 (twenty years ago)

I think the melodramatic/"sky is falling" quality is what makes him such a dink, frankly. But really I can't imagine caring one way or another about this whole "controversy". Not enough to agree or disagree with someone so obviously hysterical, anyway.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

I think the real lesson to be learned from him is that the good people of Scotland pay full price for their Magma boxes.

Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

This whole thing made a question pop into my head. Would it be possible (or, more importantly, feasible) to create an ILM Music Buying Cooperative? That is, an umbrella group that would set up business accts. with distributors to buy at wholesale prices. I can think of about a dozen reasons why it wouldn't work, but it's worth asking the question anyway.

Curious George Rides a Republican (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

I can think of about a dozen reasons why it wouldn't work,

because a near-majority of us are deadbeats?

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)

I received my $0.99 3-CD Frank Sinatra Golden Greats today.

I don't suppose I'll receive anything else :)

anonymous hippopotamus, Friday, 4 February 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

Wow, you actually received one item? That's great! Maybe I'll still get Psychedelic Jazz & Soul after all. The funny thing is if you look at some of those CDs now, under the "Customers who bought this title also bought:" header it lists only other Phantom CDs.

walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 4 February 2005 02:21 (twenty years ago)

You lot would be quite useless if the revolution ever came to pass.

None of you would-be looters ever read Burroughs very closely, did you? You guys burned down the pharmacy in no time flat. From experience, I can tell you that it is possible to discover some huge pricing blunders at Amazon and actually get away with it.

What I thought would be common sense rule #1 is this: you don't get on internet message boards and blab to the world about it. Is anyone truly surprised that the Amazon system picked up on all the "Phantom" search activity and buying frenzy? If the original poster had kept his mouth shut and quietly ordered his 100 99 cent box sets, all would be well -- well, for him anyway.

Althusser, Friday, 4 February 2005 04:57 (twenty years ago)

I hate to burst your bubble, but I heard about the Amazon "sale" independently of ILM. The friend who informed me had heard about that day, and the person he heard it from had known about it from the night before.

It's 2005 -- when mistakes like these happen, shit gets around quickly. The world doesn't rely on ILM to open the floodgates on all things music.

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 4 February 2005 05:27 (twenty years ago)

Why don't you go interpellate somewhere else?

Ideological State Apparatus (Leee), Friday, 4 February 2005 05:31 (twenty years ago)

xxpost
so to sum up: hey you doofus be more selfish! your miserable life and death will better that way

ahmed shagalampost, Friday, 4 February 2005 05:33 (twenty years ago)

How many people read this ILM thread? How many people order from Amazon on any given day? Would this even register as a spike?

Amazed that I lurked this long on this thread. :)

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 4 February 2005 06:41 (twenty years ago)

he following items were included in this shipment:
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Qty Item Price Shipped Subtotal
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1 Dolphy Sound [IMPORT] $0.99 1 $0.99

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Item Subtotal: $0.99
Shipping & Handling: $2.98

Total: $3.97

Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Saturday, 5 February 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

BEING A GAY JEW: CLASSIC OR DUD?!

Hello, Douchebags, Saturday, 5 February 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

Mod, please rename this thread "PISS ANTS"

Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 February 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

well, I got my package from Amazon - one tiny CD single in a way-too-big cardboard box. Kind of anticlimactic, I guess. I'd have rather had the Dolphy Sound - I wonder why they sent that one to Jeff-PTTL and not to me, because I ordered that one too. Instead they sent me the Fiery Furnaces. Oh well. Maybe they just picked one CD at random from each order to mollify us?

o. nate (onate), Monday, 7 February 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)

Saggin' from Amazon.com.

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recent brotha #xxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx, ta be displayed at an incorrect
price.

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wanna be gangsta items tizzle have an incorrectly posted price. We hizzy cancelled
any affected items fizzle yo crazy ass nigga.

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millions of items on our site may be mispriced. We do, motherfucka
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William Selman (William Selman), Friday, 11 February 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Weird -- Amazon is just now starting to send me recommendations based on purchases I attempted two and a half years ago.

Rock Hardy, Monday, 27 August 2007 17:43 (eighteen years ago)

five months pass...

Aw, I forgot to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of this adrenaline-fest. RIP Joe Morganstanley :-(((

Rock Hardy, Sunday, 3 February 2008 20:48 (seventeen years ago)

Wow, I forgot how entertaining this thread was. Cheers to all who were there! You are the closest thing we have to the Greatest Generation.

Doctor Casino, Monday, 4 February 2008 08:32 (seventeen years ago)

Jesus, I didn't catch that the original post is three years old right away and almost dropped a both in my shorts.

RabiesAngentleman, Monday, 4 February 2008 08:55 (seventeen years ago)

this was an exciting afternoon.

tipsy mothra, Monday, 4 February 2008 09:05 (seventeen years ago)

I never wrote in that I knew it was too good to be true to "stuff" orders with 99 cent items, so I ordered about 23 things, each one as a separate order. 18 were cancelled, but I did get five for the 99 cent price, plus shipping on each CD - I think mostly because they were pulled and shipped right away.

deedeedeextrovert, Monday, 4 February 2008 12:40 (seventeen years ago)

Ha, I didn't realize this thread had already been revived this week. I came here to post that google scared me by quoting a UK price on something I just bought that was half of what I paid, but then I realized they had changed the pound sign to a dollar sign.

James Redd and the Blecchs, Saturday, 9 February 2008 04:28 (seventeen years ago)

How come none of you Hal Blaine fans went after Drums! Drums! A Go Go?

James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:37 (seventeen years ago)

oh shit i am gonna buy all of these cds right now, thanks pdf!!!!

omar little, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:43 (seventeen years ago)

two months pass...

I recently put in an order on a mispriced item. I was keeping mum but now it has been repriced (ridiculously overpriced) and its hard to bottle up the tension of hoping for the long shot of the email "Your order has been shipped at the cheapo price" while expecting the full force of the Amazon banhammer.

James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 9 May 2008 05:18 (seventeen years ago)

Ha-ha. Choice. Thread with Mickey before the FBI banged him up for being part of a network of music thieves.

Gorge, Friday, 9 May 2008 05:51 (seventeen years ago)

nine months pass...

I shed a little tear every year about this time.

WmC, Friday, 13 February 2009 15:52 (sixteen years ago)

never forget

tylerw, Friday, 13 February 2009 17:49 (sixteen years ago)

eight months pass...

US Posters Only.

oater to oxidation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 26 October 2009 15:49 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

Gosh, I remember this like it was just a few years ago.

"Blue" Meme Tyranny (WmC), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:38 (thirteen years ago)

two years pass...

Fulfillment by Amazon: Keeping the dream alive. All of this arrived last week.

1 of: Flowers
By: Rolling Stones
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 4.77

1 of: Ella & Duke At The Cote D'azur
By: Fitzgerald, Ella / Ellington, Duke
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 0.87

1 of: Cobra Juicy (Vinyl)
By: Black Moth Super Rainbow
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 0.51

1 of: Live At The Jazz Gallery 1960
By: Coltrane, John
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 0.93

1 of: Into The Future
By: Bad Brains
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 0.60

1 of: Men in Black 3
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 0.63

1 of: Steven Seagal Collection (Above the Law / Hard to Kill) (Bilingual)
By: Steven Seagal
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 0.63

1 of: Wake of the Flood (Remastered/Expanded)
By: Grateful Dead
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 1.41

1 of: Straight Between The Eyes Remastered
By: Rainbow
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 0.87

1 of: Roxy & Elsewhere
By: Zappa, Frank
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 1.64

1 of: Rejuvenation
By: Meters
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 1.95

1 of: Love It to Death
By: Cooper, Alice
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 3.30

1 of: Melodys Echo Chamber
By: Melody's Echo Chamber
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 1.41

1 of: Roseanne: The Complete Sixth Season
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 0.63

1 of: NEW Cera/winstead - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Blu-ray)
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 2.94

1 of: Steven Seagal Collection (Above the Law / Hard to Kill) (Bilingual)
By: Steven Seagal
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 0.63

1 of: Virgin Among the Living Dead Blu-ray (Bilingual)
By: Christina von Blanc
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 2.18

1 of: Men in Black 3
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 0.63

1 of: Night of the Creeps Blu-ray
By: Jill Whitlow
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 3.30

1 of: Rosemary's Baby (The Criterion Collection) Blu-ray
Sold by: Fulfillment Express CA (seller profile)
Condition: New
Brand New, Factory Sealed
CDN$ 4.01

and yo-yos (abanana), Sunday, 27 April 2014 22:10 (eleven years ago)

eight years pass...

US Posters Only

Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 January 2023 13:11 (two years ago)

two years pass...

Was reminded of this mad adrenaline rush today when I discovered a site called f!new!neh0me dotcom with a suspiciously amazing selection and everything at 70-80% off, plus some bottles listed at 60 cents (for 750ml). I filled my cart with several hundred dollars worth of rums and liqueurs (for $115), and it still didn't say "sorry, no" when I put in my MS zipcode. Then I searched for info about the site and it seems way too sketchy, so that's where I'll let it drop. Did all my looking behind a VPN and didn't give name or address, so I think I'm safe...?

Strange New Wordles (WmC), Monday, 11 August 2025 21:45 (three months ago)


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