Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.audio,net.music,net.music.classical Subject: Re: The Essentials Marketing (Audiophile Recordings) Message-ID: <7353@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 14:01:16 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.7353 Posted: Tue Jan 15 14:01:16 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Jan-85 04:59:34 EST References: <2433@umcp-cs.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: USAMC ALMSA Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.audio:3838 net.music:5748 net.music.classical:787 I have bought some stuff from The Essentials in the past. Their regular prices are not too great, even though you can usually get 20% off on your total order and this might beat local audiophile-salon prices. However, if you find things that you want in their closeout or discontinued items section, and THEN get the 20% off (I think this is nominally an "initial-order" discount), the prices work out to be fairly good. (My price standards are rather rigorous, I admit -- I figure that what a dealer pays at CES for sample copies is the "fair" price. This is usually about half retail, and hard to get unless you have contacts.) Anyway, I've had no complaints about delivery or service from my dealings with The Essentials. I've received their catalogs for some time now, though I haven't ordered recently. Regards, Will Martin USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA