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From: paul@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Paul Schinder)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: record society info needed
Message-ID: <557@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 13-Jan-85 22:27:14 EST
Article-I.D.: oddjob.557
Posted: Sun Jan 13 22:27:14 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 05:14:27 EST
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Reply-To: paul@oddjob.UUCP ( Schinder)
Organization: U. Chicago: Astronomy & Astrophysics
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The International Preview Society's service improved remarkably since
they moved to Indianapolis.  Orders were always screwed up before then;
since then I haven't had any trouble.  I'm still a member, but I rarely
order anything.  Their selection is somewhat limited, and they tend to be
repetitious in their offerings.  If you do join, unless you absolutely
*must* have the featured selection, don't get it until it comes around again
in a few months, when you'll probably be able to use bonus certificates to
get it for ~1/2 price.  Their prices are comparable to or higher than record
stores in most cases, but the bonus certificates that you get with every
purchase bring the total you spend in the long run down.  You get one bonus
certificate for every purchase of a single, and two for a boxed set. You use
them at the same rate, one for a single, two for a boxed set.  The price
with a bonus certificate is about 1/2 the price without.  So obviously the
thing to do is to buy singles that you wouldn't mind having at full price,
and the sets that you really want at 1/2 price.  If you don't mind sending
back the form every month, it can be worth joining.
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				Paul Schinder
				Astronomy and Astrophysics Center
				University of Chicago
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