Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!rab From: rab@alice.UUCP (Rick Becker) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: Re: record society info needed Message-ID: <3270@alice.UUCP> Date: Sun, 13-Jan-85 12:52:07 EST Article-I.D.: alice.3270 Posted: Sun Jan 13 12:52:07 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 03:44:51 EST References: <240@pyuxt.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 27 > I recently received some junk mail through the post which invites me > to join the International Preview Society - a record purchasing discount > club. The introductory is the set of nine Beethoven symphonies > on Deutsche Gramaphon, by the Vienna Phil under Karl Bohm. At 9.98 for > the whole lot, and no obligation to make any other purchases other than > membership of the society, it seems to be too good to be true. And, you > get the Violin Concerto (Karajan/Ferras) also Deutsche Gramaphon for free. > > What is the catch, I ask? Does anyone know what the membership fees of this > society are? I would hate to order the records on ten days approval and > then have to send them back after finding the dues are $200 or some such > nonsense. Are these recordings good? New? Digital or analogue? Deleted > catalogue material? Or what? Does anyone out there in netland have any > experience (good or bad) of The International Preview Society? My wife was a member of the International Preview Society record club. There is no catch -- you pay your $9.98 and get a nice set of records. (In fact, if you get a member to sign you up, you each get a set of records). There are two reasons she is no longer a member: 1) The prices were basically the same as list price in record stores except when they had sales about twice a year; 2) They tended to get orders confused. Nothing malicious, just confused. Things always got straightened out after a letter or two. However the hassle of paper mail communication finally caused her to drop her membership. -- Rick Becker alice!rab research!rab