Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site oddjob.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!oddjob!paul 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 References: <240@pyuxt.UUCP>Reply-To: paul@oddjob.UUCP ( Schinder) Organization: U. Chicago: Astronomy & Astrophysics Lines: 24 Summary: <> 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. -- Paul Schinder Astronomy and Astrophysics Center University of Chicago uucp: ..!ihnp4!oddjob!paul