Chinese Democracy is $1.99 at Best Buy

[Lord Kayoss]

I'd rather just send the band $20 and save myself a trip to that wretched store.

[willow]

I'd rather just send the band $20 and save myself a trip to that wretched store.

You so have a point there! I use to like Bestbuy but its nothing but a joke anymore. I so wish we could go back too the day when you coulld actually buy music in  a real record store. I can remember way back too when I was probably 5 and going with my parents so they could get the latest great record. And as I became a music buyer it all went too hell. If the bands set up something on there webstores I would buy from them long before I would walk into one of those stores. even if it cost me a little more.

[russtcb]

Went to 2 different Best Buy's and bought the last 5 vinyl copies I could find. I'm hoping at least one of them doesn't have the inner groove distortion

[faldor]

I went to Best Buy today and all the copies were listed at $9.99, so I asked someone who worked there just to make sure.  I told him I saw it on the website for $1.99, and he looked at me like I was insane.  But when he checked it out and saw it for himself, he made a snide remark, "well it wasn't one of their finest albums."  I didn't feel like getting into a big thing with him, so I just laughed it off.  I had checked their inventory, from what I could see on the shelves, and there were less than I thought there would be.  I counted 31 total.  So I told the guy they had less than I thought, but he misheard me and thought I commented about the abundance they had and made a remark that all the stores have a lot.  Again, no need to argue with the guy.  So I told him I'd take 5 off his hands and he told me that there was no limit and I could take 10 if I wanted.  Then he got semi serious and said that it might not be a bad idea to buy a bunch and turn around and sell them for $4 a pop, doubling your profit.

It was an amusing trip to say the least.  I've got 2 friends in line awaiting their copies, 3 to go.

Honestly, $1.99 for ANY CD is a bargain, but this?  For me, and many others, you just can't beat it.

[AxlsMainMan]

$14.99 in canada 
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/guns-n-roses-chinese-democracy/m2159251.aspx?path=2b38b6f639dcef789ae1cec0bbec2dd8en02

Time to cross that border and come down south.

Especially with that exchange rate

[Z?phyr]

it's actually unbelievable, in Europe this would be 1.40?, over here the price is still around 14? to 18? so around 18usd to 25 usd

[circusboy666]

just sent my wife out to get 4 cd's and a vinyl. in total that would make 10 cd's and 2 vinyl's i've purchased!

[willow]

Went too mine today and they only had 2 copies but they were also marked $9.99. I just walked back out. that place is a joke and I didn't even want too bother with asking. I don't need to go into a store and ask for something to have them make a smart ass comment. If a customer is asking for the item they sure the hell don't want to here the sales person make fun of it.

[GnR-NOW]

Yea the hell with that. I pre ordered CD the first day it came out, and I got some smart ass remark too, like we only have a million copies ......

F Best Buy

[LongGoneDay]

Yea the hell with that. I pre ordered CD the first day it came out, and I got some smart ass remark too, like we only have a million copies ......

Oh come on, you gotta admit that's pretty funny!

[circusboy666]

was priced 13.99 at the best buy my wife went to but rang up 1.99. no wise ass comment though.

[faldor]

was priced 13.99 at the best buy my wife went to but rang up 1.99. no wise ass comment though.

Yeah, Best Buy isn't really doing themselves any favors by NOT "promoting" the ridiculous low price.  A simple hand made sign would do.  People LOVE getting deals, and many would buy it just because it LOOKS like such a good deal.  And it is.  Once again though, more mishandling of anything and everything related to this album.  They can't even GIVE them away without messing it up.  I'd assume their goal is to unload a whole bunch by lowering the price to $1.99.  Well, it doesn't help if people don't know its $1.99.  Comical.

[Halo69]

Why would u wanna have more than one copy of the same cd? 

Wow. Just wow.

I know some people have one copy at home and one in their car. For example!




/jarmo

Why can they just grab the damn cd and take it to the car or home?   

I have two cds, but one is SHM-CD, now that i can understand! But two copies of the same thing, same quality same everything? 

[wight gunner]

Why would u wanna have more than one copy of the same cd? 

Wow. Just wow.

I know some people have one copy at home and one in their car. For example!





/jarmo

Why can they just grab the damn cd and take it to the car or home?   

I have two cds, but one is SHM-CD, now that i can understand! But two copies of the same thing, same quality same everything? 

Cos they don't want to wear out their eject button, I've forgotten where mine is 

[willow]

Why would u wanna have more than one copy of the same cd? 

Wow. Just wow.

I know some people have one copy at home and one in their car. For example!




/jarmo

Why can they just grab the damn cd and take it to the car or home?   

I have two cds, but one is SHM-CD, now that i can understand! But two copies of the same thing, same quality same everything? 

I for one have a copy in the house, car and keep a burned copy at work. But burned copies don't last for shit so its nice too have a back up of a cd that gets a lot of play.
I was hoping to get a couple of the $1.99 copies so I could get rid of the burn and have a copy to give a couple of friends that normally don't buy cds.

[One.In.A.Million]

I'll never forget the good times we all had when CD was released, it was such a surreal week. 

I pre-ordered the Vinyl and also got the bonus Chinese Democracy/ Shackler's Revenge Vinyl single. And I brought the cd version the morning it was released, and I stayed up the whole night and set off when it was still dark outside. 

I really should give my Vinyl a few spins on a record player, I remember MotherGoose telling us all, that it was the best way to listen to CD. 

If anyone knows the best way to listen to CD, it's got to be The Synth Warrior himself, Mr Pitman. 

[illusionone]

I ordered 2 CD's and 2 LP's each on-line at the $1.99 price and picked them up at the closest to me.  I actually got $5 BB rewards as well so it only cost me $.74 each.  The store still had the CD at $9.99 and the LP at $11.99.

I figured why not? 

[Axl4Prez2004]

I couldn't resist...ordered a couple more vinyls. 
 

[russtcb]

I regret to inform everyone that all 5 vinyl copies I picked up have the same inner groove distortion as my originals from 2008. I'm gonna try a few more though. For the price, I'm ok with the gamble.

[MrGawain]

Although it's great for fans to be able to pick up a physical copy for this price (at the moment), I'm afraid all this does is  validate the belief that it isn't worthwhile releasing CDs any more and with it the death of the album as an artform. People buy less music in general these days (unwilling or unable to pay attention to what's unfamiliar to them), and it'll only be a matter of time that music stores (not just indies, but chains) will cease to exist. Over here in the UK Tower Records went, then Virgin/Zaavi, and now HMV is on it's last legs. Even Amazon is holding less stock and outsourcing it's CD sales to the last few record stores. And once they're gone, Apple will have a monoply which I find very worrying.

For a band like G'n'R that don't just produce clone singles like bands of today, and use an album to be daring and experimental, this is very bad news.