iTunes prices

[Dudley]

Am I just slow to notice or have iTunes increased their prices, particularly on newly released material? I thought it was always 79 pence per track but now I see that many are 99 pence. Quite a hike in price, something like 16%. There was a rumour some time ago that UK users were to get the same prices as in the US. That didn't happen then?

[Philtaz]

I agree, iTunes are getting greedy.
For that reason, these days I tend to look on Amazon or play.com first for mp3 downloads and use iTunes as a last resort.

[Dudley]

The US site quotes the same prices but in $ so in reality even with the poor performance of the pound of late, they are considerably lower. Sky have just opened up a music download site (Sky Songs) but on first glance they are not very competitive (90 pence per track in general) and does not look good value.

[Philtaz]

Amazon and play.com are invariably 69 pence per track I believe, the odd one even 59 pence on play.

No brainer for me!