You'd think that with the state of record sales they'd finally reduce the prices especially here in Oman when it comes to International releases. I don't have a problem with paying around 5 rials for an album which is what it used to be priced at, but the problem now is that they bring in these cheap Thailand manufactured albums which sell at around 3 to 4 rials over there and price them at 6.5 to 7.5 Rials which in my opinion is a complete rip off, the quality of the print and the material they use for the inlay paper, CD and the jewel case differs greatly from those that come in straight from Europe or the U.S.A. I care about the quality because I buy these album for collective purposes only, seeing that I can already get all the music I need online now, so the quality is the only thing that drives me to continue buying music. I've been waiting for the new Madonna greatest hits album 'Celebration' to finally arrive only for me to find that it's brought in from Thailand and is also extremely over priced. Looks like I'm going to get my copy from the U.A.E when I go there this weekend, at least it will be a European print and it will also be cheaper there at around 6 Rials.
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Order them online. I get my CDs from cdwow.com, it takes about a week, shipping is free and the cost is usually 7.99 pounds which is about 5 rials.
Interesting, I think I'll have to do that despite the fact that I actually love going to the record store to check out what's new, just reminds me of the good old days I guess. Thanks for the tip.
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