I feel like such a douchebag right now
I’m shopping for tracks on a site whos layout i love, but then copying what i find and getting them on beatport cause its cheaper.
im going to hell
but god i hate navigating beatport. impossible to find anything good on that site.
still, im a total douche for doing this.
anyone else do stuff like this?
Loadsatimes.
(For me it’s juno vs beatport.)
im using a smaller more independent site. god the layout is awesome. but 50 cents more per track adds up when youre po white trash like i is
I do this all the time, I just can’t afford track prices for premium sites when I can get 320mp3s from places like Tesco Entertainment and HMVDigital.
as long as you are paying for the tracks then its not such a big deal… its ok to shop for a better price! You do it for other stuff i bet, its ok to do it for music!
I do it to.
i do it with beatport, juno and iTunes, sometimes a track thats 3 bucks on beatport goes for 99c on iTunes. and for the amount of tracks i buy every month, i dont see a problem with shopping around. If you were looking on beatport then downloading the tracks on torrents or limewire, that would be bad, but as long as ur paying, i cant see a problem either.
im on the same boat…arhhh!
Legal pirates me mateys, legal pirates!
Its called shopping around. Nothing wrong with that.
It is OK to shop for a better price…but, you should also be willing to pay more for better service. If one site has a better interface, and makes searching easier…then you should reward them for that better service with your $$$. How long do you think the better, easier to use, site will be around if you keep that up?
I would have to agree when talking about dining in a restaurant, but when purchasing digital content, price is the bottom line in my opinion. Digital content is far from a service oriented industry.
yeah this is why i feel guilty about it. although i think whats making it more expensive is the exchange rate against the british pound right now
Man, didn’t any of you guys know that PAYING the HIGHEST amount you possibly can for digital music, actually means it sounds better?
… joking for sure. I honestly have shopped around in the past, but generally try and stick with beatport, even if it’s a couple cents more. I like their layout (unlike some) and I like the fact that if I ever lost it all, I could contact them and get it back.
And yet, at least one website has managed to have a better layout than beatport…that sounds like a service to me. It also sounds like at least someone recognizes that service as “better.”
This is more like going into a brick&mortar bookstore to browse, and pick out books…then buying on amazon. You are using the service, paying nothing, then walking out to buy from another location that is cheaper.
Again, how long do you think the better service will survive?
This is not exactly the same idea…but it remains one of my favorites…
So…following that all the way to the bottom…why pay at all?
… joking for sure. 
I do it all the time between trackitdown.net, Beatport, and Juno. A bastard is me.
Me too. No option in South Africa BUT to use these sites - NO local options.
Shopping around is being smart - not being a douche.
[Note to sites - you want loyalty…GET A DOG]
Funny… I used to shop at Juno’s for a lot less than Beatport, but ultimately shop at Beatport now for it’s service and comfort (Beatport Downloader, Auto embedded covers) even though it’s costing a bit more.
So no, I do not think that price is the only deciding factor when buying digital stuff.
Yeah. Beatport is a nightmare. Never once found anything good on there.
What’s the site you’re using to navigate tunes? I’ll buy something from them, to stop you going to hell 