From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #875 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, September 9 2013 Volume 16 : Number 875 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: musicMagpie [Ellen Rawson ] Amanda Palmer [Phil Sainty ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 14:18:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: Re: musicMagpie ______________________________ > From: Kerry White >Has anyone dealt with musicMagpie.com for selling CDs? > >My first bar-code entry was Zap Mama - Sabsylma and they said $.25. But, >then, the next one Environments: Dawn and Dusk at New Hope, PA, was $3:18. > I think I trust the values, but, will they really pay off? They offer >Free Shipping!! With all my $.25 and $.27 CDs I have 42 CDs worth >$40.77. > > I almost want to re-enter the bar-codes for just the ones over $1.00 and >either dump the others locally or give them to the library. Thanks. Yes, I've dealt with them. I didn't know they were in the US. Yes, they will pay. Here in the UK, they either do an electronic transfer to your bank account or send you a cheque. The free shipping here either means you print out a label and take your box to the post office. If you have more than 50 items (at least in the UK), then you can go with their free courier service. They use Hermes here, which isn't a particularly good one. I was home all day (I was off of work that week) and they never showed. However, when I complained, Music Magpie arranged for Parcelforce (far more reliable) to pick up the boxes the next day. I've only bothered with CDs I can get at least #1 for. Here, they also buy DVDs, games and even some clothing. Oh, the payment here isn't as speedy as their TV ads promise. It can take a good three weeks to get the money, but they do pay. (I'd gone for the cheque option as I wasn't certain about the company and didn't want to give them my bank account details. :) Ellen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 00:57:38 +1200 From: Phil Sainty Subject: Amanda Palmer I just got back from the Wellington show, and it was fantastic. I've seen people crowd-surf before, but I'm honestly not sure that I've ever seen a singer, microphone in hand (wireless helps :), still singing the song atop the crowd. That was kinda awesome. I'm not sure exactly what time they started, but I think the set must have been the better part of two hours (and included an absolutely killer rendition of Pulp's "Common People", as well as a song she said she'd written in about 20 minutes the last time she was here, and to which, hilariously, about half the audience knew the words and sang along :) The Auckland show is on Friday, and then they're off to Australia. If you were thinking about going, do it. It'll be loud and a bit rowdy, but it's most definitely a good time. (n.b. tickets at the door might not be a happening thing; Wellington was sold out.) And maybe keep an eye on her blog if she's coming your way -- it turned out she did this a few days beforehand: http://amandapalmer.net/blog/20130902/ - -Phil ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #875 ***************************