MacDailyNews reader “L.G.” writes, “Take a quick gander at Flight of the Conchords and The Perishers on Apple’s iTunes Store.”
We did and found the same thing L.G. found: select iTunes Plus tracks for 99-cents vs. the usual $1.29 per track.
L.G. writes, “Could this mean that price changes are coming across the board? Perhaps they are making the transition quietly so as to not take away from $1.29 plus sales in the meantime.”
MacDailyNews Note: We’ve sent an inquiry to Apple and will update with new information if and when it becomes available.
[UPDATE: 10/16, 3:28pm EDT: CNET confirms the iTunes Plus price drop here. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “NeverFade” for the heads up.]
Apple will see their error and bump the price back up.
yup I bought Redd Stylez
“Anniversary” using the WiFi store and got a prompt saying I was getting a “free upgrade” to the iTunes Plus version
I’m wondering if this is a response to the absolutely atrocious reception Apple has received from Universal, NBC and Sony regarding their DRM free tracks and lack of “flexible pricing” ?
I would love to see DRM-free music at 99 cents
but then I believe the DRM songs should then also be adjusted lower in similar regards — say 30 cent drop.
I believe Apple STILL has it right.
99 cents is fair pricing.
PLUS simply purchase the DRM-Dumpster application.
A Canadian (vancouver company) that lets you REMOVE the DRM and write mp3s or Aiff files without the control.
Well worth it.
http://www.burningthumb.com/software.html
Amazon leads, Apple follows.
I think Apple is charging $1.29 because of an agreement with EMI to offer DRM-free tracks. Apple led with DRM-free tracks to jump start the trend. Amazon followed with $0.99 tracks, so Apple is now justified in asking for the same deal from record labels. Apple will always sell at the lowest possible price, because iTunes Store is a means of selling more iPods, where the real profit is made.
“Amazon followed with $0.99 tracks,”
Amazon lead with $0.89 tracks.