[Slowhand] BBDD

[Jon Maclean]

While I am certainly sympathetic towards those US fans who have gone to
the extra trouble and expense to buy the so-called bonus editions of
this package, and so far received nothing, there is a part of me that is
delighted that this has occurred. Outside of America, the rest of us
have little chance of obtaining these bonus releases officially, so in
one sense justice is being served.

Now I realize this comment will no doubt receive indignant responses
from those of you who have so far been short-changed in your purchases,
but I feel very annoyed that Clapton's people have permitted such
blatantly discriminatory deals to be struck in the first place. I do
hope those affected all complain bitterly to the stores and to Warners
and perhaps this kind of rubbish will not be arranged by the Clapton
camp in the future.
Sadly the economics of the world dictate that it probably will.

The most astonishing thing is that this sort of marketing indirectly
encourages piracy, something the record companies are always moaning
about. Other than US Best Buy and Target stores potentially increasing
their sales, I can see no other benefit in this sort of exercise at all.
OK, I've had my rant.......

Cheers,
Jon


-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Aleshin [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2007 1:09 PM
To: Slowhand Digest Digest
Subject: [Slowhand] BBDD

Eileen, Jeff,

I received my Best Buy package today too, without Bonus Tracks, which  
I believed that I ordered. Someone else on the SD wrote the same  
(Jeff, Cc:d above).

We got screwed and we need Best Buy to feel our wrath. There's gotta  
be MORE of us. One good idea would be for us to send in a STANDARD e- 
mail, mentioning the Slowhand Digest and Where'sERIC! so they respond  
to us with CORRECT packages AND their apologies to each an every  
one ... AND to both of the forums I just mentioned.

Needless to say, both the Blonde Rocker and I received Best Buy Order  
Updates, in which they acknowledged a delay, subtracted shipping  
charge, and granted us coupons for $10. But receiving the DVD WITHOUT  
BONUS TRACKS is sort of a kick in the teeth.

BTW, BBDD = Best Buy DVD Disappointment

				DeltaNick




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