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iTunes Music Store Ireland Opens
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Hattig said:
This isn't about servers and stuff. This is about music industries in each given country. This isn't Apple's music, they're only the middle part in all of this.
Also, about your "Normalised to US Dollar" prices, see the "BigMac" reference (post #27).
Bakey said:[...] and you're right, it's oh so easy to drop in the old stereotypes. I mean c'mon isn't it right that every American drinks Budweiser[sp?] what with it being "the King of beers"?? Again folks look beyond and you will find the sarcasm!!
As a Canadian who doesn't even drink beer, I can attest that Budweiser is only beer-tasting water.
iChan said:
I'll be happy the day the artificial barriers crumble down... Currently you'd need like 20 credit cards with 20 mailboxes to be able to buy from every store!
And the Canadian iTMS isn't exactly full of Jean-Michel Jarre albums, either.
Oh beejeezus, saints be praised!
Thank god, they finally opened up the music store here. As was mentioned before ireland does get a bit of a bum deal in the mac department. I live in cork and even though we have a huge apple base of operations in cork city it's still very hard to get mac stuff bar one or two shops. Of course, these shops tend to be a bit overpriced.
Anyhow, good to see apple are being nice to us.
Oh and with regard to what we drunkards drink? Personally, i like a nice beer such as Kronenburg but for most of the people in my class, anything will do, as long as it contains ethanol.
Thank god, they finally opened up the music store here. As was mentioned before ireland does get a bit of a bum deal in the mac department. I live in cork and even though we have a huge apple base of operations in cork city it's still very hard to get mac stuff bar one or two shops. Of course, these shops tend to be a bit overpriced.
Anyhow, good to see apple are being nice to us.
Oh and with regard to what we drunkards drink? Personally, i like a nice beer such as Kronenburg but for most of the people in my class, anything will do, as long as it contains ethanol.
Yvan256 said:
I'm ignoring the cost of all these tunes until I receive my first credit card bill. I could check it online, but this way I have a month to buy like a maniac before the bill arrives and I'm outraged at how expensive the songs are here!! I was nearly tempted to buy an obscure song a few times, just to see if it would make it into the top 100!
Angelus said:
Hooked on Erdinger myself, prefer weissbier to lagers.
How many Mac places are there in Cork? The only ones I can think of are the one in Penrose Wharf, Enterprise near the Kinsale Rd roundabout, and one of the photo shops (more of a Mac & iPod gadget shop now!) on Patrick St.
Behind the scenes...
No slight to Canada intended.
My fault. I wrote up the story but I couldn't remember whether the Canadian store opened on December 1 or December 2 until I went digging. So I posted it without including the Canadian store opening in order to get the news out, then added Canada as soon as I had the proper details (it opened Dec. 1), including a link to Apple's press release (which said Dec. 2), hoping there were no on-the-ball eagle-eyed members who would call me on it. :hides head in shame:Eaon said:The original writeup had a timeline of every ITMS store and when it opened, except the Canadian one.
No slight to Canada intended.
redAPPLE said:
Guinness when in Ireland, Hefeweissbier when in Austria.
Finally. Great news. Now to see if they have what I want... *starts digging*
billyboy said:Instead of a free guiness with every song, could I have a free Corrs. I promise to buy every track in the store if so.
You can have Jim. We're keeping the rest of them.
After waiting and waiting for them to iron out that last minute glitch that prevented the October launch, I can't believe this has been up and running 24 hours without me noticing.
Kif, fetch my credit card, we have songs to purchase.
There's the apple store online. that's were I got my iMac. They need an Apple store in Ireland though. A photo shop on Patricks street or a PC world were the staff don't have a clue about Apple products is not the why to go (A PC worlds staff members answer to my question on why I should buy an iMac. Um, Um, it looks good!)whooleytoo said:
Ps I drink diet coke
well, in my opinion, spectra digital, where the Molly Malone statue is and O2 Experience are great places to get all your apple accessories and what not.
Anyway, i wouldn't really go to a retail store to buy a powermac or a cinema display... so i don't really care that these stores don't stock the powermac. I'd buy these items from Apple themselves.
I really hope an apple store comes to Dublin!
Anyway, i wouldn't really go to a retail store to buy a powermac or a cinema display... so i don't really care that these stores don't stock the powermac. I'd buy these items from Apple themselves.
I really hope an apple store comes to Dublin!
Yeah you're right with the ones you named out. Think carphone warehouse have started selling macs now as well. It's still pretty hard to get stuff like software though. I always end up buying it on the net.whooleytoo said:
I remember going to the PC Superstore when it was open in cork. I was just browsing and i noticed this really old man shuffling up to the counter. He asked the sales assistant how much a powermac g4 was. The sales assistant started telling him how a pc would be better for his needs, blah, blah, only to have the old man reply with something to the effect of "son,i've been using macs since they first came out so i think i know what i need".
It brightened up my day. That old man was so cool. If there's one thing i can't stand it's computer salespeople with their jargon and misinformed opinions.