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How much do you spend on itunes?
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In total, about, um, maybe $300 total, at the most. But most people still use CDs/ "steal" the songs, I like to buy the stuff, and I like digital unless it is something special, and even then I'm apt to just get the iTunes release.
I have a lot of their free content. But other than that, I've only ever bought the first season of Grey's Anatomy for like 15 bucks and then quickly deleted the episodes off my hard drive because they were in full screen. ugh.
Since there isn't an easy way to see what on my list was purchased and what was a freebie, it's kind of difficult. I have 764 items in my Purchased playlist, but at least half (I think more) are freebies, especially since now there are something like 2-3 songs/week and I try to get them all if I can.
Overall though, I think I run an average of $1-2 per week, over the four years that I've had iTunes now. All songs -- I've only purchased whole albums a few times, and I've never purchased video content yet. So the $300-400 or so I've spent is a lot in one sense, but in a rate sense it doesn't bother me too much.
Interestingly, though, I had a pretty big uptick in physical purchases (almost always used) over the same time period... so I probably only do 5-10% of my music spend on iTunes.
Overall though, I think I run an average of $1-2 per week, over the four years that I've had iTunes now. All songs -- I've only purchased whole albums a few times, and I've never purchased video content yet. So the $300-400 or so I've spent is a lot in one sense, but in a rate sense it doesn't bother me too much.
Interestingly, though, I had a pretty big uptick in physical purchases (almost always used) over the same time period... so I probably only do 5-10% of my music spend on iTunes.
it's not something to be proud of lol! but i didnt have a tv for a while so i was just buying tv shows off the store. cant wait for my touch to arrive!
In the last 2 years, I've spent roughly $500 on songs (i mostly rip from cd), tv shows, and a few rented movies
I would guess about $3000+.
Most of that has been in purchasing movies and TV shows. Music was about $1400, most of that from complete collections such as Complete U2, Complete Led Zeppelin, Complete Bob Dylan, Complete Depeche Mode.
46 movies
TV shows:
The Sopranos first three seasons
Cops season 19 and 20. 20 was by episode only which cost about $60 so far for the season
Weeds all three seasons
24 all six seasons
Lost all four seasons
Reno 911 all seasons
Bewitched
Chips
21 Jump Street
I Dream of Jeannie
The Addams Family
Desperate Housewives, all seasons
Hell's Kitchen
Kitchen Nightmares
Looking forward to buying even more stuff!
Most of that has been in purchasing movies and TV shows. Music was about $1400, most of that from complete collections such as Complete U2, Complete Led Zeppelin, Complete Bob Dylan, Complete Depeche Mode.
46 movies
TV shows:
The Sopranos first three seasons
Cops season 19 and 20. 20 was by episode only which cost about $60 so far for the season
Weeds all three seasons
24 all six seasons
Lost all four seasons
Reno 911 all seasons
Bewitched
Chips
21 Jump Street
I Dream of Jeannie
The Addams Family
Desperate Housewives, all seasons
Hell's Kitchen
Kitchen Nightmares
Looking forward to buying even more stuff!
To an extent I agree, BUT where I just ran into the "bummer" factor of iTunes movie downloads is when I was talking about a new movie and someone said "may I borrow it?" The answer had to be no because I can't lend out my movies when they're downloaded via iTunes. I have hundreds of DVDs that I lend out (and track using Delicious Library), I think I'll continue to buy the physical DVD. I hate saying no to people about things like that.
Oh and I think I'm well into the $300 mark but I am not home to check.