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iTMS Canada Dec. 1 [NOW OPEN]
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dejo said:
You can't download Free Bird (Live) unless you buy the album.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=67597&selectedItemId=67579
boubou1961@mac. said:
We're waiting for the next Québec referendum.
jicon said:The pages appear in french based on the IP address that you are connecting from.
This is craziness.
Therefore, even though I'm in BC, because I'm connected thru what I can only imagine is a Quebec based ISP (Groupe-Telecom), I'm forced to receive french on my iTMS Canada pages.
Connecting thru Shaw appears in English.
maybe this is something they're experimenting with, i.e. maybe this would be a better option than having to manually choosing between a french page and english page. simple for the user, not piss off french canadians by going to the english page by default and then making them choose french (
), etc.i can understand the theory behind it, but of course you have just pointed out its limitations. i bet they'll change that post haste if they get enough complaints...
If you browse by genre, you can select French Pop and see that they have a couple of québecois:boubou1961@mac. said:
Andrée Waters (RCA)
Her first album titled AW...
Beau Dommage (EMI / Capitol)
It's there, but there are no albums... Waiting for the remasters issues maybe?
La Bottine Souriante (EMI / Capitol)
No albums yet...
Roch Voisine (RCA)
2 albums, France's releases... (I was owned, he's from New Brunswick)
That's all I can figured for now...
No discrimination, it's just early days yet!
They do have Roch Voisine featured, but hey, he's from New Brunswick!
boubou1961@mac. said:
They do have Roch Voisine featured, but hey, he's from New Brunswick!
Don't feel bad Quebecers. It's only early. They have nothing by the Rankin Family, Natalie MacMaster comes up with an error, and there are a lot of other east coast holes. So there's not much here on the east coast either. I'm sure they'll fix it. 1 Great Big Sea disc? Come on!
David
David
jicon said:The pages appear in french based on the IP address that you are connecting from.
This is craziness.
Therefore, even though I'm in BC, because I'm connected thru what I can only imagine is a Quebec based ISP (Groupe-Telecom), I'm forced to receive french on my iTMS Canada pages.
Connecting thru Shaw appears in English.
I seriously hope they didn't make it that way (unless some stupid law forced them to do so).
In any case, I'm in Trois-Rivières, Québec, connecting via Bell's DSL and everything is in english (so is my Windows XP and iTunes).
Maybe iTMS displays in french depending on your OS and/or iTunes version?
hm
if the US$ continues his dropping, canadian cent will soon be worth more than the US counterparts.
Mind you, Canadians really get it dirt cheap. about half the price of what we have to pay.
Anyway, so few people living there, they might as well have something of value.
if the US$ continues his dropping, canadian cent will soon be worth more than the US counterparts.
Mind you, Canadians really get it dirt cheap. about half the price of what we have to pay.
Anyway, so few people living there, they might as well have something of value.
Yvan256 said:
Nope... this is IP related.
Windows XP SP2 running iTunes 4.7 with my regional settings set to English(US).
Going thru Shaw, no problem. Going thru GT, I get the French with a little bit of English version.
It's NOT IP related... We use a Bell Nexxia connexion here, and the store that I've seen in english this morning is now in french...jicon said:
What I did? I went to US iTMS first, Canada iTMS afterwards (in english). Then I went to France iTMS, Canada iTMS afterwards (in french). Maybe this was related?!
EDIT: IT'S WORKING. You want it in english? Go to UK or US iTMS, then come back to Canada iTMS. You want it in french? Go to France iTMS, then come back to Canada iTMS... That's the way my iTMS works...
Yvan256 said:
Someone on ehMac tried selecting the US store and then reselecting the Canada store. That reset his iTMS Canada to English!
yup does the same to me too. If I switch to the uk store, then back to canada, it stays all in english, then if I switch the france store then back to canada, it's in franglish, a bit of french here, a bit of english there...
Anyone has a clue on why this is happening??
Anyone has a clue on why this is happening??
Lazulia said:
Looks like we have a viable solution.
Thanks.
This was being done with two different machines... but seemed very suspicious. I could have sworn the one machine was last linked to the US store though.
Lazulia said:
You know - a couple of things occur to me here:
-does the 0.99 include the GST? It should, by law, and that alone might have held up the negotiations (Picture this: Record Exec for a Canadian subsidiary of a US record Company suddenly realizes that not only is 0.99 worth 0.85 US, but that Apple is going to have to pay 7% GST - I'm betting the server is in Calgary, btw, so they can avoid PST - so the real amount the song is being sold for is probably about 80 cents US, Apple takes it's cut and the US record company is pissed off).
-the technical challenge of getting this to work in two languages is pretty cool. Maybe it's not working quite right yet, but wow - they haven't had to do that before.
Those prices does not include G.S.T. - I am sure of it. So in fact, we are paying 1.07$ per song, maybe even 1.15$ per song if P.S.T. does take effect here...macbing said:
When you go to HMV, is it written 16.99$ plus tax on the label?autopilot said:wouldn't they have to make that clear then? like post the inevitable "plus tax" message somewhere?
if they're selling them for "$0.99" in the store, and then my credit card bill shows the tax, i will be PISSED
Laurent said:
hmm, good point.
i used to work at hmv. i know the coloured "sale" stickers don't, but i'll trying to remember if the white "regular price" stickers do...
i guess what you could compare it to is ordering a coffee from starbucks: "plus applicable taxes" is clearly visible on the menu board.
is that logical?
No, the white "regular trans-canada price" doesn't include any written comment concerning taxes. When you go shopping, you are suposed to include taxes to everything you buy. Look at Wal-Mart, Zellers, Sears... The only places I can think of, where taxes are included in the price (at least in Québec) is provincial liquor stores (S.A.Q.) and petrolium products.autopilot said:hmm, good point.
i used to work at hmv. i know the coloured "sale" stickers don't, but i'll trying to remember if the white "regular price" stickers do...
i guess what you could compare it to is ordering a coffee from starbucks: "plus applicable taxes" is clearly visible on the menu board.
is that logical?
I would love it if retail stores were forced to display the price including all taxes (like in France), but unfortunately, that's not the case...
Concerning Starbuck (or McDonald's for that matter), it may come from an american habit/law, or simply the fact that they don't want any trouble...
tax issue:
http://www.ehmac.ca/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=009549
a dude in there says on his card he was charged $9.99 for an album. proof enough?
i hope so!!!
http://www.ehmac.ca/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=009549
a dude in there says on his card he was charged $9.99 for an album. proof enough?
i hope so!!!
Everyone acts as if we're getting this great deal. In $US, our music costs less, but in absolute numbers, we pay a similar amount - an average album might be $13-18, and from what I understand that's about what Americans pay.macridah said:
Yeah, if you were doing all your shopping in the States, it's a better deal. But who does that?
Laurent said:
Absolutely not!
If it was included in the shelf price, people would start to forget they were paying the tax, and it would be too easy for the government to sneak in increases without the public noticing.
Better to make sure people are always aware that the price they are paying is higher than the actual price of the goods or services.