With regard to the "Rage Against The Machine for Christmas Number One" campaign
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From: Krusty on 17 Dec 2009 09:51 Champ wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:33:15 -0000, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: > > >> 29p at amazon. > > > > *bzzt* > > > > Minimum price for a digital audio track to be eligible for the > > chart is 40p. > > Oh. > > There was something on the Facebook group saying the Amazon 29p > downloads were eligible. I believe they are, there was supposedly something on Amazon's site about it. The 40p relates to a 'different' price, not the price punters pay. -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 17 Dec 2009 09:53 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> typed >On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:06:16 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel ><wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >>Let's just agree that you're wrong, OK? > >Isn't it your turn? No, I'm pretty sure it's you for all of December. Hang on, I'll check with F... -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: Champ on 17 Dec 2009 10:08 On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:53:49 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >>>Let's just agree that you're wrong, OK? >>Isn't it your turn? >No, I'm pretty sure it's you for all of December. Hang on, I'll check >with F... I'll get Mrs WUN to confirm... -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Lady Nina on 17 Dec 2009 10:12 On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:33:15 -0000, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >Lady Nina wrote: >> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:50:56 -0000, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >> >> >> 29p at amazon. > >*bzzt* > >Minimum price for a digital audio track to be eligible for the chart is >40p. > >http://www.theofficialcharts.com/docs/Official%20UK%20Singles%20Chart% >20Rules%20August%202009.pdf, page 5, section 3.0.i > >The link somebody provided earlier to a money saving tips site led to >another obscure site that claimed to be selling chart-eligible downloads >for under 40p. Which seems odd, given the rules referenced above. Amazon downloads count, I checked. But I'm in the mood to download it again anyway. -- Lady Nina
From: Pete Fisher on 17 Dec 2009 10:13
In communiqu� <6hgki5heirlqgtrif2en8gtgn96qi9aq11(a)4ax.com>, Lady Nina <spamtrap2(a)ntlworld.com> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:38:15 +0000, Veggie Dave ><Veggie~Dave(a)127.0.0.1> wrote: > >>Ben <ben(a)bensalesDOTME.uk> wrote the following literary masterpiece: >>>I didn't buy the RATM single in order to campaign or real music, or to >>>have a dig at the X-Factor. I bought it because the song is one of my >>>favourites, and it's a bit of fun to see a competition for Christmas >>>No 1. >> >>And it's rather nice to find that the band themselves are apparently >>giving the profits to Shelter. > >That's one of the major points in the interview that's swayed me to >download it. Plus I think anything at all that reminds people of the >power they have can then be harnessed for other things <raises fist> The whole thing has become tediously polarised. I demand at least an official 'Third Way' Xmas No 1 campaign in the interests of true democracy and the spirit of proportional representation. And my nomination is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXCEdrnaFlY -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |