Amazon | Tweet and Get $3 off One of 24 Select Albums
 

Linky [amazon.com]

* Each album costs $5.99, making the final price $2.99 after Credit.

It looks like this might just be applying $3 to your MP3 credit, but this is NOT true. Don't try it!

Some good albums, took ten seconds to do. Repped!

Thanks for posting! To check if the credit applied - or to check your current mp3 credit balance - you can click here [amazon.com], then click on the "Enter Your Code" button.

You can get another $1 in mp3 credit if you have an Android phone; check out this thread.

Hope this helps,
Tofu Vic

Warning: This is NOT true. I tested it by purchasing a $1.19 mp3, and my credit card was charged for it. The $3 mp3 credit still remains in my account, untouched.

Tofu Vic

You know, now that music is reasonably priced, I end up buying a LOT more of it than I ever did. I'm glad the music industry finally got around to offering reasonably-priced albums in digital format.....and then Amazon got around to slashing the prices on them. As a poor college student I wasn't interested in paying for what I could get for free....but as an adult, I'm happy to pay $3-5 for a decent album in digital format rather than pirating it somewhere. At $15-18 for a lot of CD's 15 years ago, they were getting $0 from me for music purchases. Now I buy a few albums a month.....thumbs up for that. I know this is all nothing "new"......just wanted to comment on it.

I agree wholeheartedly. I remember CDs used to retail for $17.98 each at stores like The Wherehouse and Tower Records. I had to work four hours at a high school student pay to buy each album, and I had to be very picky about what to buy due to their high prices. Now the prices are reasonable and I am able to support artists and bands that I like.

I currently have over 3,000 mp3 files legitimately obtained through iTunes and Amazon.

Tofu Vic

Amen.

Quick and painless. Picked the CSN and Y for 2.99.

Thanks OP. Repped

I agree with what you're saying. However, there are caveats to digital music. Quality is worse than CDs (you can rip CDs with xact copy and have better sound, http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/).

The term "buy" and "own" in the context of digital downloads is not really correct. You have to explicitly (rather than implicitly with CDs) agree with draconian licensing terms which effectively say that the licensing body can revoke your purchases for any reason at any time. You're really "renting" the music.

Finally, you can't sell used mp3s after you tire of them, as you can with CDs. I have found that I buy a lot of music used for about $5 an album. For that, I get perfect audio quality and physical proof of ownership.

Having said that, buying and ripping albums is very inconvenient. Hence, I have also purchased many songs on amazon cloud and enjoy the ease and convenience of it all :omg: :lmao:

doh! just bought Bruno Mars yesterday!

don't see anything I want (at least that I don't already have) but thanks for posting

I can't tell the difference between my CDs and my rips at 320kps. Maybe it's just me.

Three bucks for the Neil Young Best Of compiliation is good if you don't already have these songs. If you weren't around when this stuff first came out and you think Mumford and Sons is tight, check this out. You will need a loud stereo though.

Thanks for the post OP.

There's also a similar one for Facebook:

http://slickdeals.net/f/5857246-G...p=57588060

It's not just you. Most people can't tell the difference. Many audiophiles also can't tell the difference in double-blind tests either.

twitter + not free. No thank you.

You know, people always mention the quality difference. I've never met someone who doesn't consider themselves a real audiophile who can hear the difference. I grew up playing instruments, I DJed weddings for years......I can't hear the difference between an mp3 and a CD. I understand why there must be some difference (compression), but I can't hear it.

As for the "renting" your music thing.....I've also heard a lot of people mention that, but I'm always like, "huh?". I don't get that. I guess maybe if you only keep your music in the cloud they could take it away....but how are they going to take away my music if I've downloaded it to my computer? I download all of the mp3's I buy to an external hard drive. I'm not renting that. I'll have them forever.

You're absolutely right about the selling part. But as more and more people get used to buying the mp3's, the number of people who will still buy your used CDs is going to continue to dwindle anyway. Sure, there will probably be some people holding onto CDs for a long, long time -- just like there are still some who buy vinyl. But clearly not enough to support too many record stores anymore. I'd say that within about 5 years, most CDs won't have much of any real resale value, either.

And, like you said, ripping them is just inconvenient in this age where we want everything done in half a second or less. However, a growing number of CDs that you buy on Amazon come with the mp3's already put in your cloud player. That was great this Christmas as a couple of family members had me buy CDs for people for them on Amazon (people who don't shop online) and now I have a bunch of extra mp3's for albums I didn't even buy. Win-win!

The one thing about digital content that is ridiculous is the inability to pass it on when you die legally. That's ridiculous. That said, I don't know anyone who wouldn't just pass on their computer or anyone who is going to go and delete all of dad's mp3's when he's gone. So it's kind of a moot point.

I think the INXS is a nice deal.. 21 songs and most of them are pretty good.

My purchase is still being processed, which is odd for a purchase of an MP3 album. It always processes quickly for me but this has been a couple of hours.

EDIT: The album is in my Cloud Player so the order went through to some degree. The purchase details haven't been finalized, I guess.

This!

Anyone try to use the $3 credit on a different MP3 purchase? Not really feeling their selection.

Mine's still being processed, too. I've had this happen before when applying the promo credits. I think they spend the extra time to make sure the credit gets applied correctly.

I did post the Tweet but I immediately deleted the Tweet. They applied the credit to my account and I waited until that credit appeared before purchasing an MP3 album (The '70s #1s compilation). I don't think there's a set amount of time the Tweet has to be displayed to receive the credit.

Thanks

Thanks, I edited my post to reflect that. Sorry you got charged!

It's fine. I figured there was around a 75% chance I'd get charged, but the thought that I could get $3 for any mp3 per Amazon account was a bit tempting. =P Beside, I wanted to know just for the heck of it... haha. Thanks for editing the post.; I was afraid others would try what you suggested because it's the first post of the thread.

Tofu Vic

Pretty random inclusion of Deftones in there, but it's an awesome album (if you like Deftones). Would bite if I hadn't already purchased it (from Amazon MP3).

Great social media tool + terrible logic. Useless post.

Almost always with deals like this, they process it for a while, but the savings eventually come off and you'll get an email.

I did get a confirmation email overnight. My experience with Amazon has usually been much faster for processing the digital orders so this had me slightly worried. I was able to combine the Facebook and Twitter discounts to lower the cost of the album to $1.99.

No wonder you have 13,137 posts. :lmao:

Went ahead and picked up the new Deftones album. I really enjoyed their last one, Diamond Eyes.

I've slowly been buying the music I've listened to all these years now that I can afford a music collection! I'm happy to pay for good stuff! At reasonable prices anyway :)

Awesome, been wanting to buy the Deftones album, jumping on it now!

Didn't seem to work for me?
 

I followed the link and it confirmed, giving me some verbiage about how to redeem. I purchased an album from the list, but it charged me the full $5.99, as reflected in the email receipt. I sent an email to Amazon; hopefully they'll credit the $3.00

Beware Amazon gotcha
 

Looks like Amazon used some of my existing general-use MP3 credit first before using the $3.00 credit from this offer. Now I have $2.01 left for these specific albums, and I already bought the only one I was interested in.

Beware: Use your general credits first before using one of these restricted offers. Poor, confusing system.

Amazon: Free $3 MP3 Credit When You Link Your Twitter Account
 

The $3 MP3 credit is good towards one of 24 select albums. All of the albums are $5.99 or $2.99 after your credit.

This credit can only be used towards purchases of these 24 eligible MP3 albums and will expire at 11:59 p.m. Pacific on February 22, 2013.

Please follow these steps to get your credit: Link [amazon.com]

After your receive your credit you can disconnect your accounts

Try a search next time.....this is a blatant repost.

I searched multiple strings and nothing came up that I saw. Sorry. Yet thanks for assuming I was lazy and didn't search.

It seems that sometimes the search function doesn't work that well. Lots of people search for something, don't find anything, make a post about a deal, and then find out it's already been posted. So don't worry about it.

I appreciate you taking the time and effort to post the deal.

Not worth it...
 

Buyer beware! By linking your accounts, you give Amazon permission to:
Read Tweets from your timeline.
See who you follow, and follow new people.
Update your profile.
Post Tweets for you.

And all Amazon gives you in exchange is the privilege of paying the remaining balance over $3 for an MP3 album you might not have otherwise bought to begin with…

Maybe some of you won't care about this, but I think everyone should at least be aware of what they're agreeing to before they hand over their privacy and control of their account over for essentially nothing. It's a bad deal, as far as I'm concerned...

Thanks, it's the first time I've seen it. Repped.

Title makes you think it's a free credit, only to find out you can't use it on anything only 24 select albums.

There's also a similar one using Facebook for $3 off 20 other albums.

http://slickdeals.net/f/5857246-G...st57630106

Thanks! Didn't know about this one.

Today's the last day for this deal.

All of the albums are down to $4.99 except for the Bruno Mars which went up to $10.99
$4.99 - $3 = $1.99 Final Price

It's also the last day to do the Facebook $3 off deal:
http://slickdeals.net/f/5857246-G...st57766236

... as you post a useless one yourself. Might have to do with that .01% :lmao: