Comments on: Article #16 -The Impulse CD Buy

By: litlmiz_sunshine

litlmiz_sunshine — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:42:42 +0000

I have so done that. See, it was my cousins birthday about a month and a half ago. Than the iphones where about 500 to 1000 dollars. So me and my sister, whom was on vacation from her first year of college, put money together and bought her one. She was thrilled. I got lots of kisses and a hug. Of course I was like, you can stop that now. Anywayz, she decided, oh this is so nice. Why not go to the beach now. As i was checking out the guys surfing, and sitting their waiting for someone to ask me, “would you like to learn”. Thats just always looked fun. She goes my phone, my phone. Oh goodness, as if things couldn’t possibly get worse. Well after we had a panic attack, my aunt decided she was going to order another one. Only her credit card didn’t have much money in it, and she didn’t want to max it. So guess who has to pay for it. Not me, as if a high school senior is allowed, not with my mother. She is all about saving money. So my poor sister pays. Isn’t that a bummer?

By: Julie Watanabe

Julie Watanabe — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:28:05 +0000

My personal experience with the impulse CD has been a mixed bag of primarily horrible decisions, but of the few good ones I can remember, I recall buying the original Mute Math EP this way. I had heard “Control” someplace on the internet and after hearing it once, I went searching for their website to find a way to purchase it. I wound up ordering it from Towers, 11 dollars poorer, but hundreds of hours happier. Definitely one of the few times there was a bright ending to this story. Of the bad, the ones that stick out are Jinx and My Vitriol.

By: John A

John A — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:17:43 +0000

I bought Project 86 - “Songs to burn your bridges by” after hearing the hit single “The Spy Hunter” and it remains to this day the worst cd I own. I have had good expierience with vague buying of cds though. While at warped tour the militia group records booth had a sale on cds. I think it was 3 cds for $10 so I saw the video for walking downtown by copeland and a video from rufio, so I decided to buy copelands new cd at the time “In Motion” along with their older cd “Beneth the Medicene Tree” which were definitly good buys. I also bought rufio’s “perhaps I suppose” which still takes it’s turn in my cd player. So I guess impulse buying can go either way.

By: Bryce Jacobson

Bryce Jacobson — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:56:55 +0000

I haven’t done this for quite a few years but I’ll tell you about a few CD’s I did pick up in this manner. It was the summer of ‘99 and I was on a trip out west were I was in a van full of high schoolers who frankly I really didn’t want to listen to, so my CD player was my best friend on this trip. I had seen Blink 182’s video for “What’s My Age Again” as well as see a couple of other people pick up their new CD and was very interested in it. I picked it up on this whim and listened to it probably over 100 times on this trip. That album, still to this date, is one of my most listened to albums. And from there my music taste was changed forever. Another CD I did this same thing to was Sum 41’s “Half Hour of Power.” This CD I had heard nothing about but seen it on a listening station at a Sam Goody and was amazed by the bands hooks and speed of their music. This became another summer album that I listened to well over 100 times. These are days I kinda miss when I could just pick up something I didn’t know and get addicted to it. Most of my favorite bands have come out of doing something like this, or doubting a band would be good after hearing one song but picking up the album and falling in love with it. But your right, with people being able to preview almost anything and buy digital singles, the impulse buy could become something of the past in the future.