Preorder.

Do you preorder or not anymore?
Or you are so disappointed after preordered some CDs that you don't think of preordering CDs anymore.?
Tell us your preorder experiences.

Or do you have excellent preorder experiences?

It really helps me decide by at least hearing a clip or two from the cd. Nowadays, I only preorder if it's a cd I plan on buying it later anyways and it comes with extra perks such as a free shirt or autographed copy. This way, I can get a cd and a shirt which would normally cost about 35 dollars for about 25.

I do on rare occasions, but it must have a good selling point for me to do that. Normally I just wait for the album to be released and then order it from one of the main internet shops

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I've done it more lately due to me knowing about my layoff. I preordered a couple of things so that the music would keep coming while I was adjusting to the lower income level.

I don't mind preordering things when you can save a few $$$ by ordering in advance. I need to learn to be more careful with it, though. Waiting a few weeks isn't bad. But, there have been times I have waited for months. That really is so not worth the hassle.

I only pre-ordered once, and it was Alldat's fault.

He suggested the band might sell-out on pre-orders and I paniced. So I pre-ordered and didn't have any problems. But with three kids and only one income I have to be kind of cheap and tend to get half (or more) of my music used. So I usually "post-order". Sometimes by years.

I do pre-orders all the time, and am usually rewarded for it. Granted, I haven't had a pre-order disappointment of the "Visions of Hell" magnitude, though the new Kekal album has been on the docket far too long. Hopefully that won't be much longer. But yeah, pre-ordering (especially for limited run stuff) is always a part of my purchasing regiment.

I normally don't do preorders but sometimes they have special deals that make it worth it.

Not usually, but if the band has a solid track record, I've been known to preorder.

Ultimatum and Believer are two recent examples.

The special things band give away when you preorder make it interesting to preorder CDs. It's cool to get a band T shirt when you preorder.

I think when you preordered a CD you should have it before others can buy the CD in the stores isn't it?

I'm a bit more careful now to preorder CDs.

rockerVu2 wrote:

I think when you preordered a CD you should have it before others can buy the CD in the stores isn't it?

I agree.

I did just preorder the new Decyfer Down disc. With the price that Musichristian.com has on it, it is really hard to say no.