how much have you spent on itunes ?

christm · Jul 9, 2007

similar to the thread thats going round asking 'how much have you spent on apple products' but this is just for itunes.

it can be music, movies, music videos anyting that itunes sells.

mine is around 17 pounds.

Carol247 · Jul 9, 2007

Nothing! ;P

Maybe someday I will. But I can't get used to the idea that ONE song is .99, that seems a bit spendy to me. Plus, I get tired of songs (and movies) very quickly.

wave · Jul 9, 2007

hey christm you're from devon as well amazing, great county huh? Devonistheshire.

Anyway i too think £0.79 is a lot of money for one song, the americans get it cheaper, no surprise, but anyway a ten track album still works out at nearly £8 which is only marginally cheaper than a CD, but i suppose every little helps, as tescos say. ( i don't shop there mind, god no)

Aptmunich · Jul 9, 2007

Well, I have 113 .m4p files, but as a whole bunch of free 1 & 2 song iTunes gift cards we were giving out at work were due to expire, I'd say about 60 of those songs were freebies

yogi · Jul 9, 2007

I'd say around 42 Swiss Francs... about 30$.

bobtomay · Jul 9, 2007

$12 - double CD of Leon Redbone Live

baggss · Jul 9, 2007

Probably $300 or $400, maybe a bit more.

bryphotoguy · Jul 9, 2007

Maybe $60 or $70. $25 came from a gift certificate I got when bought my iMac with the CC they advertise on the Apple website.
Bryan

youngwun0 · Jul 9, 2007

They changarge for music ? Man i guess i have been using limewire for way too long

coach_z · Jul 9, 2007

only a few bucks of my own personal money...i got blessed with two 30 dollar iTMS gift cards

otherwise i would have spent a bit more on music but i got it all for free due to the gift cards

i do not understand how people can really complain that much about 99 cent songs...for example, the new kelly clarkson cd is 13 songs...that comes out to about 13.80 after tax if you were to buy the songs individually....samgoody.com has that album for 13.89 after tax and it is on sale for 6 bucks off....i think the pricing is extremely reasonable (note: tax rate of 7percent used because that is what it is around me and seems to be about average in the US)

note2: i dont like kelly clarkson, it was just the first cd listed on samgoody.com
note3:i dont like samgoody either, it was just the first place i thought to look to buy a cd online

-chris

bobtomay · Jul 9, 2007

LOL
Yes, don't forget the Qualifications

MinaMACMan · Jul 9, 2007

Well, since I switched to Mac I've been a good boy and kicked the habit of Limewire.

Now I have spent around $95 for Music and 2 Movies. I think the pricing is very reasonable. Plus with me no matter what I never like all the tracks on one CD so I'd rather just pick the ones I like.

Bagss... WOW, thats some extensive spending there, nice music collection I bet.

Levi · Jul 10, 2007

I can't be bothered to check, but around £20 seems right. I bought a couple of exclusive EPs, and a few other songs but most of my (95) iTS tracks where free (through competitions/promotions or just the ones that are free anyway).

christm · Jul 10, 2007

youngwun0 said:
They changarge for music ? Man i guess i have been using limewire for way too long

lol. i dont use that anymore.

christm · Jul 10, 2007

coach_z said:
only a few bucks of my own personal money...i got blessed with two 30 dollar iTMS gift cards otherwise i would have spent a bit more on music but i got it all for free due to the gift cards

i do not understand how people can really complain that much about 99 cent songs...for example, the new kelly clarkson cd is 13 songs...that comes out to about 13.80 after tax if you were to buy the songs individually....samgoody.com has that album for 13.89 after tax and it is on sale for 6 bucks off....i think the pricing is extremely reasonable (note: tax rate of 7percent used because that is what it is around me and seems to be about average in the US)

note2: i dont like kelly clarkson, it was just the first cd listed on samgoody.com
note3:i dont like samgoody either, it was just the first place i thought to look to buy a cd online

-chris

i think its very reasonable at £0.79p per track (UK). I heard on a steve jobs interview it may have been the one with bill gates and steve jobs together - that apple makes very little money on each track from itunes but most of the money goes to the artist/record company. but apple must be making something on the music and the fact that the music that is DRM protected only works on ipods that is where they are making their money.

christm · Jul 10, 2007

i have just added all my purchases on itunes up and although about half of them are free downloads of the week my total iws - £25.37

Levi · Jul 10, 2007

christm said:
i think its very reasonable at £0.79p per track (UK). I heard on a steve jobs interview it may have been the one with bill gates and steve jobs together - that apple makes very little money on each track from itunes but most of the money goes to the artist/record company. but apple must be making something on the music and the fact that the music that is DRM protected only works on ipods that is where they are making their money.

You're right, Apple only make a very small profit on iTunes sales (the little they do keep from the purchase price pays for what must be enormous fees in keeping the store running).

I honestly think Apple would prefer to sell their tracks without DRM (and have started to do). When they launched the iTMS Steve was saying how it took ages for them to get the freedom they did, and they only got it because of the Macs small market share (remember iTunes was Mac only at that point).

Bonzaisushi · Jul 12, 2007

ive spent around 300ish there are some good hidden tracks throughout itunes and man has it added up over the past 3 years... i think steve jobbs should give me a free iphone... im just sayn!

jotdess · Jul 12, 2007

About $3 USD.

ste6168 · Jul 12, 2007

at or around a steady $0.00