Can anyone recommend some NZ music stores online - for price, service and range (of NZ music only)?
These are the ones I've heard of:
http://www.marbecks.co.nz
are a bit expensive.
http://www.soundsnz.com
have good service and prices.
http://www.smokecds.com
have good prices, but they really need to send confirmation emails when they ship your CDs.
Those I haven't tried yet:
http://www.realgroovy.co.nz
http://www.planetjack.co.nz
http://www.echomusic.co.nz
http://www.netcd.co.nz
http://www.kiwiculture.com
http://www.everyman.co.nz
http://www.recordsrecords.co.nz
- not an online store, just an adjunct to the real store
cheers,
Bevan.
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Soundnz is actually pretty good aye, ...
Soundnz is actually pretty good aye, the deliverys really fast, you get the confirmation email nearly straight away etc.
Kiwiculture is usually quite expensive so I dont buy there.
Ummmm everyman's got heaps of selection, with a catalogue of nz music in alphabetical order, and its prices are okay, my mate buys her cds from there and gets them delivered pretty fast and all that so I guess you could try there.
For depth of inventory, its hard to hgo ...
For depth of inventory, its hard to hgo past realgroovy, but you have to watch out where they're getting it from, as they import directly from Europe and the USA as you order, meaning significant delays. For things in stock - free delivery on CD's, high-ish prices but a decent loyalty programme if you buy a lot, confirmation of despatch. The one downside is a not-quite realtime stocklist - that gets updated once every 24 hours.
I have found the occasional bargain at planetjack, making them sometimes cheapest but don't count on it and nothing outstanding about their kiwi collection. Echo is expensive, to the point I've not used them. Used netcd a long time ago, and had even forgotten they existed - good on kiwi stuff. www.noizyland.co.nz and records.co.nz are specifically NZ music sites.