Do you still buy CD's?

United States
November 15, 2008 1:48pm CST
When was the last time you bought yourself a CD? I honestly can't remember. I download my music on to the computer and then burn my CD's. I remember last Father's Day a new CD came out by Disturbed, and I thought my husband would love it, because he loves that group. But instead of buying it, I downloaded all the songs and made him the CD. He actually liked it more, because instead of just buying a CD I had to put time, thought and effort into finding out exactly what songs are on the CD and downloading them... and I even put them in the correct order! I need to make myself a new CD. I have been listening to the same one, that I made of all Maroon 5 songs back in August when we went to a Maroon 5 concert. I'm a bit tired of it now.
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
15 Nov 08
I don't buy cd's any more because they are so expensive! I once watched a program that told you cds were made so cheaply at 10p each to produce and yet the price they want for them is criminal! I don't buy music from todays chart because it doesn't appeal to me, I download most of the music I want which is individual songs I pay for a subscription which works out so much cheaper than buying individual songs. If I desperately need a cd I will buy it on Ebay and you can save money that way too! When you make your own cds you can be more creative and you can personalize the sleeve cover to the cd!
• United States
15 Nov 08
Whenever I did buy CD's I'd only listen to a few songs on it anyways, so it's better to just make your own with a bunch of songs you like.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
16 Nov 08
I still buy CD's when there is one that I like enough to want it. I have actually never downloaded a song before. I have not bought a CD in a few months. I bought 2 CD's for my daughter and she listens to one of them every day at least once.
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• United States
15 Nov 08
Am I the only one that still buys cd's? LOL I don't even own an ipod yet. I'm still using the old fashioned dial-up, so it takes forever to load a song.
• United States
16 Nov 08
So true. I'm surprised that more musicians don't take their songs off of the internet because people are stealing their songs. I like the hardcopies. I can't explain it, I just do :)
• Canada
16 Nov 08
You must be the last one. Everyone else steals them all the while complaining about how terrible the songs are and how expensive cds are to justify their actions. If it was not for people like you who actually buy songs there would not be much of a music industry.
@camomom (7535)
• United States
16 Nov 08
I buy CD's because I think the quality is better then downloaded sounds. My fiance likes to burn CD's.
• United States
16 Nov 08
I've never noticed a difference in the sound quality. Actually in my car my CD's play a lot louder than the radio, so I have to adjust the volume when I switch back and forth. I've come across a few songs that weren't all that great from downloading, like one was interrupted with an AOL slogan... but you just have to listen to them when you download to make sure they're good.
@camomom (7535)
• United States
17 Nov 08
Makes sense.
@animeniak (425)
• United States
16 Nov 08
The last time I bought myself a CD is a game CD I bought last year, probably late November or early December. I spent $20 + tax for that thing, and I think I enjoyed that game for like less than a month and quit, because that game is sooooooooooooooo boring. That game needs some debugging, for updates, functionality, those kinds of things. I listed that thing on ebay for sale, and really surprising.... the number of bids for that game is... amazing -_- and the price too! Like I said above, I bought that game for $20 + tax, and right now the last bid is at the half price of that!!! I guess I'm lucky... if the buyer actually does pay for that thing, I'll be so happy, go to walmart, buy 2 blank CD cases and an envelope, and stuff them in there and send it right away lol. Happy mylotting ~
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@judinbo (312)
• Malaysia
15 Nov 08
now, we can get songs very easy by just download it..so i think, people dont wanna waste their money to buy a cd right? i think in another year, the cd method is not releven anymore if we want to get a songs
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@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
16 Nov 08
It's been awhile since i've bought cd's too. Every so often I'll join BMG just for the huge beginning deal. I don't really burn cds much either. I like to listen to the radio more than a cd. I get bored of the same sound. That's why I love my ipod, because I can put a huge variety of music on it and not have to hear the same sounding music solidly.
• United States
16 Nov 08
See I can't stand listening to the radio. It seems whenever I turn it on to listen, they are playing songs I don't like, or too many commercials. I'll listen to it now and then to get a sense of the new songs that are out, but as soon as a song comes on I don't like, I change the station till I find a song I can listen to, and if I can't, I pop in a CD.
@idowrite72 (2213)
• United States
16 Nov 08
I buy cds all the time and have so many that I have run out of room to put them all. I have a juke box that I need to load with some of them and have to decide which ones are going in it, but haven't even started to do that. I have had the juke box for almost a year!! I need to make the cards for it and don't know how. I also have NEVER made a cd before off the computer, so it is something I need to learn to do, although I am sure that it isn't that difficult. I think that I have over 200 cds and the juke box holds 100, but there were a few in it when I bought it, since it is used and came from a bowling alley. I need to find someone who services juke boxes and really should call around or maybe call the bowling alley and ask them who they had look at it when they needed something checked on it. I don't think there is anything major wrong with it, but I would like to have it checked out and it does need some light bulbs and some cleaning up. I think I'm a little concerned with the cost$$$$!
• United States
22 Nov 08
Yes, I still buy CD's. For me nothing beats opening up the case and putting the cd in to the cd player or into the computer for the first time. And I always take my CD's any where that I go so it's easier for the purpose of listening to them while driving, since I can just put the CD in and go. I dread listening to the radio, which is why I take the CD's. nothing on the radio that I want to listen to.
• United States
15 Nov 08
I haven't bought a CD since about 5 years ago, and it was only because it was Eminem and I usually like all his songs. Whenever I see a CD that I'm interested in it's only because I like around 2 songs on it and I just can't waste $50 dollars on that (that's how much it costs back home in my country). So I usually just download what I like and make a mix CD of it. I even did that to my Evanescence CD and i actually like all the songs on it. I keep contemplating to buy the CD but I don't have a CD player anymore and all i need is the plug-in to listen to my ipod in the car. I don't think that much people listen to CDs anymore since they can just upload to their ipod and then listen to it in the ipod dock.
• United States
15 Nov 08
The last time I bought a CD was because I wanted to be sure I supported the artist instead of downloading their music for free. I wanted to keep up with that, but buying CD's is too expensive.
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
16 Nov 08
I have not bought any in a while as of now.. I do need to get me some new ones.. I have thrown away some several months back, that I no longer needed.. They had many scratches on them.. I have to get some new ones..
@dhatam7 (258)
• India
16 Nov 08
I have bought a lot of CDs in the last few months, thanks to Mosarbaer who gives who movie CDs for just 30 rupees. This is a campaign by Mosarbaer to stop video piracy in India & I hope it succeeds!!!
• United States
17 Nov 08
no, not with programs like LimeWire or Bearshare
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
16 Nov 08
I haven't purchased a CD in forever but when the new Deftones CD "Eros" comes out it will be a great buy.
@kdhartford (1151)
• United States
16 Nov 08
I still like and buy CDs every once in a while. I guess that I'm a little old-fashioned, but I still like to feel things. Electronic is fine for most stuff. I still think that the artists need to be paid for their creativity and work.
@gemini_rose (16264)
16 Nov 08
I still buy cds I have not got the hang of making my own yet! I think the last time I bought a cd was a few weeks ago it seemed really good but when I played it I did not like it at all, so I sold it on ebay! I do like to have the proper cds though because I like to have the proper case and everything and then I can always sell them on if I do not like them anymore.
@Metalchick (1391)
16 Nov 08
I know exactly what you mean and although you don't get the artwork that would normally come with a bought CD the amount of money you will be saving each time will be incredible. I tend to download more than I buy nowadays for solely this reason. It's just much more convenient too in terms of doing it from home and not having to go out and buy a copy. Occasionally i'll buy a CD though because downloading can be a little time consuming so this does save time. Sometimes I think it's nice to get the real macoy as you get the artwork and special features on some too.
• Philippines
16 Nov 08
Well, sometimes but there are discounted ones for the old cds. If you're asking for the new ones, hell no. They're too expensive.
@julise (494)
• Indonesia
16 Nov 08
I don't buy CD anymore. I don't remember when was the last time I buy CD... hmmm probably more than 10 years ago... hahaha. The thing is, CDs are expensive. Why should I buy CD if I can download all my fave song from the internet? Anyway, even if I can't found it on the internet, my friend can always send it to me via email. For me, buying CD is a waste of money. But, watching your fave musician or band in concert is another thing. Even it's expensive, but it's different with buying CD.
• India
16 Nov 08
no i dont buy cds anymore but earlier i used to but now days every singe band have either one or two songs worth listing to so why to waste money on them instead make u r own fav list burn it and listen to it