prophet@umcp-cs.UUCP (Dennis Gibbs) (01/11/85)
<>
Has anyone out there in netland had any experience with a company called "The
Essentials Marketing"? This company sells audiophile disks such as Mobile
Fidelity Sound Labs Original Half-Speed Mastered recordings, and also Telarcs
and Japanese Imports. Also they have Nautilus and Sheffield Labs recordings,
as well as Compact Discs and accessories.
Their prices are not the best I have seen, but they do have hard-to-find
audiophile versions of several albums that I have not seen in the stores. I
would like to order from them, but I thought I would ask for the experiences
of those who have already ordered from them first...Does anyone know anything
about this company???
Dennis
--
Call-Me: Dennis Gibbs, Univ. of Md. Comp. Sci. Center.
UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!prophet
CSNet: prophet@umcp-cs
BITNET: GIBBS@UMDB
ARPA: prophet@Marylandwmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (01/15/85)
I have bought some stuff from The Essentials in the past. Their regular prices are not too great, even though you can usually get 20% off on your total order and this might beat local audiophile-salon prices. However, if you find things that you want in their closeout or discontinued items section, and THEN get the 20% off (I think this is nominally an "initial-order" discount), the prices work out to be fairly good. (My price standards are rather rigorous, I admit -- I figure that what a dealer pays at CES for sample copies is the "fair" price. This is usually about half retail, and hard to get unless you have contacts.) Anyway, I've had no complaints about delivery or service from my dealings with The Essentials. I've received their catalogs for some time now, though I haven't ordered recently. Regards, Will Martin USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA