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I tend to wait 3-5 months between orders (with the exception being the rare title that'll sell out in a few days, or one that LLL or BSX offers autographed if you're among the first X number of buyers).
Although the main reason I can buy so many soundtrack albums is A, the primary reason I prefer to wait and get a few months worth of releases in a single order is to save on the shipping costs. While I'm in Canada and don't face as high a shipping burden as many others who are further out, paying about $31 for a hypothetical shipment of fifteen 2CD albums (based on Intrada's shipping prices) is a heck of a cheaper than what I'd pay if I only ordered one or two albums at a time.
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Sometimes when a particular deal comes up i order lots that I've been meaning to (like a BSX order i did recently).
Speaking of BSX... I did the same thing almost two weeks ago, but unfortunatelly I have no back information if my order has been sent, no online update whatsoever, nor I have a reply to any of the 4 (!!) emails I have sent to them.
Dear tarasis, could you please share your experience with your BSX orders, did you have any communication problems with them as I have now, or maybe some delays?? Thank you in advance.
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Jul 18, 2013 - 9:45 AM
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Chris Avis
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c. You are addicted to this stuff. Money be damned.
d. You go to buy one and then you think, "What the heck, why not 2?"
These two are factors that warrant more discussion around these parts. I myself have gotten into phases of rampant addictive collecting from time to time and it's not something I'm proud of. I'll convince myself to buy CDs that are heavily discussed on boards even though I've not heard of the score before or am not particularly enamored with a particular composer (yet convince myself that if others are raving it *must* be good). I have a couple of dozen CDs sitting on my shelf that I never spin and am slowly trading away.
I also find that when I'm in that kind of mindset, I never look at the wealth of CDs that I already have (which would last me weeks if I were to play them all back-to-back) but constantly focus on what I don't have, or what's coming next.
I do have to admit that the flooding of the market, so to speak, has helped me to reduce this behaviour somewhat as there's fewer extremely quick sell outs and "buy it now or it's gone" impulse buys. But, on the other hand, this board in particular doesn't help things with its increasing tendency to orient itself towards the "what's coming out next / gotta collect it all" mentality. When I first came here, well over a decade ago, the floodgates hadn't opened for the labels and it was more healthy and interesting discussion about the art of film music itself rather than bottlecap collecting.
I suspect there's many here, whether they admit it or not, that collect addictively and I don't think this board helps that behaviour a lot.... sometimes it's like alcoholics running the liquor store; instead of discussing the virtues of this wine or that, it's all about when the next shipment will arrive. Thoughts?
Chris.
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Some CDs are insanely cheap. So why not order many at one time?
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I am wondering why some people order lots of CDs at one time. Which of the following applies to you?
a. You have a good job, extra money to spend.
b. You want to support the labels. You take months to pay it off on credit cards, but you know you did your part.
c. You are addicted to this stuff. Money be damned.
d. You go to buy one and then you think, "What the heck, why not 2?" The next thing you know, you have ordered 10 items.
e. other
For me, its all of the above. But mostly C. I am a film score addict. Is there a Film Score Anonymous? lol
Keep in mind I know many buy a lot from a specific retailer like SAE or The Movie Music Store etc. to save on shipping. That might also be a reason as well on top of your others 
I think it all depends on each person, we don't all fit into one category I would imagine.
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I think it all depends on each person, we don't all fit into one category I would imagine.
That's the whole point of having a multiple choice question.
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