The other day I decided to become more of a Yes completist and pick up their first two albums: 1969's Yes and 1970's Time and Word. A little poking around online and I cam up with the following prices:
- Buy and download the mp3 versions: at Amazon each album was $9.99, same price at the iTunes store.
- By the CD used at ebay: each was going for around $5, plus $3 in shipping.
- Buy the darnned things new: Amazon had each of them for $6.97. I wasn't about to try to find both of these pretty obscure titles at Target or Best Buy or Borders.
Who knew buying the physical product and having it shipped would be the cheapest? OK, I did cheat a little and bought a book at Amazon (Michael Palin's Diaries 1969-1979 The Python Years) to qualify for free shipping, but still.
