just want to share my bad experience with megamixx. Bumili ako sa kanila ng madonna greatest hits megamix cd single way back in 2002. napakamahal nga ng price php900 for 2 tracks only! i am a die hard madonna fan kaya ok lang. i collect all stuff about madonna. yun kasi yung rare promo cd na release ng warner. so paguwi ko ng house pag open ko cd burn lang pala! stupid ko talaga! grabe niloko ko! di ko na nga naasikaso na return yon.
napansin ko din pala noon na they sell some madonna concerts and videos bootleg versions. pero in fairness sa kanila marami sila tinda madonna singles. sa store lang nila ako nakakabili ng mga ganun. kaya lang hinayang talaga ako sa nangyari. :'(
not that i am defending megamixx and i'm not sure if you are aware of this, but CD promos come in 2 variants... pressed and acetates.
and from what you told us, it is still likely that what you got came from warner itself. i myself have a few promo acetates and they are all burned on CD-Rs... the best way to know if you've been had is to check the disc imprint and the case. promo acetates usually come in a printed sleeve bearing the recording company's logo or in a regular jewel case with the track name, artist and listing printed on plain white paper. the disc itself looks like a plain CD-R without any brand on it. and the track listing is "silk screened" into the non-read side.
acetates are like the "vinyl while label" versions in CD format... and are really quite pricey simply because they usually contain tracks not found in a commercial release and/or are produced in limited quatities (usually only a couple of hundred or less). also they are released weeks (and sometimes months) ahead of the street date.
here's an example of a CD-R acetate promo with a pre printed sleeve .... (note the CD is a CD-R and this item is being sold for US$40):
and here's one with a simple white cover (computer printed also. LOL.) no idea about the price... got this at a catalog:
** i took the liberty of using madonna examples... because there are so many! LOL. please note however that these are all the real thing. they may be CD-Rs but they came directly from warner's offices worldwide.
sorry for the change in topic... but while megamixx isn't the cheapest place to buy, i think they are very upfront and will not hesitate to tell you if you are getting a bootleg or the genuine article.
