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iTunes Japan sells albums for 50 yen - Accidentally

25 August 2005 3:20 by James "Dela" Delahunty | 10 comments

Apple's iTunes music store has a rep for offering quite expensive music downloads, a fact that even major record labels are getting fed up with. However, it emerged last Thursday that Apple was selling full albums in it's iTunes music store for less than all other music services available; just 50 yen (equivalent of about �0.36). The reason the price sounds far too good to be true... is because it was.

Apple immediately moved in to say that the price move, which as about 30 time less than it should have been, was simply a "terrible mistake". The company pointed out that the price change only hit a few dozen less popular albums. iTunes has already been popular in Japan, selling over 1 million tracks in just four days after the service launched in the country.

Source:
The Inquirer

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Discuss this article!
Makere (Inactive) 25 August 2005 3:32
GG Apple. [ + quote]
Lethal_B (Moderator) 25 August 2005 3:44
Hahahahaahahahah You Have To Laugh!! [ + quote]
rihgt682 (Senior Member) 25 August 2005 13:47
that is funny. If it was .36cent i would pay for my songs now. [ + quote]
jangalang (Junior Member) 25 August 2005 15:03
Wow. 2 bad i didnt catch that. [ + quote]
Phoenix21 (Member) 25 August 2005 16:01
how could you miss that lol [ + quote]
Phoenix21 (Member) 25 August 2005 16:02
oh i wasn't saying that to you jangalang sorry [ + quote]
kinza (Senior Member) 26 August 2005 18:13
it's .36 euros [ + quote]
Reasons? (Inactive) 27 August 2005 18:01
Anyone who noticed that in Japan, got a ton of music for nothing. [ + quote]
catfreak (AfterDawn Addict) 28 August 2005 15:49
�Serves those greedy so-and-sos at Apple right ... [ + quote]
Lethal_B (Moderator) 30 August 2005 13:30
tru catfreak. everything they sell is stylish but never quite top-of-the-market [ + quote]