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Posted on February 17th, 2009 by Barry Collins
Amazon charges £5 to wash Lily Allen’s mouth out
They say manners cost nothing. On Amazon.co.uk they cost precisely £4.99. The wonderfully cheap Amazon download store is currently flogging the explicit version of Lily Allen’s new It’s Not Me, It’s You album for the astonishingly cheap price of £3.
Want the same album without the effing and blinding? That will cost you £7.99.
Who’d have thought a bleep machine and a couple of asterisks could be so expensive?
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February 17th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Its only because they know that her fanbase is either a}stupid or b} 13 years old.
February 18th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Thanks for that PCPro that was really interesting, honest it was, really, its just the sort of information every busy IT professional needs to know about. So a BIG THANKYOU for that, keep up the good work (sorry, hope that doesn’t come across as sarcastic or anything
February 18th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Richard, it’s a Blog entry, – it’s allowed to be as trivial as the author chooses. (Although this does raise a issue about the prominence of the Blog entries.)
Regarding the issue at hand (the extra charge for washing Lily Allen’s mouth out), presumably it is simple market forces. The ‘altered’ version of the album is essentially a niche product, and therefore would be expected to be more expensive (due to smaller economies of scale). Also, I imagine someone has worked out that parents will pay a significant premium for a ‘clean’ version, especially if their children are insisting on getting a copy.
February 18th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Lily who?
Hmm, coming over to the UK shortly, so might find out…
February 19th, 2009 at 5:09 am
On Spotify, F**k You is more popular than its original. Interestingly, it’s the only track for which the censored version is offered. I’m trying to decide if it’s more popular because of its comedy element or because having the f-word blasting out of your speakers quite that frequently could be a problem in some circumstances.
Inconsistent application of a promotional discount?
February 20th, 2009 at 9:55 am
So where exactly is this £3 download? All the ones I can see are £7.99?
February 20th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Forget that…I am an idiot….I was looking on iTunes…the NOT so cheap music download site….
April 9th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Lily Allen – Alfie Lyrics…
Allen showed her fourth song on her MySpace page, titled “Who’d of Known”, noting that the track had been recorded for the album but would not be included because of legal issues since the chorus is musically……