I subscribed to emusic.. but found myself sifting through selections which were classic "cut-outs"... the stuff that never sold and which was sale bin material.
Subscriptions are renewed automatically.. so you will see on your credit card statement they have taken the initiative ( without warning you ) to renew your subscription.
Once that happened I dropped them immediately ( even with over 50 songs to my credit ). I got partial refund.
You are right about the automatic charge deal. I kind of expected it because of the 50 free songs, but it is a little shifty.
But the "cut off" selection is not the case anymore. I like to buy the cd as opposed to by the song to have the jacket liner. But I found a lot on here I really wanted and either cant find the cd, or dont want the whole cd.
Yeah, I remember the Columbia House free CDs. It's never really "free". It would sure make sense if Floydsrecordshop.com or Louisianamusicfactory.com would decide to sell mp3 downloads of individual tunes -- or full length releases rather than only offering CDs via snail mail.
But, there's just something about the smell of offset printing, the feel of a CD wrapped around your pinkie, and the jewel case that is missing a hinge that just makes ya feel warm and fuzzy.
I believe at least La Louisianne has mp3's available, but not through them. You might ask them who they are contracting through. I had this discussion with the owner before when they were ragging on Neal.