So, I thought I would be the coolest kid on the block (not to be confused with new kid on the block) and actually pay something for the new Radiohead album. Thought is the operative word. I must say that it's cool that they are allowing you to name your price, and even cooler that they actually kept this under wraps until 10 days before the release. That's one way of working with (not suing) the torrent generation.
But, then I got this verification message. Verified by Visa? Is this real? You want my credit card number (again), my name (again), and the last 4 digits of my social, too? Fuck you. You had me until social. Fraudulent or not, I've never seen that shit before. So, I'll take my new album for free, thanks. But good job on everything else. I was only going to pay you 5 bucks, anyway.
I gotta say, plenty of things are spooking me out about the net these days, and that's one of them.
Posted by: captain flummox | October 02, 2007 at 09:44 AM
Nice strategy:
"Not only will we do what we do for free, if you try to force your money on us, we'll make it as hard and uncomfortable as possible for you to do so."
Posted by: Cam Beck | October 02, 2007 at 04:33 PM
I wonder if they added that in shortly after the release date. I didn't ever see that. When did you try to buy it?
Posted by: Chris Wilson | October 16, 2007 at 08:10 AM