A question for Jens

[giovannivarius]

I recently listened to "the last viking" album and I really love it and i want to know how can I get it, i live in mexico and I could not find it anywhere

[fernandotcl]

Same here. Also make sure you get Johansson - Sonic Winter, btw.

I'm in the process of "de-piratizing" my collection, but some albums are really hard to find (I'm starting with the easier ones). I'd say eBay is your best option in some cases.

[browneyedgirl]

http://www.cdbaby.com

That website had it for $16.99. Also, all of Jens other albums were offered, too.

[fernandotcl]

One major problem is currency exchange rates. I don't know about Mexico, but in Brazil importing stuff can be really expensive.

And I'm not even talking about shipping, which might or might not be a lot of money, depending on the product (I don't think it's the case for CDs, anyways).

[Babylon]

Exchange rate in Mexico is about $14.00 pesos for $1 USD. I used to have that CD, I actually found it at a store here (Mixup) a while back, but I sold it

[fernandotcl]

Exchange rate in Mexico is about $14.00 pesos for $1 USD. I used to have that CD, I actually found it at a store here (Mixup) a while back, but I sold it

I might be stating the obvious here, but that doesn't mean much unless you know how much a Mexican peso is worth. Currency by itself doesn't measure purchasing power parity (i.e., with US$1.00 you buy much more stuff in the US than you can buy in Brazil with R$1.00). But yea, I imagine Mexico shouldn't be too different from Brazil in this context.

The bottomline is, it's much easier to have a CD collection in the US or western Europe than it is in Brazil, Mexico or other developing countries because imports are expensive.

[fernandotcl]

I just found this. Not sure how useful it is.

[giovannivarius]

my problem is that i dont have credit card, sometimes I can borrow it from my mom, another problem is the shipping, because it is so expensive and i dont have so much money, well, i think i will save some money and then see what can i do.
thank you for all the answers