[Vivienne]

Woolworths are stopping the CD singles! From August this year, they will all be binned! Oh no.

What do you think of this?

[Ezza]

I download my music or buy the albums so I don't really mind. Do people still buy singles?

[pjordan2000]

To be honest, I can't remember the last time I bought a CD single. I download all my singles now, but still purchase albums on CDs.

[Yudster]

It was only ever a matter of time. Sales of CD singles are at an all time low, and CD albums are dropping. The way people buy music has changed and it won't change back.

[Vivienne]

I download my music or buy the albums so I don't really mind. Do people still buy singles?

Me. Learning how to download is on my list of things to achieve during 2008.

[pjordan2000]

I still prefer to buy albums on CD though. Usually through Play.com as it's fairly cheap and I get Nectar points too.....

[Vivienne]

Play.com... I have written this down. I normally get albums from TESCO.

[pjordan2000]

cd-wow.com is another one which is pretty good but their selection isn't as wide.

The reason play.com is cheaper is because they are internet based and head office is located in Jersey I believe

[MK Chris]

Learning how to download is on my list of things to achieve during 2008.

By being on the internet you technically have already downloaded. Downloading songs (legally) is simply putting in your payment details in return for a link to download (depending on which service you use).

I haven't bought a single for years. I tend to download albums and if I like it I'll buy it.

[Vivienne]

Yeh, but I would have to download to an MP3 player, which I gave away to Charla. I may get another one, and learn stuff.

[rustybike]

When buying anything (absolutely anything) online... don't forget to use Quidco! You'll get free cashback with every order. It's fab! I've just got my May payment in my paypal account yesterday for £25! Thank you HMV, Play.com, Interflora and Game!

[Console]

I don't spend enough for Quidco to be really worth it for me - the most I've ever gotten back is about £6.

[rustybike]

I don't spend enough for Quidco to be really worth it for me - the most I've ever gotten back is about £6.

Really? I tend to check quidco before anything, especially for deals that don't include paying for anything. Mrs RB has just signed up to a monthly film company (like lovefilm.com) and the deal was something on the lines of: Sign up, order some DVDs, get them, watch them, send them back, cancel, and we'll give you £10 for it" No spending involved whatsoever. Where as I think lovefilm caught onto that and they've done the same deal except they have to charge you first before you get your cashback, which is still good as the cheapest deal is £9.99 a month for 1 DVD per week and the cash back is £15. So you gain a fiver.

I've previously done my insurance through quidco, which is quite nice when you've paid 100 and something pounds on the deposit and the cashback percentage is 10%, I've done holidays, random shopping, etc. I think it's quite good. It's a shame you've only ever got £6 from them though.

[Vivienne]

How do you actually use this Quidco whilst buying off play.com?

[Console]

You have to go to the quidco website and use their link to play.com before buying stuff. Going through the quidco site sets a cookie in your browser that play.com uses to give a referral fee to quidco.

[Vivienne]

Gee. thanx so much.. I will try this in due course.

[Vivienne]

When buying anything (absolutely anything) online... don't forget to use Quidco! You'll get free cashback with every order. It's fab! I've just got my May payment in my paypal account yesterday for £25! Thank you HMV, Play.com, Interflora and Game!

Right, I've just visited quidco (investigating), and went from there to an Avon Shop. However, I see no ability to use Paypal, as you have stated... would you get cashback anyway?

[Console]

When you use the Quidco site to go to shops and buy something, Quidco get a referral fee (usually a percentage of the purchase price), and they pass this back to the customer (after a yearly £5 admin fee). The shops themselves don't necessarily use paypal, but Quidco can deposit the money they get back into a paypal account, or a bank account, for you - it doesn't matter how you pay the shops as long as you go through a logged in quidco account.

[Vivienne]

Fantastico!!!! I will join at some point from another computer. This library one prevents the ability to join quidco.