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I'm sure Spotnick would have jumped on this, but I scooped him haha!
SO ANYWAY
Ladies and gentlemen, after a few weeks of discussions and still in the mood of NewOrderOnline's second anniversary, we are proud to announce that, in collaboration with Rhino Records, we will be giving away 5 copies of the soon-to-be-released U.S. version of NewOrder's boxset RETRO.
More details very very soon...
and good luck to everyone!
Oh yes, I almost forgot...
These boxsets will ALL have the bonus 5th disc.
This competition *might* only be opened to U.S. and Canada residents... that aspect still needs to be discussed between Nicolas and I.
Originally posted by Warm Hands, Cold Heart Oh yes, I almost forgot...These boxsets will ALL have the bonus 5th disc.This competition *might* only be opened to U.S. and Canada residents... that aspect still needs to be discussed between Nicolas and I.
Maybe you should consider opening the competition to the Aussie and New Zeland onliners, which are often forgotten.
Problem is, Rhino will not be sending the boxsets -- WE WILL.
I will probably sound like a cheap bastard, but unless the winners are ready to pay for the shipping, I'm not particularly interested in paying to ship packages like these (not one CD, but FIVE + booklet, etc.) as far as in Australia, New Zealand, Asia or even Europe, espcially if you consider that we'd be paying for sending a beautifil GIFT to perfect strangers after all! :)
Asking the winners to pay for the shipping would be complicated in the way that we would have to go to the post office first, then ask how much it would cost for each destination, and then wait for the money to come from another part of the world before sending it. Very complicated!
ON THE OTHER HAND, it would also cost a certain amount in the U.S. and Canada, and we might decide to ask the winners to pay for the shipping ANYWAY. So it wouldn't be so much more complicated to open the competition to everyone all over the world after all.
So if you're ready to pay for the shipping, I'd be ready to give it out to anyone, without distinction of where you live. 
What do you say?
Damned, he scooped me..
My message was:
A new contest will start as soon as I manage to create the page.
We have received today 7 copies of Retro US Edition with the bonus disc. 2 promotional copies for the webmasters, and 5 to do our contest, courtesy of Rhino.
So basically, let me the time to do a banner and the contest page.. this time, it's opened for everybody... BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY THE SHIPPING, because I have them all at my place.
P/S: The bonus discs are sealed and not included in the US Boxset.. it seems they are the UK discs, as the copyright is to London, the boxset has Rhino on it...
Personally, if I'd win one Retro-box then I certainly would pay (at least something, 50-75%?) the shipping charges IF the charges would be less than buying the box from store. That limited, 5cd Retro box costs something like 65-80 Euros (abt $68-83, £42-52) here in Finland. Perhaps you should do some reconnaissance about the shipping charges around the world before you decide if non-US people are allowed to participate. By the way, how big is that Retro-box? Does anybody have any pictures of it ant it's contents online?
Other than that, seems the same.. except the barcode is stripped.. as these are PROMO boxsets...! (sorry, "advanced copies" would be the right term)
I have no info whatsoever what kind of box it is (i have never even seen a Retro-box). Is it like a double jewel case (like Substance), but instead of 2 disc it holds 4, or is it some kind of gigantic cardboard-thingy that measures something like half meters in every direction... (Just trying to calculate how much sending it from USA to Finland would cost).
"gigantic cardboard-thingy that measures something like half meters in every direction"
That's more like it, sorry!
It cost 3.50 UK Pounds to ship from UK to Canada, if that helps.. but basically, it's MUCH MUCH cheaper than buying it!
Originally posted by Spotnick It cost 3.50 UK Pounds to ship from UK to Canada, if that helps.. but basically, it's MUCH MUCH cheaper than buying it!
Yeah, that's the way I figured it out too. If I win I'd be happy to pay the shipping fees in full :)
Not my best banner, but I'm tired.
Question for the contest is:
Where was recorded the version of Turn My Way that can be found on the Live Disc of Retro (venue and city)?
Not sure it's exactly like this, but you get the picture.. it should be quite easy for anyone to find, I spent so many nights building the damned discography, if you don't find it there, then just (*/&/(*&/(/* 
As we said, this is a WORLDWIDE contest, BUT if you win, you will have to SEND US the money for the shipping to your location. Of course, I would suggest to send it registered for obvious reasons, so keep that in mind please.
And once again, thank you very much to Rhino for letting us do this little competition, I'm sure everyone will be happy to participate.
I´m in but... do you have an idea of how much It´d cost to ship that to argentina? on us dollars, please :D
http://www.postescanada.ca/personal/rates/default-e.asp
Check there... 1$ CDN is more or less 65 cents US...
BTW, I have a Purolator counter in the building where I work, if that helps ;) Check them too...
As for the payment, Paypal might be the easiest way, but we'll then add the "Paypal" fees.
I'm sorry for that, but obviously, that's the downside of this contest, otherwise the contest would be North America only...
I checked out the "small packets" international section. is that right? btw, how much retro weights? between 0-100, 100-250g or 250-500g?
What are you all complaining about, the only way to get it in Croatia would be to order it and pay the full price and the shipping fees (I've had to order stuff from abroad for most of my youth anyway !).
Originally posted by JE SUIS EGG Retro is "gigantic"????????????So how would you describe "Palatine"?
Inconsequential
Originally posted by DoN I thought all the discs were blue
mine certainly are!
So are mine; a lovely dark blue.
Originally posted by Patrick > Originally posted by DoN> I thought all the discs were blue
So are mine; a lovely dark blue.
Mine too, except for the bonus disc.
Originally posted by Matti Poutanen I have no info whatsoever what kind of box it is (i have never even seen a Retro-box). Is it like a double jewel case (like Substance), but instead of 2 disc it holds 4, or is it some kind of gigantic cardboard-thingy that measures something like half meters in every direction... (Just trying to calculate how much sending it from USA to Finland would cost).
It's about 26cm x 13 cm x 2cm.
Originally posted by Patrick > Originally posted by DoN> I thought all the discs were blue
So are mine; a lovely dark blue.
Dark blue?
I need to adjust my glasses... I tought it was black ;)
Well, the US version are ROYAL BLUE... if you prefer.
Originally posted by Spotnick > Originally posted by Patrick> > > > Originally posted by DoN> > I thought all the discs were blue
So are mine; a lovely dark blue.
Dark blue?
I need to adjust my glasses... I tought it was black ;)
Well, the US version are ROYAL BLUE... if you prefer.
And the bonus disc is quite easy to mistake for a blank CDR until you read the tiny print round the centre hole!!!
Originally posted by Major Tarantino My CD's are white
Mine are a sort of silvery metallic colour on the one side, and predominantly white on the other.
Originally posted by ShugZV©
mines are all silver for what it's worth.
If so thats fookin well spooky cause i bought ours at exactly the same time from the same rack in the same shop!!
