I received this email on my Squidoo Lens from someone who claims to be an Alloffmp3 user. I'm am naturally suspicious of websites like Alloffmp3.org and allofmp3-i.com because they are obvious attempts to capture traffic intended for Allofmp3.com. Despite a misleading domain name, I have marked them as reliable on my lens because users suggested them and I really have no way to verify whether a user is truthful or not.
Considering all users credible is perhaps a bad policy but, if you pay any of the sites, the websites probably will let you download mp3s, as one user who gets scammed will severely hurt their business. The cost of the domain, hosting, and web design are probably not worth scamming a few customers. So I think that, except for a few mistakes here and there, most of the Russian Mp3 Sites can be considered reliable in the sense that if you pay for it,
you will receive your desired mp3. The confirmation of a site's reliability by customers on my Squidoo lens is required mainly to foster discussion about the sites and to hear about bad experiences. Even if someone who works for one of the sites gets me to call their site reliable, chances are it actually is reliable.
Anyway, I'm not sure what to make of this email; is it an honest review or a company promotion? It looks to me that it is written by someone who learned english as second language, but they do give real praise and criticism. If this is from a company promoter, I'd much prefer it if you contacted me through my lens and provided information about your company, instead of writing fake emails. Otherwise, I apologize to Nick or whoever sent the email, unless of course the email really did come from George W. Bush, who has much more important things to be doing.
"Thanks for this page, I have just given allOFFmp3.org a go, and I am fairly impressed.
The payment options from the money bunch were a little confusing, but I could pay without extra charges with a visa card. I went for $20 credit, an it was available instantly.
Prices seem somewhat random, length is generally a factor, but it still seems a bit hit and miss. Albums with a lot of longish tracks, (say 10 x 6 minuters) can work out a lot more expensive than the same amount of time in one chunk).
They seem rather weak on stuff like modern american bluegrass, but have a VERY impressive range of modern electronic, (Berlin School and others).
The web site is nothing like as easy to use as "all OF mp3", and there is no download manager, but it works. In short, a few rough edges and inconsistent pricing, but lots of stuff that "all of" does not stock. I'll be getting more!" --Nick <president@whitehouse.gov>
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Hi there, I was looking around for some mp3s and found them on alloffmp3.com. I signed up paid my money and when I tried to download it came back with an error saying there was a problem. My immediate thought was that I had be swizzed.
HOWEVER, I later received an email from the service saying there had indeed been a problem and that all had been resolved.
In the meantime I had found your blog while I was looking to see if anyone else was sharing my experiences.
So I logged back in and true to their word the service was up and running so I was happy.
About the service. I am a club DJ and am alway on the look out for the latest tunes and i have been absolutely blown away by what I have found on this site.
Tunes that I can't buy anywhere online or sometimes find in the shops. Even things which to my knowledge are only knocking around on vinyl. This sounds like a blatent advert (which it most definately is not) but last night I was like a kid in candy shop and managed to find about 85% of all the sought after tracks I have been looking for over the last month.
The search facility is pretty crappy and browsing is not really much of an option. If you know the artists you are looking for, or the exact name of the track you want then this site is great.
They also have a few lists of the latest UK and US charts etc but these don't really demonstrate the depth of what the site seems to have available.
I did find a couple of links which seemed not to work and the interface can get a bit hung up 'encoding' these files but this happened twice out of about 15 downloads.
The listening interface works well and they have adopted a fast-forwarding approach in the sample which will play about 10 seconds fast forward a bit, play some more and so on. This is very helpful, I am always a bit frustrated when the 30 second sample you get on some other site seems to miss out the best or worst parts of the music.
So over all: not that user friendly, found downloads a bit slow, they seem to max out at about 50kbps on my system. I am used to 100-200kbps on some other sites.
This site is all about its content and having used a lot of the mp3 sites I am very happy to have found this one which seems to cater for my particular (non mainstream) tastes really rather well.
Thanks Ross
Oh my god, I friggin' LOVE this site. Alloffmp3.org is nuts when it comes to DJ-friendly and electronic music - seemingly from the 90's to today. I knw you immediately sound like a phony lil' faker when you gush about a site, but I seriously can't believe the incredibly underground and interesting collection this site seems to boast in endless supply. It all started when I was listening to my crappy coppy of Nalin INC's "African Harvest" and I thought, gee whiz - I sure would like a better copy of this tune... mine had an awful glitch in it. Of course, since I'd only ever heard the song on German vinyl, I was highly doubtful I'd ever locate it - as iTunes and Rhapsody are definitely not stocking a lot of German 12"s at this point, if ever. I did a search for the track online and, oh my god - they HAD IT. Not only that track, but almost the ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY of Olav Basoski, Mauro Picotto, Joy Kitikonti... I even typed in "Tillmann Uhrmacher" and found stuff I'd never once heard - and I worked at the only dance record store in LA for three years! The site is just awesome. Really can't recommend it enough. Okay, yeah - the search is a bit tought (although once you figure out that a lot of stuff is listed in "V/A" it's easier) and downloading can take a couple of tries, but I've received EVERY song I bought and for chrissake each one is only 15 cents. Oh my god... 15 cents? Yes, 15 muthafriggin' cents. I sound like an infomercial, but that's only coz I'm giddy. My only fear is that something will happen and the site will go away or something... ach! I'm scaring myself.
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