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Topic started by Rajaraman (@ 192.122.135.224) on Fri Dec 19 22:36:52 EST 1997.
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• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.135.224) on: Fri Dec 19 22:49:48 EST 1997
  
  This is a spur-of-the-moment idea, after I saw
  the not getting "thenpaandi singam", KM cd's, in
  a different thread.
  
  I guess most of these releases will be available
  in singapore, so it should not be a big problem
  getting cassettes/cds you want mailed to you.
  (The problem is in money payments, but I have
  thought of a strategy already.)
  
  Will you be interested if we open a web store as
  part of TFM page? Here you'll be able to just
  click and buy cds/cassettes 24 hrs, 7 days a week.
  
  What we want to do is: Sign a contract with a
  decent music dealer, pass orders from TFM page
  and ask them to mail it to you.
  
  As has always been, TFM Group doesn't want to
  make money here. It's a small service(if any)
  that we want to do to TFM community.
  Whoever is reading this: PLS POST A REPLY.
  yes/no will be enough, if you can write in length.
  
  Thanks.
  
  
• From: Bhaskar (@ ww-tb03.proxy.aol.com) on: Sat Dec 20 00:23:54 EST 1997
  
  Rajaraaman:
  
  Should be a great place for us in US!!
  
  Eagerly awaiting it's arrival :)
  
  
• From: Gokul (@ p1.echostar.com) on: Sat Dec 20 02:24:10 EST 1997
  
  Rajaram:
  
  Sounds good. Especially when I am dying to listen
  to KM , TPS etc.
  
  
• From: pg (@ client-116-56.bellatlantic.net) on: Sat Dec 20 07:46:13 EST 1997
  
  A great idea. I am just wondering about customs (if any) etc for guys in US.
  
  
• From: Gopal (@ 1cust3.tnt1.sarasota.fl.gt.uu.net) on: Sat Dec 20 09:21:06 EST 1997
  
  Good, Good!!
  
  
• From: Shashi (@ 137.197.214.72) on: Sat Dec 20 12:14:20 EST 1997
  
  Great idea.
  
  
• From: Rajesh (@ pdxss902.jf.intel.com) on: Sat Dec 20 15:39:13 EST 1997
  
  Excellent idea.
  
  
• From: Satish (@ cs-line16.cs.umn.edu) on: Sat Dec 20 16:12:46 EST 1997
  
  
  Rajaraman,
  
  The idea is good, but I don't understand how you can run something like this without worrying about profit?
  
  I think, you are essentially saying that TFMpage is going to create a web page for one dealer (who ever that is going to be). With a list of all soundtracks that this dealer carries.
  
  If not, then you probably meant that TFM page will have a list of ALL movies of TFM. We can select any film from the list and the dealer will guarantee that he will get the movie.
  
  From what I have heard, the second option is very risky. It is not cost-effective at all for a dealer. Usually they deal in bulk. I can't see any dealer ordering just one movie from a distributor (say in India) and mailing it to someone, say, in US. The guy has to close shop pretty soon - or the burden is going to fall on the customer (high priced cassettes and CDs). I have heard that to get one (say, "thenpaandi singam") CD the dealer has to order some 50 other CDs so that he can get a shipment delivered.
  
  Also getting bound (by a contract) to one dealer is also a problem. No competition. No negotiations on prices!
  
  Also, you said TFM maintenance group is not interested in profit. You can guaranteeing clientele for a dealer. How can you not take advantage of this situation? The dealer has to become a sponsor of the tfmpage.com.
  
  --
  Just some of my random thoughts..
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.140.79) on: Sat Dec 20 20:53:12 EST 1997
  
  Satish,
  
  you have answered your questions by yourself.
  Yes.. we want the seller to become a sponsor
  for us during the contract period. Assuming
  the deal materialises, we might even think
  of upgrading to a even better server, perhaps a
  dedicated SUN Ultra. : )
  
  I'm not interested in hosting a
  webpage for the dealer, without any profit
  motive. It'll be more like a routing service
  on behalf of TFM net community.
  Apart from latest CD's, we'll try to get you
  old and not-so-commonly-available cassettes
  too.
  
  Of course, all this comes only if I can be
  sure there is a market. I'm aware that there
  are > 250 people (the count is > 3500 for
  all the pages) accessing DF
  pages every month. If about 50-100 become
  prospective buyers, then I'll be able to convince the seller/dealer easily.
  
  **It needs your support during the initial (tough)
  period**. Once we are thru with this phase, then
  the future will be great. If everything turns out
  out way, I'll try my best to get discounts
  on many cd's(especially on large orders).
  
  My ultimate (rather ambitious) aim is to become
  something as attractive as an amazon.com site.
  
  Looking fwd to your support. Feel free to voice
  your concerns, if there is any.
  
  
  
  
• From: Thomas (@ access-isdn1-16.oz.psu.edu) on: Sun Dec 21 19:58:55 EST 1997
  
  I don't know if anyone knows this but there is a pretty good list of tamil and other regional languages available for mail order at
  http://www.webcom.com/raag/ind-cd.html
  
  But it does take then some time to get the latest soundtracks on the list, but they all come in after a small wait usually. Check it out!
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.135.224) on: Sun Dec 21 21:18:03 EST 1997
  
  Anyone who has tried buying from Raag or H&M
  like to share their experiences?
  How much every CD finally works out to be?(actual+mailing charges). I feel the final
  charge can be much lower if done thru singapore
  money.
  
  How long it takes to see the CD on hand after you
  clicked the BUY button?
  
  Any other comments?
  
  
• From: easwaran hariharan (@ proxy-lvl1.net.bms.com) on: Mon Dec 22 10:31:50 EST 1997
  
  Rajaraman,
  It is great idea. if you find some one to sponser
  this site, that would be really great..
  
  Regarding ragg, I did buy lot of cds thruough
  them. Usually It took two weeks to get my
  cds, after I ordered them. But Browsing their site and finding the right cd is tedious task. I did find
  that most of the cds, they dont have listing of all the songs. It is very difficult to buy a cd, if you
  dont know the list of songs. I did ask them to
  put more detail. There could be some practical problems in doing it. Anyhow I stopped completely buying assorted collections thru their web site.
  They did have some promotions running, but usually it worked out around 12$ for single cd. if you want the actual figure, I can dig my old bills and find out for you.
  
  e.hari
  
  
  
• From: Bhaskar (@ dutyfree.proxy.lucent.com) on: Mon Dec 22 19:33:57 EST 1997
  
  Rajaraaman:
  
  I have bought about 15-20 CDs from Raag, the customer service is excellent. I haven't had any problems either buying from them or with the quality of the CD's. I will pay around average $12 US dollars for a single CD. They also have a 1-800 Toll free number to place the orders. The only draw back at this place is since they can't predict how much demand is there for a particular CD they tend not to keep lot of CD's on the inventory, they order whatever CD we want at any point of time. Hence it will take typically one to two weeks to get the CD of your choice. Sometimes we might not get some CDs that are listed since the manufacturers would have stopped making those CDs.
  
  As far as the money transaction goes with they are perfect and convienient, since they accept credit card over telephone.
  
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.135.224) on: Mon Dec 22 20:17:24 EST 1997
  
  Thanks for the response E.Hari, bhaskar and satish.
  
  Basically I started this thread to do a kind
  of "feasibility study". So far, not so bad.
  Let me collect all the responses and think over.
  
  If there is any other point, you are welcome
  to post. If you feel that discussing here is a
  bad idea, you can also email me.
  
  
• From: Thomas (@ access-isdn1-14.oz.psu.edu) on: Mon Dec 22 21:50:17 EST 1997
  
  Rajaraman,
  Do you have the website address of H&M?? Haven't heard of it...
  
  
• From: Gopal (@ 1cust38.tnt1.sarasota.fl.gt.uu.net) on: Mon Dec 22 22:07:35 EST 1997
  
  http://www.webindia.com/handm
  
  

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