Welcome to the Buymusic.ca Blog

 

 

 

 

Greetings fellow music consumers and welcome to the buymusic.ca blog.

Here you will find various information relating to the purchase of music online and by mail, as well as sheet music, music instruments and memorabilia.

I will also be posting various commentaries and reviews in regards to these services and various related issues.

To begin either click on an option in the menu to your left, which features various source listings, or scroll down for my blog entries. And if you are aware of a Canadian music retailer or record convention or fair that I have missed, please contact me with details.

Thanks. And Enjoy.


March 1st, 2010 Comments Off on Welcome to the Buymusic.ca Blog An Introduction Rob McIntyre

Multiple Offers

If you are planning to subscribe to Apple Music and/or Disney+ and/or NordVPN, you should know that Rakuten Canada is offering more cash back for these services than usual; Up to $4 back on Apple Music, $25 back on Disney+ and up to 40% back on NordVPN until July 31st, 2022.

I suspect these higher rates for Disney+ and NordVPN are on new full year subscriptions but I could be wrong. And I know you can get up to 60% back on a two year subscriptions plus threat protect on a two year subscription with NordVPN.

There are also a bunch of bonus Back To School offers you might want to look into at Rakuten Canada.


July 27th, 2022 Comments Off on Multiple Offers Consumer Information Rob McIntyre

More from the President and CEO of Rogers

Click here for the July 24th, 2022 message to Rogers customers.

July 25th, 2022 Comments Off on More from the President and CEO of Rogers Consumer Information Rob McIntyre

Competition FTW

Prime Day has started and the competition is heating up at Canadian Tire, Best Buy Canada, Microsoft Canada, Newegg Canada and The Source for electronics and home appliances:

  • Canadian Tire is offering $30 worth of Triangle points on pre-tax purchases of $200 today (07/12), with reductions on various appliances, tools and equipment. There isn’t many offers when it comes to home entertainment but thought i’d mention them anyway.
  • On the other hand Best Buy Canada and Newegg Canada are offering big discounts on home entertainment and appliances, so it may be worth your while to shop around.
  • The Source has a good selection so if you can find something cheeper there you should know that they’re offering $20 discounts on $150 purchases. And Microsoft Canadaicon has decided to lower their prices on their ASUS and Levono laptops, as well as their Surfaceicon line of tablets, laptops, etc.
  • And cash back is available from Rakuten on most purchases at all of the above mentioned stores and others, as well as a $30 bonus if you’re a new user.

Sennheiser (Canada) Inc.

July 12th, 2022 Comments Off on Competition FTW Consumer Information, Events Rob McIntyre

Prime Day Tips

Prime Day is about to begin in a few hours at Amazon.ca, at 3am Eastern tomorrow, so I thought i’d give you some tips:

  • A trial membership should be available for free by clicking here. Details will be provided at that site.
  • Eligible students can join Prime Student, which is currently provided free for six months and $4.99/month afterwards. Access to Prime Video, Amazon Music Prime, Prime Gaming, and Prime Reading is of course included. Click here for details.
  • With membership, popular Prime Video movie rentals will be available for rental at $2.99 or less, these films being available for purchase at a reduced price. This offer ends on July 13th, 2020.
  • Select channels will be available for 99 cents per month for two months at Prime video with membership. This includes AMC+, Acorn TV, Alwaysblk, BBC Earth, BBC Select, CityTV+, Family TV, The Great Courses, Hollywood Suite, IFC Films Unlimited, Love Nature, MGM, Nick+, OUTtv, PBS, Paramount+, Shudder, Smithsonian Channel, Stack TV, Starz, Stingray and Sundance Now. This offer ends on July 13th, 2020.
  • New subscribers will be able to obtain 4 free months of Amazon Music Unlimited, $8.99/month afterwards. This offer ends on July 13th, 2022. Click here for details.
  • Prime members get bonus offers from Amazon Rewards Mastercard upon approval until July 13th, 2020 – Click here for details.
  • You can keep track of your potential purchases at Amazon installing Honey on your favourite browser, which will alert you of price drops on items added to your droplist. After installing it, go to the product you want on Amazon (or other participating retailer) and click on the orange logo at the top right of your browser window for options. This app also provides coupons and other bonuses when shopping at participating retailers.
  • 5X Bonus Air Miles will be given to Air Miles members on eligible purchases via airmileshops.ca until July 13th. Afterwards 30 bonus Air Miles will be given on eligible purchases of $30 until August 1st, 2022. Details on the latter can be found on the aforementioned site’s main page.

July 11th, 2022 Comments Off on Prime Day Tips Consumer Information, Events Rob McIntyre

Debit Down @ Many Retailers

Interac is still down in some areas due to the Rogers outage after issuing this notice on Facebook:

“There is a nationwide Rogers outage that encompasses all their business and consumer network services. This is impacting INTERAC Debit and INTERAC e-Transfer. INTERAC Debit is currently unavailable online and at checkout. INTERAC e-Transfer services are unavailable at most financial institutions, impacting the ability to send and receive payments. We are waiting for updates from Rogers on their time to resolution.”

Rogers and Telus have outages through-our Canada but mostly concentrated in Ontario, where some credit card services are also down. But some service has been restored and will be restore shortly according to this statement from Rogers.

Those choosing to use free wi-fi service using their mobile devices should use VPN services to secure their devices.

UPDATE – July 9th, 2022 : The following was just posted on Twitter:

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July 8th, 2022 1 Comment Consumer Information, Music Technology Rob McIntyre

Canada Day Tips

Use public transit. It’s free in some cities like Ottawa, and more convenient to access the popular public event.

Stay hydrated. Always drink water on top of your other beverages. Yes, it may make you visit the restroom more often but you don’t want to become dehydrated.

Wash your hand often/Use hand sanitizer. Nasty bugs take advantage of these events to proliferate and you’re going to be touching surfaces that have been touched by a lot of people in a very short time. Better safe than sorry.

Relax and take it easy. You’ve got a whole weekend. Enjoy it.

July 1st, 2022 Comments Off on Canada Day Tips Events Rob McIntyre