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Posted: 1:31 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Big sales on digital music, cars in midyear model changeover

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By Clark Howard


MONEY-SAVING MOMENT: If you're overpaying for music through Apple's iTunes store, stop it!

Apple so dominates the music scene through iTunes. But you can buy songs from other sources and play them on Apple devices with relative ease.

Amazon has had enough of Apple dominating the music scene and has started a price war.

Amazon is offering top MP3 albums for sale in their entirety for $2.99. That's $2.99 for a whole album, not just for one song. In addition, they also have 100 other top albums for $4.99.

So stop overpaying for music on iTunes. There's one extra step to take music purchased elsewhere and put it on an Apple device.

"When I download music from Amazon on my computer it downloads to the 'My Music' folder all I have to do is open up that folder, highlight the music that I want to put into iTunes and drag it into the iTunes library and let go," my associate producer Joel told me. "That automatically copies the music that I just downloaded and puts it into ITunes."

At the other end of the pricing spectrum, let's talk cars.

The blazing hot car market slowed down in May, so automakers have put some models on significant sale, particularly those cars that have midyear model changeovers.

Among the cars being offered at 15% below MSRP right now, according to Consumer Reports:

  • Nissan Altima 2012
  • Honda Accord 2012
  • Nissan Sentra 2012
  • Ford Fusion 2012
  • Mazda6 2012


 
 

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