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Riptopia CD-Ripping Service for iPod and MP3 Player Loading (200 CDs to Digital Music)
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200 of your favorite CDs converted to HD digital music
Ready to upload into iTunes and all iPod and iPhone models
Universally compatible with all other brands of mp3 players, phones, and computers
Superior quality digital music that includes detailed CD information and album art
All CDs are insured and returned at the end of processing
Average Customer Rating: 
UPC: 718122968619
List price: $218.00
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Reviews
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 True Waste of Money, July 21, 2008
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Okay, so this product is to have your CD's ripped for you, rather than doing it yourself. I can see how this would be useful for those who do not understand the process, but to be honest if you do not understand the process then you are better off not owning an mp3 player. You need to learn the skills for the devices you want to operate.
Now they claim it takes about 7mins to rip a CD. This was true about two or three years ago, but right now a decent modern computer can rip a CD in 3mins easy. You get a SATA CD Drive and life is good.
There are those who talk about their huge CD collection, and how it would take forever to rip it and so on. My CD collection is well over 300 CDs right now, and every one of them is ripped into my computer. Whenever I buy a new CD I immediately rip it, considering I don't really even own a CD player anymore, just my MP3 players (I think I still have a boombox with a CD player). So what if it takes a bit of time to rip the whole collection, I just start it going and watch some TV or read a book, and change out CDs as needed. The modern MP3 ripping software automatically looks up all the album info (sometimes you have to double check it, but not often) and toss in album art and all that crap.
Basically, this service is charging you 99 cents per CD to do something that you can do just fine on your own. Why spend money for this? Heck, you are looking at a time frame of probably two weeks easy to get the CDs copied, rather than just doing it yourself in a day.
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Stupidest Thing Ever, January 31, 2008
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This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.
It takes (using a fairly up-to-date computer) about 3 minutes to rip a CD to a computer. The programs are free (Windows Media Player/iTunes) and no-brainers to use.
I can't believe Amazon annoyed me with this advertisement, assuming I'm too stupid to know how to rip CDs or that I "want to save time". People do what they want to do - find the time to rip your CDs to the computer. If you "can't find the time" then you're obviously not very interested.
No way in hell I'm going to pay someone 200 dollars to rip 200 of MY CDs that I have to ship myself and risk losing/damaging because of someone else's mistake.
Anyone who uses this service is a fool and deserves to get taken for everything they give these people.
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 service makes sense to me, January 31, 2008
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If you have hundreds of CDs then ripping them at home will take multiple hundreds of minutes. The reviewer who said this didn't make sense obviously has not amassed much of a collection.
This service is for 200 CDs, you think I want to sit in front of a computer for 200 x 7 minutes? That's over 23 hours straight. I'd pay someone do that for me.
Not all of us are penny pinching scousers.
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Are you mental?, January 30, 2008
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Why on earth would you pay somebody hundreds of dollars to rip your CD's for you? It takes minutes per CD and using CDDB you don't even have to enter the text yourself!
It is possibly the worst idea ever and if you waste money on this, frankly, you have been deservedly robbed.
I am annoyed that Amazon even sent me an email telling me about this fantastic product, and it has wound me up so much I have had to write a review of it.
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 Initially a Skeptic, January 15, 2008
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So the first time I came across Riptopia I thought, my son can do this for me, why pay. Then I thought...I have been asking him to do this for 6 months, as well as wash the car and take out the trash. Bottom line is Riptopia is not a necessity, just as getting my car washed and having someone clean my home isn't a necessity.
And after having my collection done, I realize that my son would have screwed up the information on my classical albums, so there is actually more then meets the eye to this service, and Riptopia got my iPod up and running pretty darn quick.
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