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Welcome to La Chaumiere a Musique, France’s leading specialist in quality used
classical CDs, renowned for our friendly and competent staff and the quality of
our stock (approximately 15 000 different references in stock at any one time).
We have a huge selection of outstanding, rare and unusual CDs, many of which
are deleted from current catalogues, but we also stock many recent releases
too. Prices are on average about one half the cost of a new CD in France, and
all items are carefully quality-controlled and garanteed to be in perfect
working order.
Our stock is updated in real time, and we buy hundreds of new items every day.
Over a one-year period, something like 50 000 different references come into
stock.
For the moment, this is a French language site only (but we ship all over the
world). For the benefit of those who would feel happier with a few words of
explanation in English, welcome !
The Chaumiere a Musique is France’s leading specialist in quality used
classical CDs. Open 7 days a week, we have over 15 000 different references in
stock at any one time, almost all of which are available on this site.
Many of our references have long since been deleted from current catalogues and
are impossible to find outside the used CD outlets. But we also stock many
recent items too. Obviously, the french catalogue is quite well represented on
our shelves.
We are very careful about the quality of our stock and each disc is carefully
checked before being put on sale. Problems are extremely rare and all items are
fully guaranteed against defects making them unsuitable for normal use. Most
items are as new, some may show a few small signs of wear with respect to the
booklets or cardboard box, but the discs themselves are always in excellent
condition. We replace spoiled or damaged jewel cases with new ones and all
items are cellophaned before sale.
Prices are on average about one half the cost of a new CD in France, and all
items are carefully quality-controlled and garanteed to be in perfect working
order.
Our stock is updated in real time, so a disc which has just come in will be on
the site within seconds. Fresh stock is coming in every day, so if you don’t
find what you are looking for this time it is well worth coming back at a later
date. Over a one-year period, something like 50 000 different references come
into stock.
The website stock is the same as in the shop : you may therefore occasionally
discover someone in the shop has picked up your disc and bought it while you
were surfing on the site. You will receive an e-mail confirming your order with
the list of items shipped and will not of course be debited for any unavailable
items. All web orders are processed promptly and are final.
Payments are completely secure : we will never have knowledge of your credit
card details. All transactions are made via SSL encryption (Secure Socket
Layer) software directly on our bank’s computer.
Enjoy your visit, and we hope to see you back on a regular basis. In the
meantime, here are a few words of explanation to help you use the site :
Registration : to use some of our more advanced facilities, you must
first register on our site (“vous inscrire” button). Once your registration has
been successfully completed, you will receive an e-mail of confirmation.
Shopping basket (“Panier”) : you can add or remove items throughout the
duration of your visit, but the contents of the shopping basket will be lost if
you leave the site without completing your transaction. If your prefer to
purchase later, we advise you transfer the contents of the shopping basket to
the wishlist before leaving.
Wishlist The wishlist basket is for items which might interest you but
which you do not wish to purchase straight away. Be aware however that certain
wishlist items may no longer be available when you next visit us, because the
majority of our references are one-only and may have been sold in the meantime.
Reservation : this feature is for discs currently out of stock. If you
are looking for a recording and we don’t have it now, you can place the disc in
the alert basket and will automatically receive an e-mail notification the next
time the disc comes in. Then, all you have to do is transfer the disc to the
shopping basket and make the purchase and it’s yours ! But act quickly, you may
well not be the only person looking for that disc !
Search engine : there are 3 ways of looking for discs on our site :
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Quick search (“Recherche rapide”) : |
enter keyword(s) limited to composer, artist, work and/or
disc title. Use a space to separate each keyword
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Department : |
use the yellow strip on the upper part of each page to search by department. |
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Advanced search (“Recherche avancée”) :
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this is a much more powerful way of searchiong for specific discs. Please bear
in mind that the following fields are in auto-completion mode : label,
composer, artist, so if you type in any chain of characters you will get the
list of corresponding entries in our database. You can also search by period,
style, support (CD, DVD, SACD…) or price. If you want to include discs not
currently in stock, please untick the “Uniquement en stock” box.
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The results of your search can be sorted by title, label, support or price
Shipping : see “-> Acheter / Frais de port” and “Délais de livraison”
for delivery times and prices. All shipping charges are flat, meaning they are
the same however many items you buy. You are responsible for any customs duties
due at destination. We ship all orders via the French Postal Service. We do not
offer Fedex, DHL or UPS consignments but at present we feel the the cost of
such services is completely out of proportion with the value of the items
shipped.
Delivery : when you receive your order, you are kindly requested to
check three things :
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