Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:59 am by bousley
Thanks for the link to the Russian MP3 download site. I hadn't seen the Off World release (called "Private Release" on the site) offered for paid download previously. There was a Russian site that offered collections of MP3 ripped albums a couple of years ago that also referred to the OWM Blade Runner release as "Private Release", maybe these two sites are related in some way? They had some interesting stuff on their site, so I signed-up for the service. The site mentioned that they accepted PayPal, so I thought it would be pretty safe dealing with them (lots of web credit card scams in Russia), however when I attempted to pay with PayPal I found that the link had been removed. I sent an email to their support address and was notified that "Unfortunately, we can't accept PayPal payments at this moment. " This might be a red-flag that PayPal has suspended thier account. They did offer other means of payment but those involved third-party credit card billing organizations with which I wasn't familiar. It might be wise to look carefully at them before sending money.
