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By: Bugsy

Bugsy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:12:31 +0000

Lala was once a true swap site. It was all about the music.
Then the collectors got involved and started demanding artwork be shipped with the Cds.
Lala, to their credit, resolved the issue by allowing traders to swap with or without artwork.
There is no lower group of individuals than music artwork collectors. Shouldn’t there be an artwork trading website? You can’t listen to paper.
Now, Lala has degenerated into a commercial monstrosity that plays down the swapping angle and tries to sell you everything that you place on your “want” list.
I gave up when they restricted my trades because of their arbitrary trading limits i.e. you’ve sent too many out or you haven’t sent enough out. BOGUS in the first degree.
They should have adopted an ebay-like feedback system so that true music enthusiasts could trade unimpeded if their history was worthy. They still take $1.75 for making the trade possible.
I fear that CDs are scarcer now because folks have simply bailed on Lala as a trade site.
Time to move on.
Or do you disagree?

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:40:08 +0000

Thanks for clarifying all of this Keven. We appreciate it.

By: KevinsWorld

KevinsWorld — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:45:43 +0000

Definitely you can request to have the trading feature turned on. Don’t ask me why it is not turned on automatically as I am just the messenger. We are looking to have this turned back on to the public in the future along with some other pretty interesting stuff. Stay tuned as they say and happy trading.

I forgot to mention that in order for trading to be turned on you will need to have your shipping information filled in the account settings section and a credit card in order to receive CDs. You can blurb KevinsWorld on the site if you have any questions.

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:32:48 +0000

Thanks Steve! uh oh. I’m going to have to find things to swap just to give it a try. Damn!

By: steve

steve — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:19:44 +0000

Renee, you don’t have to go to the post office using swaptree either. They allow for printing USPS shipping labels right from their site! I never have time to go to the post office either which is why i decided to use swaptree!

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:51:34 +0000

I’m sure I’d use Swaptree if I had other forms of media to trade. I’d still dread having to deal with the post office. Hence my love of the prepaid envelopes from Lala.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:59:35 +0000

I’ve also been using Swaptree, and tried LaLa in the past. In my opinion, Swaptree is the better solution (and is free to use).

I do agree that trading media is a brilliant idea. I never buy CDs or DVDs anymore (books I still buy some, but the one’s I don’t want to keep I trade on Swaptree), I just keep trading them out. It’s a lot like Netflix but free, and I can usually get what I want on Swaptree, as the site seems to be growing really quickly (for instance, I can pick from 10,000 items right now).

I am a big music fan, so it’s nice that I can add to my collection as much as I want, all for free.

Time for a media server….

By: Alek Davis

Alek Davis — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:01:24 +0000

I have been using SwapTree for trading mostly DVDs and books (I do not have that many CDs to trade), and I highly recommend it. I was also considering LaLa at some point, but I decided not to use it for some reason (not sure why).

By: Renee

Renee — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:12:59 +0000

What I should have said is Scandinavian death metal. Point taken though. I’m definitely not an expert on death metal but I know I wanted to get rid of the stuff I had. =)

By: nico

nico — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:13:26 +0000

When you say Norwegian Death Metal, you’re either talking about Norwegian Black Metal or Swedish Death Metal. There is no such thing as Norwegian Death Metal.

By: Renee

Renee — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:01:27 +0000

Ok, after looking in the forums it appears as though they disabled trading for new users BUT they’ll enable it when requested. That is so very lame. When they respond to my email I’ll confirm this and express my discontent. For now, my advice would be to email them and tell them you want to trade.

By: Renee

Renee — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:51:39 +0000

The “Trading” link usually appears right at the top next to “my music” and “discover”. I found it strange you couldn’t find anything so I signed for a new account. I too had no trading links. That TOTALLY sucks. I have emailed them for some answers. I’ll also consult the forums (also not available on my new acct, wtf?). I’m sorry about this. I’ll keep you and other readers posted.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:44:04 +0000

I do not see trade anywhere as well as that have and want function. Im getting kind of frustrated trying to find exactly how to trade my cd’s

By: Aravind

Aravind — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:40:38 +0000

This sounds interesting.
The service is “US Only”, but the name LALA.com has some connections with the language Malayalam, spoken in Kerala, India.

In kerala, “LALA” is cinsidered as a humming tune, i.e. singing, “LALA LA LA” is considered as singing a song.

The creator might have some Keralite friends or else he would have visited Kerala..