21. When logged in, "preview" used to give you a full song sample, albeit in lo-fi. You would pay 10 cents for the hi fi download. Now the lo-fi previews appear to have been shortened to 30 seconds each. And you don't have to be logged in to get that, whereas the log-in used to sort of upgrade the preview from 30 seconds to full length track. I'm disappointed at this change, but I can understnad the legalities and where they're coming from. Plus to provide one knd of sample to free users and another, lengthier one to all users, could have been somewhat difficult to implement.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by marc

22. I've been using www.mp3search.ru for over a year now and I've never had any problems. there were a few cd's with a track or two missing, but after an email or so, they fixed it. A few of the tracks were hidden and actually attached to the last track. Overall, mp3search.ru has been pretty decent. And yes, there was a time when it seemed like the site was a scam when it was down, but who doesn't have server problems every now and then besides Gates?

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Damion

23. Site's closed down now. It was up yesterday and now it directs you to some other site. It sucks cause I still had $22 left. Does anyone know how to get in contact with the company and get my money back?

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Michael

24. Sites down today- don't worry- it happens occasionally, I am extremely please with the service there, downloaded well over 200 CDs now, you also get a 10% discount with you order a full CD as opposed to .10 per track, you also get free tracks when you pay more than $20- It has some obscure, and bootleg CDs, but is missing alot, but Napster also doesn't carry alot of the CDs and early albums. MP3search also gets new CDs loaded the day of release usually, even before Napster and such (as you can tell, i subscribe to napster too) Its very safe & secure, so don't knock it until you've tried it.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Megan

25. since two days, I`m member, but today I can`t
load the site: mp3search.ru.
I hope it`s working the next time. It is`nt the first time, that`s not possible to start the site, how i`ve read abov.
So i`m not so afraid about it and hope the best.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by ewa

26. To any who have questions about mp3search.ru, when I needed to ask a question about when to redeem my free tracks, I clicked a customer service link, but if the site is down, you need to email your question to , which I just did myself. They answered me promptly the first time, albeit in broken English, so I've no reason to think they won't do so this time.
Good luck...

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Robert Trupiano

27. Hopefully it is just down for a while and will be back on the air soon as has happened in the past.
I have only just started downloading.
What do you guys think that have experienced this before ??

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Sinco

28. I just noticed it's down too, it was up just two days ago... is it permanent or do they have problems?

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by hass

29. Hope its back up soon its a great site u lot are worried over $20 i ave $142 on the site lol

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by chris

30. where is the site gone to boooooooooohoooooooooo i ave $140 dollars on the site

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by chris

31. Somehow the email address got left out, so here it is: customerservice@mp3search.ru.
By the way, the server is still down and if I don't hear from them I'm gonna be out $20, which is not the end of the world, but it just bugs me.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Robert

32. help! ive got 38 euro´s on mp3.search.ru
i gues if we all count the people in this forum who have a balance there, if they are really gone... where up sh.t creak

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Evert

33. Yea, I JUST signed up last night and have $30 in my account. That was around Midnight. Now this morning at 8am the site is down and has been all day. Has this happened before and if so how often and for how long?

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Eric

34. I've been using them for about a month (two $30.00 installments), and although they've even gone down during a download, they came back up directly. And it didn't affect the download either. This is the longest I've ever known them to be down. If they've copped out on all of us, all I can say is that as p***ed as I'll be, you live & learn. Anybody know of any other download sites like this? I actually prefer paying something for the privelige of downloading music by both major and minor artists, but 99 cents a track doesn't appeal to me or my budget. Hey, I want my son to FINISH college, instead of drop out when the money ran out like I did. So who knows of a cheap place to download Miles Davis, King Crimson, Charles Mingus and The Move?

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Robert

35. Just think about it, $30 per person , there must be hundreds of thousands of people logging in and paying what seems like a relatively small amount.Hey, maybe there is up to a million of us around the world !! that can add up to $30 Million USD, not bad income if you live in Russia.
You must be pretty dumb to take a risk and pay more than the minimum $30, Especially on a Russian site, be careful and stick to the bare minimum so that if it is a scam then it won’t hurt so bad.
I'v got a feeling they will be back on line soon.
They are making a fortune and won't shut down unless they are forced to by some Yank lawyers.
Come on Comrad Sergei, let us know what’s up before everyone around the world have a major freak out !

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Sinco

36. Have tried sending emails to their customer services but my server will not deliver - works fine for other emails. Have they just closed down and banked the credits we all had. Shame as it was such a good deal while it lasted.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Starpoint

37. I'm not much of an expert on these things, but might they be ill-prepared to accomodate an ever increasing number of users, and it affecting their ability to stay online? It just seems self defeating for them to split with the money when there's so much more to be made.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Robert

38. I think it's too early to tell if they're off-line permanently as it could be just a server problem - they've had them before. I don't think it's a scam as I'm sure there is more money to be made long-term by staying on-line than there is by running away with whatever money they have in the bank. To set this up to con money out of people would have been a very eloborate operation and personally I'd be surprised if it is. However, only time will tell so let's wait and see if we have been ripped off (in my case for just $4.19). I hope they're back on line as it's a great product!

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Alan

39. I too have just sent off an email to their customer services and as yet no reply. I paid via Chronopay and I've also emailed them to see if they have any information regarding MP3SEARCH. I'm a relativly new user of their site and only run the risk of losing about $25 but it is the principle, nobody wishes to be scammed or lose money through no fault of their own, including me, that's what Ebay is for :)
Will let you all know what replies I get.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Nidge

40. Interesting, looks like their entire DNS has been pulled offline. Not just a server problem. DNS can't even resolve their domain name anymore. I've seen this happen before with major network outages, but given this has been the case for a few days, I don't think this bodes well. I wouldn't be surprised at this point if this is the end of mp3search.ru. It was indeed a great deal while it lasted.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Kevin