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A Little Hypocrisy?

How would you respond to the record company exec who say -

"I look on the Audiogon web site and I see people buying and selling $5,000 cd players, $10,000 speakers, even cables and wires for several hundred dollars per linear foot. Nobody complains about those kind of prices. Yet you complain about cd's costing fifteen to twenty bucks. What gives?"

I include myself in for this criticism, but I'd be fascinated to hear how anyone else would respond to this.
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I do not purchase "retail" priced software because of the high prices (have well over 1000 CD's and LP's, each).

I would equate it to people complaining about gasoline prices (when they take a hike). Regardless of what gasoline engine one uses the gas/fuel is what makes the engine run, no matter what "price bracket" of automobile is owned/driven (the same with software and music reproduction).

I own a lot less Hi-fi components than software pieces (same with automobiles Vs gasoline purchases) and consider the "CD/high end" comparison to be non-linear or "apples & oranges", whichever you prefer.
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