A Little Hypocrisy?

I purchase CD's directly from a distributer. My cost: $5 to $6 per disc. It's not the record companies marking up the disc it's the retail outlet. Circuit City sells CD's for $9.99 and they are making a 100% profit. So, when you go into a store to buy a CD for $19.99 take my advice and lube up in the parking lot because your about to get f______d.

P.S. royalties for artist range between 2-15% of the price the distributor pays. About 0.10 to $0.90.

Hey, did anybody read an article is Stereophile a few months ago where record companies wanted charge everybody that has an internet connection like $17.00 to make up for lost sales due to piracy? In addition, the wanted to charge every consumer like $120.00 for past acts of copying. That proposition went about as far as I could toss W Bush.

Phild,

I have a friend that sells cd,s over the internet. He has a few catalogs that are like 1" thick. Occasionally, I go throught them and pick out 20 to 30 disc. Granted, the big megastars latest releases are usually in the $7-9 range. However, I just got the new James Taylor for $6.89 ($14.99 at Best Buy). The usual rule is take the price that Best Buy is selling if for and multiply by .4 to get the distributor price. Some popular CD are selling for 3 times the distributor price. I have over 5000 CD's and add about 30-40 a month. I would have to seriously curtail my spending if I was paying for retail.

P.S. - I build my own CD racks; seems like I'm building one every 6 months.