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Re: Star Wars on DVD
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Wed, 5 Jul 2000 17:55:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Erik Olson writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Erik Olson writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
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> > > > What burns me isn't the price of DVDs, but rather the price of CDs. If • DVDs
> > > > are in fact cheaper to make than VHS, then CDs should certainly be cheaper
> > > > still. Not to mention the fact that the technology is decades old and has
> > > > still shown little sign of price reduction. ... Certainly
> > > > all production costs were met years ago, and the compensation for such a • lofty
> > > > artistic expression can likewise be argued to be satisfied.
> > >
> > > Um, the record company is in it to make a profit, and so is the merchant, • that's
> > > why they don't pass them on to you at cost.
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> > That's not what he is stating
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> But it's what I'm stating! The manufacturer is not obligated to lower prices • to
> you after initial costs are recouped.
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> > > The record company keeps the nice fat profits from all those CDs, and makes • much
> > > better margin than they used to when pressing vinyl.
> > >
> > > -Erik (just pointing out the obvious)
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> > The Obvious is that the prices are artifically inflated. There are all sorts
> > of bueracratic (spelling?) reasons that are nothing more than hot air. • Without
> > these "reasons" the record industry would be breaking the anti-trust laws in
> > USA.
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> You call it artifically inflated, they call it profit margin. If "profit" is a
> dirty word to you, then tough. It's still a free country.
You are missing the point entirely. It is ILLEGAL for them to artifically
inflate prices in the USA. That is what they are doing under some gobbledegook
reasons that are merely to prevent them from being prosicuted. Also most
artist make squat off of album sales. They make most of their money be
touring. That is why Napster and the like will kill the record industy but not
put artists out of buisness. A few artits/groups are going so far a to only
release their next album in MP3 format FREE over the net.
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> > FYI actual cost for a CD is about $0.15. Most of that if in the metal
> > componet. If anyone doesn't think the Lego Company could sell us peices at
> > $0.02 and still be making a huge profit they are delusional.
> > -Lord Insanity (who absolutely refueses to pay more than $10 a CD, $20 a DVD,
> > or $0.10 a Lego piece)
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> I'm glad you know how to budget your money.
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| (...) gobbledegook (...) Let's not go down the tiresome "anti-monopoly tirade" route again, shall we? Been there, done that, got the tee shirt. MP3 will lower CD prices a lot better than any smelly old government lawsuit anyway... oh, and by the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) sorts (...) a (...) gobbledegook (...) not (...) ??? They can charge whatever they want as long as the entire industry doesn't collude to control those prices. Supply and demand. On CDs, the price was originally high because there were so few (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm not unaware that you're calling down "the law". In fact, I'm pretty sure it already happened. I just don't have any respect for that ideology. You can call whatever you like "artificial" and get listeners. If you still think "profit" is (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) But it's what I'm stating! The manufacturer is not obligated to lower prices to you after initial costs are recouped. (...) You call it artifically inflated, they call it profit margin. If "profit" is a dirty word to you, then tough. It's (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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