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Re: DVD madness?
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Tue, 20 Feb 2001 15:45:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
> I'm posting this to .fun because it's not sufficiently weighty to merit the
> "debate" tag, but while shopping today I noticed some irregularities in the
> prices of CD's and DVD's, and I thought I'd share.
> While browsing the CD racks I noticed that Pink Floyd's The Final Cut was
> retailing for $16.99--truly mystifying because it's generally regarded (though
> not by me) as some of their lesser work, yet it's priced the same as Dark Side
> of the Moon, often regarded as their best. It's not simply a matter of
> production costs, since those were surely met by the time I bought The Final
> Cut on CD back in '93 for $7.99, and I don't think inflation accounts for the
> rise, since Dark Side at that time ran for $12.99. And since someone will
> probably suggest that price is set by what the market will bear, I cite the
> Rick Astley debut CD from 1988, retailing for $18.99! Who, in all honesty, is
> going to shell out nineteen bucks for that disc? I'm not putting a price tag
> on Mr. Astley's alleged artistic merits, but doesn't it seem self-defeating to
> charge so much for a 12-year-old CD that no one's likely to buy anyway?
The standard thing is to price all of an artist's albums the same. The only
reason to price it cheaper is so that it will remain on the shelves when it
otherwise wouldn't. That isn't a problem with Pink Floyd. Further,
different stores will price things differently, so $16.99 isn't a definitive
price (seems awfully expensive to me).
> Along the same lines, I noticed that Dangerous Liasons, a well-respected
> piece of cinema, is selling on DVD for $14.99, which is especially peculiar
> considering that Teen Wolf 2 was $24.99! I didn't even know there'd been a
> sequel, though it's delightful to see some of Jason Bateman's neglected work.
> What's the logic here? Teen Wolf 2 probably grossed about $24.99 at the box
> office! Did anyone see it? Would anyone pay $25 to see it again and again and
> again?
Well-respected and much-bought are two different things. They may have a
surplus that they are trying to dump, or sales are too slow at a higher
price for Dangerous Liasons. Teen Wolf 2 probably has a much smaller print
run (higher per unit cost), and the price is high until production costs are
recouped. Demand will undoubtedly fall off fast.
> At this point someone usually points out that the manufacturer can charge
> whatever it wants, and that's certainly true. But is there any sense in
> charging so much for such a lackluster product?
> End of rant. I'm not even ranting, really--just baffled!
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> Dave!
> 8^)
What the market will bear, if only for a short time.
Bruce
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| (...) That exorbitant price is a symptom of this extravagant Pittsburgh lifestyle in which I find myself--at Penn State there was a store in which nearly all CD's, even brand new, were $11.98. (...) A very sensible explanation. My only remaining (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| I'm posting this to .fun because it's not sufficiently weighty to merit the "debate" tag, but while shopping today I noticed some irregularities in the prices of CD's and DVD's, and I thought I'd share. While browsing the CD racks I noticed that (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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