quoted 5 lines they used them to stock their shelves>> they used them to stock their shelves
>> (illegal as hell but they do it all the time), but priced them normally, at
>> $12.
> Why would a promo of "In Pine Effect" be worth something of value
>when anyone can purchase the released on easily?
It shouldn't but that wasn't my actual point. Read on if you have time to
kill...
quoted 2 lines I don't understand. Your>I don't understand. Your
>trouble in answering is appreciated.
Well, I was merely commenting on the fact that the stores I often purchase
records from seem to have an inordinate number of promos lining thir
shelves at times. I remember when the Black Dog's "Spanners" was first
released, and one of the stores sold promos alongside the regular cd's for
the same price (since they were identical, other than the stamp that says
"promotonal only: sale prohibited"). I think they had about seven or eight
promos and only two normal copies, in fact. Another store had some twelve
(yes, twelve, I counted) Goldie promos that they sold as used (which
constituted their entire stock of the album).
I know that selling promo copies of anything is supposed to be "prohibited"
(I don't know if that means "illegal" or not). Whether or not it is
illegal, promos are usually given to some outfit, like a reviewer or a
record store, for free, and so selling them means 100% profit in all cases.
It just doesn't seem fair to me then when promo prices go to $22 or more,
because whoever got that promo in the first place got it for free, and then
may have sold it to the person who priced it at $22, but in any case,
someone is really ripping off a record label when they sell a promo. That's
why I really can't see record stores selling them in large quantities as
being very ethical at all.
As for "rare" promos, that are real different from the other release, or
collectors items or something... I don't know. I guess, do what you want; I
don't want to raise another "bootleg" issue here. But if record stores
stock their shelves with promos, that's just shit, and that was my
origional point in my first post on the subject.