Way to keep it real, Ninjatune. I still haven't forgotten the amazing 3CD Xen Cuts comp I got for $16 several years back. Now THAT is respecting your listeners.
Everyone should keep their browsers pointed to www.eff.org for the real dirt on all this RIAA lawsuit hysteria.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff/Ninja Tune <jeff@ninjatune.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2003 11:22 am
Subject: [idm] Universal Spin-Doctors
quoted 71 lines It's funny that Universal gets to come off as the great price
> It's funny that Universal gets to come off as the great price
> reducers when
> it seems like this move doesn't mean shit to their bottom line. If
> you read
> between the lines of the press release they're lowering their
> prices, but
> also reducing their spending in retail programs. So on average
> most labels
> spend $2-$3 per CD for in-store positioning. If they're not
> spending that
> anymore, they're basically forcing the stores to eat the amount of the
> discount and they're in effect taking credit for reducing prices.
> So thank
> your local retailer for the price drops, not Universal. And if the
> policy of
> co-ops gets re-addressed across the board, then maybe a lowering
> of prices
> across the industry can happen. But please don't look at it as a
> situationof "how come Universal can lower their prices and no-one
> else can".
>
> And the good news is...we just re-issued 11 Ninja records in the
> US/Canadaat $12.98 & 13.98 prices (13.98 for the 2CD sets). These
> are titles that
> weren't available in the US for awhile (some have never been
> available) due
> to a previous licensing deal. We're actually absorbing the discount
> ourselves...
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> > From: Brandon Smith <gozravp@yahoo.com>
> > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:00:16 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: EggyToast <eggy@eggtastic.com>, idm@hyperreal.org
> > Subject: Re: [idm] Re: File swappers sued!!!!!
> >
> >
> > Forgive the uselessness of this post, but was Best Buy
> > really around in the early 90's? The first time I
> > heard of them was in 97-98.
> >
> >> Oh, the good old days in the early 90's, where Best
> >> Buy ran those ads, stating:
> >>
> >> All CDs under $12! Hundreds more under $10!
> >>
> >> and that weird psychedelic spinal tap thing.
> >>
> >> derek
> >
> >
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