On Wed, 11 Jan 1995, Mark Bowen wrote:
quoted 11 lines At the same time, anybody notice Tower's markup of domestic> >At the same time, anybody notice Tower's markup of domestic
> >CD's? (from $14.99 to $15.99)? Pretty soon domestics and imports
> >will be the same $?
>
> Hey its not just tower records. I recently read that its an industry wide
> phenomenon spread down from above. I mean think about it. If they put out a
> few special releases like the Streisand cd or the Three Tenors thing and get
> away with charging a higher price why not try it with some of the new releases
> from big pop names like nirvana. Then why now just do it across the board.
> Isn't that what cds were all about, being able to charge more because they
> were "high tech" and therefore must be more expensive to produce?
"Well, if you amortize it across the 23 years since I last toured, it
only comes to $18 per year. Isn't seeing me live worth $18 per year?"
--- Barbara Streisand, on the cost of her concert tickets (from memory,
it may not be exactly what she said).
Brian