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 situation
of "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/Canada
at $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
quoted 29 lines From: Brandon Smith <gozravp@yahoo.com>
> 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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