Just what the RIAA wanted...CD prices on the rise!

[JackBurton]

In June's issue of Rolling Stone magazine:

"Universal promised $12.98 CDs. So why is D12 almost $20?"

You can come in here with all your righteous attitude, but if the RIAA wants to play this game, fine. We'll see how record sales turn out! Fvck them! Fvck them hard! It looks like the old days of CD price fixing will be here again and P2P will rise to the levels it once was if they keep playing this game. I'll be damned if I pay $20 for a CD! :|

 

[klah]

the war on terror has increased cocaine prices to record levels.

 

[isasir]

LOL. D12? Eminem and his scrubs want $20?

 

[Nebor]

Meh, what's an extra $7? Complain about gas prices while you're at it.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Meh, what's an extra $7? Complain about gas prices while you're at it.

another CD?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Meh, what's an extra $7? Complain about gas prices while you're at it.

Like hell I'm gonna pay $20 for a cd. Gas prices are bad enough.

 

[Tab]

People buy music still?

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Tabb
People buy music still?

People do. ATOTers haven't for quite some time.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: iloveme2

Originally posted by: Nebor
Meh, what's an extra $7? Complain about gas prices while you're at it.

Like hell I'm gonna pay $20 for a cd. Gas prices are bad enough.

Ditto...

 

[PatboyX]

the cds i want are still cheap.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: PatboyX
the cds i want are still cheap.

Dude, the BeeGees don't count.

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

buy? music? hmmm

well, if i had any money, i wouldnt be spending 20 bucks for a cd

 

[Kadarin]

Very, very few CDs are actually worth anything close to $20. I would rather go without music completely than pay that much.

 

[Xionide]

They are not doing this for profit. They are making sh!tty music on purpose and overcharging so they can bring down p2p. Fvcking assholes.

-Xionide

 

[SludgeFactory]

$20? Don't forget to bring the lube if you buy CD's at the mall.

Rolling Stone link

Universal never fully implemented their plan, but if you read the article, they got significant resistance from some merchants. It also says CD prices are lower on average now, across the board.

Check online, some big time back catalog Universal titles are priced about as low as they promised. Looking at deepdiscountcd, I see most of the recent Jimi Hendrix Universal remasters at $11.97 ($13.98 MSRP), as opposed to somebody like the Beatles on another label at $13.97 ($18.98 MSRP). Those artists were in the same range before the pricing change.


Here's a fun bit of news from that article, and IMO the real segment of the market where the music industry is licking its chops:

"News reports have suggested that some labels want to boost the price of singles from ninety-nine cents to $1.25 at Apple's iTunes Music Store, though Apple denies it. But prices for some albums have climbed at iTunes, going beyond the usual $9.99 price per CD -- N.E.R.D.'s Fly or Die and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon now sell for $13.99 and $14.99, respectively."

Who are they kidding. So, should you buy DSOTM online on hybrid CD/SACD, or pay more and get MP3 in all its lossy glory. *Tough* decision