Don't buy CD's from supermarkets.Please.

by sleepy 36 Replies latest jw friends

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  sleepy

  For music lovers everywhere.

  Don't buy CD's from supermarkets.Please.Thats an order!

  There just been a report in Britian that supermarkets are increasing their share of the recorded music market by selling cheap CD's.

  Why is this bad news?Surly if you can get a CD from Tescos for a tenner instead of 15 quid this is good?NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

  I say that again , No.

  Lets look at it.Supermarkets can sell CD's and other items cheap because they make a profit on the other goods you buy.They use the offer of Cheap CD's to entice you into their store.They only sell chart CD's otherwise they will make a loss on more obscure music which won't sell in bulk.

  If you love music and wish to buy music or listen to good new music in the years to come, you are shooting yourself in the foot if you buy your music from supermarkets at a lower price.it is a FALSE ecomony.This is why.When you hear a piece of music you like in a few years time which is not chart music and go to you local independant or specialist music store you will see a big sign on the door ,CLOSED.They will have shut down because lack of sales when all their customers went to the cheapo market ment they could no longer survive.

  They had to charge more for music becauseA.It was the only thing they sellB.They stocked all types of music and would not make money on some bands and would make up for it with more popular bands.CThey could get the music you wanted on special order if they didn't have what you were looking forD.they had knowledge of music and bands which was readily available to you if needed.And a good few other things.

  You are not saving anything if you buy cheap.If you like music you need to support the peole who want to supply it,and offer quality, which in the case of music includes choice, not just marketed corporate crap, not those in it for a quick buck.They need to charge more but have a far greater range of product, one which a supermarket will never have,ever.

  You have been warned.
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  ballistic

  Sleepy, don't forget most of your audience here is from the US and pay half what we do for CDs. Also, it is a fact that we are ripped off in Britain for many things, especially CDs. I say if record companies refuse to bring down prices, they are shooting themselves in the foot, not us.

  Edited by - ballistic on 7 September 2002 17:6:50
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  Trauma_Hound

  Uh dude, the music industry has artificially inflated the price of CD for many years, that's why they were investigated by the DOJ. Why is it I can buy DVD's for the same price at CD's?
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  sleepy

  "I say if record companies refuse to bring down prices, they are shooting themselves in the foot, not us."

  Bally the issue isNOT record companies, they charge the same trade to supermakets and record stores what they charge is a different issue.The points is supermarkets V's record shops , buying cheaper is not always better, you lose quality, choice and service.On some things it doesn't matter but on some things it does.

  Why are the british always moaning about prices?Somethings are a con or ripoff ,but if we always want things cheap there is a cost to pay.Would we ourselves like to take a pay cut?If we did what would we do to make it up?We would lower the quality of service.

  I just don't like the idea that everything most be so cheap, some things can be and some can't by their nature.

  Edited by - sleepy on 7 September 2002 17:26:1

  Edited by - sleepy on 7 September 2002 17:29:5
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  ballistic

  I agree with what you say in principle sleepy. The practise is another story. Congrats on making Jedi!
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  alliwannadoislive

  i would be happy to buy my cd's from music stores like hmv and virgin, but they still charge ridiculously high prices - competition, even if only for chart cd's, has to be good if it forces them to drive down their prices

  i buy new cd's online for 8.99 post free and get them within two or three days direct from hong kong (all legal) - why can't i buy them as cheap at tower records or the like ?

  to bring this onto xjw lines, i used to have to hide my cd collection when the book study group was held in my house - nine inch nails, metallica and korn were considered bad for my spirituality ... yeah right ...
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  Farkel

  : Don't buy CD's from supermarkets.

  Right. Download it off the Internet for free. SCREW the commercial music industry. It's time they paid the price for their greed and arrogance.

  Farkel
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  patio34

  It seems to me that it's just the evolution of the economy. If grocery stores sell 'em cheaper, what's the big deal? That's the way of free competition and capitalism. Should we not buy goods at discount stores like Target and Walmart, because they're selling things cheaper? It won't make a difference even if it were right. It's flawed reasoning, imo.

  Pat
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  ISP

  I sure don't think too many will follow the advice, sleepy. If it is cheaper you can rightly expect people to buy from Supermarkets.

  ISP
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  Stephanus

  Why should I pay more for the privilege of buying from a "dedicated" music store owner than off a supermarket shelf - is the CD going to be better quality because the owner specialises in music? Should I only buy beer in liquor stores instead of more cheaply from supermarkets? Can I use the deli counter at a supermarket or do I have to go to a delicatessen? Can I buy meat at a supermarket, or am I only allowed to buy from a butcher?

  I'm afraid I'm too poor to have such high-falutin' ideas about the moral superiority of buying only from monopoly retailers.