Quote Originally Posted by tocsin
Quote Originally Posted by TechMouse
Quote Originally Posted by Heroes
with a cd album manafacturing price of about 60p and a return to label of £4.20 how the hell does it outlet to punters at £14.99.
If that's true then why can't you buy CDs direct from the label online for, say, £6?
Little bit extra to cover postage.

If I wanted a CD, and I could save half my money by buying it online, I would.
Some labels do that. I'm not sure about techno, but, Dischord used to put on the visibile parts of their tapes/CDs exactly how much it would cost to buy if you ordered through them directly. Thus, if you felt like you were getting raped by a store, you knew where you could find it and how much it would cost. Don't all the Truelove sponsored labels still have the webpage on them?
it is true that crass and dischord and other punk band used to say
"pay no more than..."
on their sleeves
but it would prevent the records from getting into the chain store in the first place.
we discussed doing it once and it just turned out to be a bad idea...
but that was then
now websites are here to stay you can undercut people and get music to people at a reasonable price.
you just need to know where to go.