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    Hahaha, take that RIAA!

    The world's largest prodcuer of CDs has annouced they will cut prices by up to 30% on all of it's CDs. The average suggested retail price will go from $18 to $13. Universal says it is trying to get itself out of a sales slump with has lasted several years and that they expect other makers to follow their price reductions. Universal continued to blame online file sharing with the sales decline (instead of crap products as many analysts believe) but said it was clear they could no longer justify the high prices.

    **** off RIAA!
    BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Music giant slashes album prices
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3079854.stm
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      FINALLY!!!!!

      But really, it should be more like $10.
      Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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        The current wholesale price to record stores is $12.02 - but this will now start at $9.09.
        That's whole sale and the retail will be around 13 though you can download from Apple's web site for around a dollar per song. Some of the web sites are deceptive though because the files expire or only let you have certain number of plays and then you have to buy it again.

        Long live Kazaa! I'll pay pay up to $5 for a full CD but not a penny more. I guess that means I'll just have to wait for the price to fall some more.
        Last edited by Dinner; September 4, 2003, 17:21.
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          note thats still suggested value. stores will still mark it up a bit.
          "I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
          - Ender, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

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          • #6
            This is great. They finally admitted their CDs weren't worth it any more
            meet the new boss, same as the old boss

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            • #7
              Good news.

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                This still amazes me, I've been paying $13 Canadian on new CDs for years.
                "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                • #9
                  I'm still going to download mp3's.
                  To us, it is the BEAST.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Sava
                    I'm still going to download mp3's.
                    Me too.
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                    • #11
                      Me too, but I'll be more wiling to shell out for cds now. Just no way I'm gonna pay $18 $19 for one. A DVD is almost as much, and I can buy used cds with the same quality for $6. So RIAA can suck my white ass.
                      Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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                      • #12
                        I'd only consider buying CD's if they were around $5-$7...
                        To us, it is the BEAST.

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                        • #13
                          If the price falls below $5, I may start buying CDs again.

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                          • #14
                            If the price falls to around 10$, I'll begin buying.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Sava
                              I'd only consider buying CD's if they were around $5-$7...
                              So you're the guy I saw thumbing through HMV's selection of Engelbert Humperdinck the other day.
                              Only feebs vote.

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