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- From: ceb@dbrus.Unify.Com (Caroline E. Bryan)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
- Subject: Re: CD prices
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- Date: 30 Dec 92 18:03:57 GMT
- References: <1992Dec24.191243.9008@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> <downs.47.725238667@helios.nevada.edu> <1hpsb4INN1ia@menudo.uh.edu>
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- In article <1hpsb4INN1ia@menudo.uh.edu> chem91@Elroy.UH.EDU writes:
- >[...]
- >> 2) Our stores in the Las Vegas area are a horrible example of what lack of
- >>decent middlemen (middlepersons?) can be like; I have to plan about 2 trips
- >>per year to the West Hollywood and Westwood Village stores to get any decent
- >>variety in CDs, in spite of our having a Tower, some Wherehouses and the
- >>usual sprinkling of mall shops. And the less said about my experiences with
- >>mail order CD shopping, the better...
- >
- >Exactly... And not just in 'Vegas, either. The "classical" departments
- >of most stores in Houston have a few of those $3.99 discs (some of which
- >are admirable performances) which are presumably designed to be sold as
- >gifts to that "difficult" great aunt who's "so out of touch"... Visits to
- >Tower are like a pilgrimage (will appropriate pennance when the credit card
- >bill arrives later). And try asking a sales-assistant if they have the new
- >Stockhausen CD in stock... ;=)
-
- On the other hand, complete ignorance on the part of the middleman can be
- bliss. There is (was) a music store in Leesburg, VA that catered almost
- wholly to rock'n'rollers and country western enthusiasts, with a couple of
- bins of classical CD's for customers' great-grandparents. The store buyer
- knew absolutely nothing about classical music, so just stocked things whose
- titles appealed to him. Then he priced them at levels like $6.99 or $8.99
- so that they'd move at all. One could find some real gems in there, and
- have a hard time finding the old warhorses.
-
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- Carrie ceb@rechenau.unify.com x6244 ---------------------+
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