Posted by Lord Hatred on 08/07/06 02:50

In article <sfadd2l8b9vq8fo3emecqtanlv0lmnh4u1@4ax.com>,
Mr Bigun <BIGUN@yourtonsils.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:56:22 GMT, Lord Hatred
> <lordhatred@stopthespamminggmail.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <44d68e0f$0$33418$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com>,
> > "Bob Terwilliger" <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> wrote:
> >
> >> Mr Bigun wrote:
> >>
> >> > Explain why, when cds came out the excuse for them being 15 dollars
> >> > was how they "cost so much to make".. yet now, as that has been shown
> >> > to be a lie and anyone with a burner can make one for 5 -10 cents..
> >>
> >> While I'm not trying to justify CD prices in any way, I'd like to point
> >> out
> >> that commercial CD's are made by a totally different process than by
> >> burning
> >> to CD-R. Commercial CD's are made by etching a set of pits into a piece of
> >> foil which gets put onto a clear piece of plastic. They're much more
> >> durable
> >> than CD-R's, which can degrade to uselessness in just a few years if
> >> they're
> >> kept in the wrong environment. (A friend of mine in Hawaii has to burn new
> >> backup CD's every year or so because of that.)
> >>
> >> I don't know how expensive it is to manufacture commercial CD's, so
> >> whether
> >> the cost is justified is unknown to me, but I can state with assurance
> >> that
> >> they are not the same as "burned" CD's.
> >>
> >
> >
> > It's not only that. You have a lot of people getting paid for their
> >work as well. Including the musicians who spent countless hours in the
> >studios.
>
>
> .10 cents a cd.. a long long way from the 20.00 pricetag


There are also a hell of a lot of people getting paid. I agree that
$20 is absolutely ridiculous. I refuse to pay that much for one. But
there is a hell of a lot of work that goes into it. If it's a band I
respect I pay the money for them. Why? Because they busted their ass to
entertain me.

--
Stefan:

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