Posted by Mr Bigun on 08/07/06 03:15

On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:50:42 GMT, Lord Hatred
<lordhatred@stopthespamminggmail.com> wrote:

>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.



Seconded if it's on sale..

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