Mårten Johannesson ([email protected])
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:04:02 +0100
Awww, come on.
"well worth the money"? 2 Kodak cd-r's for 20 bucks? Yeah, right.
"You can't buy real cd's with this kind of quality" What about Zoo
Europa, Zooropa Down Under, Rock's Hottest Ticket, all the Dublin
89-shows plus many more?
If Francesco wants to charge 20 bucks for 2 cdr's and people wants to
pay that, ok. I just think that people should know that this is a very
high price and that a lot of people wouldn't charge that kind of money.
BUT! Francesco says that people should get off his back and stop acusing
him for making money out of this...
Ok, I've bought bootlegs for 40-50 bucks for a 2CD-set. Thanks to FLOM
I've known what to expect of the recordings and I've never really been
disappointed. I've also traded loads of recordings 1:1. But I've never
sold anything. I think there's a difference there.
The question is then, if it's ok to sell "real" cd's on Wire (it seems
to be since I've seen ads about it more or less every day during my
three years here) is it ok to sell cdr's for more or less the same
price? Noone sold tapes here before when that was the way to trade.
I'd think selling cdr's for profit is wrong but that's easy for me to
say since I have everything I want (almost :)) on cd now anyway. I think
that since cdr's (yes, Kodak golds too) cost more or less the same as a
Maxell XLII-tape shouldn't be sold for 10 bucks each.
Kodak Golds better than "real" cd's? Just because it's gold doesn't mean
it's the same as a "real" gold-disc (ala Mobile Fidelity), it's just one
of the layers that is golden. Ok, Kodak Gold might be the best cdr
(Verbatim platimum might be even better) but it's no way near the
durability of a real cd.
Trade cdr's, buy cdr's, but don't sell cdr's. That's how I feel about
this issue.
Marten
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