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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Best Buy (was Re: The Thorns) |
| Date | Tue, 20 May 2003 12:34:22 -0500 |
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Greg -- thanks for checking out my piece on Best Buy and the music industry.
(The basic premise is that the big distributors are kowtowing to Best Buy
and their sell-under-cost ilk at the expense of real record stores -- chains
and mom-and-pops -- and in so doing are not just killing record stores, but
also killing off the culture of the record buying experience, which will cut
into the future markets -- downloading makes young consumers view music as
valueless -- and the loss of record stores further marginalizes the value as
it takes away part of the music fan experience).
I agree with Greg to the extent that The Thorns may help Matthew Sweet. But
selling it at $7.99 still does damage to record stores who can't compete
with that prices. So yes and no...
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: "Greg York" <yorkgreg@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: The Thorns
>Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 09:13:26 -0500
>
>Mike Bennett's article at fufkin.com does a good job of detailing the evils
>of Best Buy, in particular the practice of pushing major label releases out
>the door at below cost.
>
>So I see this week they are offering The Thorns for $7.99.
>
>Is this practice less offensive when it has the potential to bring exposure
>to the kind of music we enjoy talking about here? Admittedly, The Thorns
>is a little MOR, but if it is a modestly sucessful seller, could this
>result in the domestic release of Sweet's Kimi Ga Suki (which today would
>cost me $32 to own...)?
>
>I seldom shop Best Buy, but I can't help but think this has the potential
>to benefit us all, including our favorite online retailers.
>
>greg
>
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