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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Blame Best Buy |
| Date | Fri, 07 Nov 2003 02:13:44 -0500 |
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At Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 00:16:29 Dan wrote:
>So in other retail news, and since I haven't seen it mentioned yet, has
>anyone heard about the new Rolling Stones scandal? Mick and co have decided
>to sell
>their upcoming 4DVD live document EXCLUSIVELY through Best Buy, and
>independent retailers (such as my own) are deciding to fight back. When the
>Eagles did
>this a few months ago, there were some repercussions--such as prohibitively
>expensive pricing on their entire catalog--but for this many indies are
>actually
>united and pulling out all the stops. Many CIMS merchants (which we are
>not,
>we're too big) and related retailers have pulled a *substantial* amount of
>Rolling Stones CDs and merchandise from the shelves and returned it to
>their
>distributors; in much of Canada indie retailers have stopped selling RS CDs
>entirely. At my store (which is a large indie--the biggest indie in the
>USA) we've
>pulled all but the most essential RS titles--the greatest hits comps, the
>acknowledged classic albums (Beggars Banquet, Exile), and we've priced what
>we kept
>at astronomical rates--in many cases they go for $20, which is much higher
>than our standard $12-$16. In addition nearly all Rolling Stones
>merch--shirts,
>bobbleheads, posters, calendars, etc., is being discontinued indefinitely.
>
>What does everyone think?
[snip]
What retailers are doing besides hurting their own catalogue sales and,
ultimately, the consumer....is EMI/Virgin who are The Rolling Stones label
but who are NOT part of the 4-DVD project. Stones manager Michael Cohl
created the deal independently of their Virgin contract. EMI Canada have
already complained that they're getting killed in the boycott despite the
4-DVD project not being on their label.
As much as the majors are a bunch of rat-finks, this is NOT going to help
anyone in the long run.
Jaimie Vernon,
President,
Bullseye Records of Canada, Inc.
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!"
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