RTP-area local music and culture

["Doctor Oakroot" <doctor AT doctoroakroot.com>]

And, of course, market poisoning loss leaders succeed because even most of
those who recognize them will still shop there.

grady wrote:
> You
>
> Local 506 wrote:
>
>> PS: As far as my self-serving hipocrisy, I do see your points.  But I
>> don't think increasing a door price that has somehow avoided inflation
>> should be considered overpaying.  Or spending an extra buck and
>> getting a decent beer instead of crappy PBR is overpaying (heck, I
>> consider that a wise investment!)  But paying four or five extra
>> dollars for the exact same CD in order to avoid a certain retailer,
>> that gets harder to justify.
>
> Those "extra" dollars are called "profit margin" and they're what normal
> record stores use to pay the rent, keep the lights on, pay employees,
> all those little things. If you got those releases for $8.99 then you
> were paying wholesale, and taking part in Best Buy's ongoing attempt to
> run all the other record stores out of business. I assume they make up
> the difference in jacking up the prices on computer gear & other hardware.
>
> If, as you say, you wouldn't have bought those CDs at all otherwise,
> then only you know whether that's true or not. But when I took a shot at
> you, I specifically took a shot at how absurd it was for you to suggest
> that people should be willing to pay a fair market rate for live music,
> but that record stores should sell you stuff at their cost.
>
> If you were trying to suggest that the wholesale price of CDs should
> drop to $5 so that they wind up being $9 with a reasonable markup, then
> I'm all in favor of that. But that's not what you said, and you as a
> businessman should be able to spot a market-poisoning loss leader when
> you see one.
>
> Ross
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