RTP-area local music and culture

[Chris Rossi <rossi AT webslingerZ.com>]

James Hepler wrote:
> > I love the fact that admitting I've bought CD's at
> > Best Buy creates
> > the assumption I don't support the local retailers. 
> > A quick glance
> > around my computer shows the new Belle & Sebastian
> > CD from Schoolkids
> > and the new Fall album from CD Alley...not to
> > mentions scores of used
> > CD's (B-52's Whammy, the last Holly Go Lightly, from
> > each
> > respectively.)  There's few things I love more than
> > scouring the used
> > bins at CD Alley where I always find something to
> > buy.
>
>
> Oh, the USED BINS!  Yeah, that's how local record
> stores make their money.  Why not just throw a quarter
> in the gumball machine so Sean can pay to keep a 30
> watt light bulb on for fifteen minutes?
>
> ;)
it was my understanding that profit margin on used CDs was actually 
better than on new.  am i mistaken?

rossi