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    This is a riveting drama

    Walmart vs. RIAA
    Posted by leflaw on October 13, 2004 at 5:21 AM (printer friendly)

    Wal-Mart Wants $10 CDs

    Biggest U.S. record retailer battles record labels over prices


    Wal-mart wants every CD you buy to cost less than ten bucks. And the nation's largest retailer -- which moved a quarter of a trillion dollars' worth of goods last year -- usually gets its way. Suppliers who don't accede to Wal-Mart's "everyday low price" mantra often find their products bounced from the chain's stores, excluded from being sold to the 138 million people who shop at a Wal-Mart store every week.
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    Hello,

    Thanks for the story.

    Boy you have a real issue with music and Riaa and so forth huh???

    Well I only buy a few cds a year anyway. And no I don't download them of the internet (though I have bought a few songs of Itunes).

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    Originally Posted by yoda313
    Hello,

    Thanks for the story.

    Boy you have a real issue with music and Riaa and so forth huh???

    Well I only buy a few cds a year anyway. And no I don't download them of the internet (though I have bought a few songs of Itunes).

    Kevin
    Yes, I do...

    And I try to educate others on Freedoms that they are losing.

    I frequent www.slyck.com,
    www.boycottriaa.com,
    www.zeropaid.com,
    www.donatemymusiccheck.com,
    www.p2pnet.net,
    http://diariaa.com/index.htm
    www.eff.org
    www.unitethecows.com
    among other websites.
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    Wal-Mart may actually be the one entity (besides government regulation) that causes the RIAA to concede to this... From sheer volume alone, Wal-Mart has got to be one of the largest, if not the largest entirely, seller of music cd's.
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    Originally Posted by bazooka

    And I try to educate others on Freedoms that they are losing.
    How about the freedom to buy uncensored music?

    http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=wal+mart+music+censorship
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    Originally Posted by thecoalman
    Originally Posted by bazooka

    And I try to educate others on Freedoms that they are losing.
    How about the freedom to buy uncensored music?

    http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=wal+mart+music+censorship
    That is a key point as well.
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    I prefer Target, but they both only sell the more current crap and totally ignore real music.
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    Along with other giant retailers such as Best Buy and Target, Wal-Mart willingly loses money selling CDs for less than $10 (they buy most hit CDs from distributors for around $12). These companies use bargain CDs to lure consumers to the store, hoping they might also grab a boombox or a DVD player while checking out the music deals.
    WalMart is correct in their logic. I ONLY buy CDs when they are cheaper than $10 and that is why I only shop at J&R Music World. They often have deals for good CDs at $7. Because I go all the way to Manhattan to buy music, I have also spent hundreds of dollars on electronics from the store over the years.

    The music industry has one problem: not piracy, not internet downloading, not alternative forms of entertainment; their one problem is OVERPRICING!

    If CDs cost $5 each and people could make MP3s out of them as they wished, there would be a huge rush to the stores and the music industry would be saved. Who would want to spend a long time to download a poorly made, low bitrate, MP3 album when you can get four full lenth albums for $20 including booklets and cases. Most people don't listen to more than 4 albums a month anyway and this way, people could be exposed to music fairly, that is get 48 albums a year instead of saving up to get 12 albums a year. I believe these kinds of costs could be possible and changes must be implemented if the industry is to survive.
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    Every CD I have purchased in the last 3 years has been used. They are restored to there original condition, the guy even guaratees them forever..... 4 to 5 bucks each. Case is usually a mess but WGAF.
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    Your right I would much rather buy a nice steak dinner ...besides I would just listen to the radio station they play the shit out of the song anyway
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  11. Originally Posted by thecoalman
    Every CD I have purchased in the last 3 years has been used. They are restored to there original condition, the guy even guaratees them forever..... 4 to 5 bucks each. Case is usually a mess but WGAF.

    Mega Ditto.
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    Every time I take a peek at Wal-Mart for a new CD I want, I see the big EDITED label and go right back to my local music store. I'm not talking about rap either.
    Nothing can stop me now, 'cause I don't care anymore.
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