Re: When will record companies learn?
 

yeah but the independents from the states do them miles cheaper, it pays to shop around, CD WOW is also very good

Re: When will record companies learn?
 

I also use iTunes which is cheap although you dont get a cd with artwork and so on

Re: When will record companies learn?
 

Although I have few sympathies for record companies, I think generally tarring the term "middle men" with the same brush is a bit wrong. Middle men take risk on products that they think will sell, buy in bulk and hold the stock so they can sell at a profit to you the end user who has the convenience of buying exactly what they need at any one time without suffering the loss of a mistaken bulk purchase. Competition between middlemen keeps them in check and ensures that you the customer can shop around for the best price.
If you want to pay less per item then buy 1000 of them at any one time or shut up.
Supermarkets are middlemen. They produce buggerall. They merely arrange for it to be all under the same roof for your convenince. However, you'd spend a lot more if you had to source your weekly shop from the actual producers yourself.
However, record companies, even allowing for their mistake signings at a loss, do take the freekin biscuit somtimes ;).

Re: When will record companies learn?
 

No they are just greedy big fat cats who like making the general public pay rip off prices!

Re: When will record companies learn?
 

So because Apple have been so successful the other companies think that they can charge more?

Possibly Apple have actually done their sums and know what they are doing.After all they are not known for selling cheap products as a company so I reckon they know how to price products.

Re: When will record companies learn?
 

Exactly. It was hard enough to get people to use legal download sources but now they want more? They themselves are fuelling ilegal downloads and they should be thanking apple for saving the industry millions in lost revenue instead of making them charge more!

Like i said apple are wary of napster and will keep prices at 79p. Hopefully aiming to run napster out of business as apple can afford to lose more money than napster can. Apple make little money on iPods in order to make iTunes more popular (or the other way around)

Re: When will record companies learn?
 

that is why I do not buy any apple products as they are such a rip off, my MP3 cost me, £19.99 out of home bargains and it is cool, just what is the point of paying £200+ when you can get just as good MP3'S for a traction of that price

Re: When will record companies learn?
 

I'd second that. Not that they do my sort of music, but I buy occasionally from them for my relatives. Cheap and as long as you don't want it next day, fast enough.