Re: (idm) Auction

From Andregurov
Sent Wed, Apr 22nd 1998, 04:31

In a message dated 98-04-22 15:42:36 EDT, xxx@xxxxx.xxx writes:

<< >AUTECHRE: Radio Mix (CD) - $70
 
 you've gotta be bloody outta your mind!
 
 I think people have let auctions get extremely out of hand in the past
 year..
 
 I mean.. come on, this is not worth more than $15 tops. >>

Just my two cents ... but you'd think all of us poor sods who can't afford a
$30 disc (much less a $70 one!) would never get a chance to hear these hard-
to-find and obviously much desired recordings.  How about those of us who are
poor all put up $5 and buy it and then each copy it for our own pleasure.
That would definitely allow many to hear the limited-edition copies of things
we will never otherwise get a chance to.  Just a open thought, not a solid
proposition.  But this bidding thing is getting ridiculous.  I always thought
it was about the music ... I love the music, but at  such extreme prices it
would appear to be an impossibility.  I feel sorry for those who are just
getting into IDM.  Yeah, there are lots of classic recordings out there, but
this pricing extortion is going to take a lot of potential ones out of their
hands/ears.

Share the wealth, or beware the class revolution.  He says jokingly.

James

np: my domestic Panacea