Re: (idm) MyShopNow craziness...Skampler?!

From david turgeon
Sent Tue, Jun 1st 1999, 06:46

> can anyone out there confirm that teh releases on myshopnw are not cdr dupes?
> why I am suspicious? it says that the cds ar emanufactured by K-TEL which is
> definitely not the case with the vc stuff (most is manufactred by hand by me
> and friends actually;P), and tehy also don't really show any pics of art or
> anything for most.
> I remember being down at vc once and hearing and seeing solicitation stuff
> from K-TEL regarding alternative menas of distro and stuff so I guess
> anything could be possible. so bluntly, has ANYONE ordered anything from
> myshopnow on this list and what have they gotten?

i don't think they can be cd-r dupes.  if they are, then we can expect
them to get out of business within the next days.  what i think is more
plausible is that k-tel buys massive amounts of cds at a very cheap cost
which lets them sell them at less-than-wholesale price.  although this
is easy to picture with big label releases such as autechre or aphex
twin, i have to say i'm scratching my head as of how skampler or vc
stuff can get on there.  then again i don't see why k-tel would refrain
from buying certain kinds of music just because they're obscure.  if
what they do is buying as much as they possibly can afford to, then
they'll buy anything they find, whoever does it.  i think that's the
point.

now as to how they can sell them for $4.95...  gets to show how little
cds cost to make, eh?

david turgeon at http://www.notype.com