From s Sent Mon, Jul 12th 1999, 20:27
From s Sent Mon, Jul 12th 1999, 20:27
sorry to belabor this but i think there are a few items that havent been addressed in this discussion if they knew (warp & nothing) that the special process that enabled people to hear the track was not possible for cd's made in the usa, why did they bother to do it in the first place? couldnt they have just not bothered ? if they knew this was the case the whole time, why wasnt anyone informed? i mean why block it as an import? i dont think people have a hard time plunking down the extra cash for extra tracks. thats standard. people who are collectors are faced with that situation all the time. this is different. no-one (well maybe no-one, but very few knew of the situation) and that being said, lots of people bought the domestic thinking they were getting the genuine article, only then to find that they have to get the import to get the extra track. do they then buy he import as well and then be in the hole $25.00 for both cd's? if you make it easy for people to get the import, they will get it. is nothing that worried about loosing sales that they make it very difficult and very expensive to obtain the import? its not the money thats the problem, its the availability and lack of information i have a hard time with. i have to get mine third hand and thats a royal pain. you ask the distributors(not all but most) and they say, "why bother? the domestic is in, want that?" you tell em and it doesnt matter much. maybe i am beating a dead horse but i think that people who are the so called "trainspotters" out there should have allowances made for them. it may be no big deal to 99% of the public, but to those who are obsessed with autechre and warp, it is. why alienate those who care so deeply for the music and the label? i care because of the principle involved and the fact that my people are the one percenters (sorry hells angels!) of the idm community pj>the exalted grand puba of mail order s://kimo 8082 main st, apt #1 ellicott city, md 21043 fon: 410.203 0731 fax:410 203 0955 http://www.skimo.com (coming soon) DO YOU GET OUR WEEKLY NEW RELEASE LIST? IF NOT, PLEASE SEND MAIL WITH "subscribe new release". IN THE SUBJECT HEADER