Re: CD resales

Christian L. Castle <clcastle[_at_]netcom.com> wrote:
>
> reflected, either. However, when the large chains want to sell used
> CDs, there's not much the labels can do about it, as the chains have
> tremendous leverage. It's somewhat analogous to something a friend in
> the movie business told me once--who can get Michael Eisner on the phone
> with no trouble? Any theater owner. The retailers will continue to
> sell used CDs. There's possibly one other unintended consequence for
> the used CD market--lots of burglaries of CD collections. Anecdotally,
> I'm aware of a number of break-ins where the only thing that was taken
> were CDs, particularly from offices.

But it is precisely the larger chains that have buckled under because the labels have indicated they would no longer supply new releases to retail outlets that engaged in used CD sales.

George Abbott
<glabbott[_at_]hawk.syr.edu> Received on Mon Oct 02 1995 - 18:12:38 GMT