From: Beaver_Fever@live.com   
      
   On Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Amituo wrote:   
   > Why do record companies run "record clubs," those things you see   
   > advertised in magazines and Sunday-paper pullouts? Aren't they just   
   > undercutting their own profits? Some people seem to think that the offered   
   > titles are excess stock, but I don't think that this is true as the CDs   
   > (or tapes, or LPs back in the day) don't have barcodes, and I believe that   
   > they have different catalog numbers. I don't think that the record company   
   > would print up new packaging for excess stock.   
   > It seems that with a lot of these record clubs, you get 8 CDs for free,   
   > with the obligation to buy one more. Granted, they have little overhead   
   > for these, and the prices are likely to be a bit higher than the local   
   > music store, but even so, it doesn't seem to add up. Especially since   
   > stores buy CDs at about $9 wholesale. (Again, granted, they get them from   
   > a distributor....) Selling retail seems like it'd be much more profitable   
   > than printing up different versions of products and then selling them at   
   > reduced cost.   
   > Maybe someone has a better idea of what the numbers are in this equation,   
   > and what the motives are?   
      
      
   I miss them, they were awesome. Still have all those cassettes.    
      
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