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I don't really see ethical issues with utilizing supply and demand on discretionary items. Pricing a gallon of water at $25 in a disaster zone is simple usury, taking unfair advantage of people in dire need. However, raising the price up of an esoteric piece of musical equipment could hardly be considered unethical in my book. They've seen the demand, many people on this list were calling regularly about their backordered units. It wouldn't surprise me to find that they cut some deal with Gibson to buy the entire stock, hence removing the competition, before raising the price so dramatically. Otherwise, why would anyone buy one from them? All it means is that if you want it, you'll cough up or do without, because it's in short supply. It's the same deal with a Repeater. I don't think they're worth $1000, but they sold regularly for that much on Ebay for awhile. It's not worth that much to me... Greg --- Alan Kroeger <nospam@akroeger.com> wrote: > Well they have the right but, I guess we have the right to say screw you >and > hop on over to some other web resource (like ebay or this one or that one > .com) and buy something else hopefully for less or an equivalent price. >Lets > face it something like the Artisan or the low end Morrell isn't really >worth > much more then $80 bucks hopefully that price includes shipping. > > ________________________________ > > From: implode7@comcast.net [mailto:implode7@comcast.net] > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 5:30 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: RE: Musicians friend Price politics > > > I don't think that there is any doubt that supply and demand is an > explanation of the price hike. On the other hand, if you think about it, > responding to the 'law' of supply and demand with outrageously high >prices > isn't necessarily ethical. In this case, prices 'in general' weren't >going > up - one store raised their prices voluntarily because they thought >people > would pay it if they needed this piece of equipment. Somewhat analogous, >I > think, to someone in a disaster zone selling a container of water for >$25. > Supply and demand, yes, but not ethical. > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > I agree. > > > > Msottilaro was just yanking the poster's chain when he responded > (I laughed > > when I read it). He's right; nobody should be shocked by > capitalism in a > > capitalist society! ;))) > > > > On the other hand you're right too. Folks on the Looper's Delight > list are > > slightly more informed than the general pub regarding EDP > availability and > > issues surrounding its scarcity. The $200 hike just smells to >high > heaven. > > > > But who am I to talk? I just willingly paid a big wad of moo for > an EMU > > MP-7 from an online retailer. I knew full well that the > higher-than-normal > > tag was because they knew they were sitting on the last several >of > these (in > > A-stock). So my "shock" regarding the EDP hike is a bit misplaced > if not > > self-right! eous. But still rubs me the wrong way. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Suit & Tie Guy [mailto:erwill@suitandtieguy.com] > > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 4:58 PM > > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > > Subject: Re: Musicians friend Price politics > > > > On Jul 26, 2004, at 11:37 AM, msottilaro wrote: > > > Wow, supply and demand effecting the price of something? Weird. > Is > > > this a BIZARRO universe? > > > > this is not an issue of the pure capitalist ideal of supply and > demand, > > because of the fishy circumstances of the lack of supply. > > > > --- > > Eric Williamson > > www.suitandtieguy.com > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com