Re: CD pricing

[Matthias Grob <matilists@atarde.com.br>]

On 19 Dec 2008, at 06:54, Tilmann Dehnhard wrote:

> friends i charge the rounded sum i pay for it myself, depending on  
> the label thats 5 or 10 euro.
> in concerts i sell for 15 euro.i found out that to most people who  
> actually buy a cd the price is not really an issue.
> meaning: even if i sell them for ten, the same amount of people are  
> gonna buy them.
>
yeah, thats in rich europe!
here in Brasil the pirated ones are sold for 2$, so if you charge more  
than 5$ at the concert, people complain
and most really dont have such amounts of money spare in the pocket
as a result, friends create CDs with less music and a simple cardboard  
envelope to save production costs...
... and I stopped selling CDs :-(

Matthias
>
> tilmann
>>> A quick question for those among you who sell CDs in a way that you
>>> have direct control of the end price to the customer:
>>>
>>> What do you usually charge for a CD (physical medium, not  
>>> downloads),
>>> a) when sold at your concerts,
>>> b) other means of distribution (e.g. mail order).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>             Rainer
>>>