Intrada Soundtrack Forum

I'm pretty sure LLL said they were not going to be discounting titles anymore.

Yes, I agree with Doug that it can´t be fun to see a title you have worked hard with , vanishing in less than a day or two and I first thought that the new idea Intrada has, was that they could decide to print up more CDs if a title moved fast in stock.
The thing I still do not get is the new OOP buisness with titles that hasn´t been out long and was wondering if this was something new Intrada decided after The Explorers was released as I haven´t seen titles get OOP that fast as Rampage, Young guns 2 etc got without them having a limited release and selling out like Predator, Space Camp, Robocop etc did.
Is this a deal Intrada has done with the studios only having the right to those titles for that timelimit?

I understand if there is a low stock of the title and it does not move fast as the interest of a certain title has had its heyday and Intrada decides to not press a new batch of that title and decides to sell the ones they have left then OOP that title (but then it would not have a due date, juat a low stock announcement)
I ofcourse understand that a label doesn´t buy the rights for a title in infinity, but deleating a title that hasn´t sold out after less than ½a year was more my question and if it was something new Intrada decided upon after Explorers...

I as a consumer like the new way as I don´t have to sit up in the night waiting for a new release, so I like it and also think it is great for all those who are not regular checkers to these forums...now they have a fair chance of getting titles without missing them in a blink of an eye (That Friday the 13th box must have angered many Friday the 13th fans who missed out on it, not knowing how crazy we soundtrack fanatics are and how fast that low amount moved OOP)

i don´t know if I´m making myself understood here thou

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The sunset date is so that they can put an official cap on the number of units produced and stored, to keep costs low and make room for the next title.

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Not doing sales can be a mark of quality products.

The photographic german brand Leica, for example, doesn't authorize sales of their products in the stores or on the web. A Leica camera must be a beautiful qualitative product. Sales would only degrade that image.

Intrada produces the most beautiful (musically and graphically speaking) and priceless collector CDs (in my opinion) among all the other labels. I think that getting rid of those wonderful items at $9.90 or $4,90, might be very degrading for the quality of the music, for the beauty of the item, and for the image of Intrada.

I'm the first to buy LLL sales CDs at $4,90, but I can't help thinking I'm buying a second rate product.

That is one way of thinking about it, although I don't necessarily agree.

I don't think a discount here and there would devalue the Intrada label at all. This isn't a market for high-end luxury goods where it is always expected that people wealthy enough will buy plenty of said goods and will enjoy the bragging rights that come along with it. Instead, I would guess that most buyers in this market are looking for good music but make a rather modest income.

You're forgetting though, the sales idea was not in general and for regular products, it was an option for selling off remainder qauntities, rather than stopping sales all together.

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Maybe they could do an "Intrada club" and when the customer has reached a given amount, they would automatically get a discount for their next purchase. Rewarding the fidelity would be more the Intrada style.

Could be a fun loyalty program. Works for Frozen Yogurt (both of my favorite places).

How about a T-shirt with the Intrada logo that reads, "I Ordered From Intrada and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt".

Or a mystery clue game wherein an ordered gets a small piece of a future special edition cover, and they have to assemble 30 pieces to get the full cover to uncover the mystery. Which may or may not be a picture of a guy with the Shatner words, "Have you ever kissed a girl?" and "Move out of your parent's basement".

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Or how about collectable Fridge Magnets of various composers .. Oh wait ...

Oh, SOB, FSM won't be around long enough for me to get my limited edition collector's magnet of Tyler Bates.

Damnit.

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"Unlike me, many of you have accepted the situation of your imprisonment and will die here like rotten cabbages."
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And I'll never see my Gustavo Santaotalla or Trent Reznor fridge mangets either