Well, we're talking free enterprise so things like this happen. Nothing can be done about it, I suppose. And probably nothing should be. None of us like seeing the mark-up happen so quickly, of course. When a dealer offers that rare early CD to Michael Hoenig's THE BLOB you kind of feel like - well, at least it's really rare and it's been off the market for years and years so whatever. But INCHON's only a few days old! So it just looks bad. Obviously, if we can spotlight the customer we'll limit his or her future orders, at least if they come through here. But that's hard to do in the internet world. Such is the life of us soundtrack collectors today.
It's happening in DVDs, too. I saw this happen with MUNICH, now it's happening with UNITED 93. I can't blame the labels for working out marketing strategies that sell this stuff, though. There's an awful lot to choose from and our entertainment dollars only stretch so far.
Still, this eBay thing doesn't look good in the short run.
--Doug
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