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From: rpjday@watrose.UUCP (rpjday)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: The disappearance of the jewel box ...
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Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 08:40:03 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 19 08:40:03 1985
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  There must be a special place in hell reserved for the idiot
who decided that the latest prince c.d. should be distributed in
a cardboard sleeve (actually, i think there should be a special
place in hell for prince, but that's another story ...)
  In one of the latest of some audio mag, I remember reading that
this was done as a cost-cutting measure; the company exec's position
was that that album should have sold for about a buck more than a
typical album, but the c.d. price was in line with others because
of the cardboard sleeve.
  Folks, I happen to like the jewel box, and if you are a little
pissed off at this move, don't go shopping for an empty box to put
your little c.d. in, DON'T BUY THE DISK!  Boycotting can work wonders,
and if the public puts up with this, other record companies may follow
suit.  (If you don't think this technique is effective, ask the people
who tried selling the '85 Corvette up here in the G.W.N. at about
$38K a pop, and had to drop that to $33K when they had no trouble
keeping the crowds away.)
					r. day

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