Kent, I fully agree with you. I hate it when a company sells its own promotional items. Shirts should be free, no matter what the company it is.
Then again, some companies survive on merchandising. Jeff ------Original Message------ From: kent williams To: list 313 Sent: Nov 10, 2009 11:24 AM Subject: (313) Beatport Apparel? Why leave strangers wondering if you're a douchebag, when you can wear a Beatport T Shirt and remove all doubt? http://www.beatportbrandshop.com/?utm_campaign=bp_brandshop_launch_111009 The most interesting thing to deconstruct here is the price. They're paying about $7 per shirt delivered, and charging $24 (and $28 for women, which is rank discrimination imho), which means they're selling Design and Image here, not just trying to promote their business. Are there really people out there who think it's worth a $15-20 premium to have a shirt advertising that they buy downloads from Beatport? And I'll pre-respond -- yes I know respected 313-ers work at Beatport now, and I know it's not really about Detroit techno. It just vexed me. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
