I'm sorry, but I see no decent excuses for this kind of pricing whatsoever, especially for a label as huge as Axis. As was the case with the Peacefrog limited editions, it's blatently just using peoples addiction to rare vinyl as an excuse for jacking the prices through the roof to make a large profit. I'm all for limited releases, but it's just cheap to charge more for them.
At the moment, if I press up 800 copies of a release it costs about £1200 (less in N.America), and on a standard price to distributors (which = about £5.50 in the stores) it takes about 500 sales to break even. So to double that price and claim it's to cover costs is ridiculous. Whilst the figures for a small independant label are tight as hell, I seriously doubt raising the prices will help - distributors and stores would take an accordingly higher cut, and sales would probably drop a bit as people find their addictions harder and harder to sustain. For Axis, it strikes me as pure greed - they know damn well that they will sell out every single copy, and the profit to them will be huge (percentage wise, at least). The bit about prices being forced up by the distributors is ridiculous - a label with the clout of Jeff's can easily keep their distributor to a set standard markup. It just seems like elitism - he knows people lap up everything he puts out, and can basically charge what he wants. People might complain, but they'll still shell out... Leaving less cash to support other, smaller outfits... Grrrrr.... ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: robin To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:00 PM Subject: RE: (313) axis hmmm well it's these kind of things that make me grumble too. the argument that if you don't like the price don't buy it doesn't wash either (vinyl is an addiction to most around here)... so mebbe vinyl is becoming more of a niche thing (most independent stuff has runs of say 1500 if yer lucky) and this is a way of recouping the costs. if you follow that through we're looking at a new price for 12s aren't we? but won't this mean vinyl becomes more niche? the above angle only holds for mahogani tho, not axis due to their respective sizes. robin... -> So, how come that new Jeff Mills project is £10.99 per twelve? -> -> That's £32.97 if you want the triple LP. ($60.50 Eu47.80) -> -> "See The Light". I certainly have Jeff, I've seen your -> porsche and all, you -> thieving git. -> -> and that Mahogani. £7.49 for half a one sided 12"? -> pah. -> -> Is there a reason? am I missing something? -> -> answers on a postcard please. -> -> many thanks. -> -> alex -> *pricing watchdog co-ordinator* -> or -> *moaning dumb fool mug punter*
