ifworkpermits Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I'll sell my deluxe black one for 45 ppd. Its opened but not played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amory10 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I'd really just like to have this album for a decent price without all the bonus material, as cool as it may be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmhmm Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I would love to have just the album without all the extras, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genuma Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I do not get this at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac3ebemo Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I could be wrong, but I think they are going to have a hard time selling 1000 of these very quickly. Last years copies are still available with a little patience for pretty much sticker price. Who's gonna drop $60 on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideny Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 so much money is being made off these. it sickens me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebear Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Ugh. Will a standard version of this album ever see a repress? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idreamofpunk Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 so much money is being made off these. it sickens me. What DO you think the profit margin on these is? Anyone with more insight wanna hypothesize? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert770 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Anyone know why I can't connect to the shop radio cast website? I've tried using different browsers and different computers with no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kforkevin777 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I wanted to get this... I was expecting maybe $30 at the most... Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideny Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 so much money is being made off these. it sickens me. What DO you think the profit margin on these is? Anyone with more insight wanna hypothesize? here's a similar example. k records reissued the microphones - the glow pt. 2 a few years back in a 3lp format while the original was a 2lp. the original run was long out of print. the reissue, which is very impressively packaged, retails at $25. http://shop.krecs.com/products/klp190 why is a similarly packaged album being sold at $54.99, over double the price of a similar situation? not to mention this is a whole new run of what was supposed to be a limited RSD release. i'm thinking over 200% profit on these at least. but hey, people are willing to throw exorbitant amounts of money at anything limited right? edit: oh and i'm pretty sure the original price of the 3lp deluxe edition of bleed american was $45. so even if for some reason the manufacturing cost of these is through the roof what would explain the $10 increase other than the fact that they're just squeezing as much money as they can out of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genuma Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 between this and what's going on with them and MTS, I'm growing weary of SRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcapitillar Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I just think this record is unnecessarily expensive. Want it, but I don't want it that bad. Somewhere around 35-$40 would be much more reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezfools Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 yeah, I'll continue to pass on this until I can get it for somewhere around $35-40. Anything more, eh, whatever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emo Revival Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 so much money is being made off these. it sickens me. What DO you think the profit margin on these is? Anyone with more insight wanna hypothesize? Well I've been pricing our putting out a 2xLP so I'll throw out a hypothesis. If they're pressing 1000+ its probably costing them at most $30 for each bundle, but probably around $20. Even if it is $30 a bundle they're making $24 which is still a ridiculous profit on each record. With this and now the whole MTS thing I'm never gonna order from SRC again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 This should be around $30. Kanye's "Fantasy" was a triple LP on a major label and goes for $30-$35. No freaking thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maintreqd Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 i get that it's overpriced, but i still picked it up. I don't have the LP in any of its variations or variants and i'm actually pretty stoked about a lot of the extra stuff being collected in one place (other than my ipod). I know i'll enjoy listening to it front to back, and i'm also kinda excited to see the gold and silver wax. i don't feel like a sucker for making this purchase, i think it has its place for some collectors or just fans of the band in general. though, i do wish it was not so pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaugzilla Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 The Clarity 2xLP was $30 and included a shirt. This is just ridiculous. I'd love to get it, but "Clarity" and "Invented" are more than sufficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 What DO you think the profit margin on these is? Anyone with more insight wanna hypothesize? here's a similar example. k records reissued the microphones - the glow pt. 2 a few years back in a 3lp format while the original was a 2lp. the original run was long out of print. the reissue, which is very impressively packaged, retails at $25. http://shop.krecs.com/products/klp190 why is a similarly packaged album being sold at $54.99, over double the price of a similar situation? not to mention this is a whole new run of what was supposed to be a limited RSD release. i'm thinking over 200% profit on these at least. but hey, people are willing to throw exorbitant amounts of money at anything limited right? edit: oh and i'm pretty sure the original price of the 3lp deluxe edition of bleed american was $45. so even if for some reason the manufacturing cost of these is through the roof what would explain the $10 increase other than the fact that they're just squeezing as much money as they can out of this? This is all speculation on my part, so here goes... 1. Major-label albums will almost always cost more than indie-label albums because of the costs buried in them—royalties to the musician(s), the producer(s), the songwriter(s), the A&R rep(s), etc. These deals are significantly more complex than your average indie-label deal, and all that money is built into the price to make sure everyone gets paid for every copy sold. 2. The reason this run of JEW 3xLPs is more expensive than last year's run of JEW 3xLPs is that if I had to guess, SRC isn't actually pressing these themselves—they're just the exclusive retail partner for this pressing. This means the records are pressed by the label and then sold to SRC for re-sale purposes—and the label still has to get paid an exact amount to cover all their royalties and production costs. SRC has to then mark up the title to make sure they can make some sort of profit on it, as well. I doubt they'd price this record that high unless they had to in order to make enough money to make the whole deal worthwhile. Generally, I think SRC's prices are pretty fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmhmm Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 The Clarity 2xLP was $30 and included a shirt. This is just ridiculous. I'd love to get it, but "Clarity" and "Invented" are more than sufficient. +1 for admitting you like "Invented." Great album, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 here's a similar example. k records reissued the microphones - the glow pt. 2 a few years back in a 3lp format while the original was a 2lp. the original run was long out of print. the reissue, which is very impressively packaged, retails at $25. http://shop.krecs.com/products/klp190 why is a similarly packaged album being sold at $54.99, over double the price of a similar situation? not to mention this is a whole new run of what was supposed to be a limited RSD release. i'm thinking over 200% profit on these at least. but hey, people are willing to throw exorbitant amounts of money at anything limited right? edit: oh and i'm pretty sure the original price of the 3lp deluxe edition of bleed american was $45. so even if for some reason the manufacturing cost of these is through the roof what would explain the $10 increase other than the fact that they're just squeezing as much money as they can out of this? This is all speculation on my part, so here goes... 1. Major-label albums will almost always cost more than indie-label albums because of the costs buried in them—royalties to the musician(s), the producer(s), the songwriter(s), the A&R rep(s), etc. These deals are significantly more complex than your average indie-label deal, and all that money is built into the price to make sure everyone gets paid for every copy sold. 2. The reason this run of JEW 3xLPs is more expensive than last year's run of JEW 3xLPs is that if I had to guess, SRC isn't actually pressing these themselves—they're just the exclusive retail partner for this pressing. This means the records are pressed by the label and then sold to SRC for re-sale purposes—and the label still has to get paid an exact amount to cover all their royalties and production costs. SRC has to then mark up the title to make sure they can make some sort of profit on it, as well. I doubt they'd price this record that high unless they had to in order to make enough money to make the whole deal worthwhile. Generally, I think SRC's prices are pretty fair. Do you have any insight as to if a single LP is a possibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Wholesale price on the last pressing was $29, and that was through Dischord so they took a small piece as well. It's entirely possible that Universal is selling these to SRC at retail cost (which was $45), which would explain the $15 markup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Why would any store buy records for retail price... If they could buy the entire run, then they could dictate the new retail price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeantscruffy Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 It could be possibly that the price went up slightly because it's a smaller run and all on colored vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac3ebemo Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 If only SRC owned this message board and could shine some light on the speculation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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