Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!hgcjr From: hgcjr@utastro.UUCP (Harold G. Corwin Jr.) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: CD prices Message-ID: <1064@utastro.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 21:55:16 EST Article-I.D.: utastro.1064 Posted: Wed Mar 6 21:55:16 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 06:45:59 EST Distribution: net Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 21 [Is this thing still hungry?] > I don't understand why people keep spending $15, $16 or more on > mail order CDs. There always seems to be a sale on somewhere. > Classical Wax (Palo Alto) recently had every CD on sale for $11.99. > > Bob (Piety) at hplabs We do it because we don't live in high-volume markets. The best price in town on classical CD's at the moment is $14.99 -- but the selection is terrible. The shops with even decent selections start their classical prices at $15.99, and $18.99 or even $20.99 is still not uncommon. I refuse to be gouged, so I mail order. Good (cheap) listening! Harold G. Corwin, Jr. uucp: {ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao,charm}!utastro!hgcjr arpa: hgcjr%utastro.UTEXAS@ut-sally.ARPA [or] hgcjr@utastro.UTEXAS.ARPA mabell: 512-471-4461 X 463 Dept. of Astronomy, RLM 15.308, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1083