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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1008386" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>An album also doesn't cost 25-100 million dollars plus to put out either.</p><p></p><p>When will people learn self control. If an item you would like to have is priced too high, wait for it to come down in price or pay for it when it hits the price you feel it is worth. According to your theory, $10 for an album is totally unreasonable for many or the piracy of music wouldn't still be rampant today. There is still a remnant of us out here that don't believe we have the right to steal something because the asking price for it is too high. Saying "I'm going to steal your stuff because you want $20, but if you come down to $10 I'll pay for it" is totally ludicrous imho. That's nothing more than a statement for the thief to set their own mind at ease that his theft is ok.</p><p></p><p>I believe the price is too high also and do exactly what I have suggested. I have a collection of DVD, HD-DVD & B-R that is hitting the 1,000 number mark. Of course, I've been an early adopter of technology since I moved away from home and started making my own money and moved to DVD and the widescreen format within a couple of months of it's release. So that represents, I don't remember what year that was (around '95 maybe), over 15 years of collecting. The average price I've paid for my DVDs is under $7 each. The average price for the HD-DVD and B-R titles sitting on my shelf is for sure under $15 and could be as low as $13. There are a very few that I'll pay even Amazon's full price for. Yes, it takes keeping an eye on the titles you want to scarf them up when they're on sale.</p><p></p><p>But at $15 a pop for a B-R today, that's cheaper than two going to the matinee and purchasing a single popcorn and drink. The excuse is gone for this type of theft, except for those who like to brag about the size of their home library. </p><p></p><p>edit: Just as an example, I'd been wanting the seasons of Lost on B-R. Now I could have gone and gotten pirated copies of it when they were $60-70 a season. But I waited, and the wait payed off, as I picked them up for just over $30 a season, on B-R, during a sale a few weeks ago. For those that $30 a season is still too high, they were only $10 a season on DVD at that same time. Sorry, but I have no empathy for the "gotta have it now, and if I don't have the money to pay for it, I'm gonna steal it" crowd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1008386, member: 24160"] An album also doesn't cost 25-100 million dollars plus to put out either. When will people learn self control. If an item you would like to have is priced too high, wait for it to come down in price or pay for it when it hits the price you feel it is worth. According to your theory, $10 for an album is totally unreasonable for many or the piracy of music wouldn't still be rampant today. There is still a remnant of us out here that don't believe we have the right to steal something because the asking price for it is too high. Saying "I'm going to steal your stuff because you want $20, but if you come down to $10 I'll pay for it" is totally ludicrous imho. That's nothing more than a statement for the thief to set their own mind at ease that his theft is ok. I believe the price is too high also and do exactly what I have suggested. I have a collection of DVD, HD-DVD & B-R that is hitting the 1,000 number mark. Of course, I've been an early adopter of technology since I moved away from home and started making my own money and moved to DVD and the widescreen format within a couple of months of it's release. So that represents, I don't remember what year that was (around '95 maybe), over 15 years of collecting. The average price I've paid for my DVDs is under $7 each. The average price for the HD-DVD and B-R titles sitting on my shelf is for sure under $15 and could be as low as $13. There are a very few that I'll pay even Amazon's full price for. Yes, it takes keeping an eye on the titles you want to scarf them up when they're on sale. But at $15 a pop for a B-R today, that's cheaper than two going to the matinee and purchasing a single popcorn and drink. The excuse is gone for this type of theft, except for those who like to brag about the size of their home library. edit: Just as an example, I'd been wanting the seasons of Lost on B-R. Now I could have gone and gotten pirated copies of it when they were $60-70 a season. But I waited, and the wait payed off, as I picked them up for just over $30 a season, on B-R, during a sale a few weeks ago. For those that $30 a season is still too high, they were only $10 a season on DVD at that same time. Sorry, but I have no empathy for the "gotta have it now, and if I don't have the money to pay for it, I'm gonna steal it" crowd. [/QUOTE]
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