That's a good point about ebayers an other distros that undercut the very same people you support? It's bullshit and that's the kind of stuff that kills the underground and all those distos/labels we love..... When people sell stuff for so cheap and you support those ebayers and distros that do that... you better not be the same people bitching and complaing about bootleggers and downloaders....stormspell wrote:I'll be talking of CD die-hard releases here but it is the same idea in general anyway. When I do a die-hard portion of a particular release I look at it as a way of recuperating CASH towards the release. Coz once the release is out all distros only want to trade for it. There are maybe 1 or 2 distros that come to me to buy a handfull on wholesale (Hail Ryosuke and Helmut!). All the rest are trades, and a week after you start trading it, you can go to eBay and find your release there for dirt cheap...
So I make 150 or so "die-hards" which I make available for pre-orders at my regular CD price at $11.99 and I also always offer them on wholesale too (for $8, while my wholesale price on "regular" editions is $7).
This is the only way I can ensure I'll have a portion of the pressing which will not pop out on eBay a week after the release date at some crazy under-wholesale prices.
and you wonder why some of these labels need to make diehard products to make money for the next release.....