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Re: (TV) woohoo!



On 3/14/06, Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:23:25 -0800
> "Rex Broome" <rexbroome@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So are we opposed to second-hand sales of records only before their
> street
> > dates?  Is it more reprehensible to do it online than in a brick &
> mortar
> > store?  (I ask the latter question because the online sale DOES seem
> > sleazier, but I can't quantify why... maybe because there seems to be
> more
> > effort involved in creating an online auction than throwing a CD into a
> "for
> > sale" bin...)
>
> God knows I've bought enough music in used bins, but I don't like seeing
> promo records/CDs in there for 2 reasons:


I suspect it's a function of living in a "big media" city, but sometimes the
used bins in LA have almost as many promos as truly "used" records... or at
least they used to in the pre-filesharing days.  I know I've bought promos
without even noticing it.  Sometimes until years later!

-Rex
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