Emily, I don't think CDBABY or anybody actually sent a CD to AMAZON.com to stock. I think CDBABY or SUPER D or somebody CDBABY works with has simply sent the purchasing information to AMAZON.com. And AMAZON adds their markup to the sale. If sold, the CD would come from the CDBABY warehouse. Similar to the TOWER deal with CDBABY. Tower records didn't actually stock the CD's, they were simply a storefront, and they sold the CD's at a markup from the retail price on CDBABY. So that Tower made money. But they fullfilled the order through CDBABY...

I've thought about the higher price thing some more...I think Brian is right, that is just part of being in the retail world...with a major label, the artist (or the label for that matter) doesn't really control the end selling price. In fact, I think that might be illegal to do so in certain cases. They provide the CD to retail outlets and the retail outlets set the prices. It's the fan's jobs to know who to buy from to get a good deal. They are the ones to find out if they can get it cheaper at WALMART than the local record store (if there are any more of those). If I buy your CD at AMAZON, and then find out later I can get it $10 cheaper at CDBABY or someplace else, I'm mad at myself and at AMAZON, not you. And I've also learned to beware of AMAZON's prices, and to shop around. If AMAZON prices themselves out of the market, that's their problem, not yours...

As far as RECORD COMPANY /= (not equal) to CDBABY. AMAZON probably just has the semantics wrong...plus, if I remember right, in some of the sign up stuff at CDBABY, a lot of the times there was a place that most people would list CDBABY as the record company...like if you bought the BAR CODE from CDBABY, for once instance I can think of...

Maybe that will help you feel better...now, about the possible bootlegging, Brian has a good idea...


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