Post by krisjan August 3, 2010 (1631 of 3239)
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mahlerei said:
...that's hardly fair, is it?
Oh, now I see - it isn't FAIR. So tell me wise one, who decides what is fair? I eagerly await your response.
And you keep on bringing up the cost of utilities when I never said anything about that. Can you try to keep this on topic? Let me remind you - we are discussing the price of CD's/SACD's in the market.
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Post by mahlerei August 3, 2010 (1632 of 3239)
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krisjan
You are being very childish now. May I remind you it was YOU who brought up the free market issue in a discussion that was focused on the costs of CDs/SACDs. Having lost the argument - through sheer bad manners and wilful ignorance - you now resort to unreasoning abuse. I really urge you work on your social and debating skills; both need a lot of attention.
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Post by k-spin August 3, 2010 (1633 of 3239)
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krisjan said:
Let me remind you - we are discussing the price of CD's/SACD's in the market.
I know this discussion did start with someone pointing out the price of a BIS SACD at Amazon but, yet again, it looks like the BIS thread is being diverted off on a tangent. Would it be better to start a separate thread to discuss the wider issue of SACD pricing if people are keen to discuss it?
Krisjan, not aiming this at you in particular and do not mean any offence.
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Post by tream August 3, 2010 (1634 of 3239)
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k-spin said:
I know this discussion did start with someone pointing out the price of a BIS SACD at Amazon but, yet again, it looks like the BIS thread is being diverted off on a tangent. Would it be better to start a separate thread to discuss the wider issue of SACD pricing if people are keen to discuss it?
Krisjan, not aiming this at you in particular and do not mean any offence.
I agree - I hate to see thread pollution of this nature.
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Post by mahlerei August 3, 2010 (1635 of 3239)
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Just to clarify. My original question was directed at Robert - logical enough, as this is the BIS thread and I felt it was a matter that he needed to be aware of - and then I responded to krisjan's assertion that it's all about the free market. I used an analogy - which seems to have been misconstrued as obfuscation - to challenge that assertion. If that strikes some of you as 'thread pollution' then I apologise. To me it seems an eminently rational - and legitimate - point to raise.
I left this MB once before, and now I'm beginning to regret I ever returned.
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Post by krisjan August 3, 2010 (1636 of 3239)
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mahlerei said:
krisjan
You are being very childish now. May I remind you it was YOU who brought up the free market issue in a discussion that was focused on the costs of CDs/SACDs. Having lost the argument - through sheer bad manners and wilful ignorance - you now resort to unreasoning abuse. I really urge you work on your social and debating skills; both need a lot of attention.
Just as I thought - you won't answer my question and then resort to ad hominem attacks. Exactly what argument did I "lose". The one where I said that CD/SACD pricing should be governed by free market principles or the one where I challenged you to tell me what is "fair" and who determines "fairness" and for which you failed to respond?
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Post by krisjan August 3, 2010 (1637 of 3239)
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k-spin said:
Krisjan, not aiming this at you in particular and do not mean any offence.
Understood. I never meant for this thread to lead to a discussion of free market principles in general - only as they apply to the pricing of CD's/SACD's. It's the other guy who insisted on OBFUSCATING my original point by bringing up an example that has nothing to do with my point. My responses have hewn strictly to CD/SACD pricing.
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mahlerei said:
I left this MB once before, and now I'm beginning to regret I ever returned.
So are the rest of us.
krisjan's original point (post1619) was quite clear and valid. If someone is stupid enough to be prepared to pay £63.99 for this recording they deserve to be stung.
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Post by diw August 4, 2010 (1639 of 3239)
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On this issue I would like to mention that I find it amazing that I can routinely purchase a Bis SACD from a British company and have them ship it to the US for less than purchasing it from an American on-line vendor.
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Post by diw August 4, 2010 (1640 of 3239)
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I am listening to and enjoying the Britten string quartet disc. Interesting that 2 SACD's of British music have been released so close together.
Will we see more English music from Bis in the near future? More Britten string quartets? Perhaps some of the RVW symphonies? Or that long awaited new SACD recording of the Elgar cello concerto?
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