That's one of my complaints, because FYE is just going down the same path that Suncoast went. It's the same problem with bookstores.
The only way to compete with the 'threat' of Amazon and 'the internet' (as is one of the common screeds that pops up in the industry) is to suck it up, understand that prices are just out of line with what consumers want to pay, and CUT PRICES. Chop them, right across the board. Industry needs to narrow their margins, retailers need to give incentives and in a time when Hollywood STILL thinks $28.99 is the 'correct' MSRP for MAJOR NEW RELEASE DVD (which is then discounted to $14.99-$19.99 at mass retailers), release those titles at $19.99 and discount them from THAT point.
It's like CDs. There's no rational way that any CD should be priced at $18.99. Why is it that price if I want to buy the soundtrack to 'Once Upon a time in Mexico' when that new Cee-lo CD is $8.99? Effect? "Soundtracks don't sell, catalog doesn't sell" well, DUH.
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Date: 2011-01-17 06:31 am (UTC)The only way to compete with the 'threat' of Amazon and 'the internet' (as is one of the common screeds that pops up in the industry) is to suck it up, understand that prices are just out of line with what consumers want to pay, and CUT PRICES. Chop them, right across the board. Industry needs to narrow their margins, retailers need to give incentives and in a time when Hollywood STILL thinks $28.99 is the 'correct' MSRP for MAJOR NEW RELEASE DVD (which is then discounted to $14.99-$19.99 at mass retailers), release those titles at $19.99 and discount them from THAT point.
It's like CDs. There's no rational way that any CD should be priced at $18.99. Why is it that price if I want to buy the soundtrack to 'Once Upon a time in Mexico' when that new Cee-lo CD is $8.99? Effect? "Soundtracks don't sell, catalog doesn't sell" well, DUH.
Ranty ranty ranty.