Actually spawny, the regular priced CDs are the ones they get from local distributors, but Utopia is primarily an IMPORT store, and in that regard a great percentage of their stock is at import prices, so you're paying through the nose, especially for their ridiculously priced vinyl. Even the second hand vinyl there is exorbitant, and most of it isn't near as "collectible" as they tell you. A friend of mine bought a "collectible" Kiss box set there for $250 with the claim that it was the only one left; within an hour they had another one on display. Their t-shirt prices are insane. My advice to anyone who's *in Sydney* is that a lot of stuff from bands that are signed to labels like Earache, Metal Blade, Nuclear Blast, Century Media, Spinefarm or any of the other better known labels are just as easily obtained from somewhere like the HMV store in Pitt St. mall as they have nationwide distribution through Shock, Riot or MGM so many of the larger chains do have them, as does Red Eye Records in King Street, who've just expanded their metal section and as a rule are cheaper than Utopia.
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