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Erik · Jul 14, 2006

7" vinyls should cost 3-4 dollars

They should NOT COST THE SAME AS A FULL LENGTH ALBUM

Erik · Jul 14, 2006

Sometimes I wish I was a punk instead of a heavy metal maniac just because if there's one thing that's good about punk it's that they know what to charge for shit

$1 for tapes $3 for seven inches $8-10 for albums

LEARN you dicks

Erik · Jul 14, 2006

^ ONLY STUPID BASTARDS PAY MORE THAN $3.00 FOR A SEVEN INCH RECORD

MFJ · Jul 14, 2006

it's true. when i was really into the whole punk thing you could spend $25 on music and have a TON of shit to listen to

Doom · Jul 14, 2006

MFJ said:
it's true. when i was really into the whole punk thing you could spend $25 on music and have a TON of shit to listen to

"shit" being the important word there.

Henrik Main · Jul 14, 2006

Erik said:
Sometimes I wish I was a punk instead of a heavy metal maniac just because if there's one thing that's good about punk it's that they know what to charge for shit

True that, a lot of the punk records I own have "Don't pay more than 10 (or even 12) Euro for this album!" stickers on the cover. Also, the music is asskicking too

Erik · Jul 14, 2006

you mostly listen to funpunk though, i don't think they have the same sort of ethics as the true black and white diy only squad i was thinking of

Claws of Perdition · Jul 14, 2006

Doom said:
"shit" being the important word there.

seconded

Henrik Main · Jul 14, 2006

Erik said:
you mostly listen to funpunk though, i don't think they have the same sort of ethics as the true black and white diy only squad i was thinking of

I don't and they have

Erik · Jul 14, 2006

Henrik Main said:
I don't and they have

especially millencolin and co am i rite

also i'm pretty sure you only listen to music about moving one's car and skateboarding and such

M.Lehto · Jul 14, 2006

The funny thing is, that the pressing of 7" is so fucking expensive these days, that if you're not pressing your own band, but a band that will get their share of the pressing, the price for a small pressing can go over 3 euros/copy and if you have any goal to keep releasing records in the future, you should be able to make some profit of it. So if you pay 3 euros for a 7", you sell those as wholesale as 4 euros to distros, whom have to add the postages to that price, so when they end up to your fave distro, the cost for the 7" might already be 5 euros. Then the distro take some money to them too...

Releasing 7" these days is so fucking expensive...unless you release them as low quality 7".

EDIT - And what comes to prices in US for vinyls released in Europe, dollar is so fucking weak...

M.Lehto · Jul 14, 2006

Erik said:
Yeah, I am not being totally serious I realize that $3 is often unreasonable but $10 is fucking ridiculous.

That's 8 euros...normal price for 7" in here is usually about 6 euros, but then again, selling them to US adds a lot of postages.

The price is absurd, just thinking why...

dill_the_devil · Jul 14, 2006

Erik said:
I have a good idea of "why", and it is that 7"'s are nowadays seen as novelties, as collectors' items that you don't buy for the MUSIC but as something to hang on the wall and maybe sell for $50 on eBay 5 years down the line

Hammer, meet head of nail. The people that are unquestionably prepared to pay that much for 7" vinyl releases are people who will likely never put a needle to that vinyl.