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Isn't it odd that when music is sold, CD's are MORE expensive than cassette tapes, even though you _know_ that the manufacturing cost of CD's is less?

CDs sell for more because buyers decided that they wanted a wider range of titles with shallower sales (hence higher unit costs) rather than a narrower

I'm afraid that quantitatively, this is utter nonsense.

A relevant data point is the fact that for about $1000, anybody can have 1000 copies of a custom CDROM manufactured. That, by music industry The real; answer to all of these points is too simple.

"Because they can" A lot has to do with percieved value. If consumers would have thought that the prices were way too high, then the market would have dictated a lower cost eventually. I think that the price of CDs vs tapes is more a marketing issue than a technical one.... Alex F =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Alex F alexf@iss.net Marketing Specialist Internet Security Systems =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-