Good point. CDs are crap. Personally, if I want an album, I buy an LP if I can, or I'll buy a CD if nothing else, straight from the artist. Our store seems to sell a good bit of CDs though. I think we just have more people in the area that don't know how to use the internets and just have horrible/common sense of taste in music. Even so, I agree, even what we sell, it doesn't seem like it would make up for the hassle. I think more company time is wasted on stocking them, keeping them organized, and helping guests find them than it is even worth selling them. If anything, they should stick strictly to new releases and just push them until they're gone and discontinued. It would make things way more easier to manage and it would keep most people happy, and keep almost the same amount in sales.
At our store the CDs seem to sell pretty well. Every day that I cashier (usually 3 days) I see at least two or three sales.
I think that CDs will stay around for awhile, especially with Target having so many exclusive music releases. Tony Bennett has done two exclusive CDs for Target. Not too long ago there was a Brittany Spears special release. Recently, Andrea Boccelli (or however you spell his name) put out an exclusive CD, too.
So Target is getting some good business this way. They attract performers from many venues and that's got to be a huge help, too.
Me? I still buy CDs. Don't have any of the products that you need to download music from the web. So, if I don't get CDs, then all I have is radio.
I will either buy the CD and upload it to my computer or I'll buy it on itunes and then download it onto the ipod and a blank CD. I will say that in the seven years since I received my first ipod for Christmas, the itunes library has greatly improved.
Even then, you're still limiting your experience with different music and artists. I'm not going to lie, I use a couple private trackers, not because I can just get stuff for free, but because you can get your hands on just about anything under the sun. If it weren't for torrents, I would have missed out on a lot of great music. On top of that, iTunes is crap, and personally I think you're wasting your money since you are dependent upon iTunes and you're buying lossy media that's encoded a way that's not of your choosing. I know that doesn't mean anything to most people, but it does for me. I usually keep things in FLAC so I can encode them the way I want later. If I find something I really like, I try saving to buy the LP or CD at a show, or from their site, or Amazon if all else fails.
Why do we still sell books? I mean, OMG, have people never heard of TV?
Inorite. Mine doesn't have a very good selection, but I'm glad I got A Dance with Dragons at $25 as opposed to $33 like the book store down the road wanted. =3
I still buy CDs depending on the artist every so often. But I flip through my albums, and I have trouble playing a 25% of it because they are all scratched or smudged up. We really need to switch to a media that is more scratch resistant. I was hoping CDs would be replaced by SD or USB flash media by now. Its said that society loves the artwork sleeve with CDs But it seems the music industry has a deal with the automotive industry.
Umyeah. Like I said, CDs are crap. Especially the media that most labels use, they're going to use the cheapest crap they can get their hands on, obviously. Most of my music is mirrored over a couple hard drives. I upload it to another hard drive that I keep in my car, connect via usb to the head unit.
