DarkFeline
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Posted: Dec. 09 2005, 03:32 |
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Just wondering, which MO albums can you usually find in your local music stores? Any ones that you can't always find? Any ones that you always keep seeing? Well, over here the only albums that I've seen are OTB, QE2, Heaven's Open, TBII, TBIII, MB, TB2003 and also the Essential and Elements single CD compilation albums.
Now here's the ranting part, the local Tower Records, which stock a few copies of QE2, Heaven's Open and TB2003 are basically ripping off their customers with their outrageous prices. One of Tower Records's direct competitor is the CD division of a large chain of book stores, the prices are already 10% lower than Tower Records and they also give out a further 10% discount if you have a member card. Problem is, only the recently opened stores have the better stock. Older stores basically have the shorter end of the stick.
Now why am I ranting? An original album costs RM40.50 through Popular Book Store (after discount), but it costs RM48.90 at Tower Records (US$1=RM3.77 for reference). Despite the difference in the exchange rates, original albums still tend to be considered to be expensive here. The local people aren't convinced to get the original versions, and pirated versions float around almost everywhere. Now if you can find pirated MO CDs here, that'd be a miracle in itself. DVDs are another matter, I'm not sure about that. And for reference, a pirated CD may go for as low as RM5 per disc. The government says they're bringing down the pirates and their syndicate, but apparently it isn't working too well. In fact, last year there were calls for a ceiling price to be implemented on original CDs so that it would be more affortable for people to buy (think RM30-RM35), but it was scrapped and instead stores and record labels were suggested holding discounts at sales for selected times for selected items (can anyone say stock-cleaning?). And just recently, the Recording Industry of Malaysia even suggested having a 0.5% levy on all CD-Rs. Gah, I'm somewhat frustrated at everything that's been going on. :|
Sorry about the long rant though, I just needed to get it off my chest. Anyways, you can either reply to the questions at the top of this post or respond to my rant or even both. Do as you wish. 
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), but there might be a few shops left that I haven't searched yet. And the quest for MO's CDs continues! 
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