I feel violated because there is no warranty. As a matter of FACT. Most retail stores WILL NOT accept returns on CDs. If my CD has a big fat scratch on it are you, as the salesperson at the music store, going to exchange it? Probably not. (LP's can only be sold in collectors markets. If they have a scratches, they will be less inclined to purchase it.) Fact is, I was 7 years of age when I began spending my X-mas and Birthday money on music. Thank you Grandma & Grandpa. That was in 1978. (Good argument for the record industry aiming marketing at kids?) I tried to take care of those LPs and 45's but I was a kid, & kids are clumsy so more than a few got dammaged. I thought cassettes were great, but didn't sound as good as vinyl. 8-tracks, well I shouldn't have to explain their downfalls.
In todays world though, I look at two business practices that should apply.
Even a hard drive with preinstalled OS's come with a warranty. Yes, since it's the same hard drive (i.e. the same PC, usually;)) the OS is reinstallable, so you have replacement of both medium and OS. Secondly, the Library systems in America share copyrighted material with millions of people. They are even nice enough to provide a Xerox machine for me to COPY copyrighted works.:o) Why would I go buy a movie, CD or book, when I can freely borrow them from my local library?.
Finally, in summation. $4,000 is a nice jetski.
After reading the many posts concerning this question. I had to go through my music.
Here is what I found.
I own 132 cassette tapes.
I own 79 LPs (does that age me?)
I own 300+ 45s (got tired of counting)
I own 67 CDs.
Broken down, I only have about 100 albums.
I have triplicate CD's, cassettes, & LPs of 23 albums.
I have duplicate cassettes & LP's of 14.
I have duplicate cassettes & CDs of 9
This represents 25+ years of purchases equal to about $4,000. I wonder how much of that was duplicate puchases & feel financially raped.
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I feel violated because there is no warranty. As a matter of FACT. Most retail stores WILL NOT accept returns on CDs. If my CD has a big fat scratch on it are you, as the salesperson at the music store, going to exchange it? Probably not. (LP's can only be sold in collectors markets. If they have a scratches, they will be less inclined to purchase it.) Fact is, I was 7 years of age when I began spending my X-mas and Birthday money on music. Thank you Grandma & Grandpa. That was in 1978. (Good argument for the record industry aiming marketing at kids?) I tried to take care of those LPs and 45's but I was a kid, & kids are clumsy so more than a few got dammaged. I thought cassettes were great, but didn't sound as good as vinyl. 8-tracks, well I shouldn't have to explain their downfalls. In todays world though, I look at two business practices that should apply. Even a hard drive with preinstalled OS's come with a warranty. Yes, since it's the same hard drive (i.e. the same PC, usually ;)) the OS is reinstallable, so you have replacement of both medium and OS. Secondly, the Library systems in America share copyrighted material with millions of people. They are even nice enough to provide a Xerox machine for me to COPY copyrighted works. :o) Why would I go buy a movie, CD or book, when I can freely borrow them from my local library?.
Finally, in summation. $4,000 is a nice jetski.
After reading the many posts concerning this question. I had to go through my music. Here is what I found. I own 132 cassette tapes. I own 79 LPs (does that age me?) I own 300+ 45s (got tired of counting) I own 67 CDs. Broken down, I only have about 100 albums. I have triplicate CD's, cassettes, & LPs of 23 albums. I have duplicate cassettes & LP's of 14. I have duplicate cassettes & CDs of 9 This represents 25+ years of purchases equal to about $4,000. I wonder how much of that was duplicate puchases & feel financially raped.