<![CDATA[Record Stores Now Blatantly Using Wal-Mart As A Wholesaler - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Record Stores Now Blatantly Using Wal-Mart As A Wholesaler - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:01:36 EST Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:01:36 EST http://idolator.com/tunes/take-it-easy%2C-everybody/record-stores-now-blatantly-using-wal+mart-as-a-wholesaler-320206.php <![CDATA[Record Stores Now Blatantly Using Wal-Mart As A Wholesaler]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/take-it-easy%2C-everybody/record-stores-now-blatantly-using-wal+mart-as-a-wholesaler-320206.php#c2910006 I just want to be sure I'm getting the slave labor made version of this "authentic" American "rock" album.

SuperUnison

]]> 33:320206:c2910006 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:01:36 EST <![CDATA[Record Stores Now Blatantly Using Wal-Mart As A Wholesaler]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/take-it-easy%2C-everybody/record-stores-now-blatantly-using-wal+mart-as-a-wholesaler-320206.php#c2907295 Actually, the album was in Times Square Virign store on the day of release last week.

Christian John

]]> 33:320206:c2907295 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:58:50 EST <![CDATA[Record Stores Now Blatantly Using Wal-Mart As A Wholesaler]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/take-it-easy%2C-everybody/record-stores-now-blatantly-using-wal+mart-as-a-wholesaler-320206.php#c2904780 Wal-Mart is using the album as a loss leader anyway. So music stores that buy from Wal-Mart and resell the album are probably (over)charging it for the same price they would have anyway if they were able to get the album from a wholesaler.

thewriteguy

]]> 33:320206:c2904780 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:02:16 EST <![CDATA[Record Stores Now Blatantly Using Wal-Mart As A Wholesaler]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/take-it-easy%2C-everybody/record-stores-now-blatantly-using-wal+mart-as-a-wholesaler-320206.php#c2904556 "My customers, though, are gray-haired old farts (like me) who hold music to a higher standard beyond commodity.

@leevilgenius: Why the fuck are they listening to the Eagles, then?

Audif Jackson Winters III

]]> 33:320206:c2904556 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:28:49 EST <![CDATA[Record Stores Now Blatantly Using Wal-Mart As A Wholesaler]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/take-it-easy%2C-everybody/record-stores-now-blatantly-using-wal+mart-as-a-wholesaler-320206.php#c2904475 I'm guessing any sale of the Eagles disc reported from an account not affiliated with Wal-Mart will get dinged by SoundScan and removed from Billboard. They have failsafe measures in place to check for irregular shit, and this is even easier to spot than the usual shenanigans.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:320206:c2904475 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:19:59 EST <![CDATA[Record Stores Now Blatantly Using Wal-Mart As A Wholesaler]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/take-it-easy%2C-everybody/record-stores-now-blatantly-using-wal+mart-as-a-wholesaler-320206.php#c2904307 for years we've used Wal-mart, Best Buy, CostCo etc. for "wholesale" purposes. The Soundscan question is an interesting one because, theoretically, there are sales being double reported. The big box chains are getting the sales so I'm not sure how much cannibalizing is taking place. Most of my customers have said they would rather wait than step into a Wal-mart. My customers, though, are gray-haired old farts (like me) who hold music to a higher standard beyond commodity. Since I'm a capitalist as well as a huge music fan I've made my piece with some of the compromises I have to make but my customers don't have to settle. I do their dirty work for them.

leevilgenius

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