[Ti] [OT] Applemusic.com - is the price right?

[Steve Talkowski]

On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 01:15  PM, Shawn King wrote:

> On 4/28/03 3:36 PM, "Sam Hotchkiss" <ti at zlit.net> wrote:
>
>> On 4/28/03 2:29 PM, "Trevor J. Hutley" <hutley at geneva-link.ch> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> How do others see the price aspect of this innovation?
>>
>> I agree with you 100%... Apple needs to either price individual tracks
>> SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper or provide it in blocks: $20/month gets you 100 
>> songs.
>> As there are no (significant) costs relating to actual production 
>> once the
>> artist is finished with it, apple has no reason to charge $1 a track 
>> and
>> they know it.
>
> Apple has one huge reason - that's the price people are willing to pay.

Which "people" are you referring to Shawn?  Do you have any evidence 
supporting this claim?

> Why price it at $0.50 when people are willing to pay $0.99 and leave 
> $0.49
> on the table?

LOL - listen to yourself - who exactly was polled and asked how much 
they were willing to pay?

Personally, I have no problem plunking down a buck or two for a few 
good songs off of a dud of an album.