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Prices & comments
£ | Country | Comment / Will you buy the CD and/or the Discbox later? |
|---|---|---|
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | Discbox?: Undecided CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | I'd pay the going rate for it...as long as it is not full of tracks like Pulk/Pull revolving doors. I've always loved Radiohead's artwork - but i'm not sure i'd want to spend 40 quid on a discbox so it can sit around getting dusty! Discbox?: Undecided CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | Canada | ten bucks canadian. that is how much i think all album downloads should be. also, i'd like to say that even if three quarters of the people elect to pay nothing, Radiohead is going to make a fortune from this. Not to mention the great publicity. Genius! Discbox?: No CD?: No |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | shouldve paid 4.... Discbox?: No CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | I think its a fantastic idea, the notion of an honesty box for a potentially free download. I think a fiver is a fair price for this experiment. I wish Radiohead every luck with it. Interesting what chart placing it will get - is it qualifies (?), and also what chart placing the cd will get when it gets released next year. Discbox?: No CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | Mexico | Only pay that because i decided to buy the discbox Discbox?: Yes CD?: Undecided |
| £5.00 | United States | I figure that's the true price of an album's worth of music. Even better if all of it goes to the band. Discbox?: Undecided CD?: Undecided |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | Based on the last 3 (I have to say below par) albums... I think £5 is fair. If I was basing it on 'The Bends' and 'OK Computer' I would have paid £20 because they are the two best albums ever recorded! Discbox?: Undecided CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | Worth it. Discbox?: Undecided CD?: Yes |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | worth every penny Discbox?: No CD?: Undecided |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | Well impressed. I feel like a cheap bastard for only putting down a fiver for it. Discbox?: Undecided CD?: Undecided |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | it was a great idea, I hope more follow suit Discbox?: No CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | United States | What a brilliant Idea, I would pay a fiver for ANY radiohead album thats what I think the best albums should cost. Discbox?: Undecided CD?: Undecided |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | I paid £5. This is because a download would normally cost about £8. The artist, at the very maximum would receive £2 (probably a lot less). By paying £5 directly to the artist, I have saved £3 and the artist has gained £3 which to my mind seems fair and equitable. Here, Discbox?: Undecided CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | I think it's a very smart move - Radiohead have taken a huge moral high ground but have also given their fans the opportunity to do the same. I spent ages trying to decide the appropriate amount. I have no doubts it will work very well for them. They'll make a lot of money and there are no distributors/middlemen involved. It's much easier for them as they have nothing to lose and a huge international fan-base. How does this approach help the brand-new act with no fan-base and no money to record their first tracks? Discbox?: No CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | first time i've paid for an album in years. i'm paying in part because i love this kind of original thinking - although i don't see it as a solution to the music industry's woes. i don't have much problem dealing with the ethical side of downloading music for free from a band who is already rich, but if they're going to continue to let us set the price i would probably pay a couple of quid in the future. Discbox?: No CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | Excellent and Innovative. Worth every penny. Discbox?: No CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | United States | i'm buying the discbox as well, but can't stand to wait Discbox?: Yes CD?: Yes |
| £5.00 | United States | Figured I'd pay 5 now, and also buy the CD when it eventually comes out. Discbox?: No CD?: Yes |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | A bargain and very pleasant not to have the middle man! Discbox?: No CD?: No |
| £5.00 | Chile | Excellent desition by these guys, it was about time somebody started listening to what real music fans have to say, or in this case, want to pay for it. The jurassic and monopolic cd pricing is abusive and no one wants to pay the amount they ask for, especially considering the artists gets an average of 8% of the sales. Then ask yourself why people download music. It is simply a robbery and no one is willing to put up with this anymore. Paid 5 quid because that's an average of what I pay for original cds and this time, I know my money is really well spent. Can't wait to listen to it! Discbox?: Undecided CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | United Kingdom | They should allow customers back to pay more if they feel the album is worth more. Discbox?: No CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | Denmark | Would have paid more if I had the money! Discbox?: Yes CD?: Not Answered* |
| £5.00 | Italy | I think £5.00 is a fair price for a digital download of the album. However, I'm considering to buy the discbox as well, to get the extra-cd, the vinyls and the artworks. Discbox?: Yes CD?: Not Answered* |
Survey Data
I think this is a fair price for a album that has no physical form and minimal distribution costs - there will alway be wankers that pay nothing but I hope the average price that emerges will be used as a benchmark to online pricing in the future, this will be a more realistic way of combatting illegal file sharing