CDWOW! (1 Viewer)

[dudley]

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

ABOUT CD WOW

• CD Wow IS engaged in an illegal activity

• They are engaged in copyright and trade mark infringement, illegal under EU laws. The EU has these laws to protect European jobs.

• They buy products at very low prices in the Far East and thereby ensure huge profits for themselves by shipping into wealthier markets (EU)

• The price they charge does not include VAT (21%) at a huge cost to the Exchequer

• They contribute nothing to Ireland giving no employment, paying no taxes in Ireland.

• The average VAT on a full price CD is €4.

• The average marketing spend by record companies on a chart CD is €3.

• Record companies invest 15 million euro annually in marketing on radio, TV and other media.

• They carry none of the overheads of regular retail shops: employees, buildings, fixtures & fittings etc

• CD Wow is already injuncted in Germany and is being sued in Ireland and the UK

• CD Wow knows that they will lose these cases but will continue profiteering up to the last minute

• Remember every CD Wow purchase is a nail in the coffin of an Irish job.

• WHEN CD Wow is shut down, it is not advisable to have your credit card details in cyber space

• Tring International plc (mainly owned by CD Wow’s majority share holder, Phillip Robinson) has already been successfully sued for piracy on several occasions.

 

[old]

Worth pointing out: this was a circular Dud received from EMI.
CDWOW is, in fact, deadly and cheap.
CDWOW sells stuff at the prices they probably should be sold at in this country.
Average marketing spend? Hilarious.
Everyone knows major labels are in the business of marketing as opposed to music.
Anything that pisses them off has to be a good thing.

 

[krystal]

best buy some more cheap cd's pretty sharpish so!

 

[Ex-User (250)]

deadly buzz

 

[guy of the tiger]

So what if they're not based in ireland?They are providing cheap cd's to ireland. The people who are suing them are the music big guns who can't compete with the price. cdwow basically import cds that are sold cheaply in asia and sell them here. Cd's are ridiculously overpriced in ireland. Sony are shooting themselves in the foot by suing these guys, they keep moaning about mp3s killing the industry blah blah blah. And then the start attacking places where people can get cheap cds. Cdwow are basically getting sued because they were smarter than sony. Also they arent importing illegal products they are however breaking the law because they are not paying certain import taxes.
I am completley against cdwow getting sued for this.

"They buy products at very low prices in the Far East and thereby ensure huge profits for themselves by shipping into wealthier markets "
--Whats wrong with that? Thats good business.

"They carry none of the overheads of regular retail shops: employees, buildings, fixtures & fittings etc "
--I cant see how this is a bad point. again ,thats just good business.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

ABOUT CD WOW

• They buy products at very low prices in the Far East and thereby ensure huge profits for themselves by shipping into wealthier markets (
• CD Wow IS engaged in an illegal activity

• They are engaged in copyright and trade mark infringement, illegal under EU laws. The EU has these laws to protect European jobs.

• EU)

• The price they charge does not include VAT (21%) at a huge cost to the Exchequer

• They contribute nothing to Ireland giving no employment, paying no taxes in Ireland.

• The average VAT on a full price CD is €4.

• The average marketing spend by record companies on a chart CD is €3.

• Record companies invest 15 million euro annually in marketing on radio, TV and other media.

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• CD Wow is already injuncted in Germany and is being sued in Ireland and the UK

• CD Wow knows that they will lose these cases but will continue profiteering up to the last minute

• Remember every CD Wow purchase is a nail in the coffin of an Irish job.

• WHEN CD Wow is shut down, it is not advisable to have your credit card details in cyber space

• Tring International plc (mainly owned by CD Wow’s majority share holder, Phillip Robinson) has already been successfully sued for piracy on several occasions.

 

[Speed Racer]

What happens to all of those Credit Card numbers though? Ha? Everybody will probably get bills for Penis enlargements and Colagen injections that never happened. Ha ha ha.....or kid porn

 

[Ex-User (250)]

heh heh heh, that's crazy shit.

What happens to all of those Credit Card numbers though? Ha? Everybody will probably get bills for Penis enlargements and Colagen injections that never happened. Ha ha ha.....or kid porn

 

[pete]

Worth pointing out: this was a circular Dud received from EMI.
CDWOW is, in fact, deadly and cheap.
CDWOW sells stuff at the prices they probably should be sold at in this country.
Average marketing spend? Hilarious.
Everyone knows major labels are in the business of marketing as opposed to music.
Anything that pisses them off has to be a good thing.

So.... EMI are anti-globalisation then?

Deadly.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Worth pointing out: this was a circular Dud received from EMI.
CDWOW is, in fact, deadly and cheap.
CDWOW sells stuff at the prices they probably should be sold at in this country.
Average marketing spend? Hilarious.
Everyone knows major labels are in the business of marketing as opposed to music.
Anything that pisses them off has to be a good thing.

CDWOW don't do back catalogue stuff
if they did they'd be great

it's like going into the HMV sale and seeing shitloads of cheap albums but the ones you really want [say Young Marble Giants, Dead Can Dance, Low, The Fall] are NEVER REDUCED

why is this?

 

[keithaburke]

They buy products at very low prices in the Far East and thereby ensure huge profits for themselves by shipping into wealthier markets (EU).

Hands up who ever owned a pair of nike runners... or kicked an adidas football. When did you ever get in a car with tyres made from European rubber?
Did you ever watch a DVD? I'm guessing the player was made in England or Germany was it?
I doubt it!

The price they charge does not include VAT (21%) at a huge cost to the Exchequer

The fact that our VAT is 21% is a disgrace. It's too high. It was that over taxing that led to the 1980's attitude in this country that says if you can get away with it... more power to you. It's painful to buy on Thomann.de and see the Irish VAT rate so much higher than everwhere else.

They contribute nothing to Ireland giving no employment, paying no taxes in Ireland.

They certainly do contibute to Ireland. They provide a very valued service to the Irish consumer. Provideing much needed competition and therefore driving down inflation. On you toes big guns!!!

The average marketing spend by record companies on a chart CD is ?3.

Record companies invest 15 million euro annually in marketing on radio, TV and other media.

That is why our charts are so full of shit no body listens to anything in the top 10 past the age of 12 anymore. They tell us what to listen to rather than us telling them what we like to listen to.

They carry none of the overheads of regular retail shops: employees, buildings, fixtures & fittings etc

So sue Argos!!
Get a grip... minimising costs is part of good business.
Do you think all internet and e commerce companies should open up token premises with regular cost and overheads in the interests of being fair?

Remember every CD Wow purchase is a nail in the coffin of an Irish job.

Scaremongering... ridiculous. threat to the monopolised, overpriced market more like.

WHEN CD Wow is shut down, it is not advisable to have your credit card details in cyber space

Is this guy on drugs?

keith

 

[pete]

BPI down plays Amazon.com 'illegal importing' probe

Music trade group, the BPI, has played down a report in the FT which claims that it is investigating Amazon.com for alleged breach of copyright laws and "illegal importing".

According to the newspaper, the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) is in the early stages of an investigation examining whether selling CDs to punters in the UK from Amazon.com constitutes "parallel importing", which is illegal under some circumstances

Parallel, or grey, importing is when goods are sourced from overseas (usually at a cheaper price) rather than bought locally. CDs bought from outside the EU (the US or the Far east for example) could be a breach of copyright.

A spokesman for the BPI told The Register that it regularly checks the activities of retailers, among them Amazon.com.

But he described a recent test purchase from Amazon.com as merely a "routine check" and nothing more.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34745.html

 

[das funkinstein]

heres the interview with cdwow and IRMA.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/1127/mo...gireland7a.smil

cdwow makes a show of them in the interview.

i dont know what the fuss is about there has been music mail order clubs for years.

I think they are sueing because cdwow had record breaking sales.

I think they will lose there legal action.

there too much cute whore-isms in this country already.

 

[pete]

heres the interview with cdwow and IRMA.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/1127/mo...gireland7a.smil

cdwow makes a show of them in the interview.

i dont know what the fuss is about there has been music mail order clubs for years.

I think they are sueing because cdwow had record breaking sales.

I think they will lose there legal action.

there too much cute whore-isms in this country already.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/1127/morningireland/morningireland7a.smil