somethig unfair

[stormy]

in China the classical CDs 'price is unbearable.
maybe in the west it's nothing because the price is determined according to the incomings of the west people.but in China if i buy 3 to 4 cds in one month i will be unable to afford the
living costs.

[Shapley]

Hi, Stormy!

Welcome to the forum.

V/R
Shapley

[OperaTenor]

Hi Stormy, welcome.

Sorry to hear that cd's there are so expensive. Here there seems to be a wide variance in prices. Some are very expensive, while others are relatively cheap. A lot of it depends on the company producing the cd, and who is performing on it.

[Jeff Dutton]

Hi Stormy!

Where do you live? Are you involved in music?

I spent 3 weeks in China earlier this year with a college band that gave several performances in Beijing, Xi'an, Soucho, Nanjing and Shanghai. We also visited Hong Kong. Sorry to hear that CDs are so expensive. I never priced them. I did notice that there were a lot of VERY inexpensive DVD's available though. We guessed that they might be pirated copies.

Jeff

[Shapley]

Stormy,

Around here we have used CD stores which purchase used CD's and resell them. The artist's unions have a problem with it, but I think they are a great idea.

Perhaps you could set up a CD swap club with some of your fellow classical music lovers.

Respectfully,

Shapley

[stormy]

but chinese amateurs have their ways.
usually beginners buy pirates .it's not very appropriate but the pirates are dog cheap - 50 cents(us dollar).i also have 700 pirate discs .
and many people buy smuggle CDs.
and there is a piece of surprising news
in Guangzhou of china you can get the cheapest CDs in the world.
you can get the Universal'CDs at the prices of 10 dollars ,6 dollars, 4 dollars.
i got the bach2000 volum 12 ,2 dollars per disc!
is it invcredible

[stormy]

hi jeff
i'm now studying in a university of beijing
happy to know that you use to visit China, especially Beijing.
yes,i am sorry to say the cheap dvds are pirate
1 dollar per disc

[bignaf]

you probably buy a house in China for a 5 dollars it seems.

[stormy]

i will feel in heaven if what you say is true
and then you must be preparing to emigrate to china