[Thor Joachim Haga]

Yes, that last point makes sense. People who now sell their used CDs on Discogs “know what they’re worth” and keep the price high. Similarly, there is very little bidding on eBay anymore, and certainly no more major sellers like “OneCentCDs”, where you could get CDs not necessarily for a cent, but a couple of dollars after bidding. POOF….gone.

I don’t traverse the classical music world very often, so I can’t comment on the situation there, but I feel like we live in different worlds in terms of our experience with this. Probably has to do with those ‘four threats’ issues, and that we don’t go hunting for the same things etc. All I know is that I constantly bang my head against the wall these days, since I can’t get ANY of the CDs I’m looking for — and those are NORMAL, mainstream CDs, not limited editions — for less than $20, all included.