Comment Re:$18 loss leader?! (Score 1) 396
When they use the phrase "at cost" they are referring to the amount that the individual store spent to purchase that CD from the distributors. For an $18 CD, this will be about $11-$13 dollars. So when you buy the new Eminem or Celine Dion or whatever for $9 dollars, the store is losing money just to get people in the store. This has nothing to do with the record companies other than that this is what they force the shop owners to do.
