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Bird call CD cost

To: Roger Giller <>
Subject: Bird call CD cost
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:15:34 +1100
Roger,
you obviously have not bought any CDs for a while. $200 for 9 CDs is a pretty fair price. I think BOCA would not be making much of a profit. Yes, you may be able to buy CD-Rs for a few cents each, but there are a significant number of processes between a blank CD-R and a published set, all of which cost money to carry out. If you think the price is excessive, well there is the alternative - publish your own series of Australian bird call CDs. I will put my hand up for a copy if you can produce one for, say $5 per CD.

Cheers,

Carl Clifford


On 13/01/2007, at 10:44 AM, Roger Giller wrote:

Hi All,

The current thread on portable players for bird calls got me thinking about sourcing the calls. There are several sources but most are by no means comprehensive, e.g. the ABC collection. It appears the best would be the BOCA set but it seems very expensive.

My question is why does it cost $200 for a set of bird calls on CD when we can buy field guide to the same birds, complete with illustrations and notes, for far less. I picked up the latest Simpson and Day for $29:95 last week.

Regards

Roger Giller
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