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They appear to be doing this with blu-rays now as well. There's been a bunch of stuff I nearly added to my wishlist on Amazon before I noticed they're BD-Rs.
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Oct 22, 2016 - 2:53 PM
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The Thing
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Return them. That is Amazon's fault that they sent you cdrs and being deceitful about it. I would go to Ebay or Discogs to get them if they are going to lie about it on their listing. I don't purchase any cds or lps on Ebay unless it is of actual photos in the listing. I stay away from the stock image in the listings.
If they're sealed, Amazon might not be aware that they are being supplied with CD-Rs by the labels, if that is what they're choosing to manufacture these days.
So if people keep complaining and sending them back, with return reasons such as "fake CD" or "CD-R not specified in product description", then at least maybe they'll complain to their suppliers and word will get back to the originators and they'll give in and disclose this information when supplying goods for Amazon to sell to customers.
They're probably just adopting Amazon USA's "Manufacture on Demand" service... if it's good enough for Amazon, then it's good enough for the labels. But this hasn't really made inroads to the same extent in the UK / Europe (yet), because Amazon in those regions don't (yet) offer the CD-R MoD service.
But I've also found some other music being made available on CD-Rs recently, made by the label, sealed, and supplied as stock for Amazon to sell. These were a couple of old albums by obscure rock bands, presumably because they didn't think the demand was there for those early albums in a band's discography to be re-pressed properly. So that doesn't help with places like eBay or Discogs, if sealed CD-Rs are being widely distributed, and those re-sellers are selling them new and sealed without realising.
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I seriously think you guys should get over this. These on-demand cd's are not the evil things you imagine them to be.
You think this is bad? You should hear them complain about digipacks.
Watch it, buddy, I resemble that accusation! 
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What are the labels (Intrada, Varese etc) view on CDRs? Would they be willing to repress CDrs as proper CDs in limited numbers? Do the labels see CDRs as a way to reduce costs? I've avoided CDrs as best I can. The only CDr that I own is the Hulk, which was the only CD format available.
I think the costs are more in artwork, license, than the production of the actual cd. So probably around the same costs, but less buyers, because we don't like cdr's.
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What are the labels (Intrada, Varese etc) view on CDRs? Would they be willing to repress CDrs as proper CDs in limited numbers? Do the labels see CDRs as a way to reduce costs? I've avoided CDrs as best I can. The only CDr that I own is the Hulk, which was the only CD format available.
I think the costs are more in artwork, license, than the production of the actual cd. So probably around the same costs, but less buyers, because we don't like cdr's.
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'We' -- as in 'you'.
Well, him and the vast majority of this board.
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