Worth 10 Points!!!

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by richlevy

You know, I thought about opening a brick and mortar store with that as a premise. It would be like a record store except only album covers on display. Kiosks would allow download to Ipods, or CD on demand. With key, songs could be reloaded for a small fee in case of loss.

It reminds me of BB's CDs (warning: lame/nonexistent web site). I don't know how they operate now, but when they first opened in the twilight of the 1980s, all CDs were removed from their cases. The empty cases were on display and you could listen to any disc upon request (only staff actually handled the discs, and I never bought one that was in less than pristine condition). There were several listening stations up at the front. I know this caused me to buy several CDs I didn't really need and probably wouldn't have bought if they had stayed wrapped. (I guess one could argue that I didn't really need ANY CD that I've bought in the last 17, years, but hey.)