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MR Readers' poll about Radiohead
How much did you pay? Just let us know in the comments, and those of you who wouldn't otherwise answer, please answer and help us defeat selection bias at least in part. Just as the heroic Tim has done (please see the second comment), I'm sure he stands up to terrorists as well.
And it's simple: just cook the cheeseburger in milk, what's so hard about that? Do note the burnt milk will ruin any good pan you use. If you'd like to read some Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook is compelling even though it is one of those books which old school feminists feel no man can possibly like. Just be wary of the date who tells you it is his all-time favorite book. I've never been persuaded by Lessing's science fiction but some of you will wish to try it.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on October 11, 2007 at 07:41 AM in Music | Permalink
Comments
I bittorrented it even though it was free.
Also, I am an IP attorney.
The album is great by the way. Will definitely see them in concert when they come to town.
Posted by: Anon at Oct 11, 2007 7:51:31 AM
I wouldn't normally answer, but you convinced me with you selection bias concern.
I paid three pounds.
Posted by: Tim at Oct 11, 2007 7:58:25 AM
I made a bid of 0.00 pounds. yeah: utility maximization still rules for old fashioned neoclassical economists like me... ;-)
Posted by: rabbi at Oct 11, 2007 8:09:32 AM
Five pounds, which works out to $412.08 at current exchange rates. Radiohead is one of very few groups I'd price that high.
Posted by: James Grimmelmann at Oct 11, 2007 8:10:03 AM
I paid 0 pounds. I'm treating it as a sampler; if I like it, I'll purchase a CD.
Posted by: Gunther at Oct 11, 2007 8:15:13 AM
Their servers were so slow at 7PM on 10/10 that I couldn't load the pages. I then went to bittorrent and got it in less than 3 minutes. I won't pay for it for 2 reasons: 1) If Radiohead was so ill prepared then they don't deserve my money and 2) I don't want to reward Radiohead for doing a marketing stunt that will not work for future bands (as you predicted and I agree with).
Posted by: Anon at Oct 11, 2007 8:15:51 AM
5 pounds sterling. Also, I am so thrilled about Doris Lessing. I always thought her politics would keep her from getting the Nobel.
Posted by: Shiloh at Oct 11, 2007 8:17:22 AM
Zero dollars. I have not been satisfied with Radiohead's recent work and didn't think I would like this one (after two listens I think it's mediocre), so I decided to download it to give them another chance, which I wouldn't have otherwise done. If I end up liking it I will donate some money to charity, but most likely after three listens I will never listen to it again.
Posted by: John Goes at Oct 11, 2007 8:26:50 AM
I paid 3 pounds. Once you take out the cut of the record company and the cost to physically manufacture cd's, I figure their cut would be around 3 pounds anyway.
Posted by: Mike at Oct 11, 2007 8:30:10 AM
I'm grabbing the lossless rip off of bittorrent when the album is released...once I get my Christmas bonus I'll grab the discbox.
Posted by: Jordan Peacock at Oct 11, 2007 8:31:50 AM
4.70 pounds
Posted by: notmark at Oct 11, 2007 8:32:39 AM
I paid 3 pounds, about $7. I've heard from my friends that they paid $3, $5, or around there. I'd also heard that the projected average would be around $10, though my sampling is all of "poor college students."
Posted by: katrina at Oct 11, 2007 8:35:43 AM
I bought the discbox. My consumer surplus has been well over over $100 for 4 of their last 5 albums (Kid A is the exception), so it seems like a safe bet.
Of course, the real reason I bought it was so I could signal to Tyler how muych I like the band.
Posted by: Steve R at Oct 11, 2007 8:36:38 AM
2 quid. i figure i can pay more depending on how much i like it, although i'm probably just rationalizing there.
Posted by: conchis at Oct 11, 2007 8:41:03 AM
So - I presume this is my fifteen minutes of fame?
That's a very generous reward for my thirty seconds of fleeting "heroism"!
Posted by: The Heroic Tim at Oct 11, 2007 8:45:26 AM
same as Gunther - paid 0, but will now buy the CD since I like it
Posted by: John at Oct 11, 2007 8:46:28 AM
$0. Maybe more later if I like it.
Posted by: Rice at Oct 11, 2007 8:48:07 AM
If I had been successful in accessing their site yesterday, I would have paid $5.
Posted by: dn at Oct 11, 2007 8:48:43 AM
I paid $9.99. The preorder site was so slow, I nearly gave up. The download was very fast yesterday morning, however, so I can't complain too much. :-D
Posted by: John at Oct 11, 2007 8:48:46 AM
I paid 0.01 pounds (would have paid zero had I known that was possible!). Rationale: I'll probably attend concerts and buy the full CD (which supposedly has 8 more tracks) anyways.
Posted by: atheendar at Oct 11, 2007 8:51:29 AM
Three pounds, which I believe is about $6. Plus 0.5 pounds download fee.
Posted by: Colin at Oct 11, 2007 8:55:20 AM
10 pounds. That's the going rate for a cd download, right? I thought it was brave of them to leave it up to the buyer so I wanted to be fair.
Posted by: Simon at Oct 11, 2007 8:55:59 AM
I paid 3.45 pounds with service charge, 3.00 pounds without. I would have paid a little more had their site let me listen to the album first. As it is I paid less than half the price of a "normal" download, but I think a reasonable price for an album download is about half the price the biggies charge. And the quality of the Radiohead album deserves a little more than half.
Posted by: aaron_m at Oct 11, 2007 8:57:49 AM
so the cost of making a cheeseburger is the ingrediants, your time, and an entire pan? Just go to Five Guys.
Posted by: josh at Oct 11, 2007 8:59:59 AM
Paid $0.
Posted by: JoshT at Oct 11, 2007 9:00:21 AM
