I understand completely. Your approach leads to two things. First, when practiced in retail book stores, it results in dog-eared books that nobody purchases; a loss to the merchant, distributor, publisher and author. Second, it assigns a monetary value of zero to Ron's labors. He spent years writing the book and preparing the CD. Your willingness to pay nothing for it indicates it (and his knowledge/effort) has no value.
There's no need to make excuses for me. I always arise on the same side of my bed and never consume coffee. I posted in reaction not only to the quote included, but also in frustration with many, many others who have over the years complained bitterly with every Kodak price increase announcement. Thus the second sentence of my post.
Reality sucks. Kodak has a large, high-volume film coating line it transitioned to in the 1990s. That line requires coating huge quantities of material to be profitable. With mass markets having moved to digital, the expense Kodak's coating approach must be amortized over ever lower sales, especially when spoilage in storage results. Can those posting on this and similar forums who sing the praises of Kodak products grasp how that must necessarily result in higher unit prices? Do they understand the value of Kodak film quality? No. Instead, they continuously complain about the price. Perhaps now you'll understand what I wrote.
