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#989782 - 10/25/04 07:50 PM CD Duplication questions
Tim Skelly Cason
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Registered: 09/30/04
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Hello Everyone,
I've been watching this forum for a while and decided to jump in. \:D

I have a couple of quick questions for you...

How often do you have CD's printed?
How many do you usually get when you have them made?
Do you do most of the artwork and cover design yourself or do you use an outside artist?

The reason I ask is because I met someone who does CD duplication and he is offering me an unbelievable deal on CD's. It's the whole product, glass mastering, graphic arts design, printing on the disc, shrink wrap... everything. The price seems incredible to me, but I've normally only done 1000 at a time and it's about $2.20 each at that quantity with my normal supplier.

Any thoughts on the subject would help.
Thanks.
TSC
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#989783 - 10/27/04 08:27 PM Re: CD Duplication questions
bdbklyn Moderator
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CD dulication has come down quite a bit in recent years. It's not unusual to see 1000 CD's for $1/CD. I think you have to be careful though as many "CD Manufacturing" places don't do CD manufacturing at all, but rather broker the work out. Find a place with someone that you can talk to regarding all the elements that you need to provide them with to make the process go as smoothly as possible. I just got off the phone with a client of mine that found a bargain place and the plant turned out to be in Korea and he had no recourse when he finally received his 1,000 CD's that were unplayable due to a "scratch" on the glass master that no one picked up on during manufacturing.
I've been referring a lot of my clients to a company called Quality Clones in Hollywood. They get the job done in a timely manner that has included several overnite 2,000 CD runs. They guy I deal with there is Jerry. I don't have their number with me and an internet search of "Quality Clones" wasn't very helpful. I'll get back to you with that information.

Bill
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