I think we have to get things into focus here a bit. The artists selling the CD's at folk events (with very few exceptions, if any) are not mega rich celerities. They are hard working talented people trying to make enough money to keep being able to give us the benefit of their talent. Whether an artist sells at £10 or £8 seems irrelevant to me. If the music is good them buy the sodding CD!

Ok if someone was selling direct at £14+ I would be put off but below that good luck. In any case what business is it of ours how an artist structures their fees - perhaps they did the gig at a low fee in the hope that they would sell enough CDs to compensate.