well 'self, unless i'm labouring under a missconception, if the artist sells to me at £12 i've always assumed that they would be getting more than if i bought it from a retail outlet for ay £13-50p. I'm not trying to do the artist out of money. It's just like most folks i'm looking for a bargin.
I also would like to say that the prospect of getting a c.d. at a slight discount would be an inducement to making a spur of the moment purchase, in fact almost every time i've been to a gig £ seen c.d.'s for sale at full price i've usually thought to myself, " there's no rush to by it now i'm not saving anything", and then found that subsequently i've never got round to buying the c.d. anyway. Either my enthusiasm has cooled or I never see it for sale again.
Cheers
Les