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■At The CD/Game Exchange, new and used CDs abound for any musical taste By Josh Ryneal Oregon Daily Emerald Anyone who has tried to buy a used compact disc knows the fa miliar frustration of poring through poorly organized bins for hours try ing to find that one score that will make all the effort worth it. More often than not, hopeful customers will come out with empty hands and a defeated look. The CD/Game Exchange, located at 30 E. 11th Ave., hopes to turn what was once a laborious and time-consuming chore into some thing as easy as buying, say, a new CD. The first impression one gets af ter walking into the store is CDs - a lot of them. They line the walls and shelves, locked away in glass cases, organized by genre and alphabet ized. Upon closer inspection, it ap pears that the used CDs are right there, mixed in with the new ones. Ben Terrell, manager of the CD/Game Exchange, explained that although the store does a brisk busi ness in new albums — “We sell them at or below list price,” he said — it’s used CDs that bring in a lot of the store’s business. “The used sales help keep prices on the new stuff down,” he said. The store, part of a chain that in cludes three others in Portland, makes about 30 to 40 used trades and sales a day. “We pay a little more and take things that other stores won’t,” Ter rell said. “I’ll buy pretty much any thing.” The store also trades in video games and systems, tapes, LPs, DVDs and videocassettes — most of them used. I Erin Swanson-Davies Emerald The CD/Game Exchange brings in business with its supply of new and used music, movies and video games. The store, located at 30 E. 11th 4ve., is among a chain of three others, which are located in Portland. “I consider this place to be the best of everything,” Terrell said. Establishing the store’s unique identity hasn’t been easy, he added, with a lot of competition coming from all directions. Not only does the store compete with the numer ous stores around Eugene, but it also has to deal with big music chains such as Sam Goody and record clubs that give new albums away for free. “Big chains will undercut you on the new stuff, and record clubs will affect the way a new album sells be cause they give them away for free,” he said. As for Napster, which critics say could wipe out the record industry, Terrell said he isn’t worried. “I don’t think it’ll have that big of an effect,” he said. “I think people are more into the actual buying and packaging of music, the physical aspect of it; I love the packaging, the sound, the smell of records.” Nor is Terrell worried about the rising cost of CDs hurting his busi ness. “Higher list prices on the new stuff make the used stuff more val u Turn to Exchange, page 7B toui SUNDAY OCTOBER 15 SALEM ARMORY $25 ADVANCE ■ GENERAL ADMISSION • 7:00PM SHOWTIME • ALL AGES ADVANCE TICKETS AT ALL TICKETMASTER LOCATIONS OR CHARGE BY PHONE 503/224-4400 ITALIAN RESTAURANT and NIGHTCLUB (on the corner of Franklin & Hilyard) THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Coliseum games (Featuring Big Prize Giveaways) LIVE BANDS, $3 Cover LIVE BANDS, $3 Cover $10 Bust-A-Gut Buffet (10pm-Midnight) DANCING with OJ ADAM, $1 Cover DANCING with DJ ADAM, $1 Cover i SERVICE INDUSTRY DANCE NIGHT $1 Cover, No Cover For Service Industry 1 CLUB HOURS: Every Night 10pm-2am NIGHTLY CLUB SPECIALS! t.aili8S NEVER Homemade New York pay a cover Style Pizza by the slice 730 E. Broadway (Corner of Franklin & Hityard) Eugene, OR 97401 • 344-6673 y/eVy/eV fu*. y/e V esf>er/p)ce. Don't miss out. Work for your college paper. For more information on how to freelance tor the Oregon Daily Emerald call 346-5511.
