Perhaps you are missing the fact that I'm only getting 50% of what I originally paid for the CD, in exchange for store credit. It's not as if I have paid nothing for the music. If I pay $14.00 for a cd, and I record it, return it for $7.00 in store credit I paid for it, I'm only getting half of the value I originally paid. In the exchange, I get to keep the sounds, but I give up the original CD, packaging, etc., I get store credit to buy more music. So tell me, where did I break the law? I would like to see exactly where this is illegal, can you show me any laws that specifically target this sort of transaction? If this is Illegal, then purchasing the music online and downloading your purchase would be illegal in that you do not have an "original recording" on hand. Any stores that buy used cds would in effect be aiding these violations, and I find it hard to believe that national stores like Hastings, Budget, etc., would willfully contribute to breaking the law. It doesn't make sense. I "DO NOT" have illegal copies! I DID pay for them!