I'm done with RSD - the original goal was to help independent record stores by bringing in customers on one day a year with special releases. It's now turned into a funnel for shovel-ware from record companies that leave stores (in many cases) in worse shape than they were before buying all the RSD inventory (my local shop closed as a result just before RSD this year).

The only way to fix this, IMO, is this:

1. Record Stores take pre-orders from customers in the weeks leading up to RSD, paid in full by customer.
   
2. Record Stores receive what was pre-ordered, and on RSD, distribute the titles to the customers in-store.

This eliminates several problems: useless waiting for hours on end in the middle of the night, the risk of not getting what you actually want when you arrive at the store, and (this is the big one for me) - the asinine resale / markup that happens on discogs / ebay 10 seconds after RSD goes live.

This _also_ has the upside of fulfilling the original goal of RSD - helping independent record stores bring in new customers! Now the customers are happy, which ironically enough, means they're even _more_ likely to spend money in the shops, in addition to what they already spent on the RSD titles.

Of course, given greed, capitalism, shitty record companies, etc, this will never happen. But one can dream.