kreator72 wrote:
Moreover,what's wrong with making profit selling cds ?
There's absolutely nothing wrong with this and it's not my point. I'm just saying that the drop in price of certain CDs is obviously good for people who want to collect CDs (=buy CDs), bad for people who want to sell them for a profit (buisness-sellers). You are both a great collector and a buisness-seller at the same time, and the lower prices are bad for you as the seller, not as a collector.
Thanks and sorry if I sounded harsh but I do get affected as well,remember,I'm 60% collector 40% seller
On the other hand I got my copy of that Cyclone for about 40 USD. If I had bought it a year earlier for 140 USD I would probabily be moaning about the drop in price and cursing the boots as well even though I dont want to sell it
kreator72 wrote:But we can't deny the fact that all those stupid bootleg cds do hurt us collectors big time.
They hurt collectors because the prices for some cds drop because of them? Thats how I understand it in this context. Well, if by "you, collectors" you mean people who make profit on selling CDs, than yes, but this has nothing to do with COLLECTING, and everything to do with business. How can this hurt collectors, that they can get a CD for less money?
The only way it hurts collectors is that you can get a bootleg thinking it's an original, but most collectors know how to distinguish and what sellers to avoid.
People who know me long enough know that I regard myself more of a collector than a seller,at least I still have several thousands of original / 1st Japanese pressing cds in my collection.Years ago when I still have a proper job,I spent lots of money buying all these rare cds,for example $400+ on the split ADX when it was still a $500 cd,how much is it worth nowadays ?
Moreover,what's wrong with making profit selling cds ? I built my reputation from scratch,spent countless hours hunting,took risk dealing with strangers like sending up to $2000 in a letter,sometimes getting rip off in the process.I don't think I'm commiting a crime.
you weren't fast enough, though, to get all the mandrake root(best shop evah) stock, after it went bankrupt, like dragoon did. once i sent them 50000 (but jpy of coz).
hload wrote:you weren't fast enough, though, to get all the mandrake root(best shop evah) stock, after it went bankrupt, like dragoon did. once i sent them 50000 (but jpy of coz).
are you talking about the record shop "Third Stage" in tokyo??
when i went to the shop 2-3 years ago, the shop was already out of business. i thought they would be closed because of the stupidly high price.
by the way, the seller drgoon_jpn purchased a lot of stuffs from the shop??
kreator72 wrote:If you have been following my auctions,you would've noticed that I been trading / selling many copies of the original Cyclone cd way before that guy (Guido or whatever...can't remember his name,If I'm not wrong,he's the owner of Justice Records) appears on ebay.What I'm trying to say is that the value of Cyclone is killed by the lame Greek (?)bootleg and the so called "original" Avanzada Metalica pressing which is also a fake.
Guido told me some time ago that they actually did give Avanzada Metalica rights to release the album in Mexico, and it is a legit pressing. Seemed weird to me at the time (having never seen one before then a bunch pop up) but same thing happened with Morbid Saint, which is also supposed to be authentic.
kreator72 wrote:If you have been following my auctions,you would've noticed that I been trading / selling many copies of the original Cyclone cd way before that guy (Guido or whatever...can't remember his name,If I'm not wrong,he's the owner of Justice Records) appears on ebay.What I'm trying to say is that the value of Cyclone is killed by the lame Greek (?)bootleg and the so called "original" Avanzada Metalica pressing which is also a fake.
Guido told me some time ago that they actually did give Avanzada Metalica rights to release the album in Mexico, and it is a legit pressing. Seemed weird to me at the time (having never seen one before then a bunch pop up) but same thing happened with Morbid Saint, which is also supposed to be authentic.
Maybe they got the rights earlier but only put out the cds recently....this explains why no one (at least nobody i know) has ever seen any Avanzada Metalica pressing of Cyclone / Morbid Saint cds back in the 90s or even as recent as 2005.
kreator72 wrote:If you have been following my auctions,you would've noticed that I been trading / selling many copies of the original Cyclone cd way before that guy (Guido or whatever...can't remember his name,If I'm not wrong,he's the owner of Justice Records) appears on ebay.What I'm trying to say is that the value of Cyclone is killed by the lame Greek (?)bootleg and the so called "original" Avanzada Metalica pressing which is also a fake.
Guido told me some time ago that they actually did give Avanzada Metalica rights to release the album in Mexico, and it is a legit pressing. Seemed weird to me at the time (having never seen one before then a bunch pop up) but same thing happened with Morbid Saint, which is also supposed to be authentic.
Maybe they got the rights earlier but only put out the cds recently....this explains why no one (at least nobody i know) has ever seen any Avanzada Metalica pressing of Cyclone / Morbid Saint cds back in the 90s or even as recent as 2005.
Juan Green said that he bought his A.M. Morbid Saint press back in 1993.
I have an old early 90's Dutch zine with a review of Morbid saint where they call it a 'very hard to find import CD'. I think they added the adress of Avanzada where you could order it. The price was very high though, 35$ or so. I'll see if I can dig up that zine and know for sure.
perishinflames wrote:
Guido told me some time ago that they actually did give Avanzada Metalica rights to release the album in Mexico, and it is a legit pressing. Seemed weird to me at the time (having never seen one before then a bunch pop up) but same thing happened with Morbid Saint, which is also supposed to be authentic.
Maybe they got the rights earlier but only put out the cds recently....this explains why no one (at least nobody i know) has ever seen any Avanzada Metalica pressing of Cyclone / Morbid Saint cds back in the 90s or even as recent as 2005.
Juan Green said that he bought his A.M. Morbid Saint press back in 1993.
Hmmm....never asked Juan about it....if it does exist,then I shall add it to my want list ,maybe someone can confirm with the label owner.
perishinflames wrote:
Guido told me some time ago that they actually did give Avanzada Metalica rights to release the album in Mexico, and it is a legit pressing. Seemed weird to me at the time (having never seen one before then a bunch pop up) but same thing happened with Morbid Saint, which is also supposed to be authentic.
Maybe they got the rights earlier but only put out the cds recently....this explains why no one (at least nobody i know) has ever seen any Avanzada Metalica pressing of Cyclone / Morbid Saint cds back in the 90s or even as recent as 2005.
Juan Green said that he bought his A.M. Morbid Saint press back in 1993.
Me too, still have it in my collection (the Morbid Saint CD)... .
,maybe someone can confirm with the label owner.