Insane Ebay Auctions - Vinyl, Tapes & Merch

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:59 pm

mordred wrote:Or maybe you can get a Hammer Witch EP with warped record for 78 bucks and a Hammer Witch EP whose cover pooped on and partly eaten by dog for 50 bucks... much cheaper than buying record and cover in nice shape at the same time.

No no no, it is CLEARLY proof that collectors never play their records and instead throw their money around buying unplayable records just so they can stroke their ego by owning a copy. Didn't you read Prowler's profoundly logical, well thought-out post? Come on. Buying a cheap copy of a record so you can upgrade the cover on the copy you already own? That's laughable. What are you going to claim next, that the person who bought it actually like Hammer Witch and didn't just buy it so he can boast about having a copy? ROTFL

Decibel_Rebel · Post by **Decibel_Rebel** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:32 pm

I have never met a person who collects rare metal records but does not even like metal or listen to them. To me this sounds like a modern urban legend, but probably I'm wrong. Anyway it's still hard to believe. Those people can collect anything else that has a wider acceptance in general, but metal records?

Warepire · Post by **Warepire** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:34 pm

Decibel_Rebel wrote:I have never met a person who collects rare metal records but does not even like metal or listen to them. To me this sounds like a modern urban legend, but probably I'm wrong. Anyway it's still hard to believe. Those people can collect anything else that has a wider acceptance in general, but metal records?

I know a guy who collects sealed CDs and will never open them. One cannot really claim that he buys them for the intent of playing them. So there does exist some crazy / weird collectors.

chatzial · Post by **chatzial** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:15 pm

I collect hard rock and metal but can you keep a secret??????

I am a Polka lover !!!!!!!!!!!!

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:34 pm

chatzial wrote:I collect hard rock and metal but can you keep a secret??????

I am a Polka lover !!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a probelm with Polka.

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:36 pm

Why tell how to flatten or show the unit to do so.
When I already said THIS record can not be flattened.

Do you think I just type that stuff to have something to type

Never mind, I'm going home to listen to my Polka Records

Prowler · Post by **Prowler** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:11 pm

Decibel_Rebel wrote:I have never met a person who collects rare metal records but does not even like metal or listen to them. To me this sounds like a modern urban legend, but probably I'm wrong. Anyway it's still hard to believe. Those people can collect anything else that has a wider acceptance in general, but metal records?

There are more of them than you may think. They just don't have the balls to out themselves, because they do know themself that this is absolutely insane.

Just take a look thru the Metalpage collectors ring and see how many proudly list their top 10 raries as "still sealed". Well that's true dedication to Heavy Metal I say!

Priamos · Post by **Priamos** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 7:24 pm

Prowler wrote:
There are more of them than you may think. They just don't have the balls to out themselves, because they do know themself that this is absolutely insane.
Just take a look thru the Metalpage collectors ring and see how many proudly list their top 10 raries as "still sealed". Well that's true dedication to Heavy Metal I say!

Me, as an outsider, I have already spoken my mind about the "heavenly made" world of collectors, but I can be accused of being subjective and biased. Prowler is maybe not the most lovable guy around and his attitude is (or sounds) sometimes insulting and degrading, but he speaks from the insider's point of view (as he can be considered as a "collector" himself). So why the rest react so badly instead of admiting that these things actually DO happen?

Decibel_Rebel · Post by **Decibel_Rebel** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:10 pm

Priamos wrote:
Prowler wrote:
There are more of them than you may think. They just don't have the balls to out themselves, because they do know themself that this is absolutely insane.
Just take a look thru the Metalpage collectors ring and see how many proudly list their top 10 raries as "still sealed". Well that's true dedication to Heavy Metal I say!
Me, as an outsider, I have already spoken my mind about the "heavenly made" world of collectors, but I can be accused of being subjective and biased. Prowler is maybe not the most lovable guy around and his attitude is (or sounds) sometimes insulting and degrading, but he speaks from the insider's point of view (as he can be considered as a "collector" himself). So why the rest react so badly instead of admiting that these things actually DO happen?

All of you are right, of course these collectors do exist that keep their copies sealed, hell knows why. But in my post I did refer mostly to people collecting metal records but being completely outside that scene, not even listening to Metal. That's what I'm reading here from time to time but can't believe someone wastes his/her time to collect that genre. Those people could focus e.g. on Krautrock, that's a field they can spend much more money and which is maybe more suitable for colloquies at cocktail-parties etc.

Priamos · Post by **Priamos** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:54 pm

Speaking for myself, I didn't claim that these collectors don't listen/like heavy metal at all. But it's obvious that they do like the item even more. You don't spend xxx $ more to get a sealed copy just to throw the additional bucks in the dustbin in a few seconds by tearing up the wrap. You don't waste some (many) extra bucks by playing the record often. You use it and want it mostly as a trophy, as an asset. You can't risk destroying and spoiling such a rare and expensive item. You can be content with listening to mp3s or youtube and just watch it or even caress it (carefully!!!!).
Why this attitude seems quite "reasonable" and common to me, while some of you deny even the possibility?

perishinflames · Post by **perishinflames** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:56 pm

I would love a collection of still sealed top rarities that are possibly warped beyond playability thus utterly useless

slayerhatesusall2 · Post by **slayerhatesusall2** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 2:38 am

Glockose wrote:Why tell how to flatten or show the unit to do so.
When I already said THIS record can not be flattened.

Do you think I just type that stuff to have something to type

Never mind, I'm going home to listen to my Polka Records

Can't tell by the ad whether it can be flattened or not since they didn't even take a photo of the record, just saying maybe the buyer thought they could fix it since there was no photo of the actual record in the ad to show how bad the warp was.

Prowler · Post by **Prowler** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:32 am

Priamos wrote: Prowler is maybe not the most lovable guy around and his attitude is (or sounds) sometimes insulting and degrading, but he speaks from the insider's point of view (as he can be considered as a "collector" himself).

Eh, my wife says I'm worth to be loved ... lol
However please don't call me "collector", I'm Metal fan. Being called "collector" just degrades me, and I really don't want to be thrown in the same cauldron like people who call themself collectors.

Priamos wrote: So why the rest react so badly instead of admiting that these things actually DO happen?

The answer is simple, because they do not want to hear the truth although they know it or even belong to that category mentioned above. Maybe if it would not have been I who said that the reaction would be more accepted, but if the Antichrist himself is coming up with such a thesis it just can't be true. It should not be true. The Antichrist can't be right ... not the Antichrist! haha

Priamos · Post by **Priamos** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 10:41 am

Prowler wrote:

However please don't call me "collector", I'm Metal fan. Being called "collector" just degrades me, and I really don't want to be thrown in the same cauldron like people who call themself collectors.

Maybe if it would not have been I who said that the reaction would be more accepted, but if the Antichrist himself is coming up with such a thesis it just can't be true. It should not be true. The Antichrist can't be right ... not the Antichrist! haha

Ha,ha...The first one is decent and reasonable claim and I will respect it.
But don't flatter yourself. Avenger was the real Antichrist and I wonder where he is lost...Probably found at last himself a girlfriend!

But I should n't speak like this for him , otherwise when he return he'll make threads under my name,having me admitted that I created napster originally to fuck Metallica, that I take the Nuclear Blast promos and upload them on blogs, that I fucked Bruce Dickinson's wife etc...

lox · Post by **lox** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:18 am

Priamos wrote:I fucked Bruce Dickinson's wife

You did not? Quite disappointing...

Of course there are those collectors who rarely listen to their records. I just bought a sealed copy from a rich (I assume) german dentist for 130€. He bought 2 copies of that LP and told me he never got into opening it because he felt it would destroy the value, which it obviously would. This might be more rare in metal circles but no reason to believe it does not exist.

I'm happy I got a perfect sounding LP & and the rich guy got more money and is happy too.

Capitalism works.