Insane Ebay Auctions (OLD'n'locked)

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:06 pm

@ nightsblood

I havent released any vinyl yet, only CDs. As said before the biggest drawback for me is the total lack of storage space. I keep my cd releases on spindles which makes them compact enough, but LPs cannot be kept on spindles and I just dont have where to store them.

I'm not looking for fast sales either. From all the CDs I've released so far since 2006 only 4 have sold out. The other 26 or so are still available here on the shelves. I just want to have faith they will sell one day. Sadly for the vinyl, from my observations and what other small labels have told me it doesnt seem so easy to even move 500 units these days.

@ the guy claiming to be able to move 2000 Leather nun LP re-issue, I think this is impossible. Everyone wants the original, but once re-released only few people will pick the re-release. It always happens this way, even with cds.

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:01 am

stormspell wrote:only 4 have sold out.

Would you re-issue those? Or not bother?

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:59 am

None of those seem to carry any sufficient demand left whatsoever and there are still plenty of distros around having copies so repressings are not on the immediate agenda. Maybe down the road when a sufficient demand rises once again...

With a small exception it took approx 1.5 years to move any of those releases. I'm just happy those finally sold out, and I'm not so rich to lock funds in repressings right now.

When I started this label I vowed to myself not to be greedy and not to try maximizing profits, so there is no real sense to try milk a release until every single person on the earth bought a copy. I'd much more prefer to keep going forward and use the money the label generates in new releases.

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:05 am

Some top prices for recent drgoon_jpn auctions:

http://cgi.ebay.com/EDGUY-Savage-Poetry ... 7C294%3A50

http://cgi.ebay.com/APOCRYPHA-The-foreg ... 7C294%3A50

http://cgi.ebay.com/MANIAC-Look-Out-Koc ... 7C294%3A50

This one shouldn't be more than $40 ... :

http://cgi.ebay.com/FORBIDDEN-Forbidden ... 7C294%3A50

SideShow · Post by **SideShow** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:49 am

You gotta loves those bidding wars! Especially if it's shit that you're selling.

Gonna post a fuck-ton of auctions later tonight, early tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have a few of these insane bidders come MY way!!!

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:50 am

sovdat wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/EDGUY-Savage-Poetry ... 7C294%3A50

This is outright stupidity for such crap

mega_lodon · Post by **mega_lodon** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:53 am

stormspell wrote: Uh dude, do you know of any real mega-rarities which werent pressed in limited quantities in the past? All of those 80s holy-grails are nothing but limited releases of 100-500 copies... If you think about it there was a good reason why many of those things never sold in their day. It is the value of the item that makes it collectible, not the music at all.

Those 80s' rarities... well I'm not sure how was the phenomenon like back in the old days... At the time during late 80s I was still a 'simple' Metalhead with only a shoe box containing my tape collection

. Anyhow, I believe in the past those limited pressings did not turn into some "sought-after" items as fast as what we see the trend today. I just feel things are a little different now. It's like today if you put out a release in very limited copies, 12 months later you will see people paying 3x the original price for the sold-out copy. I have a feeling that bands/labels are purposely using this approach for whatever reason and it seems the 'trick' is quite fruitful.

I remember in the 90s, one of my Metal friends always tell me: "keep this 'cos likely it will become a collector item 10 years later". Today I can hear people saying: "quick buy this before it sold out and becomes a collector item in next few months...". This is sick.

mega_lodon · Post by **mega_lodon** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:09 am

sovdat wrote:
This one shouldn't be more than $40 ... :

http://cgi.ebay.com/FORBIDDEN-Forbidden ... 7C294%3A50

This one too:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0044232120

And this one has a new record. The CD was usually sold for around $50+/- in the past.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0044224778

I was watching this. With all the fake copies circulating in the market, it seems like buying a Jap-pressing is the safest bet. Still the price is way out of my budget....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0044226234

mega_lodon · Post by **mega_lodon** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:22 am

stormspell wrote:
@ the guy claiming to be able to move 2000 Leather nun LP re-issue, I think this is impossible. Everyone wants the original, but once re-released only few people will pick the re-release. It always happens this way, even with cds.

This reminds me of Militia and their 3000-dollar EP. The band has been discussed in here quite often in the past but it seems like no one bothers to mention the name again after the release of the CD. Go figure.

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:55 pm

mega_lodon wrote:
stormspell wrote:
@ the guy claiming to be able to move 2000 Leather nun LP re-issue, I think this is impossible. Everyone wants the original, but once re-released only few people will pick the re-release. It always happens this way, even with cds.
This reminds me of Militia and their 3000-dollar EP. The band has been discussed in here quite often in the past but it seems like no one bothers to mention the name again after the release of the CD. Go figure.

Because this record suckssss

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:16 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Death-ORG-Death-Met ... 240%3A1318

5 days to go!

big mouth · Post by **big mouth** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:00 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Death-ORG-Death-Met ... 240%3A1318

330 bucks today..absolutely ridiculous...thanks ebay for creating such bullshit.... that shirt means nothing..even if it was a DEATH shirt circa "infernal death" it would be stupid!!!!!

humus · Post by **humus** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:24 pm

That shirt is the Militia of shirt collectors, hence the price.

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:43 pm

There are maniac shirt collectors so what the hell! What bugs me is that you can't listen to the shirts. But I understand that they have some cool vintage "aura" and stuff on them.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:06 pm

The Knell wrote:But I understand that they have some cool vintage "aura" and stuff on them.

Aaah, there's nothing more exciting than the vintage smell of sweaty armpits and 1989 pizza stains