BACKSPACER WHITE VINYL now in goods.

RedMosquito22

theserialthrilla wrote:

i paid $800 for mine ..i was a bit chocked last night thinking why am i collecting this stuff..but now im fine with it :shock:

i could do it at the time
i love collecting
still do
and i still will.

we thought that there were only 150-200 of these in the world guess a few 0's got missed off..

im glad you all have one now

Wait a minute, you paid $800 for this white Vinyl Backspacer? Oh damn dude, if you did I truly feel for you.

iOnlyownMymind

out of stock now

AtlantaJammer

Do people actually think these things are worth more than $25 now?? People are mainly buying them now cause they think they have a $$$ value... Trust me when I say MOST people arent buying them because they love Backspacer... I feel for those who paid bigtime bucks for these when they were "rare". I was almost one of those people up until this past week.

jamburger

strummers wrote:

jamburger wrote:

theserialthrilla wrote:

i paid $800 for mine ..i was a bit chocked last night thinking why am i collecting this stuff..but now im fine with it :shock:

i could do it at the time
i love collecting
still do
and i still will.

we thought that there were only 150-200 of these in the world guess a few 0's got missed off..

im glad you all have one now

I feel for you guy, but here's a thought... could these be a second pressing? Why on earth would they hold 5000 copies of a record in a warehouse for 2 years?

Yeah, that is strange. However the description says original pressing. :shock:

I don't see that. Has the description been revised? A release date is listed, but that could just mean the release date of the album overall.

Tone

Santos L. Halper wrote:

https://secure.pearljam.com/store/product.spring?sku=6220-WHITE

Original pressing. more than 500....less than 5000.

slh

rival.

AtlantaJammer wrote:

Do people actually think these things are worth more than $25 now?? People are mainly buying them now cause they think they have a $$$ value... Trust me when I say MOST people arent buying them because they love Backspacer... I feel for those who paid bigtime bucks for these when they were "rare". I was almost one of those people up until this past week.

totally passed on it. black vinyl will do just fine for me.

my least favorite PJ album, going to get the least amount of spins. just need it to help complete the collection.

i hope the value doesn't decrease TOO much for those who bought the original batch for some big time loot.

DewieCox

pjsteelerfan wrote:

jamburger wrote:

theserialthrilla wrote:

i paid $800 for mine ..i was a bit chocked last night thinking why am i collecting this stuff..but now im fine with it :shock:

i could do it at the time
i love collecting
still do
and i still will.

we thought that there were only 150-200 of these in the world guess a few 0's got missed off..

im glad you all have one now

I feel for you guy, but here's a thought... could these be a second pressing? Why on earth would they hold 5000 copies of a record in a warehouse for 2 years?

Description says original pressing

I think 5000 is still a high estimate of the number pressed, but the point remains....Why would they just sit on these for so long?

My guess would be somewhere in the middle(maybe 3000 or so), unless quite a few people bought huge batches. Enough for plenty of people to get them, but not enough to totally kill the collectibility.

strummers

jamburger wrote:

strummers wrote:

jamburger wrote:

I feel for you guy, but here's a thought... could these be a second pressing? Why on earth would they hold 5000 copies of a record in a warehouse for 2 years?

Yeah, that is strange. However the description says original pressing. :shock:

I don't see that. Has the description been revised? A release date is listed, but that could just mean the release date of the album overall.

:think: :think:

Even stranger, that part of the description appears to have gone. It was definitely there before....

jamburger

Tone wrote:

Santos L. Halper wrote:

https://secure.pearljam.com/store/product.spring?sku=6220-WHITE

Original pressing. more than 500....less than 5000.

slh

Ah ok, still, hope nobody gets the copy that sat closest to the heating pipe in the warehouse for the past 2 years.

strummers

Tone wrote:

Santos L. Halper wrote:

https://secure.pearljam.com/store/product.spring?sku=6220-WHITE

Original pressing. more than 500....less than 5000.

slh

I knew it said original pressing somewhere! :P

Hugh Freaking Dillon

elwayvedder wrote:

If it is truly sold out/out of stock, they should remove it from the Goods section like they did with the backpack to save everyone from continuing to check with hopes that one becomes available. Maybe they aren't going to remove it until all orders are 100% processed? I guess its possible someone's order gets cancelled and one becomes available again?

that's why I decided to check this morning. I figured out of stock is not the same as sold out. I had a feeling they'd be fair about it this time around and stagger the sale of an item so everyone everywhere had a chance to see it. Got myself one by doing this.

RedMosquito22

jamburger wrote:

Tone wrote:

Santos L. Halper wrote:

https://secure.pearljam.com/store/product.spring?sku=6220-WHITE

Original pressing. more than 500....less than 5000.

slh

Ah ok, still, hope nobody gets the copy that sat closest to the heating pipe in the warehouse for the past 2 years.

2 years? It's not the same as the ones that were sold for 2 years. Those were black Vinyl.

Tone

DewieCox wrote:

I think 5000 is still a high estimate of the number pressed, but the point remains....Why would they just sit on these for so long?

My guess would be somewhere in the middle(maybe 3000 or so), unless quite a few people bought huge batches. Enough for plenty of people to get them, but not enough to totally kill the collectibility.

My guess on the "500 to 5000" range is to try to negate the secondary market... 5000 is a decent amount, if people think the run is on the high side, they're less likely to flip... I dunno... just guessing as to why an exact number hasn't been listed.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

AtlantaJammer wrote:

Do people actually think these things are worth more than $25 now?? People are mainly buying them now cause they think they have a $$$ value... Trust me when I say MOST people arent buying them because they love Backspacer... I feel for those who paid bigtime bucks for these when they were "rare". I was almost one of those people up until this past week.

I didn't. I bought it cause I dig white vinyl. I'm going to tear it open the minute it arrives.

Better Dan

pdalowsky wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

RedMosquito22 wrote:

Not me buddy!!!

99% of you folks will buy this hoping to one day sell it for a profit...

You know it....
I know it...
We all know it.....

Just like the posters...
Just like the backpack.....

And a pleasure to see you my friend.....

i think speedy is probably right.

I mean i think a high proportion were bought to trade or sell (based on Benny logic)...

its just the way it is.

As a collector im obsessive about these things, but i would agree the majority look at it very differently.

I only picked up 2 of these yesterday. One is for me to play (since I never bought Backspacer for some reason) and the other is either to trade or sell for face value to someone who missed out. I just can't bring myself to flip stuff...just don't think it's cool to do to other fans even if it means making money.

DewieCox

Tone wrote:

DewieCox wrote:

I think 5000 is still a high estimate of the number pressed, but the point remains....Why would they just sit on these for so long?

My guess would be somewhere in the middle(maybe 3000 or so), unless quite a few people bought huge batches. Enough for plenty of people to get them, but not enough to totally kill the collectibility.

My guess on the "500 to 5000" range is to try to negate the secondary market... 5000 is a decent amount, if people think the run is on the high side, they're less likely to flip... I dunno... just guessing as to why an exact number hasn't been listed.

Oh yeah, it's definitely trying to put a damper on the flippers' fun. 5000 would absolutely destroy the secondary market, imo.

drsluggo

RedMosquito22 wrote:

jamburger wrote:

Tone wrote:

Ah ok, still, hope nobody gets the copy that sat closest to the heating pipe in the warehouse for the past 2 years.

2 years? It's not the same as the ones that were sold for 2 years. Those were black Vinyl.

If these are original pressing they have been sitting for two years as well... they've been here and there since the release, so while I know its a joke to get the one nearest to the heating vent... both versions were likely pressed about the same time.

RiotZact

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

AtlantaJammer wrote:

Do people actually think these things are worth more than $25 now?? People are mainly buying them now cause they think they have a $$$ value... Trust me when I say MOST people arent buying them because they love Backspacer... I feel for those who paid bigtime bucks for these when they were "rare". I was almost one of those people up until this past week.

I didn't. I bought it cause I dig white vinyl. I'm going to tear it open the minute it arrives.

same

YoullseeDragons

strummers wrote:

Tone wrote:

Santos L. Halper wrote:

https://secure.pearljam.com/store/product.spring?sku=6220-WHITE

Original pressing. more than 500....less than 5000.

slh

I knew it said original pressing somewhere! :P

The truth about the white vinyl is Stone found them in his basement when he was looking for stuff during the making of Pearl Jam 20.

strummers

Out of curiosity just searched the 'bay for completed listings. 2 were sold today for £450 each from a UK seller :shock: - the buyers will be disappointed if the seller just bought them from 10c.

By the time they take 2+ months to get to the UK from 10c then the seller to send them on I think a PayPal investigation will have been launched