Baseball cards can't do anything, it seems crazy to spend that much on a paper with some numbers on back. I collect a lot of things, including baseball cards. We could spend $6 a day to smoke and have nothing but cancer to show for it.
I understand the frustration, the benny hall vinyl is the only one that i'm missing and i know that if i want to complete my collection i will have to pay at least 700 $ for a sealed copy.. That said, i don't understand why you think that baseball cards should be more valuable than rare vinyls, it's only a matter of points of view..
If you keep your vinyl sealed, it serves the same purpose as a baseball card...it just sits there.
Again... i wish they would reprint ALL of the Pearl Jam vinyls so anyone that wants one... can have one for the 17 bucks (or whatever they originaly cost).
This way... maybe people would actually PLAY their records instead of keeping them sealed and wringing their hands as to their monatary value on EBay. And it would cut out the speculators that buy them... not for the love of the vinyl... but, the love of money.
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Again... i wish they would reprint ALL of the Pearl Jam vinyls so anyone that wants one... can have one for the 17 bucks (or whatever they originaly cost).
This way... maybe people would actually PLAY their records instead of keeping them sealed and wringing their hands as to their monatary value on EBay. And it would cut out the speculators that buy them... not for the love of the vinyl... but, the love of money.
That's my feeling on it. I'd never buy a record for anything more than... €30. No matter how rare, or whatever - I love the sound of it, but at the end of the day, I'm gonna play the hell out of it, and I'm not looking to make a profit from it later on. And I'd never buy a record that I didn't intend on playing, cos I know there are people out there who would listen to it, and I'd feel like an asshole to make them pay more for that.
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okay what if whoever purchases a $500 record plays it. Is it worse to play it then not play it? I am not following you. I for one would play it.
Hell I am listening to Devo "New Traditionalists" on vinyl as I type this.
my point was that i don't know why anyone would pay that to begin with. it's insane. i don't care what they do with it once they've got it. though i guess i have trouble understanding what they spent that money for if not to hear what's on it. to look at it?
i actually listen to my vinyl PJ waaaay more than the C.D.'s. so i guess im a loser for liking the records better than discs ??
i don't recall saying anything like that. did you pay $500 for the pj records? if you think records sound better, knock yourself out. i'm just saying it seems absurd to pay that kind of money for anything just to look at it or be able to say you have it.
It's worth what you'll pay for it. It may not be worth it to you, but it may be to the next guy. Don't buy it if you don't want to , but don't bitch about it.
Again... i wish they would reprint ALL of the Pearl Jam vinyls so anyone that wants one... can have one for the 17 bucks (or whatever they originaly cost).
This way... maybe people would actually PLAY their records instead of keeping them sealed and wringing their hands as to their monatary value on EBay. And it would cut out the speculators that buy them... not for the love of the vinyl... but, the love of money.
that's bad for business. when the music quality is declining and the gap between albums is growing upwards of 3 years, you've got to start playing the game. little exclusives like these and the posters keep people hooked. die hards who maybe would have their attention drifting elsewhere into other bands or hobbies might be lost. instead, you keep churning out things like this, and they keep buying and feeding the frenzy over this stuff. it's good for the band, and it's fun for the collectors.
my point was that i don't know why anyone would pay that to begin with. it's insane. i don't care what they do with it once they've got it. though i guess i have trouble understanding what they spent that money for if not to hear what's on it. to look at it?
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Speculation. People see LPs selling on EBay for hundreds of dollars and they see that hundred dollars in their record. I am certain that a lot of people who ate up thoe Eddie Vedder LPs saw them as a chance to make money... and they DID... because of buyers.
Reprint and release the LPs and drive the price of all of them that are out there back down to their original face value.
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
I was pretty sure the OP was going for sarcasm or irony or whatever, but what do I know?
If I had known then what I know now...
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Speculation. People see LPs selling on EBay for hundreds of dollars and they see that hundred dollars in their record. I am certain that a lot of people who ate up thoe Eddie Vedder LPs saw them as a chance to make money... and they DID... because of buyers.
Reprint and release the LPs and drive the price of all of them that are out there back down to their original face value.
i guess. but like i said, that's bad business for pearl jam. and realistically, how many vinyl copies of that album could pearl jam sell? vinyl is such a small market and the cd itself didn't sell spectacularly well as far as i know. better to have a sure sell out with huge buzz than a big printing with a bunch of them sitting in stores unsold.
i keep seeing pearl jam records at the place near my apartment. maybe i should buy them all and sell them here.
i guess. but like i said, that's bad business for pearl jam. and realistically, how many vinyl copies of that album could pearl jam sell? vinyl is such a small market and the cd itself didn't sell spectacularly well as far as i know. better to have a sure sell out with huge buzz than a big printing with a bunch of them sitting in stores unsold.
i keep seeing pearl jam records at the place near my apartment. maybe i should buy them all and sell them here.
I gotta get in on this post. Are you fucking nuts man?
People collect stuff. Bottom line. If you know of someone that his willing to just trade something for something, then let me in on your little secret. If it doesn't make sense to you, then you are probably ok with you trading a $500 record that you bought for say $20 when it was first released. Then, what if the other person gave you a record that was purchased for $20 and is only worth $20.
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Baseball cards can't do anything, it seems crazy to spend that much on a paper with some numbers on back. I collect a lot of things, including baseball cards. We could spend $6 a day to smoke and have nothing but cancer to show for it.
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If you keep your vinyl sealed, it serves the same purpose as a baseball card...it just sits there.
This way... maybe people would actually PLAY their records instead of keeping them sealed and wringing their hands as to their monatary value on EBay. And it would cut out the speculators that buy them... not for the love of the vinyl... but, the love of money.
Hail, Hail!!!
i would pay way more for records than baseball cards.
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Nor Pokemon cards for that matter.
I'd rather have a Charizard than a rare Pearl Jam album!
It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
I've spent so many years in question
To find I'd known this all along.
my point was that i don't know why anyone would pay that to begin with. it's insane. i don't care what they do with it once they've got it. though i guess i have trouble understanding what they spent that money for if not to hear what's on it. to look at it?
i don't recall saying anything like that. did you pay $500 for the pj records? if you think records sound better, knock yourself out. i'm just saying it seems absurd to pay that kind of money for anything just to look at it or be able to say you have it.
that's bad for business. when the music quality is declining and the gap between albums is growing upwards of 3 years, you've got to start playing the game. little exclusives like these and the posters keep people hooked. die hards who maybe would have their attention drifting elsewhere into other bands or hobbies might be lost. instead, you keep churning out things like this, and they keep buying and feeding the frenzy over this stuff. it's good for the band, and it's fun for the collectors.
Speculation. People see LPs selling on EBay for hundreds of dollars and they see that hundred dollars in their record. I am certain that a lot of people who ate up thoe Eddie Vedder LPs saw them as a chance to make money... and they DID... because of buyers.
Reprint and release the LPs and drive the price of all of them that are out there back down to their original face value.
Hail, Hail!!!
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VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Irrational exuberance!
Wait until things get tough. Posters will be selling for pennies on the dollar yet alone records.
i guess. but like i said, that's bad business for pearl jam. and realistically, how many vinyl copies of that album could pearl jam sell? vinyl is such a small market and the cd itself didn't sell spectacularly well as far as i know. better to have a sure sell out with huge buzz than a big printing with a bunch of them sitting in stores unsold.
i keep seeing pearl jam records at the place near my apartment. maybe i should buy them all and sell them here.
People collect stuff. Bottom line. If you know of someone that his willing to just trade something for something, then let me in on your little secret. If it doesn't make sense to you, then you are probably ok with you trading a $500 record that you bought for say $20 when it was first released. Then, what if the other person gave you a record that was purchased for $20 and is only worth $20.
If you don't understand, don't complain.
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