Sealed Benaroya Hall for sale, maybe

sadprofessor
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So here's the thing. I haven't really posted around here since like a few message boards ago. I've kept up my Ten Club membership on the off chance PJ plays my neck of the woods (it's been awhile). I just don't really follow the band as much anymore, just kind of moved on.

Anyway, I do have a sealed Benaroya Hall vinyl. And I'm not sure how willing I am to part with it, still kind of have a sentimental attachment to that era of the band, it's when I saw them the most, blah blah, you don't care.

So I see the eBay auctions and discogs and I catch myself thinking that I could pay some serious bills and do some really responsible things with that kind of cash. And then I think that no one pays that much.

So to you my friends, what's really reasonable here? How many student loan payments would I get for a Benaroya Hall vinyl?
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  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    You have sentimental value for a cardboard box sealed in plastic wrap?

    Sell
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  • sadprofessor
    sadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    Empty Glass said:

    You have sentimental value for a cardboard box sealed in plastic wrap?

    Sell

    I have sentimental value for what it represents, but point taken.
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  • AmishGuy91
    AmishGuy91 Posts: 834
    I'll start the bidding at $500
  • sadprofessor
    sadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    AmishGuy91 said:

    I'll start the bidding at $500

    I read the stickies, I think that's frowned upon around here. :)
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  • joberschlake
    joberschlake Columbus, OH Posts: 1,179
    Look the value up on eBay and discogs and post a price.
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  • joberschlake
    joberschlake Columbus, OH Posts: 1,179
    AmishGuy91 said:

    I'll start the bidding at $500

    Of course, a low ball offer. It's worth more than that.
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    If I had the cash that it would demand, I'd buy it & spin it immediately. I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed for a reissue.

    To the OP, good luck & get it to a good home! Wish it was my home! Ha!
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  • redraw
    redraw Posts: 1,298
    OP of you put a price on it of around $800 I'm sure you could pay some bills, it would sell quickly on here and go to a good home as well as gaining you plenty of street cred :hang_loose:

    Good luck whatever u decide to do...
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,461
    Better sell it before they reissue it and it goes back to being worth what it was sold for. #bennyfever
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  • Papaljuice
    Papaljuice Jacksonville Posts: 504
    I would be surprised to see them reissue it. Some bands like a couple of their piece to be limited and sought after. Hopefully I am wrong in this case, because I would love to own a copy.
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  • Lakey
    Lakey Posts: 67
    edited May 2015
    Not to rain anybody's parade but an opened, near mint opened Benny, sold on eBay, just the other day for over fifteen hundred. That is crazy. So if you want to pay some bills then list it on there and get a lot of bills paid off. Take a bit of the profit and do something good with it. Just when you sell it, make sure you pack it good enough to be run over with a truck and still arrive in perfect shape. Ship USPS and insure it too. Oh and don't bother shipping outside of the USA, you will probably regret it.

    Here's to hoping that PJ reissues their music on vinyl! Here here!
  • Horse2345
    Horse2345 Posts: 3,294
    Lakey said:

    Not to rain anybody's parade but an opened, near mint opened Benny, sold on eBay, just the other day for over fifteen hundred. That is crazy. So if you want to pay some bills then list it on there and get a lot of bills paid off. Take a bit of the profit and do something good with it. Just when you sell it, make sure you pack it good enough to be run over with a truck and still arrive in perfect shape. Ship USPS and insure it too. Oh and don't bother shipping outside of the USA, you will probably regret it.

    Here's to hoping that PJ reissues their music on vinyl! Here here!

    What are you talking don't ship outside of US? Thats a bunch of BS, no different then shipping in the US if buyer knows the cost. Just use insurance.
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  • Lakey
    Lakey Posts: 67
    edited May 2015
    A Benny is a piece of Americana, keep it in the USA. I don't believe USPS insurance covers you once it leaves the United States. FedEx's insurance is nonexistent. The insurance coverage is just in case something happens. It doesn't guarantee coverage if something tragic should happen during the shipping process. A $2000 record is a serious package to be shipping.
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  • Horse2345
    Horse2345 Posts: 3,294
    Lakey said:

    A Benny is a piece of Americana, keep it in the USA. I don't believe USPS insurance covers you once it leaves the United States. FedEx's insurance is nonexistent.

    Lol, what a load. Of course insurance covers you for international mail. Use paypal and you're covered twice.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    Keep it in the usa? What came to mind as I read that is Snoopy laughing at Charlie Brown.
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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Better sell it before they reissue it and it goes back to being worth what it was sold for. #bennyfever

    I still think originals would keep their value.
    There will always be collectors wanting the original keeping the market consistent.In fact I bet most if not all original Benny owners would by the reissue as well.

    Although every time I go to spin Blind Melon I say I'm going to spin the reissue but I never do I always reach for my original.Same goes for my PJ catalog
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  • Lakey
    Lakey Posts: 67
    edited May 2015
    Haha. I've shipped a lot of albums over the years and never had an issue shipping overseas. Sold an Original Mars Volta Deloused to a gentleman deep in Brazil. It made it just fine. But we're talking about a Benny that is worth a lot. Even in your own household, single items worth $1000+ typically need a separate insurance policy to be completely covered. A $2000 record isn't completely covered under, say a typical renter's insurance policy. So you expect a shipping company to completely cover a $2k record for just a few bucks? Not gonna happen.
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  • RoleModelsinBlood31
    RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,242
    Just looked at the bay...1500 for an opened one and a cool grand twice for sealed ones... Bet that guy who paid 1550 for the open one feels like an ass.
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  • Lakey
    Lakey Posts: 67
    RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

    Just looked at the bay...1500 for an opened one and a cool grand twice for sealed ones... Bet that guy who paid 1550 for the open one feels like an ass.

    From my point of view, you have to be pretty nutty to drop $1500 on a record. But if that's the record you just have to have then who is anybody to say otherwise. I love PJ, but if I had one I'd sell it. You could use the money to go see PJ in South America :)

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