I need an open Benny!

wmacson

Someone is selling a sealed copy for $1500 on facebook. 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1730929220490715/
Seller is: https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.hanke.1?fref=gs&hc_ref=ARRvy0IVKWtVfHRjd5kmavpFpMNWK9m2OO0wXK46g3Xn6hHDCUF5oDUkRqSp7MgxFT0&post_id=1886809358236033&hc_location=group

whoyouare72

Thanks a lot Wmacson but I'm really looking for an open one can't afford a sealed one

wmacson

I completely understand. Maybe you can negotiate a little bit with him though. $1500 isn't bad and maybe he'll come down. Good luck. I'll keep looking for you as well!

whoyouare72

thanks!

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whoyouare72 said:

Thanks a lot Wmacson but I'm really looking for an open one can't afford a sealed one

Credit card? Seems like you've been after one for years now - might be worth making monthly payments on something you've been wanting that long?

whoyouare72

I'm only looking for an open one to spin. I would never buy a sealed one for that much and then open it and spin it!

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whoyouare72 said:

I'm only looking for an open one to spin. I would never buy a sealed one for that much and then open it and spin it!

So what you're saying is you'd have issues removing a $500-900 plastic wrapper?

whoyouare72

bump!

RobbyD462

my2hands said:

Benaroya Hall vinyl is the most overrated and ridiculous thing in the entire Pearl Jam world... $1,000 for a record? Fucking laughable dude

Keep the money in your pocket, I will send you my CD for free if you really want it. It's the exact same show, same mastering, same everything... Benny wasnt mastered for vinyl.... they took the exact same digital file from the cd and pressed it to wax... you are literally paying $1,000 for a large black cd 

Seriously. Keep your money. 

I own this set and it sounds absolutely amazing on vinyl.
The sound of the room is captured very well in my opinion.
If you ever get a chance it's a must have.
Id buy another if the reissued it but would it sound the same?
If someone made me an offer I couldn't refuse it it be hard to say no...
Great sounding album all round good luck fella!

PB11041

my2hands said:

Benaroya Hall vinyl is the most overrated and ridiculous thing in the entire Pearl Jam world... $1,000 for a record? Fucking laughable dude

Keep the money in your pocket, I will send you my CD for free if you really want it. It's the exact same show, same mastering, same everything... Benny wasnt mastered for vinyl.... they took the exact same digital file from the cd and pressed it to wax... you are literally paying $1,000 for a large black cd 

Seriously. Keep your money. 

It was actually mastered for Vinyl.  Whether it was done in the best possible way is debatable, but things have changed drastically in the course of the last 14 years in the industry in respect to vinyl.  It is not black.  It is also not worth $1,000, except for the fact that people have paid 3x that.

It is not simply a digital file from the cd pressed to wax.  

whoyouare72

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drakeheuer14

A couple of good options on ebay listed as auctions 

cp3iverson

Someone get John this album please. Everytime its bumped i think he landed one   

Get the man his wine colored vinyl

mfc2006

Up!!!!

whoyouare72

thanks guys!

mookieblalock

Do you know what the best part of my day is? It's the 3 seconds before I click on this thread that I think, "today's the day whoyouare72 got his Benny.  No goodbyes, no 'I got one...." I click just hoping he left the thread to go listen to his new Benny on vinyl, without saying a word." I don't know much, but I know that.

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As a former owner, I can attest to this set's magical qualities! One of the best sounding records I have ever owned! 

RobbyD462

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As a former owner, I can attest to this set's magical qualities! One of the best sounding records I have ever owned! 

I concur!

mookieblalock

There was just an auction that ended on eBay for an opened but never played Benny. It ended at $1,025. I hope that extra $25 wasn't a breaking point for you and that you are the person that won the item.

whoyouare72

I realize I'm being too fussy at this point but that one with the wear and the corner ding was not worth over $1,000 in my opinion but what does my opinion matter? I'll probably never get one at this rate

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whoyouare72 said:

I realize I'm being too fussy at this point but that one with the wear and the corner ding was not worth over $1,000 in my opinion but what does my opinion matter? I'll probably never get one at this rate

No, not if you let that one go on eBay without even bidding to $1,000.  I was shocked it stayed that low.  


That was a CLEAN, opened copy......not even played.

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whoyouare72 said:

I realize I'm being too fussy at this point but that one with the wear and the corner ding was not worth over $1,000 in my opinion but what does my opinion matter? I'll probably never get one at this rate

Nah, get it like you like it man. If you're shelling out $1k, you have the right to be patient and wait for a better copy to show up.

whoyouare72

I added the Let's Play Two poster from the Metro to my list of trade bait see the first post for the complete list of items I have for trade

whoyouare72

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JF129758

Sealed one on eBay with a starting bid of $1250. Good luck on your search.

whoyouare72

Added items for trade including the 10 vinyl box set coming out in a couple weeks, see the first post for my trade list or I have up to $1,000 cash thank you

evsgjamm

JF129758 said:

Sealed one on eBay with a starting bid of $1250. Good luck on your search.

Sold for $1250.  Heck of a deal for a sealed original historical masterpiece.