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a sealed Benny went for $960 on ebay today

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  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,441
    There are lots of people who have one and play it. Why are people doubting that they are out there? Well and in the end, everybody can do what they want with their possessions. Some get happy by knowing that they have it and want to keep it pristine, others get it to sell it for profit and others have a piggy bank they put money in and hope that a cheaper one comes up one day and then just jump on it and enjoy spinning it for the rest of their life.
    My experience is that when you get your hands on a higher valued LP, it just feels like that big big untouchable thing as long as you don't open it. Once you made the decision to give it a spin it becomes a normal used album. Valued for its musical value, not for the price.
  • Dr. DelightDr. Delight Posts: 11,210

    jlaustin said:

    Guess I am stupid, dumb, and a fool...

    Sure sounds beautiful coming out of my speakers though.

    Pics or what you are posting is not true.
    Why are you doubting him?
    Because the ever elusive sealed benny only appears to a select few. I want to see one in this forum.
    I posted a pic of mine to you in the other thread.......
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
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  • jlaustinjlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
    I posted pics in the Official Benaroyal Hall owners list when it arrived. I'll post pics of it spinning tomorrow. Need to get some sleep now - have to go to work in the morning to earn some more money to spend foolishly. $-)
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  • Hi Dr. D

    Yes you did post a pic of your benny to me (and everyone) - that's awesome.

    You are person number one with a pic. We have 2000 to go. The only way I can surmise to bring down the price is to find out who the select "few" that have a sealed dusty benny under their bed.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,606
    jlaustin said:

    I posted pics in the Official Benaroyal Hall owners list when it arrived. I'll post pics of it spinning tomorrow. Need to get some sleep now - have to go to work in the morning to earn some more money to spend foolishly. $-)

    Don't humour him! He kind of just called you a liar! We know you're not. ;) And i guess i'm dumb and stupid too, because i would spend that on one if i had the money and play it the second i got it home. Unfortunately, I can't afford one now or anytime soon. :(
    Plenty of people play their Bennys.
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  • whilst everyone is so quick to define 'flipper'... can we all define 'collector' as well?
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  • whilst everyone is so quick to define 'flipper'... can we all define 'collector' as well?

    Great question.

    Collectors gather things.

    I feel that Pearl Jam music is not meant to be gathered but rather it be heard/shared in all possible ways.






  • whilst everyone is so quick to define 'flipper'... can we all define 'collector' as well?

    Great question.

    Collectors gather things.

    I feel that Pearl Jam music is not meant to be gathered but rather it be heard/shared in all possible ways.






    so then, by a few's definition of flipper, the collectors are also tied to the stake?
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  • Benny Hill is cheaper
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  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,211
    some lovely judgemental posts in this thread.

    one has to wonder why?
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,314


    If bennys were in the hands of fans there would be no unsealed benny to talk about.

    :-h
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  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    Wish they'd reissue. Same exact packaging with same numbering system. Hell do 10 numbers of each number. HA ! :)
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,441
    edited January 2014

    Hi Dr. D

    Yes you did post a pic of your benny to me (and everyone) - that's awesome.

    You are person number one with a pic. We have 2000 to go. The only way I can surmise to bring down the price is to find out who the select "few" that have a sealed dusty benny under their bed.

    And there are even people who have more than one. They keep one selaed to collect and the other one is being spun. People are different, and that is good. It would be a boring world if everybody was the same.

    I think the price won't go down significantly ever. This is why I am campaigning for a reissue. I don't care what everybody does with theirs. I just want my own.
    I'm not talking about a widespread reissue that just floods the market. It could be a made to order thing for tenclubbers. The second Benny generation or whatever you want to call it. Leave the order window open for a week. Make the packaging and the look of the lps a little bit different. Give the proceeds to charity. My god, so many people would be all over this! Even the collectors would want to have one, so they had something to spin if they kept their Benny sealed...

    I loved that because of reissues I was finally able to get my hands on Above and Blind Melon. I couldn't be happier with the reissues. They didn't make me poor and they sound fantastic. People are still trying to find the first issues, so the collector value didn't really go down. It would be just something like this...
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  • jlaustinjlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
    http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/179409/benaroya-hall-lps-revised-current-owners-list/p10

    Guess I'm number 2 to post a picture. Sucks when facts get in the way of a good story.

    Can't wait to spin it when I get home tonight!
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  • jdopjjdopj Posts: 769
    There are also people who bought one because it was cheap and very cool at that time. There wasn't really any indication of how rare it would turn out to be. People played it once, preserved it as is sealed or played it a lot. The secondary market is tempting for some. That is a lot of money to pass up if you are really not that attached to it. Doesn't make everyone a flipper, or not a fan.
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,314

    The only way I can surmise to bring down the price is to find out who the select "few" that have a sealed dusty benny under their bed.

    People don't owe you a picture. I have a sealed Benny. No, I am not uploading a pic for you just so you can satisfy some sort of misplaced curiosity and prove a point.
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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,458
    edited January 2014

    jlaustin said:

    Guess I am stupid, dumb, and a fool...

    Sure sounds beautiful coming out of my speakers though.

    Pics or what you are posting is not true.
    Why are you doubting him?
    Because the ever elusive sealed benny only appears to a select few. I want to see one in this forum.
    As soon as someone makes it easy to post pictures on here, I'd be happy to oblige! :D
    Post edited by 2-feign-reluctance on
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  • what dumb logic. That's like saying uncorked wine or scotch is just "wasting away" on the rack. It's called collecting a rare item becomes even more rare by the day. I have both the vinyl and cd of Benaroya. I won't open the vinyl becuase it is cost prohibitive. Does the cd sound as good? No. But it 's not bad either. If you don't get it than you don't get collecting either.
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,314

    what dumb logic. That's like saying uncorked wine or scotch is just "wasting away" on the rack. It's called collecting a rare item becomes even more rare by the day. I have both the vinyl and cd of Benaroya. I won't open the vinyl becuase it is cost prohibitive. Does the cd sound as good? No. But it 's not bad either. If you don't get it than you don't get collecting either.


    Most people with vinyl don't even have a nice enough system to be able to tell the difference anyway.
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  • jervin007jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    edited January 2014
    I couldn't care less if someone opens their vinyl or spins it. Its their property, they can do what they want with it.
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    2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
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  • Dr. DelightDr. Delight Posts: 11,210

    Couldn't care less...
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • jervin007jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    edited January 2014
    I could care


    Couldn't care less...

    Haha. Thanks for the correction Dr.

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    2003 Mansfield: July 2
    2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
    2005 Montreal: Sept 15
    2006 Boston: May 24 & 25
    2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28,
    2010 Boston: May 17
    2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
    2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7

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  • mrk2mrk2 Finland Posts: 2,091
    Here's Benny meeting his distant relative SealedSevens for the first time, sitting on top of Vault 3 who's still in his original box. image
    225xxx - 6/28/00, 10/20/01, 10/22/01, 9/11/06, 9/22/06, 9/23/06, 6/18/07, 6/26/07, 8/15/09, 6/25/10, 6/30/10, 7/4/12, 7/5/12, 7/7/12, 7/10/12, 6/26/14, 6/28/14, 7/3/18, 7/5/18
  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,441
    That looks like the houses of those people who never take the plastic off their couches imageimage

    To each their own, I hope they make you happy image My Vault is leading a very happy life getting regular groove massages from the needle.
  • maj4emaj4e Posts: 605
    never understood the fascination with this one, so many shows are better and if you just want to listen there's other forms of media so it virtually has to be the investment
  • mrk2mrk2 Finland Posts: 2,091
    With Benny I never got around to opening it when I got it, bought the cd and listened to it enough. Years later I started noticing how much they were going for and I actually thought that I had opened it during some drunken night of spinning vinyl, but to my surprise it was still sealed :) Opening Sevens is quite tempting though. I didn't buy any record to sell or play or anything, noticed that they were available and just went for it. Sevens is actually the most I've paid for PJ vinyl, not counting the box sets.
    225xxx - 6/28/00, 10/20/01, 10/22/01, 9/11/06, 9/22/06, 9/23/06, 6/18/07, 6/26/07, 8/15/09, 6/25/10, 6/30/10, 7/4/12, 7/5/12, 7/7/12, 7/10/12, 6/26/14, 6/28/14, 7/3/18, 7/5/18
  • mrk2mrk2 Finland Posts: 2,091
    maj4e said:

    never understood the fascination with this one, so many shows are better and if you just want to listen there's other forms of media so it virtually has to be the investment

    Exactly, I don't even like the sound of Benaroya recording, too much echo, if it would sound more intimate/close/punchier I would be tempted to break open the vinyl and give it a listen, but I got bored of the show by the time the vinyl finally arrived back in the day.
    225xxx - 6/28/00, 10/20/01, 10/22/01, 9/11/06, 9/22/06, 9/23/06, 6/18/07, 6/26/07, 8/15/09, 6/25/10, 6/30/10, 7/4/12, 7/5/12, 7/7/12, 7/10/12, 6/26/14, 6/28/14, 7/3/18, 7/5/18
  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,441
    If you don't care for it that much, I'd gladly take your vinyl off off you. I will play and enjoy the hell out of it image
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