stormspell

LOL, I remember this story, yes!

There is something going on with the USPS these days! My CD to melodicrockoz which was sent quite a while ago via Global Priority is still somewhere out there too!

Cheers to everyone who bought OFFROAD and other stuff from me recently. All great guys, thanks everyone!

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okay, before I plunge and download some CAUTERIZE out of sheer curiousity, would you mind telling me if it is grunge/alterantive/nu metal, please? Please be honest

Yeah T-Bone, I already did that the minute I saw he screwed my SDI auctions! EvilBAY people knows him very well I can bet. Why they dont write a simple quiery which will prevent him re-registering in their database is something I dont understand... maybe they enjoy him screwing people around and thus accumilating insertion fees (when James screws your auction you get your final value refunded, but NOT the insertion fee, you suck on that as your loss) EvilBAY knows how to make money and James is working very hard for them! They should put his picture on the "Employee of the month" board!

The bloody fuker just bought 3 CDs off me Hey James, the day someone finds your slimy carcass rotting in a shallow ditch wont come soon enough!

cdhound859

What about if the market knew those are cdrs when bidding up to $50+ ? For me this is the most relevant factor which would KILL the sale if present P.S. I see the topic got exausted already, so please consider this my last entry too, sorry.

It could be. This is just my personal opinion anyway, and I do not pretend to be the best analyst around for sure

I dont know about Ryan, but can tell that all 3 re-releases of GRAVESTONE Stefan did 6 months ago (Karthago Records) sold out already. 1000 copies silverbacks, average retail $15, so it is possible to sell underground stuff.

See, the test maybe a bit too late. The news travel fast and the majority of the repeated eBay sellers lerned already that Retrospect = cdr, so it could be hard to gain people's respect back. I dont know if Sam does the right thing or not. I simply dont care anymore, and it is Sam business' decission anyway. All I know is that he wouldnt have sold so many cdrs on eBay if they were properly described, that's for sure. Essentially he targets "one-timers," people that would buy, find out it's cdr and never to return again. It is a good way for making some fast bucks, the bad thing is that the melodic metal community is not so big market, and news travels fast, so if he denies any outside distribution and rely solely on his own eBay sales, the sale figures probably would start to decline - it is only natural to happen so. *me shrugs*

C'mon man, are you triyng to tell me that a decent official silverback issue of Rock Boulevard would not sell in 10 copies if the original goes for $1000? If Rock Boulevard, or Friction dont deserve a mere $1300 investment, what band does? Of course you probably will have problems selling all 1000 if marked at $50 retail, but if sold at reasonable price like $14.99 or thereabouts they will sell, oh yeah

Kewl man, if you collect all 4 reissues (comes on green, blue, red, and diamond-tinted cdrs) Sam will give you a free bonus. I know, I know, sorry, couldnt resist

I bet my 2 cents that if you havent refunded his PayPal payment, it would take him less than a week to file a dispute

Tell me about it! The health care/medicine prices in USA are the WORST in the whole world EVER! They even have TV commercials trying to brainwash people how "dangerous" it is to purchase medicines from Canadian online stores, like Canadians are some sort of 3-rd world country or drug smuglers... There is a big argument going on about Walgreens right now. Apparently they donated some money to a gay eventn and some Evangelists made a fuss about it, so Walgreens used the opportunity and tried to get the support of the local homosexual population having their "street members" spreading support letters and forum messages all over the internet. It's a standard advertising practice in this part of the world really, except for the fact that almost everyting in Walgreens is "Made in China" and it was the very conscious company's politics to move their operation abroad for the cheaper labor cost...

That would be ideal of course, but all we know it never will happen because the minute the seller indicates it is Russian no one wants to buy it CD-Maxumim, Irond, and Soyuz are the leading Russian labels and their releases are pristine! Especially all Butterfly Temple releases on the Irond label are the ultimative state of the art releases and my personal example of how a CD should be released! Absolutely fabulous all around! the graphic designer who did them will instantly get ANY job here if shows them in his portfolio. Soyuz even include OBI strips on their domestic Russian bands BTW a lot of western companies started to recognize the Russian designers because of those "imports" and Blind Guardian already hired a russian guy. The new Demons and Wizards CD was done by Russian guy too! He did also RAGE and ICED EARTH covers.

I think they wholesale for $2.50-4 each, but that's only for domestic CIS wholesalers. The Russian companies are very strict and would not even consider your request, so you have to contact the Russian skinners and get them for like $4-5 Check Irond site, if I recall correctly they should have excel spreadsheet with their domestic wholesale prices for download on their site. Now, it was the US/European cartels like Nuclear Blast/Century Media who sold the licenses to the Russians, so they should have known better this will happen with such big difference in the prices! Not to mention that the Russian pressings often come with better packaging AND bonuses! In some extend I'm glad those pop up on the market here, because this could eventually act as competition and push the cartels to lower the prices a bit. I just received the new Heronymous Bosch CD on CD-Maximum label and it came with MONSTROUS 28-page glossy booklet! I had to pay arm and leg on shipping as the booklet alone weight one pound itself! imagine! I dont remember seeing such booklet on western release, or if there was it probably would have been called SUPER-DUPER-LUX and cost $20+, this Heronimous Bosch as it is costs like $5

Those are supposedly licensed CDs for the Russian market. They arent particularly bootlegs, but rather graymarket if imported outside CIS, as they are designed as "lite" cheaper edditions accordingly to the lower life standard in that region of the world. Funny thing is that because the production cost there is way much cheaper, they are usually superior to the originals package-wise . You have to decide for yourself if you have been cheated or not. Many collectors dont like them as they arent "the real deal", plus the fact they cost like $4 retail in Russia adds some insult to the injury if you have paid a full price for it and hasnt been notified by the seller it is a "Russian edition" I personally feel offended when the seller convenietnly "ommit" to mention those are Russian edditions, so I very carefully check seller's feedback for such indications. If I get cheated and buy one of those, I just leave neutral feedback stating what they are, so other buyers like me would know. Easy way of determining is to look for "buy it now" prices of about $6.95 for MAJOR recently released stuff. There is no way anyone can sell the brand-new Nuclear Blast/Century Media, etc releases for $6.95 and make profit out of it! Voldemart has been known for one of the biggest wholesale "Russian" sellers on eBay for long time, I'm a bit surprised there would be people not knowing what they are buying from him by now.

Go check his eBay profile, I bet he got some new stuff for sale he posted on the wireless connection while on the airplane

Hahahah, go ahead and file PayPal dispute! You will be amazed how fast he will swoosh back from down under

Yeah, and give the distribution to Davesmetal Seriously, I dont care much who will release it, if it is proper release for reasonable price.

I think it is between Michael and Sam at this point, and Michael has to decide for himself what will suit him best. The only thing you can do is let him know about the CD-R issue, so he can work it out with Sam. Those are my 2 kopeek on this issue

I apologize for upsetting all of you. I felt the same way like MJ when reading Brian's posting, just didnt get around editing my mouth shut, that's all. sorry