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I can't decide what's most wrong about this:
-selling off your U2 collection
-doing it on e-bay, which just reeks of profiteering.
-or charging as much for it as for a mid-priced car.

Whoever's doing this is either one greedy bastard or else really, really desperate. Either way, it's kinda unsettling.
 
Whoa! WTF?!
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LOL! what does the guy expect? $23,000 and no bids? Yeah right! He says he has over 140 rare U2 cd's yet one of the rarest records I know is a toss up between Beatles and Elvis, (Beatles one mainly for the cover) and the last I heard they were both equally valued at ?20,000 so this guy has no chance,I bet if you put all the U2 rarities together in one collection,they would not be worth $23,000 going by my big Music Collector book!
This guy is in dreamland!
 
well 142 cd's at 23000 is just under $162 a piece. i guess it's possible but highly unlikely. maybe if he posted what the cd's actually are...
 
This guy's an idiot. Somebody should e-mail him to see exactly what he's selling.

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I miss the innocence I've known
Playin' KISS covers beautiful and stoned
 
Maybe it's just me but it seems no CD's are worth that no matter whats on them. I'd like to know whats on them though, I'm curious to know how the guy came up with that price.
 
I emailed him and here's the list:
All that you can?t leave behind
All that you can?t leave behind (japenese import)
All that you can?t leave behind
Summer rain
All that you can?t leave behind
Always
Stuck in a moment you can?t get out of part 1
Stuck in a moment you can?t get out of part 2
Stuck in a moment you can?t get out of (import)
Walk on part 1
Walk on part 2
Beautiful day part 1
Beautiful day part 2
Beautiful day (import)
Elevation part 1
Elevation part 2
3 tracks live from Boston (6/06/01)
Banned in Burma
7
Beautiful day in New York
Taking off-elevation (live in Detroit) part 1
Taking off-elevation (live in Detroit) part 2

War
War (gold)

The unforgettable fire
The unforgettable fire (gold)

The Joshua tree
The Joshua tree (gold)
Where the streets have no name
I still haven?t found what I?m looking for
With or without you (import)
Island treasures
Sweetest thing part 1
Sweetest thing part 2

Achtung baby
Achtung baby (paperback)
Achtung baby (japenese import)
The working tapes
Salome part 1
Salome part 2
Salome part 3
Even better than the real thing
Even better than the real thing remixes
The fly
Whose gonna ride your wild horses
Mysterious ways
One
One (import)

Rattle and hum
All I want is you
2 in 1 the Joshua tree/rattle and hum
Pop
Staring at the sun part 1
Staring at the sun part 2
Discoteque part 1
Discoteque part2
Please
Please (import)
If God would send his angels
If God would send his angels (import)
Last night on earth
Last night on earth (import)
Hasta la vista baby

Zoocoustic
Jesus was a cool guy
Thr ultimate acoustic collection

Unreleased album
1987 billboard
Mick Jagger Goddess in the doorway
What?s going on
America (a tribute to heroes)
Wyclef Jean new day
City of Angels

World ballad collection
Q best albums of 2000
Music history part 1
Music history part 2
The best of 1980-1990
The B-sides
The best of 1980-1990

Boy
Boy (Ireland)

October

Bono talks in Philadelphia
Press conversation 1992
Bono in conversation

Zooropa
Stay (faraway,so close)Frank Sinatra with Bono I?ve got you under my skin
Mofo remixes

2000 collection
Maximum U2
Unforgettable duets

Batman forever
Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me part 1
Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me part 2
The mission impossible theme
Musique vs U2 new years dub
Passengers: original soundtracks 1
Passengers: miss Sarajevo


Kiwi
Grapes

Ultra rare trax
Complete tour rarities 1980-1993
The lost broadcasts vol. 2
Pride: the royal philharmonic plays U2
Strung out on U2 (the string quartet tribute)
We will follow (a tribute to U2)
Pickin? on U2

The million dollar hotel
Bono ?million dollar hotel? interview

No surrender
Pictures in grey
Yesterday and nearly today
Live at Leeds part 1
Live at Leeds part 2
Waking the Aztecs part 1
Waking the Aztecs part 2
U2 verses the US part 1
U2 verses the US part 2
Rocks hottest ticket part 1
Rocks hottest ticket part 2
Reggio emilia part 1
Reggio emilia part 2
The Dublin experience part 1
The Dublin experience part 2
Gone part 1
Gone part 2
Where is everybody?
Unplugged
Covering them
Wide awake in America
Under a blood red sky
Live under a blood red sky

The Ultimate 7?&12? collection 1979-1987
The Ultimate 7?&12? collection part II
The Ultimate 7?&12? collection part III
The Ultimate 7?&12? collection part IV
The Ultimate 7?&12? collection part V
The Ultimate 7?&12? collection part VI
The Ultimate 7?&12? collection part VII
The Ultimate 7?&12? collection part VIII
The Ultimate 7?&12? collection part IX

Hmmmmm.....should I buy a brand new Toyota 4Runner or music?

bp
 
Rare is just another word for bootlegs. Why buy a bootleg when you could easily download a concert off the net?

I would rather be interested in rare U2 vinyl myself.

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The more of these I drink the more Bono makes sense.. - Bean from the KROQ Breakfast with U2.
 
Originally posted by martha:
And there was a reserve on it!
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this man needs to be hung by his balls and shot.....that collection isn't even worth a thousand dollars
 
Why are you people so mad? It's clear that nobody will bid this much. Let him learn from his own stupidity and the laws of economics.


"this man needs to be hung by his balls and shot.....that collection isn't even worth a thousand dollars"

You need to calm down. He's not forcing you to buy anything or ripping you off. He's telling you exactly what he has and he's asking a price for it. If you don't want to buy it, you don't have to. Damn, people, what's wrong with you?
 
WOW! I have most of those CD's - and the ones I'm missing on that list, I didn't want. I also have many more CD's.

Therefore, if someone is willing to give me $22,000, I'll gladly sell you *my* CD collection. Why, that's something like $160/CD. Note the bargain rate!
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Deep down, he/she really doesn't want to give up the collection!
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"There's a lot of real rubbish going on about new music & old music, can I just say we play U2 music? Is that OK?" - Bono, Us Festival 5/30/83
 
Originally posted by BostonAnne:
Deep down, he/she really doesn't want to give up the collection!
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Yeah, he's just trying to brag. *lol*
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Seriously...that collection is really cool...but I'd NEVER spend that much money on it...


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"Hallelujah, Heaven's white rose,
The doors you open...I just can't close..."
 
Originally posted by david:
Rare is just another word for bootlegs. Why buy a bootleg when you could easily download a concert off the net?
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Yeah, 23 grand is absolutely ridiculous. I have half this stuff on mp3 which I downloaded for free.
 
Originally posted by david:
Rare is just another word for bootlegs. Why buy a bootleg when you could easily download a concert off the net?
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Some people would suggest that the quality of MP3 is poor, when compared to an original recording pressed onto CD. Having heard SHN, I would agree. Which is not to say I never listen to MP3s anymore.
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Of course, there is no guarantee that this guy's collection is not mostly MP3s converted back to Wav anyway.



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I don't know you, and you don't know the half of it.
 
Originally posted by BostonAnne:
You have an awesome collection doctorwho!
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Well, I'm old.
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I've been a fan since '83, so even back in the 80's I was able to get U2 and U2-related vinyl (like the "Do They Know Its Christmas" 45 rpm single).

Then, in the early 90's, when I was in grad. school, my U2 fanaticism kicked in (perhaps because I was in grad. school and needed an outlet). So slowly over the MANY years I was in school, I gathered U2 items. This was before the days of easily accessible .mp3 files. As such, I have many "original" bootleg CDs as well as other truly rare CDs.

That said, if I put all of these items together, would they be worth $23K? Hardly. I mean, this guy was charging $160/CD! Divide that by 10 ($16/CD) and then you get more realistic numbers. If he was selling all of that for $2K, then, while still a bit high, at least it's reasonable.
 
I, too emailed him for "the list". What he's got is not rare at all, and def not worth 9K. I told him good luck and that he's probably got a $200-300 auction. Now that I think about it, it could go for 4, but still....that's just a *slight* bit less than what he's asking. BUT! If you do win...he'll throw in 11 LPs for free...and shipping is included!
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Yes, why get upset about all that money? When we can just pop on over to Doctorwho's house! ;> ) Just teasin'...!If I had that kind of collection-there just wouldn't be a price for it. So I don't think it's real fan...or he would have priced it a little less or not at all! just thought...peace ya all
 
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