Hawkwind PXR5 Album Very rare CD on ebay!!!

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

no - you are right - if someone orders something from CDS that we know is
not available they can be told right away. The problem comes when a record
company does not delete an item but that item is out of print - yuo never
know if the company will repress or not, so you keep the order going to se
what happens. We have had oprders on the go for up to 8 months (at the
request of the customers I might add) only for that item to turn up as a
repress suddenly appears out of the blue. It is not the customer's fault but
there is one hell of a lot of ambiguity around worldwide when it comes to
ordering CD's and too many times the companies just refuse to deleted
something that they know they are not going to repress or fail to announce a
deletion so that every wholesaler and importer exporter keeps it on the
database. Believe me, things can get incredibly complex - Akien 4 and even
'Love In Space' dbl CD are not classed as deleted but yo try ordering them
from a normal new CD retailer.
Any questions anyone???
Andy Garibaldi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Medford" <nick at HERMIT0.DEMON.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: Hawkwind PXR5 Album Very rare CD on ebay!!!


> In message <NEBBJIAENLJIIGPBJAMIEEFPCEAA.bedroom at trancer28.fsne
> t.co.uk>, colm mcwilliams <bedroom at TRANCER28.FSNET.CO.UK>
> writes
> >yeah and so does tower records and www.cdzone.co.uk and a whole host of
> >other online cd stores. But the crunch comes when you try to order it.
You
> >get a message saying that they have none in stock and will try to contact
> >the suppliers to get some more. Then you wait a while and receive another
> >email telling you that the cd is discontinued and they can't get you a
copy.
>
> It intrigues me that online stores can get away with this. About 2 months
> ago it was mentioned on-list that cdparadise.com were carrying 'Alien 4'-
> well I ordered it, still waiting, so I think it's safe to assume it won't
be
> forthcoming.  Meanwhile, Jungle took 4 months to admit they couldn't get
> hold of a couple of CDs... 4 months! Surely they don't use THAT many
> suppliers?
>
> So anyone know where I can get Alien 4 and/or Love In Space?
> --
> Nick Medford