HW: Promo Single (on E-Bay)

[Colin Allen]

Maybe; that certainly shows a side to human nature which is most pleasant.

Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Jarrett" <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: HW: Promo Single (on E-Bay)


> On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Colin Allen wrote:
>
> > It does not seem to work that way on E-Bay; kollektors tend to bid
whatever
> > they think that item is worth and I would assume that they are the main
> > market for this as every fan who wants one can get one.
>
>         I can think of one happy counter-example to this, which is a good
> enough story to be worth telling. Occasionally you'll all have seen me
> rave about a US hardcore/stoner band of high weirdness called
> Clutch. Their first EP now goes for silly money, usually about USD50 for
> the first issue. Now, one really long-time fan of theirs had to finance
> some medical treatment I think for his wife, and eventually had to start
> selling his collection, and that USD50 started to look essential and so he
> bit the bullet and put his copy of this EP on E-Bay. But he'd already told
> people on the Clutch message board he was going to have to do this, so
> unbeknownst to him they banded together and bid about USD250 for it. Then
> once he had the money they sent him the EP back with an explanation.
>
>         I thought that was pretty cool when I heard it. Maybe it has to be
> the *right* Kollectors. Yours,
>                                 Jon
>
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>