Selling one of my DOAD's soon - Interested?, Either Unopened or Opened - Trying to decide! Options

[draynoe]

Hi Everyone,

First, sorry for the wall of text below - but please read on.

So, first an introduction and quick explanation of the purpose of this post. I know not a lot of you know me here at Fans of Live, but I have been around and a Live fan since the early 90's. I have talked with Dan through private messages for quite some time and a few other members also. Like many Live collectors/fans, one of my main goals as a Live fan was always to obtain the Death of a Dictionary cassette tape. Well, I suppose the ultimate goal would be Divided Mind, Divided Planet, but how many of those are there again? ... More to the quick explanation of this post in case you do not feel like reading everything below: I am trying to find out what the real Live community thinks an Unopened DOAD cassette is worth, as well as an opened DOAD cassette, as I will be selling one of them to help pay for my wedding this year.

I had originally written the entire back story here about how I received the tapes, but I felt that I didn't want to go into that much detail except with whomever purchases the tape. There is however, a large back story to how I received the tape(s).

Ultimately, the reason for this post is to see if anyone in the real Live community is interested in purchasing either an unopened or open DOAD cassette. I am also unaware of how to remain safe throughout this type of sale as I have never sold anything online outside of eBay.

As for condition - The opened copy is in great condition although I haven't played it (Not sure I would want to ... I really want to but! ahh ... those are my thoughts). The unopened copy is in great condition although there are a couple of small scuffs and/or tiny scratches on the plastic itself. Nothing major though.

I may still go through eBay as I am a power seller there and receive some discounts, but the prices they charge are quite astronomical still and I need all the money I can get right now for my wedding. - If I do decide to go with eBay, I will link to it in the eBay thread here at Fans of Live.

So, if anyone here is interested, please take the poll above and send me a PM if you would like. Or post in this topic. I just want to hear from the community on your thoughts/opinions/criticisms. (I am in America also - hence the reasoning for making the poll USD - I would like to sell the tape (one of them) soon).

Oh, both of the cassette's are signed by Ed (recently) but not CCP yet - I haven't had time to get that done but it shouldn't be too hard. The opened copy is signed by Ed on the sleeve while the unopened copy is signed on the original plastic.

I am really leaning toward selling the unopened copy as I need the extra money, but again ... it is just such a prized possession! Let's see what you guys think!

Thanks everyone!

Images (I have a lot more, I pretty much freaked when I got the package and took a million photos ... and that is a Public Affection bumper sticker. :

[draynoe]

So, this is the story - hopefully you guys enjoy!

After having been on the lookout for the cassette since the mid-late 90's, in 2011 I noticed a post on Facebook about someone that mentioned they had some of the cassette's that they would be willing to sell. Let's call him Mr. X . I instantly pm'd Mr. X and asked how he had the cassette(s) and how much he would take for one. He told me that he was a family member of one of the band members and that he would sell me one for $500. I thought that the price was fair (actually this being the ultimate goal and collectible I have always wanted to own, I felt any price was fair), but I did not have the money to purchase it at the time.

Fast-forward to 2013. I am finally in a position to go on the search again but really do not know where to look. At this point I didn't recall the messages with Mr. X (this comes later), so I contacted Dan here at Fans of Live to see if he knew anyone. He didn't then but mentioned he would let me know if he found anything and also gave me a couple of names. One of the members here had a tape available but I didn't find this out until right around the time that I was talking to Mr. X and ultimately making the purchase.

I figured it was worth a shot and I found the original message thread on Facebook where I had originally talked to him. I brought up the old conversation and told him that I would be willing to go higher now on the price as I really wanted the tape. He mentioned that he had NEW UNOPENED DOAD cassette's as well as some opened. He also said he had to think about it as he was saving the unopened cassette's for family. At this point I went into total fan boy mode and probably scared him with how big of a Live fan I had always been.

I ended up giving him a price for both an opened and an unopened DOAD cassette - a pretty high price as I do not believe an unopened copy has ever been sold online. He gave me his number and address and I sent him the money orders. (This all happened over several days) I sent him the money and he mentioned there would be a few "extras" in the box too.

What I ended up receiving was a band tour book from TDTH tour; a couple of VIP passes (SS, TDTH); a Public Affection car bumper sticker! (!!); an opened DOAD cassette in great condition; and an unopened DOAD cassette. I can't really say how excited I was, but I think I took a picture of every step involved with opening the box and carefully examining the cassette's. It was a bit ridiculous.

As for Mr. X - I have all of our chats as well as the original package he sent me. ... As for his identity - let's just say that he is in the credits of TDOAD... I really would rather keep that out of the public domain though if you know what I mean for his sanity and mine!

One more thing - the unopened cassette actually came from one of the original band member's father because Mr. X didn't actually have any more unopened DOAD cassettes.

That's mainly about it - I guess I was just in the right place at the right time. Mr. X is a super nice guy and I was really fortunate to have met him. It is an awesome feeling to hold the tape!

Now if I can just find a DMDP ...