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]

It certainly helps!

Thanks everyone