DOAD on Ebay Options

[icewaterike]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...=ADME:B:SS:CA:1

[rocknerd]

You see this is bullshit!. A tape a shitty little tape should not cost US $127.50 Just because its +LIVES+ first recording does'nt make it Okay for people to profit from others cause they went to a small gig once and in a drunkun stuppa coughed up $10 bucks to buy it and then through it in a draw and forgot about it.

This is why I think +LIVE+ should re-issue it so that these people can only get a third of what their asking.

[edstipe]

You see this is bullshit!. A tape a shitty little tape should not cost US $127.50 Just because its +LIVES+ first recording does'nt make it Okay for people to profit from others cause they went to a small gig once and in a drunkun stuppa coughed up $10 bucks to buy it and then through it in a draw and forgot about it.

This is why I think +LIVE+ should re-issue it so that these people can only get a third of what their asking.

I don't agree at all. DOAD is a true collector's item -- a very limited, extremely rare, and highly sought-after work of art that marks the beginning of Live's existence. It's like an antique; there's nothing wrong with buying something old and rare for a lot of money, because its limited availability and "cool" factor makes it worth whatever cash is spent.

As far as what this person is "asking" for the cassette, that is completely dictated by supply and demand. He started the auction for something very low (less than $10, if I remember correctly), and it is the DEMAND for the item that has driven the price up. Simply put, it is the interest of the bidders that has driven the price up, not anything that the owner of the tape did or is demanding. Also, it's not like he went out and got the tape so that he could turn it over for a profit -- he obviously got the tape a long time ago, has been holding onto it unknowingly for over a decade, and finally realized that it is worth something (he states this himself in one of the questions posted on the auction page). I don't see anything immoral about that at all.

Finally, re-releasing DOAD would do very little, if anything, to drive down the price of an original DOAD cassette. Hell, the tracks on DOAD are out there and are relatively easy to get (either by download or on an unofficial bootleg), so it's not like people are bidding on the original DOAD because they have never heard the Public Affection songs before. Plus, it's not as though the band would re-release it on cassette, so the re-released product wouldn't even look the same as the original. As I said before, the reason why people want this is because it's rare, cool, and highly coveted, not because of what's on the tape itself.

I think you have your panties in a wad unnecessarily.