Did anyone see this on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390103240725
I did and I won it. I am so glad it only cost £6 including postage.
The seller's powers of description are seriously flawed!
Seller's description:
CD in great condition , case ok ,box still in sellophane but has been opened
at bottom to remove cd
My description
CD in great condition - I didn't buy it to play anyway
case broken - I can live with this
box incredibly tatty. Has been flattened, dented, torn open at the bottom to
get the CD out, ah but the CD was stored at the top so I've had to tear
right up the left hand spine to just below where the picture shows the
artwork, then I've torn the bits of card inside the box supporting the CD so
the CD will drop down. Oh and the top of the box has been flattened. I think
I chucked the box in the bottom of a cupboard. If you look really closely at
the photo I've supplied it misses the top of the box off. This is so you
can't see the damage before bidding! Mind you it is still in cellophane,
despite all that damage!
Like I say I'm glad I only paid £6 for it. I can't be bothered getting into
a refund battle on eBay as it'll cost me money to post it back and the
seller will claim all that damage was done in the post. I know having spent
my entire adult life collecting records and about 15 years dealing in
records how to tell the difference between damage done before an item was
packaged and that done by the postal services! Like most buyers (I guess)
the first thing I look at when I get my packages is do they look like the
postman has played football with them?
You know what I reckon I can repair this item to some extent and I'm not
totally dissatisfied with it, but if I'd seen it in a second hand shop
there's no way I'd have offered the dealer what I put as my maximum possible
bid on Auction Sniper. I'd have said look at the state of it £5 or £6 quid
mate, take it or leave it.
It's a good thing us lot on here weren't in a bidding war for this!
Anyone got any similar stories?
Oh and if I saw the Colour Field's Virgins And Philistines 'longbox'
packaging up for sale, I'd be all over it like a rash, so let's hope there's
never a bidding war on that! The same goes for the alleged UK original.
Sorry I'm rambling now.
Cheers
Paul Rodgers
I've got the UK Chrysalis 25 year anniversary CD. That's lovely and I've
tried to keep the packaging as nice as possible.