Enormously expensive CDs

Bucket

I buy lots of CDs, and am usually able to find what I want on Amazon for relatively cheap prices, but some stuff just takes the piss... I was looking for Shawn Lane's brilliant album Powers of Ten and found only three copies on Amazon, the cheapest of which is £45.95. Similar story with John Petrucci's Suspended Animation - £36.98 at the cheapest.

Am I being stupid, does this stuff ever, ever get sold? I get that those albums are rare and have to be imported or whatever, but those prices are just ridiculous. Surely no-one will pay that much? I like both of those albums very much, but am I being an unreasonable thief for wanting to pay slightly less than 50 quid for a single CD?

Can anyone explain why this goes on?

Lixarto

No, they're just loss leaders for the torrent sites

maltingsaudio

Try buying rare vinyl!

randomhandclaps

In the mid to late nineties I used to work in an independent record store and was trying to source various things when I was at Uni.  I remember walking into HMV in Oxford street to find a Greg Howe and Dave Brubeck CD as they would take me about a month to order through work.  The Dave Brubeck CD was £36.99 and the Greg Howe £42.99.

I'm not a fan of illegally downloading stuff that you can buy for £8-£12, but then when you are talking these prices......

bertie

maltingsaudio said:

Try buying rare vinyl!

got some lovely stuff for the bathroom

octatonic

Or rare books: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0951751212/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

fretmeister

I once wanted a CD by 80s shredder Dave Sharman.

The only ones I found were over £40. So I found him on MySpace (remember that??) and asked if I could pay him £10 directly as I'd rather he had the entire £10 in his own pocket, rather than him getting 50 pence from Amazon

He said thanks.... and then sent me a download link for free!

Nice guy, and a great player.

Lixarto

Books aren't a problem - I can order them from the Library

strumjoughlamps

bertie said:

maltingsaudio said:

Try buying rare vinyl!

got some lovely stuff for the bathroom

old man wee stained and rare are 2 different things Bertrum

chillidoggy

bertie said:

maltingsaudio said:

Try buying rare vinyl!

got some lovely stuff for the bathroom

So has Emp.

Deadman

I bought a John Frusciante CD for 2.99 and sold it on eBay for 85 quid. I also sold a stereophonics tape for 200 quid.

Rocker

fretmeister said:

I once wanted a CD by 80s shredder Dave Sharman.

The only ones I found were over £40. So I found him on MySpace (remember that??) and asked if I could pay him £10 directly as I'd rather he had the entire £10 in his own pocket, rather than him getting 50 pence from Amazon

He said thanks.... and then sent me a download link for free!

Nice guy, and a great player.

I too would be prepared to pay for a download but only a FLAC file, not a low resolution rip....

chrispy108

Alot of the time Amazon price are set automatically by the shops system, so if there are two or three shops selling the same thing in the same condition the prices will just bounce around up and down as their pricing algorithms fight.

scrumhalf

fretmeister said:

I once wanted a CD by 80s shredder Dave Sharman.

Nice guy, and a great player.

I remember him from Night Of Then Guitars 2. There was a great young guitarist that night who've I've never heard of since, Daniel Darekovic (or something like that). Jan Akkerman like him so much he seemed to be on the point of adopting him.

holnrew

Reminds me I was in a charity shop and they had two versions of N.E.R.D's first album. A while later I got curious about the difference, and looked it up online. One was the first edition and much rarer, the other was the normal one. Guess which one I had bought?

Reverend

I bought a copy of Blasphemy - Fallen Angel Of Doom on wild rags for £3 as the cover was damaged. Undamaged it would be £100

axisus

fretmeister said:

I once wanted a CD by 80s shredder Dave Sharman.

The only ones I found were over £40. So I found him on MySpace (remember that??) and asked if I could pay him £10 directly as I'd rather he had the entire £10 in his own pocket, rather than him getting 50 pence from Amazon

He said thanks.... and then sent me a download link for free!

Nice guy, and a great player.

Link or it didn't happen ....

randomhandclaps

Music DVDs can be ridiculous too -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001EGG5S0/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

dafuzz

A few years back (maybe 5, not that many) I bought Final Fantasy 7 and Final Fantasy 8 - both platinum versions - for about a tenner each. I remember at the time thinking "bloody rip off". Never got round to playing them (I've played them before) and they're still in the wrapper.

Just had a look and they're worth £88 and £80 now. Huzzah!