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beautiful... featuring two of best PSB songs ever!

djx wrote:to be fair, disregarding your likes or dislikes for esprit, i think you have to weigh up how much of a completist you are. how much do you want this. how likely are you to see this again in the next, say, 10 years. i would buy it, if i had the money, but i dont. im afraid five children and a business to run means i have far more important things to spend £2500 on, but if that wasnt the case then i would want that i my collection.

I'm in the same situation with 3 young kids at home and a business.

I had to stop serious collecting around 95, only buy regular cd releases.

Anyone want a copy of Totally?

I once met the U.S. buyer for Esprit a few years ago, he bought like 20 copies of the little nightlife tour cdr that i had for like $20.00 usd, and a week later eil had them listed for $80.00 usd. so they buy cheap and sell high.

Young Offender wrote:Anyone want a copy of Totally?

PM me.

I just don't understand why anyone would pay £2,500 for a 7" record (whatever colour it is!), when both the tracks on it are available elsewhere on CD... I already have "Can You Forgive Her?" on the UK 7"/CD single, the USA CD single, on both the original 1993 version/2001 re-issue of "Very", and also on "PopArt" too. I have "Hey Headmaster" on the UK CD/7" single of Can you forgive her?, on the 2001 re-issue of "Very" bonus disc and also on "Alternative". So, why bother paying a absolutely ridiculous price for this item, when both tracks are not rare or anything?

It's not as if it's "Relentless", or the 9-minute version of TMBTPIWTL is it?

I remember the days when EIL were Esprit Mail Order - and they used to have decent-ish prices. I got the email today and was gobsmacked at the price of this 7". Thank goodness for Ebay !!

I probably would pay that if I didn't have it. Bear in mind that only 3 known pressings exist and that is what makes it collectable.

TheGardner wrote:one day....

one day in the future...




...it will be mine!

It could've been yours last week if you'd have bothered to read what I had for sale in the 'For Sale/Wanted' subforum

Young Offender wrote:Anyone want a copy of Totally?

You offering? I could do with the red 7"

Young Offender wrote:I once met the U.S. buyer for Esprit a few years ago, he bought like 20 copies of the little nightlife tour cdr that i had for like $20.00 usd, and a week later eil had them listed for $80.00 usd. so they buy cheap and sell high.

I don't mean to be an ass but as a business, they have to make thier money somehow. Like with any other business, unless they sell for more than they buy them in they aren't going to make any money

Technotrancemix wrote:

Young Offender wrote:Anyone want a copy of Totally?

You offering? I could do with the red 7"

Young Offender wrote:I once met the U.S. buyer for Esprit a few years ago, he bought like 20 copies of the little nightlife tour cdr that i had for like $20.00 usd, and a week later eil had them listed for $80.00 usd. so they buy cheap and sell high.

I don't mean to be an ass but as a business, they have to make thier money somehow. Like with any other business, unless they sell for more than they buy them in they aren't going to make any money

Yes, I have owned a mint copy since around mid 1992, PM if interested, thought about having them autograph it a couple of times that I have met them, but decided not to in the end.

I am a business man as well so I know about overhead and other cost, they seem to be a well established business so they don't appear to be working out of a spare room in the house, seems like they have office space, storage space, web people and packaging people, buyers, insurance, so i'm sure they need to cover these cost plus a profit.

Young Offender wrote:Yes, I have owned a mint copy since around mid 1992, PM if interested, thought about having them autograph it a couple of times that I have met them, but decided not to in the end.

of Totally?

Technotrancemix wrote:

Young Offender wrote:Yes, I have owned a mint copy since around mid 1992, PM if interested, thought about having them autograph it a couple of times that I have met them, but decided not to in the end.

of Totally?

Yes I have "Totally" and a couple other rare Japanese cd promos like Promotion and stuff.

StevePSB wrote:I'm a PSB collector, but unless you have money to burn you'd have to be slightly cuckoo (no offence Techno! ) to spend that kind of money on such an item.

Glad you got good money for it though, and I really hope EIL are stuck with it forever. Their prices are truly disgusting.


StevePSB

Good comment.
Who wants a blue vinyl when I have a bigger Red Letter Day 12" red one?

I was always thinking the red one's the rarest
item (vinyls I mean, not CD which would cer -
tainly still be 'Compiled' I suppose) ...
According to PSB Discography which I have re-
cently checked out about exactly this item.

EIL, always good for a quick laugh.

leesmapman wrote:EIL, always good for a quick laugh.

Indeed. I've seen some crazy prices on EIL but that takes the biscuit!