MUSIC HAUL (CD / VINYL / DVD Purchases) 2012

Oh, I know. I have that one. =) They've mellowed out as they've gotten older, shed a lot of their punk influence, but they're still great. I remember when they used to play "I Can't Surf," Jimbo would actually get up on his standup bass and "surf" while playing it. It was awesome.

A while back, watching vids on YouTube, I noticed he doesn't do that anymore. Clearly he's too old or two fat now, which made me feel old and fat. Haha.

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Yea, what's the story with I-Deals? I saw them pop up a few times with prices that seemed too good to be true, so I was hesitant. I finally pulled the trigger on 2 cds and a few days later, the order was cancelled. My money was refunded, so no harm, no foul. Just seemed odd

Apparently their pricing software went haywire or something. I don't know anything about selling on amazon but I guess there is some way to make sure you always have the lowest price. Guess it malfunctioned. I frequent a deals site where people were going crazy over some seller having dollar movies. I didn't think anything of it till I saw on my wish list all these things for a buck. Thought there was no way in hell it wouldn't get canceled. Everything I ordered did eventually get canceled except the one thing I really really wanted. Got very lucky with it. Months back importcds had a similar problem and they very generously honored all of it. By the way I-Deals is the old blowitoutofhere seller. Sucks to be them since they gave away a lot of inventory and then faced an onslaught of negative feedback from people ticked their steals got canceled. I figure those types of things are always worth a shot.


I saw Rev. Horton Heat and the Supersuckers in this tiny club in the early nineties. Amazing show and the next morning I ran out and bought Full Gospel Sounds first thing in the morning. I'm a not big fan of the later releases but they're still pretty good.

From gohastings

Zebra - IV
Stryper - Reborn
Inner Wish - Inner Strength
MSG - Written In Sand
Unsane - Total Destruction
Pat Benatar - Precious Time/Get Nervous

There are companies out there, like those sniping companies people use for eBay, that will actively monitor your seller account. If someone lowers the price of an item their client is selling, their software will automatically lower it.

But sometimes when multiple companies are selling the same product and using the same software, the software just goes nuts. Prices can go down and down and down—because every time one seller drops his price, the other does as well, and it just goes back and forth like that—but they can also go up and up, until it gets ridiculous! That's why there have been items priced in the millions on Amazon, when in reality they're cheap everyday items.

And you can use it to your advantage, too. I've done it before. I'm a huge fan of The Coral, but at one time I didn't have their first two EPs. I still don't have one, but I got the other by scamming the system. Sort of. I saw that someone was selling one of the Coral EPs, but for like $30, which was too much for me. So I pretended to sell my own, and priced it at $18. The next day, the other seller was selling his for $12, which I promptly bought, then deleted the item from my inventory.

Because even though some people, the big sellers, pay for a company to do this, most sellers actively monitor their stock to make sure they're the lowest price. So if you really want something that is priced too high, you can try what I did. =) You just gotta worry that someone else might come along and buy your copy, a sale in which you'll have to cancel, of course.

Oh, and I came home to this CD on my porch:

Kadavar - Kadavar

Eyesore wrote:

There are companies out there, like those sniping companies people use for eBay, that will actively monitor your seller account. If someone lowers the price of an item their client is selling, their software will automatically lower it.

But sometimes when multiple companies are selling the same product and using the same software, the software just goes nuts. Prices can go down and down and down—because every time one seller drops his price, the other does as well, and it just goes back and forth like that—but they can also go up and up, until it gets ridiculous! That's why there have been items priced in the millions on Amazon, when in reality they're cheap everyday items.

And you can use it to your advantage, too. I've done it before. I'm a huge fan of The Coral, but at one time I didn't have their first two EPs. I still don't have one, but I got the other by scamming the system. Sort of. I saw that someone was selling one of the Coral EPs, but for like $30, which was too much for me. So I pretended to sell my own, and priced it at $18. The next day, the other seller was selling his for $12, which I promptly bought, then deleted the item from my inventory.

Because even though some people, the big sellers, pay for a company to do this, most sellers actively monitor their stock to make sure they're the lowest price. So if you really want something that is priced too high, you can try what I did. =) You just gotta worry that someone else might come along and buy your copy, a sale in which you'll have to cancel, of course.

Very interesting. i'll have to try this one day. Maybe I can finally fill in some of the empty spots in my collection. Everyones getting a copy of Nuclear Assaults Survive for .99 on me! Of course it might be a bootleg but who cares! It was .99!

Just submitted my address to Kickstarter for the Swimming Pool Qs double reissue project which was fully funded and then some. Because they got about 5K more than needed, they are also sending a T-shirt with the Q logo to all backers. Good deal, I get the newly remastered S/T and "Blue Tomorrow" albums on CD and digital AND a T-shirt for $19.

Sister Sin - Now And Forever (Amazon download)

Jeff Loomis - Plains Of Oblivion

Phil collins - Hello, I Must be Going!
The Who - Tommy

from SACD

Today:

Ill Nino - Epidemia
Sister Sin - Now And Forever
Sword, The - Apocryphon (w/Bonus Tracks)

Another successful Manifest run:

Death-Leprosy(I think this is the original 1988 CD, not a re-issue)
Death-Sound of Perseverance(remastered w/ DVD)
Gamma Ray-Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome Live in Montreal(CD & DVD)
Heathen-Victims of Deception
Helloween-7 Sinners
Eluveitie-Helvetios

Tygers Of Pan Tang - Ambush
Rebellion - Arminus-Furor Tetonicus, DL

Metalwargod

Wargod wrote:

Tygers Of Pan Tang - Ambush
Rebellion - Arminus-Furor Tetonicus, DL

Metalwargod

Really looking forward to that new Rebellion disc!

CRIMSONMASK wrote:

Another successful Manifest run:

Death-Leprosy(I think this is the original 1988 CD, not a re-issue)
Death-Sound of Perseverance(remastered w/ DVD)
Gamma Ray-Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome Live in Montreal(CD & DVD)
Heathen-Victims of Deception
Helloween-7 Sinners
Eluveitie-Helvetios

Sweet haul!! I need to get back over to Manifest soon.

Wednesday, from Amazon:
Autograph: Sign In Please
DFA: Kaleidoscope

Thursday, from Best Buy:
The Darkness: Hot Cakes

Today, from Doolicity via Amazon:
The Beastie Boys: The In Sound from Way Out

Yesterday:

Dead Sara - Dead Sara
One King Down - God Loves, Man Kills

From Best Buy :

KISS - Monster
Grave Digger - Home At Last
Grave Digger - Clash Of The Gods (limited edition digipak w/bonus tracks)

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The next day, the other seller was selling his for $12, which I promptly bought, then deleted the item from my inventory.

Unfortunately I'm the type of person who would have that all blow-up in my face. Pretty damn clever though.

From gohastings

Raven - Life's A Bitch +2

From Secondspin

Quiet Riot - QR (finally after several failed attempts I finally own this)
Circle II Circle - Burden Of Truth
Sacred Oath - s/t
Wild Horses - Bareback
Funny Money -s/t
Amebix - Arise +2
Unsane - Scattered, Smothered, & Covered

jstate wrote:

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The next day, the other seller was selling his for $12, which I promptly bought, then deleted the item from my inventory.

Unfortunately I'm the type of person who would have that all blow-up in my face.

That's me as well.

Today:

Quiet Riot - Condition Critical

Circus Maximus- Isolate
Dungeon- A Rise To Power
Dungeon- One Step Beyond
The Format- Dog Problems
Lanfear- Zero Poems
Lanfear- The Art Effect
Magnum- On The Thirteenth Day
Shiny Toy Guns- III (autographed)
The 69 Eyes- X
Ty Tabor- Naomi's Solar Pumpkin
Ty Tabor- Safety
Ty Tabor- Balance

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

Ty Tabor- Naomi's Solar Pumpkin

Physical CD? Must've come from Uncle Sax.

SpectreFate wrote:

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

Ty Tabor- Naomi's Solar Pumpkin

Physical CD? Must've come from Uncle Sax.

Yep and yep couldnt pass that up

nice call on that Circus Maximis PRD.

Today:

Phil Collins - Face Value

Vinyl:

The Sword - (The Night The Sky Cried) Tears of Fire - Hexagonal vinyl b/w unreleased track "Farstar"