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Tim2
Hi Guys,
Re: promo CDS; I hope a lot of you are aware that fakes / counterfeits are now legions; all the recent Japanese promo white cardboards w/ nice record labels tracklistings stickers on for instance are fakes and never were released in Japan; they pop up and sell as Buy it Now on Ebay on 1 or 2 days listings w/ private bids... you'll notice that it's always the same seller, and buyers who resell...
Also more than half of silver print CDs are in fact bootlegs; Considering that today record cny's executive sometimes press themselves their promos on computers, and that bootleggers do a better job, boots look sometimes nicer than real ones, and noone can follow what's genuine anymore.
The mess really started around 2002. Before, fake promo pressings are really rare...
I do not collect promo CDs but I can see that because everyone can now press some at home, their value has decreased a lot over the last decade, and especially the last 5 years. Those who buy promo bootlegged CDs knowing it are shooting themselves in the foot.