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Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

yup. Would be impossible to tell how many there are still in existence. I bet loads have been binned or lost during house moves and similar. Keep yours safe.

I see you'ver registered it... NICE!!! (BTW you outbid me!)

smouch

14 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

yup. Would be impossible to tell how many there are still in existence. I bet loads have been binned or lost during house moves and similar. Keep yours safe.

Yep, considering its just over thirty years old, you would have to presume that maybe about 30% of the original 1000 have been lost due to natural attrition as you say. I'll certainly be keeping mine safe.

PS: Sorry bout the outbidding. For what its worth, I got into a whole lotta trouble with the missus for getting it. The conversation after the auction ended went something like this:

me: hey babe, remember that U2 record on ebay i was looking at?
her: what record?
me: an early U2 vinyl, really rare, any way I won it
her: how much was it?
me: $xxxx
dead silence for a short period,
her: you spent how much on a vinyl record ????
me: er, about $xxxx, you remember me telling you about how i was gonna bid on it dont you?
her: uh, no you never mentioned that to me.
me: yeah i did, surely you remember!

the tone of the conversation sorta went downhill from there!

haytrain

14 years

Originally posted by smouch:

me: hey babe, remember that U2 record on ebay i was looking at?
her: what record?
me: an early U2 vinyl, really rare, any way I won it
her: how much was it?
me: $xxxx
dead silence for a short period,
her: you spent how much on a vinyl record ????
me: er, about $xxxx, you remember me telling you about how i was gonna bid on it dont you?
her: uh, no you never mentioned that to me.
me: yeah i did, surely you remember!

the tone of the conversation sorta went downhill from there!

Haha, awesome

germcevoy

14 years

Tell her you bought it as an investment. She might settle for that.

You : 'this was 1.49 originally, now it's worth $xxxx. In another 30 years...
Her : ahh

jofice

14 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:Tell her you bought it as an investment. She might settle for that.

You : 'this was 1.49 originally, now it's worth $xxxx. In another 30 years...
Her : ahh

Hmmm I might try that for the Super Deluxe DVD box

smouch

14 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:Tell her you bought it as an investment. She might settle for that.

You : 'this was 1.49 originally, now it's worth $xxxx. In another 30 years...
Her : ahh

I did try the "its a great investment for the future" tact, but she didn't really go for it. When she saw the original 1.49 price tag it made it even harder for her to understand the concept of how it was largely okay to be paying about 66000% extra for it! Thankfully, she took herself off shoe shopping the following weekend which sorta got me off the hook. I had to promise that id leave it a while before i bought anything off eBay again. A promise ive, unfortunately, already broken!

sholbech22

14 years

Originally posted by smouch:[..]

Yep, considering its just over thirty years old, you would have to presume that maybe about 30% of the original 1000 have been lost due to natural attrition as you say. I'll certainly be keeping mine safe.

PS: Sorry bout the outbidding. For what its worth, I got into a whole lotta trouble with the missus for getting it. The conversation after the auction ended went something like this:

me: hey babe, remember that U2 record on ebay i was looking at?
her: what record?
me: an early U2 vinyl, really rare, any way I won it
her: how much was it?
me: $xxxx
dead silence for a short period,
her: you spent how much on a vinyl record ????
me: er, about $xxxx, you remember me telling you about how i was gonna bid on it dont you?
her: uh, no you never mentioned that to me.
me: yeah i did, surely you remember!

the tone of the conversation sorta went downhill from there!

NICE!!

The top two items on my collectors lists are the numbers U2-Three 12" and the AUS 'Pride' clear 12".... in both cases my wife has seen the value on Ebay and understands that one day I will be purchasing them... (I have also promised her a vacation if/when i do!)

cheers
sH22

yseilys

14 years