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$200 for XPectation?!?!? This is the craziest auction I've seen...a CD-R of XPectation is bid up to about $200 on ebay. That's about $199 of profit for the seller, considering CD-Rs are practically free at this point. Anyone could go to the Prince newsgroup and probably nicely request that someone post the album, and it would be done for free. Oh well..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB...egory=1570 . [This message was edited Tue Dec 16 23:27:25 PST 2003 by TonyC] | |
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TonyC said: This is the craziest auction I've seen...a CD-R of XPectation is bid up to about $200 on ebay. That's about $199 of profit for the seller, considering CD-Rs are practically free at this point. Anyone could go to the Prince newsgroup and probably nicely request that someone post the album, and it would be done for free. Oh well..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB...egory=1570 . [This message was edited Tue Dec 16 23:27:25 PST 2003 by TonyC] Question: The guy says that he downloaded the art template from NPGMC? I don't recall ever seeing that. I just did a shoddy copy and paste job with the background design, and put some text on it. If this is true, could someone send me the real art template so I can spruce it up? thanks. "Knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring faith. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal" - Carl Sagan | |
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savoirfaire said: TonyC said: This is the craziest auction I've seen...a CD-R of XPectation is bid up to about $200 on ebay. That's about $199 of profit for the seller, considering CD-Rs are practically free at this point. Anyone could go to the Prince newsgroup and probably nicely request that someone post the album, and it would be done for free. Oh well..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB...egory=1570 . [This message was edited Tue Dec 16 23:27:25 PST 2003 by TonyC] Question: The guy says that he downloaded the art template from NPGMC? I don't recall ever seeing that. I just did a shoddy copy and paste job with the background design, and put some text on it. If this is true, could someone send me the real art template so I can spruce it up? thanks. It isn't the 'real' artwork - it is artwork put together at the beginning of this year by a fan. Using it is just another part of the lie from the person selling this item to try to pretend their article is a genuine NPGMC CD release. ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. |
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langebleu said: savoirfaire said: TonyC said: This is the craziest auction I've seen...a CD-R of XPectation is bid up to about $200 on ebay. That's about $199 of profit for the seller, considering CD-Rs are practically free at this point. Anyone could go to the Prince newsgroup and probably nicely request that someone post the album, and it would be done for free. Oh well..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB...egory=1570 . [This message was edited Tue Dec 16 23:27:25 PST 2003 by TonyC] Question: The guy says that he downloaded the art template from NPGMC? I don't recall ever seeing that. I just did a shoddy copy and paste job with the background design, and put some text on it. If this is true, could someone send me the real art template so I can spruce it up? thanks. It isn't the 'real' artwork - it is artwork put together at the beginning of this year by a fan. Using it is just another part of the lie from the person selling this item to try to pretend their article is a genuine NPGMC CD release. well, to be fair, this was his only lie. He did say it was a download, and he also said he printed the art. This is still ridiculous though. I wanna try and sell xpectation cds now, but unfortunately I'm not that scummy. sigh. "Knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring faith. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal" - Carl Sagan | |
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savoirfaire said: TonyC said: This is the craziest auction I've seen...a CD-R of XPectation is bid up to about $200 on ebay. That's about $199 of profit for the seller, considering CD-Rs are practically free at this point. Anyone could go to the Prince newsgroup and probably nicely request that someone post the album, and it would be done for free. Oh well..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB...egory=1570 . [This message was edited Tue Dec 16 23:27:25 PST 2003 by TonyC] Question: The guy says that he downloaded the art template from NPGMC? I don't recall ever seeing that. I just did a shoddy copy and paste job with the background design, and put some text on it. If this is true, could someone send me the real art template so I can spruce it up? thanks. | |
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yes, please. somebody post some xpectation art. thanks. | |
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don't worry it won't sell - he won't get his cash 
the bidders all have very low feedback me suspects some serious shill bidding from the loser seller. Hard to believe I've been on the org for over 25 years now! | |
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Who the heck is bidding it for it?!?!?!?!
If they were that big a collector to folk out $200, they should know that this isn't official. They deserve to be shafted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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If you have more time and the needed hardware you can make a multipage booklet with the images you get in http://www.housequake.com/ at the image gallery (2 pages/song)like this one:
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PANDURITO said: http://www.npg.at/Grafix/xpectation-front.jpg
http://www.npg.at/Grafix/...n-back.jpg http://www.npg.at/Grafix/...ion-cd.jpg Thanks Pandurito! "You know, you're the classic example of the inverse ratio between the size of the mouth and the size of the brain" | |
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PANDURITO said: http://www.npg.at/Grafix/xpectation-front.jpg
http://www.npg.at/Grafix/...n-back.jpg http://www.npg.at/Grafix/...ion-cd.jpg Help, how do I resize this artwork to a fit a CD case? "You know, you're the classic example of the inverse ratio between the size of the mouth and the size of the brain" | |
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I recommend you use IrfanView
...one of the most popular viewers worldwide! http://www.irfanview.com/ the best is you can resize and place the images wherever you want inside the page 
Really great!!! | |
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hey pandurito...THANKS!! | |
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PANDURITO said: http://www.npg.at/Grafix/xpectation-front.jpg
http://www.npg.at/Grafix/...n-back.jpg http://www.npg.at/Grafix/...ion-cd.jpg Yup this is the real stuff! Download the artwork here, then get a burn from somebody...SAVE $200! 
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The artwork's well good for a single guy's effort - who did all that? | |
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Well, someone...--cough,cough--...posted the XPectation album in the alt.binaries.multimedia.prince newsgroup, so those ebay bidders can download it for free.
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If any of you bidded for the CD- don't pay up. I'll copy you the CD for no price and just ask that you contribute say $10 to the LABF that Sheila E and co were backing.
(Not sure if thisis soliciting as I don't want to make money? Sorry if I've inadvertantly broken the rules) Put yourself on the worldwide org map! www.frappr.com/princeorg | |
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JimmyNothing said: If any of you bidded for the CD- don't pay up. I'll copy you the CD for no price and just ask that you contribute say $10 to the LABF that Sheila E and co were backing.
(Not sure if thisis soliciting as I don't want to make money? Sorry if I've inadvertantly broken the rules) Nice one Jimmaaayyy. I hope they at least report his ass 2 ebay. I certainly wouldnt pay up. | |
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Tut tut tut
I dunno what's worse, sumone selling it, or some dumb fuck paying $200 for it 
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You guys seem a little too interested in what others choose to spend their money on. Hoping the seller gets reported to ebay, hoping the buyer doesn't pay...what's it to you, anyway? | |
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PapaSmurf said: You guys seem a little too interested in what others choose to spend their money on. Hoping the seller gets reported to ebay, hoping the buyer doesn't pay...what's it to you, anyway?
I dont give a fuck what others spend their money on, I'm simply commenting in a thread on a public message board - just like you did. I think that's how these things work.Someone posts something...we comment. 
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PapaSmurf said: You guys seem a little too interested in what others choose to spend their money on. Hoping the seller gets reported to ebay, hoping the buyer doesn't pay...what's it to you, anyway?
What's it to us? Well, when non-legit items end up on ebay, and people get taken advantage of, it sets the sites implied standards back quite a bit. If someone pays that kind of ching on a cd-r, they're probably misguided and going under the assumption that it's somehow a rare find. The seller could have done a "Buy-It-Now" for $15-$20 and not been such a greedy prick. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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squirrelgrease said: PapaSmurf said: You guys seem a little too interested in what others choose to spend their money on. Hoping the seller gets reported to ebay, hoping the buyer doesn't pay...what's it to you, anyway?
What's it to us? Well, when non-legit items end up on ebay, and people get taken advantage of, it sets the sites implied standards back quite a bit. If someone pays that kind of ching on a cd-r, they're probably misguided and going under the assumption that it's somehow a rare find. The seller could have done a "Buy-It-Now" for $15-$20 and not been such a greedy prick. But isn't it a "legit item" (as you put it). I thought it was officially released though Prince's Fan Club. You are being very presumptuous, assuming whomever bids doesn't know the story. | |
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thebumpsquad said: PapaSmurf said: You guys seem a little too interested in what others choose to spend their money on. Hoping the seller gets reported to ebay, hoping the buyer doesn't pay...what's it to you, anyway?
I dont give a fuck what others spend their money on, I'm simply commenting in a thread on a public message board - just like you did. I think that's how these things work.Someone posts something...we comment.
If my comment didn't fit your remarks then it obviously was not intended for you. And apparantly you do give a smurf because when you read my comment you took it very personally. | |
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ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo oooh! A Smurf with attitude, whowouldathunkit? | |
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PapaSmurf said: squirrelgrease said: PapaSmurf said: You guys seem a little too interested in what others choose to spend their money on. Hoping the seller gets reported to ebay, hoping the buyer doesn't pay...what's it to you, anyway?
What's it to us? Well, when non-legit items end up on ebay, and people get taken advantage of, it sets the sites implied standards back quite a bit. If someone pays that kind of ching on a cd-r, they're probably misguided and going under the assumption that it's somehow a rare find. The seller could have done a "Buy-It-Now" for $15-$20 and not been such a greedy prick. But isn't it a "legit item" (as you put it). I thought it was officially released though Prince's Fan Club. You are being very presumptuous, assuming whomever bids doesn't know the story. Read my post more closely. Also, "legit" means: Not A Bootleg, which this is. Xenophobia is not shareware. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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I love that cover by the fan... with the Lincoln quote... | |
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