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Title: Possible buyer beware
Post by: troccoli on March 27, 2009, 11:20:49 PM

Only a day or two ago you couldn't find one of these on ebay or anywhere else on the internet. Now there's a bunch listed and the sellers are all in China and Hong Kong, the world capital for bootlegging stuff. Of course, that don't mean they ain't real. I do know this was officially released in Japan. Question is, are these copies real?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/GUNS-N-ROSES-Chinese-Democracy-Japan-3-track-pr0m0-CD_W0QQitemZ280327042777QQihZ018QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Guns-N-Roses-Chinese-Democracy-JAPAN-3-TRACK-CD-RARE_W0QQitemZ160324271017QQihZ006QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/GUNS-N-ROSES-chinese-democracy-2008-Japan-DJ-ONLY-CD_W0QQitemZ260383920534QQihZ016QQcategoryZ46498QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/GUNS-N-ROSES-chinese-democracy-JAPAN-RARE-VERSION-CD_W0QQitemZ370179323242QQihZ024QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: Possible buyer beware
Post by: wadey on March 28, 2009, 02:01:16 PM

i was thinking the exact thing myself mate, ive been watching all 4 for a few days
all of a sudden 4 of these pop up out of the blue all from far east.

Title: Re: Possible buyer beware
Post by: Layne Staley's Sunglasses on March 28, 2009, 05:32:54 PM

There are only 3 songs, but they have the full tracklisting on the booklet.

Title: Re: Possible buyer beware
Post by: wadey on March 29, 2009, 02:48:47 AM

having a close look at the discs i see they are all TDK CD'rs. are they supposed to be acetates?

out of the 4 though this is the only one which is different because it has the sticker on the rear
http://cgi.ebay.com/GUNS-N-ROSES-chinese-democracy-JAPAN-RARE-VERSION-CD_W0QQitemZ370179323242QQihZ024QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/GUNS-N-ROSES-chinese-democracy-JAPAN-RARE-VERSION-CD_W0QQitemZ370179323242QQihZ024QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Title: Re: Possible buyer beware
Post by: troccoli on March 29, 2009, 04:29:59 AM

Quote from: wadey on March 29, 2009, 02:48:47 AM

yeah, they are definitely acetate promo cdrs and they are supposed to be. What's weird about the one you linked to is that if you look close enough that sticker is actually on the inside front cover - very weird. And the back (where the cd goes) is white instead of clear. Could be a different case than the original?

Title: Re: Possible buyer beware
Post by: wadey on March 30, 2009, 09:18:44 AM

heres another one............and yes its from china. description says 2007 :rofl: :rofl:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Guns-N-Roses-Chinese-Democracy-JAPAN-3-TRACK-CD-RARE_W0QQitemZ400040249086QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_CDs?hash=item400040249086&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Guns-N-Roses-Chinese-Democracy-JAPAN-3-TRACK-CD-RARE_W0QQitemZ400040249086QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_CDs?hash=item400040249086&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318)

this is definately strange that we have 5 in the space of a few days... wonder why they havent surfaced sooner?

any news on the other boards troccoli, i try not to visit them if i can help it :)

Title: Re: Possible buyer beware
Post by: troccoli on March 30, 2009, 08:27:19 PM

Quote from: wadey on March 30, 2009, 09:18:44 AM

Mostly snooze; definitely seems to be a bit of a dry spell right now for news sadly

Title: Re: Possible buyer beware
Post by: gunns1 on March 31, 2009, 06:45:42 AM

If they are fakes, im amazed they would go to so much trouble to make something look so legit.

Title: Re: Possible buyer beware
Post by: Nightfall on March 31, 2009, 06:56:00 AM

trouble?? for 150$ a piece i would make an efford in copying them too :hihi:

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