Possible buyer beware

[troccoli]

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

[wadey]

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.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

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

[wadey]

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

[troccoli]

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

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?

[wadey]

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

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 

[troccoli]

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

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 

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

[gunns1]

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

[Nightfall]

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