Free stuff gets burned and sold at eBay?
May 15th, 2006 at 4:17 amTake a look at this: A coincidence since “An American Punk In Suburbia” recently posted the Tooth And Nail comp:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4880385071
Never seen a CD reissue before.
http://anamericanpunkinsuburbia.blogspot.com/2006/05/tooth-and-nail.html
May 15th, 2006 at 5:37 am
Wow. That is too sleazy for words.
May 15th, 2006 at 7:04 am
what a fucking scumbag.
May 15th, 2006 at 8:45 am
By no means am I a computer expert, but now that word has been getting around about this guy, is there any way to ban him from these sites?
May 15th, 2006 at 11:29 am
damn, not sure how to feel about that. it’s not we who rip and post these old records can claim ownership or something, but it’s hard not to feel pissed and used. what makes it even more annoying is he steals the cover scans as well as the mp3s. dick.
May 15th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
i turned that loser in to the eBay cops. i also noticed that he got the Crowd LP, Modern Warfare EPs, the Super Heroines LP and the Who Cares comp from my site. what makes it really infuriating is he got over $80 for the Super Heroines!!!
May 15th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
And what’s also annoying is that the fucker’s got nearly all postitive feedback from over 300.
May 15th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
I’ve actually bought some stuff from “Niteowl” off of ebay as a cheap alternative to trying to replace some vinyl I no longer have. I was a bit dismayed to see the same CDs popping up again for sale since I assumed they were probably just some one off bootlegs he had laying around rather than a small bootlegging operation. I’m not convinced its the same guy, but maybe this is a sign of things to come where people snag stuff and then try to turn a profit from it even though these bands (mostly) never made a penny. I’ve also seen some of these same names on old CDR trade lists where they already had a lot of this music before most of the mp3 blogs started so I’m pretty sure at least some of the music is ripped from other sources rather than downloaded from a site and flipped for cash (which still doesn’t make it right- although I’ve bought many a bootleg in my day). I remember doing shows with friends where so few people showed up that the band didn’t even get paid as much for the show as one of their 7″s goes for today. Either way, I’m going to keep chugging along until I make it through the rest of my vinyl, my friends vinyl, my CDRs, etc. until it runs its course. My advice- if you see something you want that a bootlegger has and you don’t have the $$$ for the vinyl, just wait ’cause it’ll end up on a site eventually or you can just request it and I or someone else will post it.
May 15th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Now that ebay knows his a scam artist he might have to pay back that money, or hopefully they will just shut the fucker down.
May 15th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
I guess I feel like vinyl bootlegs are a bit more special than a CDR boot since some actual effort and money has to go into them (usually anyway.) Selling CDR bootlegs is pretty weak and selling CDR bootlegs of some mp3s you downloaded off the Web is just fucking sad. Obviously there are people that want and need to hear this stuff but it’s a shame to see that hole being filled this way. This guy is taking something fun that others have spent their time to share publicly and selling it for a profit; not fair to the artists or the buyers who are getting some second rate, shitty uncompressed mp3 (though they’ll likely never know) — THAT THEY CAN ALREADY GET FOR FREE off some blog that they don’t yet know about, unfortunately. It might be less offensive if he was just making them to trade with friends but to keep producing as many as he can sell is something else entirely.
This does seem to be the same guy, by the way; most of his descriptions are very similar, if not the same.
May 15th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
NOT COOL. BAD KARMA. ALL FOR $$$$$. IT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO WITH MUSIC. BURN A COPY FOR YOUR FRIEND - OK, BUT DON’T RIP A CHEAPO AND SELL IT FOR RARE $$$. BOOTLEGS DONE PROFESSIONALLY ARE MARGINALLY ACCEPTABLE IN THE SCENE, BUT THIS IS JUST WRONG.
FELIX HAVOC WOULD STOMP ON THIS GUY’S HEAD!
May 15th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
fuck that guy.
May 16th, 2006 at 1:21 am
I’ve bought a few stuff from this guy - “Akacrash” - in the past months, they were rare but official releases, shipping was fast so nothing to complain about.
i already noticed the coincidence when he put the Superheroines for sale but now it’s not a coincidence anymore…of course I won’t buy again from him, strange thing is nobody gave him negative feedback for receiving CDRs
May 16th, 2006 at 11:29 pm
I specifically asked this guy if the Subhumans’ ‘Incorrect Thoughts’ he has for sale is a CDR and got this answer:
May 17th, 2006 at 12:11 am
Phill, what was his answer then?
May 17th, 2006 at 5:41 am
Sorry, the whole of the messge didn’t show up for some reson. Anyways, he said: “Hi Phill, I think it is. Sounds great though. Thanks Tom”. Fuck, it either is or it isn’t mate. And if it is he should at least say so.
May 17th, 2006 at 5:59 am
Ha ha yeah! I asked him if he could show me the back and labels of the CD. I got this answer:”Hi, I purchased this from a mail order. This has never been officially released on CD and has been out of print on vinyl for over 15 years. Sounds good. Thanks Tom”. Welllll I didn’t get an answer to my questions.
May 17th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
I do wonder what the back of the Subhumans CD looks like. There were some VERY nice scans of the LP once on ebay (front and back covers) and I made a CDR boot for myself using them since all I had was the CD Presents cassette. Wonder if this fella did the same and is trying to sell it. Did CD Presents ever put it on CD? I don’t think so, just LP/Cassette.
May 17th, 2006 at 11:23 pm
Yes, CD Presents did release it on CD.
May 21st, 2006 at 8:48 pm
Strange Reaction just posted Eddie & The Subtitles LP and behold Mr Septic Necro has a CD up for sale on ebay, along with a shit load of other boots that all look like they were downloaded from punk blog sites. Wanker !.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Eddie-And-The-Subtitles-CD-kbd-punk-X-social-distortion_W0QQitemZ4877568656QQcategoryZ307QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
June 12th, 2006 at 5:28 pm
yeah..every week….he’s been putting stuff up…tons!tazers,red cross…early LA stuff…every week, tons of money!
June 17th, 2006 at 6:17 pm
Thats funny about the Eddie and the Subtitles boot that guy is selling on ebay, if he really did download it from strange reaction, that would be my rip. I should send him an email requesting my cut of the profits.
June 18th, 2006 at 7:16 am
What if I tell you that Friend2Rob and Niteowl aka septicnecro real name Adam Wilson(bukowski38@hotmail.com) have somethings in common. I though you shouldn’t visit this site since you hated it so much Adam.
June 18th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
So you’re a computer hacker? If not, how would know then? Hmmmm, you stated that what i’m doing is bad behavior and here you are tracing my name. That’s a serious crime and I’m being serious now.
June 18th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
Oh yeah, I almost! Go fuck yourself, Flakes! You think you’re real slick but you’re really a fucking dick!
June 18th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
Dear, Adam Wilson I’ve allready told you who I am. It’s not a secret. My name is Peter Swedenhammar and I’m still at the kbd mailingslist. I played drums for Raped Teenagers which you’re trading and seems to like:
http://www.howsyouredge.com/swap/display.php?page=532
Nice to see that you give me a big fuck off too :D!! Why don’t you put up a link directly to this post so people can judge for themself? Hows life in Rancho Mirage by the way?
You must seen my recent email recommending the video section over here. I’m always clear of who I am since I’ve got nothing to hide. A suprise is that you didn’t promise what you said: to stay away from this site. Shall I block you or do you promise to stay away ;)? It’s nice to read that you’re beeing serious now.
June 18th, 2006 at 10:53 pm
Slick. Just as with the KBD Police thing it’s not something I “think” I am I KNOW I’m slick ;).
June 18th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Yeah but you’re still a computer hacker! I’m gonna have to get a new identity like Lewdsnot aka Fahad aka zoloft aka rob noxious.
June 19th, 2006 at 2:17 am
Apparently you need that and I’m glad I’m responsible for it. Now you can get off this site bye bye.
June 21st, 2006 at 4:42 am
What a dick.
August 4th, 2006 at 6:02 am
I came around some DVD with “Decline Of The Western Civilization” at Ebay once. Wanted to buy it until I figured out this film has never been released on DVD. I wrote the guy and asked him if it was some official release or just him making money on other people’s work? He never replied.