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i don't know if its just me..

but for me....ebay had reached its usability
limit, and usefulness about 3 years ago..

i do look for the odd release every so often..

but most of it isn't really music related..

i see a lot of items up for sale, but not
very many bidders for most of the groups
that i check out.....(even the really popular ones)..

i think that once the collectors pretty much
fill out their collection, there's not a whole
lot of reasons to go back and keep checking..

for people new to a group, or just starting out
their collections its alright....... but as far as
finding the really rare stuff and promos, you
probably wont find them..

once in awhile, someone will sell off their
collection, and then you have a chance...

however, there are some 'super-collectors' (ahem)..
that money is no object, and they will get all the
rare items no matter how high the price goes...

it might be a cyclical thing...but i don't envision
myself using ebay for buying musical items much longer
(unless its selling).....

on an unrelated note, what happens when the
saturation point of itunes, emusic etc, finally
get around to digitizing all the tracks that
we're missing (or they're offered by the
group themself)...and then you really don't
have to search out for all those rare tracks,
and items?

later
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