So I just found out a rare album I found online was nothing more than a pirated/counterfeit CD. The CD in question was Satan's "Court In The Act" and it was an IMPECCABLY authentic looking copy of the 1997 Neat Record pressing. You would really have to be told to even entertain the thought of it not being real. Anyway, the whole thing got me quite suspicious of good deals online in general which is a shame because I amassed a good deal of rare gems on the net in the past 6 or 7 months.
Anyway, I'd like more than anything to out these shitty pirated albums and the dicks who sell them off, so with that said, NEVER buy from lastempire or Brotherhood Of Metal on eBay. The former gave me the fake Satan album and sells other horse shit like multiple factory sealed copies of Pantera's 80s albums and the latter will sell you some crappy Russian imports (with no mention of this in the item description) which are probably fake too. Never buy from Greece either and DON'T get that copy of Legend's "From The Fjords" or Slaughter's "Strappado" - they're fakes too.
Post any fake or at least dubious looking things you've seen/bought online (doesn't necessarily have to be eBay). Here's a few things I own that I'm suspicious of:
Sigh - Scorn Defeat (was new and bought from eBay seller demen1104)
Graveland - Thousand Swords (New and bought from Deathgasm on eBay. Worth noting because the text "Thousand Swords" on the front cover is silver)
The Chasm - Deathcult For Eternity: The Triumph (new copy from eBay seller wwpins; was the only seller who had this)
Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi (It's a factory sealed press of DLS version from seller erwilson326. I've very suspicious because this guy's from Taiwan and he has many rare items not to mention he goes out of his way to mention they're not fakes. He does however mention when a bootleg is a bootleg and most of his items are used. It's in perfect condition but feels old).
Necrophiliac - Chaopula: Citadel Of Mirrors (Sealed copy from a store called NetSoundMusic. It looks and feels very old despite being sealed but then again I bought it for $25 plus shipping. Selling only one copy)
Ras Algethi - Onericon: White Hypnotic (Bought from Amazon for a steep price. Factory sealed and in perfect condition but felt old. Seller was horizons50 and the store is Horizons Music and they say they specialize in hard to find and out of print CDs/LPs. Only one copy was being sold)
Phlebtomized - Immense Intense Suspense (expensive used copy from Amazon seller levelingup that was in GREAT condition but felt sort of old. Selling only the copy I got)
Autumn Tears - Love Poems For Dying Children: Act 1 (A sealed copy of reprise version from eBay seller metalpinss. Sold for a suspiciously cheap $18.90 + shipping and the store had at least two complaints of a bootlegged version of a Mortal Sin record and about three complaints of "fake", "burned" or "duplicate" CDs despite the store explicitly claiming they sell only "ORIGINAL CDs NOT FAKE CDRS ALSO WE DONT SELL ANY RUSSIAN CDS". I'm convinced I got a fucking fake)
Asphyx - The Rack (original pressing from eBay seller
cfischlein1 came in really shit condition but was described as new. Probably fake as someone complained of an "obvious Japanese copy". Suspiciously has an assload of rare items not to mention I read on a forum yesterday that there's a fake copy of Asphyx's Rack CD somewhere on eBay)
Anyway, I'd like more than anything to out these shitty pirated albums and the dicks who sell them off, so with that said, NEVER buy from lastempire or Brotherhood Of Metal on eBay. The former gave me the fake Satan album and sells other horse shit like multiple factory sealed copies of Pantera's 80s albums and the latter will sell you some crappy Russian imports (with no mention of this in the item description) which are probably fake too. Never buy from Greece either and DON'T get that copy of Legend's "From The Fjords" or Slaughter's "Strappado" - they're fakes too.
Post any fake or at least dubious looking things you've seen/bought online (doesn't necessarily have to be eBay). Here's a few things I own that I'm suspicious of:
Sigh - Scorn Defeat (was new and bought from eBay seller demen1104)
Graveland - Thousand Swords (New and bought from Deathgasm on eBay. Worth noting because the text "Thousand Swords" on the front cover is silver)
The Chasm - Deathcult For Eternity: The Triumph (new copy from eBay seller wwpins; was the only seller who had this)
Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi (It's a factory sealed press of DLS version from seller erwilson326. I've very suspicious because this guy's from Taiwan and he has many rare items not to mention he goes out of his way to mention they're not fakes. He does however mention when a bootleg is a bootleg and most of his items are used. It's in perfect condition but feels old).
Necrophiliac - Chaopula: Citadel Of Mirrors (Sealed copy from a store called NetSoundMusic. It looks and feels very old despite being sealed but then again I bought it for $25 plus shipping. Selling only one copy)
Ras Algethi - Onericon: White Hypnotic (Bought from Amazon for a steep price. Factory sealed and in perfect condition but felt old. Seller was horizons50 and the store is Horizons Music and they say they specialize in hard to find and out of print CDs/LPs. Only one copy was being sold)
Phlebtomized - Immense Intense Suspense (expensive used copy from Amazon seller levelingup that was in GREAT condition but felt sort of old. Selling only the copy I got)
Autumn Tears - Love Poems For Dying Children: Act 1 (A sealed copy of reprise version from eBay seller metalpinss. Sold for a suspiciously cheap $18.90 + shipping and the store had at least two complaints of a bootlegged version of a Mortal Sin record and about three complaints of "fake", "burned" or "duplicate" CDs despite the store explicitly claiming they sell only "ORIGINAL CDs NOT FAKE CDRS ALSO WE DONT SELL ANY RUSSIAN CDS". I'm convinced I got a fucking fake)
Asphyx - The Rack (original pressing from eBay seller
cfischlein1 came in really shit condition but was described as new. Probably fake as someone complained of an "obvious Japanese copy". Suspiciously has an assload of rare items not to mention I read on a forum yesterday that there's a fake copy of Asphyx's Rack CD somewhere on eBay)
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