Really nice - Ghost Reveries: was it that sealed copy on Ebay for $125 or something?
Also, how come you buy several copies of the same LP? I could never understand why some people do that. Unless the previous one is damaged or something like that. Just wondering...
Kudos on that Dissection too. Ebay?
I got Ghost Reveries and the Dissection album off discogs. I check throughout the day for items on my want list and sometimes there's a great deal. Ghost Reveries was about $60 and Dissection was about $75.
I got Cynic's "Focus" for $20 but the jackass shipped it in flimsy cardboard and the sleeve got bent up on all sides. When I emailed him, he said "Well, the record still plays fine...right?"
I have extras of the Arcturus album because some record store (actually it was Relapse's old record store - now closed) had them in a used bin for like $5/each and I knew they sold for a decent amount...so I figured I could sell them down the road. They also had, like, 10 copies of Macabre's Gloom for dirt cheap and so I picked up a couple of those.
I also bought 5 copies of Arcturus' The Sham Mirrors from the grau since they pressed 330 or so but only hand-numbered the first 300 (also got inserts). I figured I could print the insert myself but it's going to cost a fortune to get that done so I'm holding on to those. I did get the pdfs (with cut marks) from grau for the insert so if/when it's reasonable, I'll get those printed. I also have a numbered version w/insert, but the ones I got from grau were completely new/mint.
Some other steals I got were Danzig - 3 (How the Gods Kill) on vinyl for about $10. Death - Symbolic (first press) for $20. I saw that just sell on ebay for $100+ . GnR - Appetite (first press, flexi vinyl) w/banned cover - still sealed. It's got the "as featured in The Dead Pool" sticker on the front. Got that for $35.
Every once in a while I'll sell off some extras and thin out my collection.