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[Graham_Start]

Originally Posted by ashley

.. er, hello Graham .. you're not gonna believe this, after all that's been said already .. I've been looking for the double CD "Greatest hits" by Space, which apparently came out in 2007 in a very limited edition digipack .. it contains all the hits in their original versions .. it doesn't sell on US or UK Amazon (which should set alarm bells ringing I suppose, although many limited edition items seem to miss Amazon altogether) .. there is 1 seller on E-Bay selling this item, supposedly from Australia & is requsting payment in Australian dollars .. so I purchased the CD this morning using PayPal & paid in Australian dollars .. only then, after making payment & checking the buyer's feedback, did I notice he lives in the Czech Republic & hasn't received any feedback for 6 years .. so now I'm left wondering whether I'll ever receive the CD at all .. and if so, whether I'm purchasing a counterfeit item .. the seller has about 300 different CD digipack pressings for sale .. and as soon as I made the purchase, this same Space CD immediately went back on sale again .. check the item for yourself:
SPACE Greatest Hits 2007 2CD Digipack on eBay, also, CDs, Music (end time 08-Mar-08 12:54:56 GMT)
.. what do you think? Is it a scam? Or simply a legitimate seller who left eastern europe 6 years ago & very recently began trading in Australia?
.. all 300 CDs appear to be from the same source (all have the same "SM" logo on the cover) .. .. plus the fact he is selling so very many CDs, with no recent feedback from any of his buyers .. what's your expert opinion Graham? .. have I been robbed? I notice PayPal say this purchase isn't covered by their usual protection cover ..

Time will tell, but this sets off a lot of alarms. If it sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly is.

[Videoskooter]

Ashley, can you keep us posted on this? If it's indeed a scam seller we can put up a general warning about him/her in the trade forum.

Thx!

[JussiK]

I got my copy of Dante's Inferno today - so I'll take back (most of) the evil things I wrote before about French Amazon. The cd is Heavenly.

[FunkyChris]

Argh, I'm still waiting for my cd :-(

JussiK, what's the quality like?

[JussiK]

I quess it could be better but like people here have pointed out, the music is so powerful you'll forgive the slight background hiss apparent here and there. You get Cecil B DeMille-sque scenes of people being cast into hellfire, slaves of Lucifer quivering at their master's feet, wraith-like female figures floating around, dramatic arrangements all around, you'll love it.

SandraDee: the Russian Space cd contained the original tracks. I asked the clerk to give me a sample, which he did, saying: "okay now you hear, trance from the America!".

[ashley]

.. hello Graham .. the Space CD has been removed from E-Bay & the seller has been suspended from trading .. I guess we know why .. ho-hum .. can't say I wasn't warned ..

.. and yes Videoskooter, it was a scam .. that's 30 dollars I'll never see again ..

[Graham_Start]

Originally Posted by ashley

.. hello Graham .. the Space CD has been removed from E-Bay & the seller has been suspended from trading .. I guess we know why .. ho-hum .. can't say I wasn't warned ..

.. and yes Videoskooter, it was a scam .. that's 30 dollars I'll never see again ..

Sounds like a hijacked account to me.

[Videoskooter]

WARNING: DON'T CLICK THIS LINK TO ORDER THE CD-IT'S A SUSPENDED ACCOUNT!!!!

Ashley, was it this guy?

eBay My World - daemsky

SPACE Greatest Hits 2007 2CD Digipack - eBay, CDs, Music. (end time 08-Mar-08 23:54:56 AEDST)



WARNING: DON'T CLICK THIS LINK TO ORDER THE CD-IT'S A SUSPENDED ACCOUNT!!!!

[ashley]

.. hello Videoskooter .. that's the one .. (nice CD cover .. if it's a bootleg, it looks very professional) .. since the seller has been suspended from E-Bay & had his listings withdrawn, all information & links to this seller have been cut .. however I can still access the seller profile using your link .. all attempts to do this using my own E-Bay page have been unsuccessful .. how odd .. anyway I notice the seller has just received his first positive feedback today (7th March) .. so maybe I've judged him too harshly? E-Bay refuse to disclose the reasons for his suspension (apparently for reasons of confidentiality) .. I think Graham probably got it right .. I suspect this seller was trading in Russian discs (which are all apparently counterfeit) .. oh those crazy Russians ..

[Videoskooter]

So, maybe people have to be very cautious when he re-appears on E-bay. I've searched for him "in cache", that's how I found him.

[ashley]

Originally Posted by Graham_Start

I seem to recall reading that Space was (perhaps still is?) very popular in Russia and a few other former USSR countries. Any truth to that, I wonder?

.. hello Graham .. just received a note from a friend in St Petersburg, who says the French disco band Space are hugely popular in the Russian Federation .. Space first toured Russia during the summer of 1983 playing to huge crowds in Moscow & Kiev .. 4 years later the band recorded their Space Opera project using the Red Army Choir .. this recording became so popular in Russia a copy was kept in the Mir space station .. this was followed by another tour in 1991 which included a historic performance in Red Square that included an extensive laser light show .. it seems all the Space albums have been re-issued in Russia

[ashley]

.. and there's a Russian DVD of Space in concert filmed in Moscow:
Russian DVD: Didier Marouani and space 2 in 1 concerts on eBay, also, DVD, HD DVD Blu-ray, DVDs Movies (end time 17-Mar-08 02:52:14 GMT)