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Complete set of episodes and UFO Documentary and SHADO Secret File: All on ebay

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trekmicromachines

Complete set of episodes and UFO Documentary and SHADO Secret File: All on ebay

Hi, everyone.

Been a fan for a LOOOONG time, was a member of the old listserv. I
have my old set of UFO episodes up for auction on ebay here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1403436132

I included my UFO Documentary tape and the SHADO Secret File tape,
too.

Thanks for looking!

Michael

ultramannick

Re: Complete set of episodes and UFO Documentary and SHADO Secret File: All on ebay

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade here, but
after checking on this auction, it was brought to my
attention that this complete set of UFO were tapes
recorded from the Japanese LD set. The seller has
since pulled the auction as it is an infringing item
and not authorized or licensed. How I wish it
were...However, after doing some other checking on
eBay, I have found at least 5 other auctions selling
the exact same set, with the EXACT same description
and TOS! And, in every case, they are only dupes made
from the LDs. (One auction was for VCDs of the
series...."Much easier to store" says the seller...)No
one should be asked to pay $100, $120 or even the "buy
prices" of $140 for these boots. If someone had the
box set and would make copies for me, I would pay for
the tapes and perhaps for the cost of box art and
such, but not $100--and certainly not in a forum like
eBay. I'm not naive about the abundance of grey-market
vids and bootlegs in a number of genres but as more
studios get savy about the Internet, they are shutting
such auctions down in a hurry.

The sale of these kind of items is only going to hurt
any planned release of the series on DVD both in the
UK and the U.S.

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High Cotton

Re: Complete set of episodes and UFO Documentary and SHADO

Well since it is the only way to get copies (for most people), and if
you break it down you are paying about $6.00 per episode and some poor
schmoe has to sit through them all while he tapes them over and over, I
don't know that anyone is getting rich from them.
I'm sure this sort of thing will abate when the DVD sets come out, but
until then I think we should be glad that anyone bothers to make them
all available, since ITC never did in the US. At least Carlton plans on
doing so, and they have been aggressively merchandising all of G. A.'s
properties. If there is an abundance of licensed materials available,
bootlegging will slow down.
AT

ultramannick wrote:

>
> I don't want to rain on anyone's parade here, but
> after checking on this auction, it was brought to my
> attention that this complete set of UFO were tapes
> recorded from the Japanese LD set. The seller has
> since pulled the auction as it is an infringing item
> and not authorized or licensed. How I wish it
> were...However, after doing some other checking on
> eBay, I have found at least 5 other auctions selling
> the exact same set, with the EXACT same description
> and TOS! And, in every case, they are only dupes made
> from the LDs. (One auction was for VCDs of the
> series...."Much easier to store" says the seller...)No
> one should be asked to pay $100, $120 or even the "buy
> prices" of $140 for these boots. If someone had the
> box set and would make copies for me, I would pay for
> the tapes and perhaps for the cost of box art and
> such, but not $100--and certainly not in a forum like
> eBay. I'm not naive about the abundance of grey-market
> vids and bootlegs in a number of genres but as more
> studios get savy about the Internet, they are shutting
> such auctions down in a hurry.
>
> The sale of these kind of items is only going to hurt
> any planned release of the series on DVD both in the
> UK and the U.S.
>
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