Some Asshats Are Scalping That Limited Edition Ghost Vinyl for Ridiculous Prices
The concept of supply and demand is a strong motherfucker in modern society. Just look at the price of eggs — chickens are dying to bird flu, so it’s harder to produce the amount of eggs everyone wants, so prices go up. (I know there’s a ton of corporate greed and price gouging going on. Just bear with me.) But when people use bots to buy up rare items and horde them to sell at a ridiculous markup? That’s when the average consumer gets fucked and has to spend multitudes more than usual to get the thing they want.
Such is the case for a super rare vinyl from Ghost that no one even knows much about. Announced back on March 4, the Blasphemy! Heresy! Mystery! vinyl was announced and preorders went up with sales limited to just 4,700 units. No one knows what’s on the vinyl. All we know is that there were 6,000 created worldwide between three different variants. They might be zoetropes, but your guess as to what’s actually pressed on the vinyl is as good as mine. The listing for this $45 pre-order went as so:
“Behold a mysterious masterpiece of three different themes, but you do not get to choose which one you will receive. Only the faithful will be rewarded and only fate will decide where you will land on the spinning wheel. Only 6,000 created between all three, take your chance.. what will it be?”
- Limited Edition Vinyl – 6,000 worldwide
- Artwork is randomized in varying editions
- Limited to 3 units per customer
- One time pressing
- Tracklisting to be revealed….
Fast forward to today and of course there’s people on eBay trying to hawk their preorders for exorbitant amounts. One seller has their pre-order going for £516.72 (or best offer), while another is asking for the cheeky price of $466.66. That’s more than 10 times the retail price for a pre-order that they don’t even have on hand.
Shit like this just sucks, man. From concert tickets to things like this, it’s such a bummer for the fans. It’s like those grown ass man fighting at Pokémon card kiosks so they can buy up all the product and flip ’em to kids and their parents for way more than they’re actually worth. I get times are tough and people are just trying to make a buck, but god damn, steal some shit from a corporation and sell it*. Don’t fuck over your neighbors…
* For obvious legal reasons, that comment was a joke. Don’t steal shit and get caught. It’s not a good look.
