Rare sealed Aphex vinyl... Would you open it?

I bought the gatefold Ventolin 2x 12" yesterday for $30, but it's still sealed.

Should I open it? It's not like I never heard it before.

yes

just buy the 192kbs mp3's and leave it sealed

sounds exactly the same anyway

its worth 30 dollars so yes.

Why did you buy it if you weren't going to open it?

Its a record, not a bottle of fucking wine.

I'll buy it in 30 years for a lot of money. It has to be in 30 years though.

DONT OPEN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously.

yeah don't open it.

I'm leaning toward not opening it.

I've had the cd for about 18 years now (Jesus Christ) and I practically have it memorized, so I don't exactly need to listen to it. I just bought it because I thought I deserved it more than whoever else would buy it.

My question is, what's the argument for not opening it? Is it going to be worth more sealed one day?

maybe there is a ps network card in there open it up

  On 11/3/2013 at 1:38 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

I'm leaning toward not opening it.

I've had the cd for about 18 years now (Jesus Christ) and I practically have it memorized, so I don't exactly need to listen to it. I just bought it because I thought I deserved it more than whoever else would buy it.

My question is, what's the argument for not opening it? Is it going to be worth more sealed one day?

I think sealed is always valued higher as it is a guaranteed perfectly mint condition, and also usually quite rare to find old stuff still packaged. Plus some collector will get his rocks off at the thought of splitting that virgin plastic seal, or perhaps staring at it thinking about what it might smell like inside. Personally, I like the idea of having things of this nature around as sort of pieces of fine art. Once they are used they become a functional device rather than something to be fawned over.

open it.

and play it.

  On 11/3/2013 at 3:21 AM, pigster said:

open it.

and play it.

If you are certain that you want to keep it

and have no interest in treating it like a collector's item

then open it and enjoy it and don't look back

Records were made to be played.

That is their actual purpose.

You could smash it!

  On 11/3/2013 at 3:19 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

I think sealed is always valued higher as it is a guaranteed perfectly mint condition [...]

There's no way to determine the condition of sealed records, and no guarantee that it will be anywere near mint. You might find someone willing to pay lots for factory-sealed stuff but they are taking a gamble.

Of course if you open it and it's in bad shape you've lost the opportunity to sell it on its 'potential' value, but whatever. Records are meant to be played. You can always demote it to collector's item status after you find out it's crap at its intended purpose.

ask autechre

  On 11/3/2013 at 6:58 AM, Deer said:

ask autechre

  On 11/3/2013 at 6:47 AM, manmower said:

 

  On 11/3/2013 at 3:19 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

I think sealed is always valued higher as it is a guaranteed perfectly mint condition [...]

There's no way to determine the condition of sealed records, and no guarantee that it will be anywere near mint. You might find someone willing to pay lots for factory-sealed stuff but they are taking a gamble.

 

Of course if you open it and it's in bad shape you've lost the opportunity to sell it on its 'potential' value, but whatever. Records are meant to be played. You can always demote it to collector's item status after you find out it's crap at its intended purpose.

 

thanks for pointing out the obvious.

  On 11/3/2013 at 8:56 AM, gmanyo said:

 

  On 11/3/2013 at 6:58 AM, Deer said:

 

ask autechre

  On 11/3/2013 at 3:19 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 11/3/2013 at 1:38 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

I'm leaning toward not opening it.

I've had the cd for about 18 years now (Jesus Christ) and I practically have it memorized, so I don't exactly need to listen to it. I just bought it because I thought I deserved it more than whoever else would buy it.

My question is, what's the argument for not opening it? Is it going to be worth more sealed one day?

 

I think sealed is always valued higher as it is a guaranteed perfectly mint condition, and also usually quite rare to find old stuff still packaged. Plus some collector will get his rocks off at the thought of splitting that virgin plastic seal, or perhaps staring at it thinking about what it might smell like inside. Personally, I like the idea of having things of this nature around as sort of pieces of fine art. Once they are used they become a functional device rather than something to be fawned over.

 

what world do you live in where every sealed record is in perfectly mint condition, and how can I get there?

  On 11/2/2013 at 7:48 PM, chassis said:

Why did you buy it if you weren't going to open it?

 

Its a record, not a bottle of fucking wine.

Fucking LOL

Don't open it.