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i don't know where to put this, but i feel i should warn anyone thinking of doing what i did. i recently purchased (from ebay) a Clash - Bankrobber green flexi from some guy in Poland -- I knew it was bullshit but bankrobber is my friends favorite song by the clash and his birthday is coming up so i thought that even though its a bootleg (worse than a bootleg, really) it would be a good idea because all i wanted was that one song. I got it the other day, and its super super crappy. the needle/arm/everything is too heavy to hear anything but static, i could sorta make it out after turning the volume up to 40, but still mostly static. I even took the counter weight off to see if that helped, it didnt.

SO DON'T BUY THIS (nobody will i'm sure, but just a warning)

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i don't know where to put this, but i feel i should warn anyone thinking of doing what i did. i recently purchased (from ebay) a Clash - Bankrobber green flexi from some guy in Poland -- I knew it was bullshit but bankrobber is my friends favorite song by the clash and his birthday is coming up so i thought that even though its a bootleg (worse than a bootleg, really) it would be a good idea because all i wanted was that one song. I got it the other day, and its super super crappy. the needle/arm/everything is too heavy to hear anything but static, i could sorta make it out after turning the volume up to 40, but still mostly static. I even took the counter weight off to see if that helped, it didnt.

SO DON'T BUY THIS (nobody will i'm sure, but just a warning)

flexi discs are ultra-fragile, and they are subject to deteriorate easily. However, have you put a vinyl record under the flexi when you've played it ?

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i don't know where to put this, but i feel i should warn anyone thinking of doing what i did. i recently purchased (from ebay) a Clash - Bankrobber green flexi from some guy in Poland -- I knew it was bullshit but bankrobber is my friends favorite song by the clash and his birthday is coming up so i thought that even though its a bootleg (worse than a bootleg, really) it would be a good idea because all i wanted was that one song. I got it the other day, and its super super crappy. the needle/arm/everything is too heavy to hear anything but static, i could sorta make it out after turning the volume up to 40, but still mostly static. I even took the counter weight off to see if that helped, it didnt.

SO DON'T BUY THIS (nobody will i'm sure, but just a warning)

flexi discs are ultra-fragile, and they are subject to deteriorate easily. However, have you put a vinyl record under the flexi when you've played it ?

why would you put a record UNDER the flexi? seems like a horrible idea.

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why would you put a record UNDER the flexi? seems like a horrible idea.

to create a solid base, otherwise the weight of cartridge/tonearm may damage the flexi or you can damage the stylus . It depends on what turntables you use.If you have a turntables with solid platter (acrylic) it could be ok, but if you use, for example, a soft ring mat it's not easy to play correctly a flexi.

I've an old Technics which has only a rubber ring mat and it's impossible for me to play a flexi without putting a vinyl record under.

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thats exactly why people who use ebay as a price guide to their records are idiots. any shitty in print record can sell for 50 bucks on a fluke, even when the normal going price is 2 bucks. and some rare out of print record can sell for 4 bucks on a fluke when the normal going price is 50.

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doesnt take much to have the 2nd largest craigs brother collection, and if that 7" does indeed sell for $1000 like the guy claims, ill flip that shit on ebay tonight.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Craigs-Brother-band-fan-memorabilia-collection_W0QQitemZ170219702575QQihZ007QQcategoryZ104706QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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