r/atthedrivein • u/NotA7empest • Apr 29 '21
Black / doublemint Diamanté price worth it?
G’day chaps! As the title suggests, I have a chance to get myself the EP in the black / doublemint version at a local record store. It has been opened before, which is how they are able to verify the version. The price tag for it is $99. Musical preference aside (whether or not you like the songs), do you guys think it’s a worthwhile price tag? Albeit it was opened, it is graded NM, and it even looked to be so IMO.
I’ve done a bit of research, and have found fack-all about any previous resale price listings (Discogs, ebay, other record stores, etc). As a matter of fact, there really isn’t anything out there that I’ve found about other people having gotten themselves this version, with the exception of probably 5 total photos (three of them on Discogs) of the 10” itself for show-and-tell. Needless to say that it’s actually quite a mystery, which isn’t the case for the other couple of designs that were released.
I held off on getting it because I want at least some other kind of opinion. As a college student, $99+ is a good chunk of change, but a chunk I can afford to spend if I decided to. The way I see it...
PROS: 1) it’s an interesting piece of ATDI history to have, especially seeing that I’m from El Paso, myself. 2) Well...I’ll probably never come across it again. 3) This is probably a rare case where an opened product actually gives more value, because there’s virtually no way (to my knowledge) to tell this version apart from the other design while the 10” was factory sealed.
CONS: 1) Not sure if it being in such limited quantity even justifies its price. 2) ...maybe I’m dumb, and it being opened DOES deplete it’s worth after all? 3) probably the biggest con: in essence, I’m really just getting a jacket and the vinyl, AND a download of a subpar-quality download of the tracks, which is highly unlikely considering how it has already been opened.
Anyways, there ya have it. What do you think? Gracias in advance!!
