Promo CD's Question (for all collectors)

hi!

does anyone of you collect promotion cd's? since only the radion stations should have those cd's, why do so many people on ebay get their hands on promo cd's? what kind of promo cd's should you buy as a collector and how much are they worth???

I think the people who sell the promo-CDs at eBay are people who either have connection to the record company or to music magazines, radio and stuff like that.

I have a few promo-CDs, like the These Days promo box that incl. beside the CD two postcards and a nice notebook. I also have the Love Songs promo-CD that was given out at Valentines Day 2001. I also have two promo-singles of Richie with songs that didn't come out as a single. These CDs I got very cheap, even cheaper than a usual CD-single in stores.

I think the best is to look at eBay how much the people are willing to pay for promo-CDs. At memorabilia dealers they are usually way more expensive and I don't think that they are worth that much.

I'm not a Promo-CD collector, I just buy them when I find some interesting stuff like the These Days box and if it is not expensive. Usually the Box for example costs around 45 Dollars, maybe even more. I payed for it at an online auction around 12 Dollars incl. postage from USA to Germany.

But be aware, I've seen offers at eBay of so-called Promo-CDs that were fakes. For example a promo-CD of Save the world that they sold there for a lot of money but such a CD never existed.

yours
Christine