Dylan cd Complete Album Collection smells musty

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  1. mtruslow

    mtruslow Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Towson, Maryland
    I bought it on ebay and it arrived Saturday. It smells musty as hell. Any suggestions?
     
  2. lightbulb

    lightbulb Not the Brightest of the Bunch

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    Smogville CA USA
    Did you contact the seller?
     
  3. mtruslow

    mtruslow Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Towson, Maryland
    No I haven't.
     
  4. Channel Z

    Channel Z Forum Resident

    Location:
    Illinois
    I bought one about 6 weeks ago on EBay, and mine had a smell just like that. I think mine was a Chinese fake and demanded a refund.
     
  5. mtruslow

    mtruslow Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Towson, Maryland
    Wow, really. How did you know?
     
  6. Channel Z

    Channel Z Forum Resident

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    The smell wasn't right, the general artwork on the covers looked bad (faded). The discs inside had the Japanese plastic sleeves, I was told the official retail box did not have these. The hubs of some of the CDs had ink bleeding in them (for lack of a better description). In other words just didn't look right.
     
  7. kwadguy

    kwadguy Senior Member

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    Cambridge, MA
    If you bought it on eBay for a price too good to be true, it probably was.
     
  8. mtruslow

    mtruslow Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Towson, Maryland
    I have since written the seller and if I don't get any satisfaction I'll contact ebay. After doing a little online sleuthing I believe it is a fake. The Compact Disc emblem wasn't on any of the discs which also made me suspicious.
     
  9. Channel Z

    Channel Z Forum Resident

    Location:
    Illinois
    Here is a list of problems I had with my box:

    The covers are very flimsy / cheap. The artwork color is very light-washed out.
    The CDs do not have the Compact Disc Logo.
    The CDs come with plastic insert covers, the ones sold in the U.S. did not I was told.
    The box has a general bad odor when I opened.
    Book included has very poor quality, spine falling apart.
    The box again has bubbling paper on both sides.
    The bottom left of the box is the phrase "The Complete Album Collection Vol. One" It is in green ink, consistent with Chinese boxes. The color should be in blue & yellow. Other EBay sellers point this out.
     
  10. InStepWithTheStars

    InStepWithTheStars It's a miracle, let it alter you

    Location:
    North Carolina
    I can confirm that the official box does not include poly sleeves for the CDs inside the jacket replicas - the disc slides right out.

    It seems that the counterfeiters haven't figured this out since 2009, as the counterfeit Beatles stereo boxes use the same poly sleeves for the CDs.

    Sorry to hear you got a counterfeit, by the way. :(
     
  11. mtruslow

    mtruslow Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Towson, Maryland
    Update: The set left my Maryland home today and the seller accepted my request for a return and apologized. Having read the various posts on the subject it definitely was a fake. The seller also apologized for that as well. I might try and find a usb verision of the set.
     
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