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Westlife Pre-Sale Tickets

We wouldn't like to encourage ticket touts but these will no doubt sell out and start going for silly prices on eBay along with the tickets for Spice Girls, Take That, Led Zeppelin and every other band doing a reunion tour



Tickets are available here and the Presale password is HOME

Fri 29/02/08 - 18:00 Westlife : Liverpool Echo Arena - Liverpool

Sat 01/03/08 - 18:30 Westlife : The O2 - London

Tue 04/03/08 - 19:30 Westlife : Metro Radio Arena - Newcastle Upon Tyne

Sat 08/03/08 - 19:30 Westlife : Cardiff International Arena - Cardiff

Wed 12/03/08 - 18:00 Westlife : NEC Birmingham - Birmingham

Thu 20/03/08 - 19:30 Westlife : SECC - Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Mon 24/03/08 - 18:30 Westlife : Nottingham Arena - Nottingham

Tue 25/03/08 - 19:30 Westlife : Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield - Sheffield

Comments (113) 16.10.2007. 16:08

Collectable CDs on eBay

CDs have never attracted the same prices as collectable vinyl but now that a younger generation have grown up with the compact disc, DJs have switched to the digital medium and record companies release only on CD prices have and will continue to rise. Here’s a look at a few CDs that have sold for over £100 in the last week… some are obviously rare but some might be worth keeping your eye out for…

HIM - 666 WAYS TO LOVE - DIGIPAK-CD - £490

NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC vol. 4 - £375

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing PROMO - £375

KYLIE MINOGUE Live And Other Sides (Withdrawn Australian promo only 6-track CD) - £350

St Etienne I Love To Paint - Fan Club Edition - UK CD album - £350

Muse EP on Dangerous Records – First Muse release - £335

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SAD EYES 1999 3 TRACK CD SINGLE - £222

Mike Oldfield - Music of the Spheres - 2 CD Tin - £210

PRINCE - MUSICOLOGY CELEBRATION - 12CD SET - £205

Shakira - Pure Intuition - EU Promo - £200

Dark Globe ft Boy George - Atoms [Remixes] 6 Track CD - £156

THE JAM - START! LIVE CD - £155

Kylie Minogue - Singles Collection Rare 1990 JAPANESE Edition - £151

Placebo - I Do - PR0M0 CD Single - £150

Mariah Carey Underneath the Stars - promo cd single - £150

GEORGE HARRISON - PROMO CD - MO`S SONGS - £150

PRINCE - THE PARK VOL. 4 (2CD, 1995) - £142

Bob Dylan - The genuine basement tapes remasters - £132

UNKLE - WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE - MIX CD - £124

Muse - Muscle Museum EP - £119

Prince One Nite Alone Piano - £117

PINK FLOYD Wish You WYWH Master Sound JAPAN Gold cd Box - £109

Radiohead Drill EP - Prove yourself, Stupid car - £107

WHITE EAGLE - BUSTIN ASS - 6 TRACK CD - £105

The Smiths - Handsome Devils - French magazine PROMO CD - £103

PRINCE - INTIMATE MOMENTS (including PIANO REHEARSALS) - £102

Comments (0) 16.10.2007. 15:34

Led Zeppelin Promoter Wishes eBay Would Drop Dead and Die

From today's Guardian... Harvey Goldsmith sticks the boot into eBay and people selling on tickets to his money spinning concert...

What we don't understand is why the promoters for these sort of events (see also Bob Geldof) get all hot and bothered when a few of their tickets and passcodes get put on eBay when they could do exactly the same thing? Why don't they put 1000 or so tickets on ebay and collect as much as possible from the true fans who were not lucky enough to even get on the website to register? If they don't want eBay touts to get rich then why not do it themselves and put the money in the pockets of the Education Fund that the concert is in aid of? Isn't that what this whole show is about? They had the perfect opportunity to make ALOT of money from people who are clearly willing to pay over the odds on eBay.

Article Below

Continue reading Comments (0) 08.10.2007. 14:14

Laurel and Hardy Collection DVDs

Just a quick one on exploiting regional supply / stupidity - If you're in the UK you can buy Laurel and Hardy Collection DVDs for £2 a go at Morrisons...

Amazingly fans in America will pay up to £25 for these

Comments (0) 03.10.2007. 14:50

iPod Touch 16 GB and 8 GB

The iPod Touch in in short supply in the UK at the moment - if you live near a shop with any in stock they are going for up to £50 over the odds on eBay at the moment...

24.09.2007. 13:45

Lost Luggage Auctions

Ever wondered what happened to your lost suitcase? Chances are it was sold off at an auction and your favourite duds were flogged off on eBay. Every Tuesday Greasby’s in Tooting sell off piles of unclaimed luggage. It’s a complete lucky dip, you might get a suitcase full of designer gear or you could end up with a pile of dirty old washing but either way, the person we spoke to says she makes an average of £100 per suitcase by selling off the contents on eBay. Prices go from £8 a case to over £50 with people usually bidding on the best looking ones knowing that at least they can sell the case.

Greasby’s auctions are held every Tuesday, at 10.30am, at Longley Road, Tooting, SW17 (020 8672 2972, www.greasbys.co.uk).

Other lost-luggage auctions take place at Wellers Auctions (01932 568 678, www.wellers-auctions.co.uk) in Guildford and at BCVA (0117 9533676 www.dnfa.com/bcva) in Bristol

Comments (1) 24.09.2007. 13:30

Projected Top 15 Hot Items This Christmas Holiday Season on eBay

Thanks to grace-sales over on the PowerSellersForum who has provided the Projected Top 15 Hot Items This Holiday Season (that’s Christmas season to UK readers) according to the magazine that goes out to eBay "Top Powersellers" only:

iPhone
Webkinz/Lil Kinz
Transformers
Collectible Barbie
Dooney & Bourke zebra tote
Nintendo WII
T.M.X Friends - Ernie & Cookie Monster
BCBG Dress
Harry Potter
Rock Band Video Game
iPod nano 8GM black
The Simpsons
PlayStation 3
"I'm not a plastic bag"
Motorola RAZR v8

And here is his new blog http://auctionsojourner.blogspot.com

Comments (0) 05.09.2007. 09:00

Expensive eBay Typo / Misspelling

How much could missing a letter out cost you?

Well in the case of this unfortunate it was $503,000. First link is his initial listing, the second is the guy who bought it and re-listed it. Ouch. eBay's expired auction tracking can be so harsh sometimes.

http://cgi.ebay.com...1
http://cgi.ebay.com...2

Comments (1) 02.09.2007. 20:55

Arts Council England Oyster and Travel Card Wallets

A couple of months ago Arts Council England gave away hundreds of travel wallets as part of the Art in Your Hand project, making art available on everyday objects to mark its sixtieth anniversary. It follows on from a successful collaboration with Sainsbury’s for specially commissioned reusable shopping bags. The artist-designed travel wallets are distributed at travel interchanges nationwide, if you use the train check your local station as these are now fetching up to £25 on eBay

Artists in the series are:

Tracey Emin, Adam Sutherland, Antje Schiffers, Bernardine Evaristo, Jeanette Winterson, Jyll Bradley, Liz Davis 'Buffy', Michael Clark, Ty

Comments (0) 28.08.2007. 11:24

PING Two Colour / Two Tone Golf Balls

We saw these mentioned on the very enjoyable dayjobnuker.com and as occasional golf course hackers we took another look.

Do you live near a golf course? It might be worth your while taking a stroll round the out of bounds areas on your way home or get fishing net and dip into the lakes when no one is looking. These two tone golf balls made by PING have become very collectable with some colour combinations going for £100 or more just for one ball. A quick look at the recently completed auctions in the US and Europe turns up the following and these are all for just one ball

Red / Silver - £100
Aqua / Turquoise - £60
White / Peach - £40
Green / Red - £35
Black / White - £30
Orange / Turquoise - £15
Pink / Blue - £7

There are hundreds of other combinations but any ball featuring gold, silver, or black will fetch a good price

It’s also worth looking on eBay for these two colour PING balls as people sell job lots of golf balls with these mixed in and not included in the auction title. Now, where’s my fishing net…

Comments (4) 23.08.2007. 10:29