Sealed MOFI's on eBay


Where did all the sealed Mobile Fidelity recordings that are on eBay come from? It seems that 2 out of every 3 MoFI's listed for sale are sealed, is this possible? Didn't anyone ever buy these to listen to? Is there any way to know for sure these sealed copies are originals? I saw a sealed copy of Led Zeppelin II listed for $495.00! Are these recording worth what people are paying for them? I buy LP's to listen to, something sealed in a plastic bag doesn't excite me!
rickcomer
Frankly, sealed albums, expecially single records, can be warped unless they were carefully stored (temperature) because the shrink wrap can really shrink after it heats up and then cools down again.

Otherwise, a sealed record implies (but can't guarantee) that it's a perfect copy. It does insure any inserts are still inside ;-)
I'm with Rick - Sometimes NOS is ridiculously priced and not worth it when you're going to play it anyway.
when the original mofi went under, its distributer liquidated 1000's of records.
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