Pre-Order Thread

dbarila said:
Still waiting for someone to explain an NFT to me in a way that doesn't make it sound like a huge waste of money.
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It’s not really hard to understand from a collecting and commerce standpoint. I personally find them to be quite pointless and gimmicky but that can be said about a lot of things.

Think of an NFT as a piece of art. If you or me painted a picture it likely would not be worth much of anything but Banksy could make something comparable if not exactly the same and would be deemed value based on the fact that it was piece of art created by a renowned artist. If it were art and you were going to pay a lot of money for it you would want assurances that the piece was legitimate and not a forgery or a copy. An NFT is a way to authenticate a piece of digital art. The verification and authentication process is actually the technical/complicated portion of NFT’s but it is not something really worth trying to understand unless you were looking to “mint” your own NFT (which is essentially how you register your NFT) or were looking to buy or sell them.

Why they understandably get a bad rap currently is because they are new and trendy and people looking to make a quick buck and usually with more money than common sense are screwing others and/or getting screwed out of real money.
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
It’s not really hard to understand from a collecting and commerce standpoint. I personally find them to be quite pointless and gimmicky but that can be said about a lot of things.

Think of an NFT as a piece of art. If you or me painted a picture it likely would not be worth much of anything but Banksy could make something comparable if not exactly the same and would be deemed value based on the fact that it was piece of art created by a renowned artist. If it were art and you were going to pay a lot of money for it you would want assurances that the piece was legitimate and not a forgery or a copy. An NFT is a way to authenticate a piece of digital art. The verification and authentication process is actually the technical/complicated portion of NFT’s but it is not something really worth trying to understand unless you were looking to “mint” your own NFT (which is essentially how you register your NFT) or were looking to buy or sell them.

Why they understandably get a bad rap currently is because they are new and trendy and people looking to make a quick buck and usually with more money than common sense are screwing others and/or getting screwed out real money.
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NFTs could have some good practical uses (like concert tickets for example). But it has mostly been a get rich quick scheme like you said. It’s insane how much money Beeple has made on it, for example. I think he’s the third richest/most valuable living artist now.
 
boychik0830 said:
I wouldn't do that as rough trade pink variant already sold out so if you want it I'd order asap so you don't miss out on a variant.
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Their pre order sold out, but RT will still have some in stores (per their website). Plus it was limited to 1k and loser editions are typically allotted more than that.

Regardless, we live in the era of variants and I’ll just see whatever makes it to the shops.
 
Melt Face Molly Drop said:
Their pre order sold out, but RT will still have some in stores (per their website). Plus it was limited to 1k and loser editions are typically allotted more than that.

Regardless, we live in the era of variants and I’ll just see whatever makes it to the shops.
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This may be blasphemy on a vinyl forum but I don't even really care about variants anymore. If I can snag one, cool, but if all that's left at a reasonable price is plain black, also cool!
 
dbarila said:
Still waiting for someone to explain an NFT to me in a way that doesn't make it sound like a huge waste of money.
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The band Avenged Sevenfold has their own. If you own one you get a vip line to get into shows (usually arenas) and for merch. They also gave everyone that owned one a second nft by a known artist in the space that can be redeemed for 2 free tickets in the friend/family section of any show. But in the process you lose that nft/artwork. There's more but those are the broad strokes for theirs and how it's a digital membership card to their fan club
 
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ayayrawn said:
This may be blasphemy on a vinyl forum but I don't even really care about variants anymore. If I can snag one, cool, but if all that's left at a reasonable price is plain black, also cool!
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I usually prefer colored variants and would rather get them if available at a good price. With someone like weyes blood whose my favorite artist I have to have it on colored vinyl.
 
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