Alas, the cranky-pants Better Business Bureau warns you to hold off for a while — like, forever — when considering such purchases, the St. Petersburg Times reports:
The Better Business Bureau just warns consumers who want to purchase some Jackson memorabilia to carefully evaluate the source of the product and the transaction as classified advertisements and e-mail solicitations are soaring.
At times like these, scams become abundant. And while collectors and fans want to snag a great piece of history, it behooves consumers to be cautious.
"The cause of Michael Jackson's untimely death still needs to be determined, and already people are seeing suspicious and awkwardly written e-mails appear in their in-boxes offering supposedly authentic items from the pop singer's life," Steve Bernas, chief executive officer of the Better Business Bureau office in Chicago, said in a statement.
Either the BBB is looking out for your best interests here or they're secretly trying to hoard all the sweat rags for themselves.
Better Business Bureau warns against Michael Jackson memorabilia scams [St.Petersburg Times]
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I felt the immediate urge to hit up the pirate bay. I am now the proud owner of his complete discography and then some!
]]>@ThinkerTDM: Seriously I envy you. I WISH I didn't have to hear about him every 5 fucking minutes from someone.
]]>I'm astounded that anybody would want (let alone pay a premium for) MJ "memorabilia." Ugh, the guy just creeps me the hell out and I can't wait for this post-death media surge to die down so I can never think about him again.
]]>Oh c'mon! That wasn't bad. He had plastic surgery on his nose! Give me a break!
]]>I was reading a comment on another board where someone was considering buying the VHS tape of the Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller that he could have sworn was in the $5 bin a week or two ago, but now the retailer was asking $25 for it. Checking Amazon.com, there are no new ones for sale, but individuals are selling copies for over $100.00.
]]>They were clearly printed on with a home printer...
]]>Did Michael Jackson die? I wondered why they were playing his music non-stop. I saw "Liberian Girl" at least 3 times over the weekend.
It's funny how no one gave a shit about him last week. In fact, I bet most people thought he had already died.
You mean to say that my Michael Jackson colostomy bag may not be legit?
]]>@koreanforrabbit: Wow, that is great how quick they were able to secure license and copyright approval to make and sell the shirts.
/snark
]]>Here are stories from 2004 on the "real" stuff:
$1.4 million in 2004 will probably be like $30 million now that Mike J. kicked it...
]]>The answer is: three minutes.
Wow.
]]>@FangDoc: Maybe, like newspapers and their pre-written obits, the vendors had those t-shirts in stock?
Seriously, though, that was some major just-in-time manufacturing & distributing. The shirts were already made, I guess, and it was just the 'simple' matter of getting the images on the shirt.
Buyers regret set to kick in, in 3...2...1...
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