If this is a bootleg, it by far the best I've ever seen. It has extremly complex packaging for a bootleg. The case is inclosed in a high quality full color printed box with a thick full color fitted booklet. The type overall is consistant and flawless. All the images on the box, insert, and CD are sharp and clear. However, mine does not have the the green "stamp" in the lower right hand corner of the cover like the one shown on ebay. Maybe I have the real one. Don ---Original Message----- From: Chris Johnson To: orb@mailman.xmission.com Sent: 3/7/2002 7:53 PM Subject: [Orb] More Ayumi trivia I recently received a 4-CD set that purports to be the "Excerpts From Ayu-mi-x III" set, however, I'm pretty sure it is a bootleg, because: 1) It crunches the 6-CD set to 4 CDs 2) It is from "Ho Son" rather than Avex 3) It is from Taiwan 4) Production standards aren't quite up to the Ayumi stuff I have from Japan You can find a close-up of it here (feel free to bid; I have mine already, and it's cheap, even if it's a bootleg (I've seen the complete 6-CD set go for upwards of $150)): http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1520899723 Anyone who knows better than I do care to opine, confirm, or deny that this is a bootleg? Chris (whos been bugging people at work with cheesy techno remixes of indecipherable JPop all day) ;P np: Shpongle - Tales of the Inxpressible _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb