It would be good to get clarification on the rules around selling club CDs on the Forum given the club no longer exists. I think it would be nice if the rationale behind the rules still applies (giving true fans the option of obtaining the items at a fair price and preventing them getting into the hands of those just seeking to on sell for profit).
But it is now impossible to only sell to a club member as there is no such thing anymore! It would also be wrong to say only previous club members could buy as that rules out new fans who have never had the opportunity to join the club.
I would like to think those of us who were members of the club would act in the spirit in which we joined the club and bought the CDs originally, but given the club no longer exists and it’s over 20 years since they were first issued, it’s hard to expect others to accept/understand/adhere to the spirit in which the CDs were released, especially when they have inherited the CDs and have never been a member of the club themselves.
Sadly, I think the genie has already been released from the bottle anyway, a quick look at eBay and Discogs shows the going market rate for club CDs is now well over NZ$100. Somebody in Ireland is currently trying to sell the Homebrew CDR (yup not even the original) for 500 pounds (basically NZ$1000)!!