not purchased but id say cheap copies, based on negative feedback, sadly there are people out in the world who just dont know the difference with original and pirate merchandise.

anthonynputson, May 30, 2006; 11:09 PM

I've said it before and I'll say it again: those unnumbered Cherry 2000 CDs are bootlegs, plain and simple. All of the sudden, a few years ago, the market became flooded with them, and I even bought one myself. I compared the disc and inserts to other, legitimate, Varese Club releases (such as The Burbs and Red Sonja), and there was a remarkable difference in the quality of the paper used to print out the inserts. The Cherry 2000 boot had thinner, glossier paper than the other, original Varese Club CDs, and if I remember correctly, the serial numbers that are printed around the clear inner ring of the disc were also a different style. Caveat emptor!

American.Nightmare, May 31, 2006; 5:35 AM

I was aware of unnumbered CHERRY 2000 bootlegs but as American Nightmare points out, the paper was cheaper etc.

On the other hand there are orignal unnumbered versions of Varese Club CDs. They were hand numbered and there were those given to agents etc that were not numbered. I'm wondering if the bootlegger got a hold of one of these as their master. I own an un numbered RAGGEDY MAN which I got not long after it's release from Varese. It is an original, but it is unnumbered.

hammon, May 31, 2006; 12:57 PM