post your IJCSLY CD single serial number

[Eric]

Mine is 12,864. Post yours!

[Magic_Mystery]

Where is that?

[mjsongbird42]

Mine is 15,728

[Tina Marie Alltop]

Mine is 18589

[ADKIc3mAnX]

Mine are

14120

27944

27946

[I Wanna Be Where You Are]

12771
15528
15534
15540
22727
22733
22883
22895
22889
22901
22907
22913
24670
24676
24682
24688
24694
24700
24706
24718
24724
24730
24736
24742
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/6946/20120605220518.jpg

[TarinJade]

17,464

[piperdarcy]

07522 and 07528

[Prince Of Pop]

04113

[cmstrike]

25604

[jediswirek]

Anybody know, how much WALMART SingleCD edition was pressed ??

[Billyjeanplxiv]

08869

[GreenEyedOne]

15206

[saveNRG]

19,957

[MusicMan26]

17,442

[I Wanna Be Where You Are]

Anybody know, how much WALMART SingleCD edition was pressed ??

im going to guess 30000

[bluesky]

10184

[XgenDaNcEs]

http://twitpic.com/9tmm50

Mine is 04348 :D

[Garrett138]

26684

[morinen]

09872

<img src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/morinen_mj_blog/30786410/146737/600.jpg">

[peru94]

10,133

[Jabberwock Jackson]

19,969

[Zack44]

Mine is 17,691

[love is magical]

Mine is 15740.

[qbee]

07987

729

[bluesky]

Where is that?

back side of the CD

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/morinen_mj_blog/30786410/146737/600.jpg

[tricia70]

Mine is 17542 and 17362

[AmpTrooper]

Think my daughter got the lowest number so far. She just brought it out to me and it is number 02321 ! Really cool!
My son got 07685. Better yet, they both love their CD's! I didn't get one because believe it or not they were sold out.
All the lady restocking the new release shelf had was 3. So, I was nice and left one for the next person and let my kids get the other 2. Figured I could just listen to theirs. Should have picked the other one up. But oh well, maybe it went to someone who was a new fan something good.

[MaJic]

25774

[windy09]

26555
26525
26519
26567

[Butterfly]

Mine has no serial-number like yours...

http://oi47.tinypic.com/2ld1w.jpg

[Petrarose]

Mine has no serial-number like yours...

http://oi47.tinypic.com/2ld1w.jpg

No number? I wonder what happened.

[becane]

12771
15528
15534
15540
22727
22733
22883
22895
22889
22901
22907
22913
24670
24676
24682
24688
24694
24700
24706
24718
24724
24730
24736
24742
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/6946/20120605220518.jpg

Why did you buy the same CD single 24 times ?

[MaJic]

Mine has no serial-number like yours...

http://oi47.tinypic.com/2ld1w.jpg

yours is from Japan.

[DJMichaelAngelo]

Mine is 08029, which I uploaded the .jpg scan to the Discogs page: http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=3652726

I bought 4 of these at my local Walmart a couple days ago, and 3 outta the 4 had normal serial #'s but the last one was blank :o I haven't opened it, it's still factory-sealed in shrinkwrap. Anyone wanna make me an offer on it? *lol* It's probably a rare collectors item to someone out there!

http://i50.tinypic.com/n6k5j.jpg

Oh also, I'm not sure about the 30,000 number - that could be correct. But what I do know with 100% certainty is that there will never be more than 100,000 of these CD singles pressed up, because of the way that the numbering scheme is laid out. There's only 5 digits you can see from the .jpg scans, so therefore the highest # that can ever be printed using just 5 digits is only 99,999.

Considering there's only around 3,000 Walmart stores in the US, that works out to about 33 CD singles per store (which of course doesn't count online orders, which is honestly where a lot of their sales numbers will come from). I think "I Wanna Be Where You Are" was smart to snatch up as many as he could (especially at such a cheap price! $1.88!) because these very well may turn out to be great collectors items someday.

[MJ5809]

05374

[Eric]

No number? I wonder what happened.
I think only the ones sold in the USA are numbered.

[Petrarose]

I think only the ones sold in the USA are numbered.
Oh I see.

[CrotchGrab]

No. 16366 & No. 16258 :)

[nick2341]

05181 and 09028.

[Butterfly]

yours is from Japan.

Really? How do you know?

[jediswirek]

This is not from Japan. Japanese release looks different.
Somtehing like that:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5DZEh9NJUbk/T9IeMQbA9mI/AAAAAAAADBE/6YJ9qeGZxQg/s1600/eicp1540_ijcsly_dont_be_messin_round_4547366065701 _cdsingle_japan_case05.jpg

More details on my blog:
http://oddworldcollection.blogspot.com/

[Karthik]

17739

[Hess]

Mine has no serial-number like yours...

http://oi47.tinypic.com/2ld1w.jpg

Mine is the same. - I bought from amazon.de - and I have not got a number!!! :(

[earthlyme]

I ordered 2 from Walmart which I received a few days ago.

00959
29771


I have ordered 5 CD shipment to Walmart and will be getting it next week. Also ordered one more which I will be gettting sometime this week. :)


L.o.v.e.
Romi

[qbee]

I think The only CDs that have serial numbers are the "Wallmart exclusive" and they come in hard plastic case
not the soft vinyl cover.

[tfang2002]

16600

[Hess]

I think The only CDs that have serial numbers are the "Wallmart exclusive" and they come in hard plastic case
not the soft vinyl cover.

Ok. Mine is not from Wallmart - but it is in hard plastisc case.
But I don't really care much about serial number. - It's not like this release will ever be worth a fortune or anything. :)

[Laura.L.]

I'm travelling to L.A. next week and was planning on buying the Wallmart edition when I get there. I wonder if there'll be any left in the stores.. I already have the Australian version, but I really want the Wallmart one as well!

[jediswirek]

No. 03473 :)

[qbee]

I'm travelling to L.A. next week and was planning on buying the Wallmart edition when I get there. I wonder if there'll be any left in the stores.. I already have the Australian version, but I really want the Wallmart one as well! To insure you will get one you can order online at wallmart.com and select to pick it up at a wallmart store . You just have to pick the store on the Wallmart site you want it delivered to if you know it. That may not be applicable to your situation but its just a thought.

[ConservativeMind]

I have 05110

[Pentum]

49222 or something

[bobmoo79]

12771
15528
15534
15540
22727
22733
22883
22895
22889
22901
22907
22913
24670
24676
24682
24688
24694
24700
24706
24718
24724
24730
24736
24742
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/6946/20120605220518.jpg




Why are fans buying multiple CDs?
1) I might be able to understand this if they thought this CD will be a collector's item in the future and would gain value over the years, but it won't. There are no more than 99,999 copies printed in the US (more worldwide) but that IS ALOT of copies for a CD single that isn't being actively promoted and isn't going to be a hit in the true sense of the word. This will NOT be the top selling single in the US or anywhere else. Items only increase in value when there are relatively few items and a strong demand for them. Neither of these are true and I can't see that changing. It would be a better investment to hunt down the original 80s single IMO.

2) I might be able to understand it if the song was right on the edge of becoming a #1 single and people were buying extra copies to gain a victory over a rival artist. It's not going to top the singles chart (except for maybe the CD only chart which is irrelevant), so buying additional copies will not help its chart status.

Why do fans want multiple copies (e.g. 24!!) of a CD single that isnt worth anything to anybody but us fans?
Honestly I'm not criticising you for doing it - you can do what you like as far as I'm concerned because it's your money - but I'd like to understand the thought psychology behind it.

Can somebody please explain?



EDIT:

I just found out that according to Billboard IJCSLY entered the Billboard 'Hot Singles Sales Chart' at #1 with sales of only 5000 copies sold.
(This chart counts physical (e.g. CD) singles.)

To put it into perspective the No1 single on the digital songs chart was Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" which sold 284,000 copies (down 6% from the previous week).


Judging from some of the numbers printed in this thread, after the 1st week of sales which is generally going to be the largest week due to mass buying by hardcore fans, there should still be tens of thousands of copies available in the US to buy. (It could be up to almost 95000 copies but I now doubt they printed anywhere near that number)

[I Wanna Be Where You Are]

Why are fans buying multiple CDs?
Items only increase in value when there are relatively few items and a strong demand for them. Neither of these are true and I can't see that changing.


i dont buy for value
im just a collector

It would be a better investment to hunt down the original 80s single IMO.


http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3025/20120613145053.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/2qjzrev.gif

[Laura.L.]

To insure you will get one you can order online at wallmart.com and select to pick it up at a wallmart store . You just have to pick the store on the Wallmart site you want it delivered to if you know it. That may not be applicable to your situation but its just a thought.

I'll have to look into this. Thank you for the suggestion :flowers:

[DJMichaelAngelo]

Why are fans buying multiple CDs?
1) I might be able to understand this if they thought this CD will be a collector's item in the future and would gain value over the years, but it won't. There are no more than 99,999 copies printed in the US (more worldwide) but that IS ALOT of copies for a CD single that isn't being actively promoted and isn't going to be a hit in the true sense of the word. This will NOT be the top selling single in the US or anywhere else. Items only increase in value when there are relatively few items and a strong demand for them. Neither of these are true and I can't see that changing. It would be a better investment to hunt down the original 80s single IMO.

2) I might be able to understand it if the song was right on the edge of becoming a #1 single and people were buying extra copies to gain a victory over a rival artist. It's not going to top the singles chart (except for maybe the CD only chart which is irrelevant), so buying additional copies will not help its chart status.

Why do fans want multiple copies (e.g. 24!!) of a CD single that isnt worth anything to anybody but us fans?
Honestly I'm not criticising you for doing it - you can do what you like as far as I'm concerned because it's your money - but I'd like to understand the thought psychology behind it.

Can somebody please explain?



EDIT:

I just found out that according to Billboard IJCSLY entered the Billboard 'Hot Singles Sales Chart' at #1 with sales of only 5000 copies sold.
(This chart counts physical (e.g. CD) singles.)

To put it into perspective the No1 single on the digital songs chart was Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" which sold 284,000 copies (down 6% from the previous week).


Judging from some of the numbers printed in this thread, after the 1st week of sales which is generally going to be the largest week due to mass buying by hardcore fans, there should still be tens of thousands of copies available in the US to buy. (It could be up to almost 95000 copies but I now doubt they printed anywhere near that number)



Those are good questions! I'm buying them to hold on to, in case they DO increase in vaule (which they definitely will, that's 100% guaranteed). The price now is $1.88 which is ridiculously cheap. Look at the prices on eBay right now: http://www.ebay.com/csc/CDs-/307/i.html?_nkw=michael+jackson+just+can%27t+stop+lovi ng+you&LH_Complete=1 -- they're selling for anywhere from $5 to $15 each. And that's WHILE there are still copies available for sale in the US for a fraction of the cost! What happens when those copies run out? (which let's be honest - it may take a year or two, but believe me they WILL run out whether the printing run is 30,000 or 99,999 it doesn't matter). The price can only increase, and therefore people who own these will hoard them and not wanna part with them, which will drive up the price.

Case in point, remember the "Thriller" 25 special-edition CD album from Best Buy? The one with the mystery track on the end that was the Morales/Knuckles "Def Thrill Mix" that wasn't listed on the sleeve? I bought one for $10 back when it first came out, and then a couple years ago put it up for sale on Discogs - the final price it went for was $200. I was abolutely KICKING MYSELF that I didn't buy an entire box of them at Best Buy at the time, and now it's too late - they're all gone, and most people who have them now don't even know it unless they kept them sealed in shrink-wrap, with the custom sticker.

So me, I was burned before on foolishly NOT buying multiple copies of something SO cheap, when I really should have. I'm not gonna let that happen to me again, so that's why I bought 4 copies, especially when their priced about as low as a McDonald's hamburger. Maybe 5-10 years from now I can get $20 each for them, maybe even more? Who knows :)

[bluesky]

Those are good questions! I'm buying them to hold on to, in case they DO increase in vaule (which they definitely will, that's 100% guaranteed). The price now is $1.88 which is ridiculously cheap. Look at the prices on eBay right now: http://www.ebay.com/csc/CDs-/307/i.html?_nkw=michael+jackson+just+can%27t+stop+lovi ng+you&LH_Complete=1 -- they're selling for anywhere from $5 to $15 each. And that's WHILE there are still copies available for sale in the US for a fraction of the cost! What happens when those copies run out? (which let's be honest - it may take a year or two, but believe me they WILL run out whether the printing run is 30,000 or 99,999 it doesn't matter). The price can only increase, and therefore people who own these will hoard them and not wanna part with them, which will drive up the price.

Case in point, remember the "Thriller" 25 special-edition CD album from Best Buy? The one with the mystery track on the end that was the Morales/Knuckles "Def Thrill Mix" that wasn't listed on the sleeve? I bought one for $10 back when it first came out, and then a couple years ago put it up for sale on Discogs - the final price it went for was $200. I was abolutely KICKING MYSELF that I didn't buy an entire box of them at Best Buy at the time, and now it's too late - they're all gone, and most people who have them now don't even know it unless they kept them sealed in shrink-wrap, with the custom sticker.

So me, I was burned before on foolishly NOT buying multiple copies of something SO cheap, when I really should have. I'm not gonna let that happen to me again, so that's why I bought 4 copies, especially when their priced about as low as a McDonald's hamburger. Maybe 5-10 years from now I can get $20 each for them, maybe even more? Who knows :)




Look like there are some people making money on this walmard CD :D

There is a promotional CD sold for $51.5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Michael-Jackson-I-Just-Cant-Stop-Loving-You-Promotional-1-Track-CD-Single-/261033288349?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item3cc6cbe29d#ht_752wt_764

[LLCz]

03546
08666

[brunomj]

is there by any chance that someone could get me one from walmart and send it to me, i pay before you send me. its not in my country yet!!

[DirtyDiana2000]

Mine is 00995

[jediswirek]

Mine is 00995
WoW :) great !!

[bluesky]

^^ so whoever has 00001 will be a great collection item! :)

[earthlyme]

Mine is 00995

:wild: We're sooo close... I have 00959 :D I wonder too who will get 00001 :)


L.o.v.e.
Romi

[Gold Pants Girl]

I have crappy #'s

22237
22243
22249
22261
22267
22273
22333
22357
22381
22387

[CaptainEoLove85]

Finally got it. It's 29577.

[Rhilo]

Still waiting for my CD to come in the post. I'm guessing its number will be between 20,000 - 39,000 lol

[suzynyc]

Mine is 19489. I'm not sure what the relevance of the serial number is. Should I use it to play the lottery?

[xander]

My number is: 00199. It’s so close, one of the first cd’s.
I have the same CD, where you can’t find number. It is written at the end of the part which is started: C 1987, 2012 MJJ Productions Inc. ………………………. etc and finally: ….. LC 00199…

Go find it!

[Rhilo]

Haha my prediction was a bit off. Finally got my CD today and its # 14418

[~Lindsey~]

Got my copy but no number,I guess all european singles don't have single serial numbers

[dam2040]

Ordered mine from Amazon UK, arrives tommorow, shall see if there is a serial number :D

[djvernon]

Only WALMART pressings has numbers on it. It's a limited numbered edition. I have heard it's limited to 99.999 copies

[xander]

I have copy 'Made in EU' and I have the serial number 00199 there...

[AMG]

I have copy 'Made in EU' and I have the serial number 00199 there...

European version has the same number.

[dam2040]

Aw that sucks, No Pepsi, no numbered CD's.. Really feel the UK is being left out in the Bad 25 promotion!

[speechlesslove4michael]

Can someone tell me where to find the serial number?

[I Wanna Be Where You Are]

http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-3652726-1339204206-9795.jpeg

[Galactus123]

There is no serial number on my CD http://www.mjjcommunity.com/forum/images/smilies/funny/scratch.gif

[qbee]

There is no serial number on my CD :scratch:
As far as I know Only the Wallmart exclusive CD has the serial number.
The black sticker on the Wallmart CD says individually numered

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Michael-Jackson-Just-Cant-Stop-Loving-You-Walmart-Exclusive-CD-2012-/00/s/MTQxMFgxNTg5/$(KGrHqNHJE4E-lQBrvh(BPyV8UKD8g~~60_57.JPG

[DJMichaelAngelo]

There is no serial number on my CD http://www.mjjcommunity.com/forum/images/smilies/funny/scratch.gif

can you post a .jpg scan of the back of your sleeve? I'm really really curious to see what it looks like! (cuz I may have a theory about this, if you have what I think you do....)

[MJBT]

88725414922

[SimplyMagic]

These are mine:

14500
14606
18367
21445
21451
21457
21493
21499

[Laura.L.]

88725414922

^That would be the catalogue #. The individual serial numbers can be found only on the back of the Walmart exclusive CD singles.

[MJBT]

^That would be the catalogue #. The individual serial numbers can be found only on the back of the Walmart exclusive CD singles.

Nuts thanks for clearing that up

[Agent M]

Mine is 05221

http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/f51c8206.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/d2abbe4c.jpg

Only for Michael Jackson would I shop at Walmart whose introduction to a local economy destroys such by flooding it with devalued, defective, and often dangerous junk, mostly manufactured in the unregulated sweatshops of the People's Republic of China.:mat:


As far as I know Only the Wallmart exclusive CD has the serial number.

As an additional public service announcement, I would also like to point out that there's a certain demographic of society that also appears to be a "Walmart exclusive." Charitably speaking, they are--how I can put this?--not exactly the GQ or supermodel crowd!:D

http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/ec9c56dc.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/972817bb.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/26b38afd.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/863d0dbe.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/804e450a.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/525e4267.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/15259ecb.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/06de0a3f.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/8629fe08.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/bfee987f.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/2ed38390.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/553f0d62.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/b2b92b93.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/60a0b947.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/MichaelJennings/5670b3af.jpg

[MJstarlight]

18201 :)

[Laura.L.]

02387

[mjchris]

03703