Ayu's TUKA phone ebay auction

[Damita]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

Well nobody would use it NOW. But when Ayu & her cheetah & leopard patterns were all the rage, I'm sure no self-respecting ayu fan (of which there were MANY) woulda been caught dead without it. For Christmas 2001 my sister got me a leopard print case for my nokia cuz I was never gonna be able to get an A MODEL and it made me sad, lol. Now it's just a collector's item. No one would even WANT to use it with how minimal its capabilities are these days.

Sorry, I do understand that it isn't for use and it's a rare item for display only. I guess I'm saying I'd be more likely to buy it if it was actually usable, because as a collector's item, it has no value to me. Here's why:

Imagine in 20 years when Ayu's not popular anymore, this will possibly be worth next to nothing, and you paid $500 for what? If it meant something special to me, that would be different. And it does mean something special to you (you have some memories associated with this of the good old days), as you said, so I completely understand why you want it, and had I been a fan in 2001, it's possible I would want it right now too. But a cheetah print portable phone like this, even if it is a collector's item, is worth nothing to me, personally.

And like I said, if I wanted to collect something, it'd be something that connected my love for Ayu and meant something. I love Ayu for her music. Her lyrics, the messages the songs/PV's represent, everything about her music I like. I would rather spend $500 on representing that (you could buy every Ayu album with that money), rather then spending $500 on a phone she "designed" (aka probably picked which Cheetah print to have as the casing, if that).

[Delirium-Zer0]

Originally Posted by Damita

And like I said, if I wanted to collect something, it'd be something that connected my love for Ayu and meant something. I love Ayu for her music. Her lyrics, the messages the songs/PV's represent, everything about her music I like. I would rather spend $500 on representing that (you could buy every Ayu album with that money), rather then spending $500 on a phone she "designed" (aka probably picked which Cheetah print to have as the casing, if that).

I agree with you here - none of my ayu stuff is an investment. While I do love ayu for her music & message, I also love her for being there in a way. That phone represents a time of my life when I was really happy and things weren't complicated, so I'd LOVE to have it so I can look at it and remember that stuff.