My modest claim to fame is the RUN2 12" for £2.99 back when it was released (tho' its not THAT rare I know.... Factus CD and TBHOG CDs for a couple of quid each...... IMHO, there is nothing more satisfying than scouring s/h shops and discovering hidden gems for ridiculously cheap prices - sure beats throwing megabucks at stuff on Ebay.........
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Whats the LEAST you've paid for a rare NO item?
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Apart from the going rate at the time of release eg RUN 2..£2=99p,then it has to be £3 i paid for the CANADIAN BLT with the GATEFOLD cover...SUPERB,HAC FLEXI...nothing ...PRESENT from HUNTSMAN and EGG FAC 53 BROWN from MURV (again a present) which then COMPLETED my 9 COLOUR UK RELEASES of FAC 53.Although NOT RARE it was a great way to complete the 9 after HUNTSMAN had given me the 8th one in BLUE! 
Zero for "The Best of..." on tape - found it in a stereo that was there when I moved into a new flat !
The very same "Run" 7" DJ promo (this time in a decent black card sleeve) I picked up in Bristol a couple of years ago for a mere £1.50. That HAS to be the bargain of the decade!
Ten cents for a tape of the first part of Substance, but it's not really rare, unless you count that both discs used to be sold separately.
I bought 4 Brazilian BM 88 flexis for less than 3 dollars each. I actually have paid in the local currency, but you got the picture.
No wonder why I gave away one of these to celebrate my 1000th post. 
About a year ago I paid $11 for 11 copies of the portuguese procession 7": PG Factory/Vimusica VFACT 110-2 . Why the fook anybody would want 11 copies I dont know, I cant bear to part with them
$5 for the Qwest promo CD single of True Faith that includes one of the 12" versions - long before Best of and Rest of were released.
$5 for a Run 2 12" from a record shop that was closing.
It isnae very rare,but I picked up 20 Years of New Order for 6 quid at a record fair.
I do believe I traded it for a baco sarnie when I stayed at Rocket Micks!
Found a handful of mint copies of NUOXDJ3 for 6SEK (< 1USD) each at the lovely Ginza store in Sweden...
/TLV
$8 Canadian for the Promo Only REGRET double pack 12"s. $4 US for the NEW ORDER - IN ORDER cd $7 US for the QWEST promo PERFECT KISS 12" with the live video version. $7 US for TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD cd single $25 US for the RETRO 5 DIsc...thank you HMV!
and i've saved the best for last----------------
ZERO DOLLARS for the Green CEREMONY 12" (three piece, pre-gillian) ....a much cherished gift from the long lost DONNY BRASCO + WEE SHUGLETTE. I think i'll give it a spin right now.....
I picked up the Porteguese (or Spanish, can't remeber which) edition of "Movement" and the "True Faith" seven-inch for a combined total of $8.00, as part of a shopping spree in the much-missed Spinning Mule record shop. They were having a going-out-of-business sale, so I also picked up a huge Who poster. I can be such a glutton sometimes :D
Originally posted by ShugZV©
It isnae very rare,but I picked up 20 Years of New Order for 6 quid at a record fair.I do believe I traded it for a baco sarnie when I stayed at Rocket Micks!
I got that one too, but mine cost Free-Ninety-Free because I jacked it from the college radio station and copied it.
I got the cassette version of Substance 1987 with both Cries And Whispers and Mesh on it off my sister for nothing.
In no way is it rare, but I bought the Fine Time single for 10p from Woolworths. Little did I know, that there would be a cracking B-side called "Don't Do It"
Originally posted by 586 I once shoplifted a copy of the Joy Division flexi - does that count?
Yep.
I got vinyl Unknown Pleasures and Movement and Komakino flexi as gifts from my friend Buco. I tried to repay him in homegrown vegetables, but he wouldn't hear about it.
i usually pay high prices for rare stuff. i don´t have the patience to wait for bargains! 
i payed 10 dollars for a 12" picture disc. that must be my cheapest buy of rare items. imagine the rest! and you wondered why i´m out of money nowadays! 
Originally posted by Ronald Kirsch My limited edition 5th disc came free with Retro.:D
great answer...don't remember what I paid for the Canadian CD of the 1981-1982 ep...but it wasn't much...5 bucks or so I think...guess that's my claim to fame!
Ah yes I also paid the original asking price about 8 or 9 AUD for my True Faith CDV.
Actually my whole collection was built up paying the original prices. I also own FACUS8 LP, Murder 12" and the Touched by the Hand of God CD single. I don't know exactly how rare they are, but I think that at least in Australia they are quire rare.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to pick up any bargains at second hand shops yet.
Hi folks...
I actually am in vacation in New Zealand, and yesterday, Oct.20, I bought for NZ$ 4.00 this item @ Echo record store and it must be rare, doesn't it ?
facc93
I'm sure, you all know, what it is...
Greetz, Floyd Anderson.
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I paid 10 pounds for my Japanese Blue Monday 7". I see someone sold theirs recently on E-bay for 790 pounds! Aparently there are only 25 of the buggers! Yippe-ky-a! When I bought it 10 years ago I new it was unusual, but not STINKING rare! 
Originally posted by Floyd Anderson Hi folks...I actually am in vacation in New Zealand, and yesterday, Oct.20, I bought for NZ$ 4.00 this item @ Echo record store and it must be rare, doesn't it ?
the australian cassette single of confusion didnt even know that existed til just now!
£3 for facdv183 about a year after it came out, just asked in a record shop if i could order it, they checked, you still could, so i did.
bonus.
