In a way, we were to expect such mercenary interest from these type of gentlemen too... but not so soon.
The whole idea of exploiting the frenzy of collectors to acquire an item is not something we condone, will ever condone, or ever want...
The die has been cast... What could have we done differently?
If we had not shared it and kept to us then it would have never reached the people we wished to share our labour of love with.
I trust that the majority of the Blade Runner fans do share our feelings about what should not be done in the first place... but it seems it cannot be avoided.
Learn to have a deeper look around if you wish to be smart enough not to be ripped off by such greedy individuals.
Beware of the not-so-occasional self-proclaimed ebay sellers who are offering home-made copies of these discs intended as a work from fans to fans and not to cash in easy money on things that are not their own.
Report such items if you care.
Avoid ebay merchants pushing deliberately (re)packagings of such releases as "EMS Recombination", "The Final Mix", "The Sound Of Blade Runner", (but the list goes on if you count the re-packagings of fake "Esper Retirement Edition", "Esper Edition" or "2019 Edition"...).
You might be spending less money to buy what these sellers buy instead of bidding half your wage to support such selfish people.
What these unethical sellers do is buying 10, 50, 100 pieces of their preferred brand 52X CD-R White Inkjet Printable. Genuine Printer Ink Cartridges for their preferred brand of Printer. Standard DVD Storage Cases, Quad-Triple-Double-Single-Slim Jewel Cases CD/DVD to hold Front & Back Graphic Inserts.
Protect yourself from unscrupulous sellers and you will avoid to waste hundred of bucks or quids depending from which side of the ocean you might be.
These people are shameless thieves who steal honest people's efforts to cash in easy money. Just because they got something freely given and solely intended for promotional use doesn't mean they should be allowed to sell it.
The whole auction thing should have been re-thought long ago when it naturally comes to this... letting such people performing this tried-and-tested method on their preferred target market: lucrative collectibles.
Wishing all the experienced collectors and the internet-savvy not to be as smart and dumb as the happy e-buyers from the usual seasoned serial thiefs.
Do not support the ebay-ready counterfeits of your preferred soundtrack.
The EMS Team.
