What Exactly Are Promos?

This is a dumb question I know, especially considering I have a fair few expanded / promo scores in my own collection. I was just wondering what exactly promos are. I mean I know they are not official releases - some are given out at special events etc, right?

The reason I ask is that I am seeing a fair few game soundtrack promos going on Ebay.com at the moment, Assassin's Creed in particular sparks my interest -

ASSASSIN'S CREED Game Soundtrack CD by Jesper Kyd - eBay (item 290257790416 end time Sep-09-08 15:30:37 PDT) ,

I don't want to go ahead and bid on such an item though if all it is a soundtrack he's made by burning downloaded tracks from his PC onto a disk, and printing the artwork. The main reason I would buy it is to rip the CD in my own quality, but if this is what he has done, I obviously may as well just download the tracks myself.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Wow, thanks Shin

Well as I said, the main reason i'd buy that particular album is to rip it in my own quality, but if it's not in normal CD quality anyway, there's no point. Particularly if all they are are burned 128kb/s tracks.

And yes, it's the last thing on my mind.

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BigBlah why do most of your posts contain a hint of sarcasm?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by LeHah

All bootleggs are "promos" but not all promos are bootlegs.

Haha, they sound like such words of wisdom.

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Originally Posted by Bigblah

Currently I'm playing a stupid Werewolf game in the Laughs & Games forum, where points are awarded for props you receive on your posts. The only way you can receive props is to act like an obnoxious snark and lash out at people for no good reason, telling them to "crawl back to My Stuff" or "limp back to Concert Hall" or "gb/2 Animespot" whichever is appropriate. Come join a game sometime, it'll turn you into a cynic soon enough!

Sounds like fun. But i'd rather not make any enemies here.

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It's starting to really bug me now. This guy is selling these 'promos' by the bucketload, i'm seeing a few every week. This one has now reached 100$

MEDAL OF HONOR EUROPEAN ASSAULT Game Score Ch. Lennertz - eBay (item 290269298015 end time Oct-27-08 15:36:22 PDT)

If these are indeed simply downloads from the net burned onto the CD, I wish the buyers actually knew that!

I was speaking idiomatically.

I just wish the buyers knew this. Yes, it says it's not official in the description, but if they knew they were simply 128kbps tracks downloaded from somewhere like Kingdom Hearts Insider then I doubt they'd be bidding up to 100$. That's just ridiculous!
I did email him with this question a while ago and never got a reply.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Ended at $103. Ridiculous.

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