olin mcfadden (mcfadden@minerva.athenet.net)

Ummmm...Disturbed.

he last knight (daniel.lula@yale.edu)

Those g-damned European two disc sets for "march of the pigs" and "closer to god." What ripoffs...but I'm a completist, you know.

.c. death (synthboy@teleport.com)

alt.music.nin. Unfortunately. Although I've met MANY cool people through the newt, I've discovered many people who think and act as if they're in junior high. People who do not have common decency and people skills. Neurotic people who won't leave you alone. Chest-beating braggadocio-dependent creeps who think they are the supreme rulers of the Internet (who usually have nothing interesting or insightful to say about the music of NIN). But fortunately, they are in a minority.

irk ellis (dellis@pop.srv.ualberta.ca)

Worst? Halo 3. I don't need that many mixes.

ita melzer (dr75ma@execpc.com)

One of the live videos I bought that was really shitty quality.

nat hammerstrom (gnat@cs.wisc.edu)

The Solid Gold Hell bootleg. It was my first bootleg ever, but I could hear the audience singing louder than Trent. If I wanted that, I could just hop into the shower and hear myself sing the songs.

zzbot (izzbot@eskimo.com)

The Nine Inch Nails book by Tuck Remington.

ulia tenney (cthulhia@delphi.com)

I would say that my brief attempts to keep up with the merchandising, i.e. bootlegs, imports, vinyl, T-shirts, etc., were essentially a waste of time. I'm not a collector or DJ, so I don't really need more than one version of what's out there, if that. It might impress some of you, but I doubt it. Less obsessive fans would think it was overdoing it. Non-fans would have me committed. I'd rather spend money on actually being somewhere to experience an event.

ulie overturf (overturf@clark.net)

A concert T-shirt. Why do they make those things big enough for Santa Claus AND his elves to fit into? It's only good as a nightshirt.

yle moyer (ksmst12+@pitt.edu)

The only NIN-related thing I was disappointed in was a bootleg I got, Closer to Trent, that was pretty shitty quality.

isa livingston (procyon@icon.net)

I don't think I have every really made a bad investment. I have nothing I would consider truly shitty. Most of them vary from fair to excellent. I do hope they never come out with the flocked blacklight Trent Reznor posters, however. Otherwise, I will have to get one -- just for its kitsch value, ya unnerstand.

ike lopez (mlopez@voyager0.stanford.edu)

The Australian "head like a hole" single, because I never listen to it.

obin colleen moore (robin@mindspring.com)

The video boot of the 1/6/95 Nassau Coliseum show with Adam Ant. I swear my cat could do a better job of taping the show than whoever did this! The camera swoops all over the damn place constantly, to the point where I was almost queasy just watching the tape. (I've gotten as far as watching the encore, but haven't gotten up to seeing Adam Ant yet. Perhaps if I take some Dramamine first....)

ean galbraith (smgalbra@cousteau.uwaterloo.ca)

My TDS hat, because I lost it the next week.

*lurker* ;)

I cared too much about some things and lost more in that respect than in any monetary value.

tephanie nahas (nahas@ripco.com)

The Allen Wilkie video compilation tape. Don't buy from this guy! Fraud!

aylor mclaren (tmclaren@uoguelph.ca)

I can't decide here...either Marilyn Manson's Portrait of an American Family or NinCon '95. The former for defining exactly what I don't like about Trent's style of production, and the latter for finishing off any interest I had in remaining on a.m.nin after meeting a handful of really cool people.

az dhariwal (dharts@hg.uleth.ca)

Paying $15 bucks for Halo 10 (further down the spiral).

ily anderson (landerso@acslab.acs.unt.edu)

A lot of the magazines I bought because I saw "NIN" on the cover.