around here i'm forever picking up weird and wonderful post-punk and new wave stuff for a euro or two...
shame i'm not into soca, as a local shop has recently dumped hundreds of soca 12"s in their bargain section for a euro a pop (correction, probably a good thing i'm not into soca..)
― Talcum Mucker, Saturday, 14 July 2012 07:53 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't buy it. Yet.
I greatly enjoy trawling secondhand collections for gems amidst the mundane too, but this instance is in the obsessive completism category, which is rather different.
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Saturday, 14 July 2012 08:19 (eleven years ago) link
obassive completism is a dangerous pitfall of collecting (anything)...
there are very few artists whose complete output is worth owning.. and i tend to avoid completism unless i can pick up the non-essential parts for not-very-much..
A couple of months ago I decided to free up some space in my collection, and the first thing I did was release the non-essential completist parts of my collection back into the wild...
― Talcum Mucker, Saturday, 14 July 2012 09:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://collectorsfrenzy.com/Details.aspx?id=300739151405
what in the name of fuck
― price lo matalan (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 19 July 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
Recently sold on ebay for £60
― Mark G, Thursday, 19 July 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
@ mark g : dont you ever sleep !?
[i'm not working - hence my excuse .. .]
― mark e, Thursday, 19 July 2012 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
I slept at one minute past my last message.
― Mark G, Friday, 20 July 2012 10:23 (eleven years ago) link
http://collectorsfrenzy.com/Details.aspx?id=320945795698
I didn't know Stereolab fans had this money.
― Evan, Monday, 23 July 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
goodness
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 23 July 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
the band were already collector bait by the time of this record, right? wonder if whoever at the plant did two or three of these with a mind to shifting them for big buxx at a later date. maybe they went to the band tho who knows
― price lo matalan (DJ Mencap), Monday, 23 July 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
Like a Third Man records kind of thing? I mean, I don't know if thats what even those guys intend.Still, way higher than I think anyone would have expected it to complete at.
― Evan, Monday, 23 July 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry, can't put myself into the mindset of a person excited enough to spend this kind of money on this item.
http://collectorsfrenzy.com/Details.aspx?id=150867801888
― Evan, Monday, 6 August 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
That's a notorious collectable, I remember reading about it a few times in Record Collector, though I can't remember the story now as to why it is so sought after.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Monday, 6 August 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
so sad:
http://www.ebay.com/csc/Records-/306/i.html?LH_Complete=1&_nkw=jack%20white&_sop=3
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 August 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
someone should rent an apartment next to that store of his and just buy everything they put out as soon as they put it out.
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 August 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
maybe someone would know the answer to this... why are some new and used records on amazon priced at $999 even though they're not priced that way elsewhere
― billstevejim, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
f jack white, lamest
― one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 16 August 2012 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
hate that guy.
― scott seward, Friday, 17 August 2012 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
people who spend a thousand dollars on jerk white flexidiscs should be put to death.
― scott seward, Friday, 17 August 2012 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
or maybe they should just spend their money on, you know, like 200 really cool records that they will enjoy that will last a lifetime.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 17 August 2012 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
I'm convinced that the people that buy into those sorts of things don't actually like music. They're simply collectors of "stuff."
― Austin, Friday, 17 August 2012 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
billstevejim: they might be listed automatically at that price. You can get software doo-dahs to automate the process of listing on Amazon and such, especially in bulk, and there is probably some default setting when there is no existing price to match or such a situation.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Friday, 17 August 2012 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
there was a cool blog or something I read a while back that explained how booksellers use this software and end up having medical books on sale for like $100,000
― it's-a me, irl (DJ Mencap), Friday, 17 August 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah there is a prgram/company called "Monsoon" as one example that you can set percentages of mark-up or mark-down to be competitive with other sellers listed per SKU.
― Evan, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
program*
not ebay but i was digging around for this album online and went to amazon, and saw this. i feel like there should be an amazon thread for crazy priced vinyl too.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/ScreenShot2012-08-28at10209PM.png
― omar little, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
See the comments above. Usually that can be attributed to neglect of the entry and the percentage at which a program like "Monsoon" will mark something up or down.
― Evan, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
And sometimes it's a nutjob. It depends on the ridiculous ratio.
― Evan, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
I want to get that album, too. I've been casually looking for it since it's release but never stumbled upon it used like I had hoped (CD or vinyl).
― Evan, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
One could potentially turn the brainless automation of price matching software to ones advantage in such cases...
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 07:15 (eleven years ago) link
elaborate?
― Evan, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
http://1gabba.in/pics3/altern8.jpg
― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Wednesday, August 29, 2012 3:15 AM (7 hours ago)
Like if someone actually purchases something at an unrealistic cost? Or are you just talking about when the software is used as intended?
― Evan, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
i think the suggestion is to post a copy of an item at a low price and wait for someone else's software to 'beat' it so you can purchase it? but the problem remains how to list an item without any fear of it 'selling'
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
Outrageous shipping costs maybe?
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
that's what i was thinking.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
low grade?
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
"jacket only"
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
ian has it. It would be a very wrong and bad thing to do though.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, but eBay has been a Deadwood-like dystopia of martial law since like forever. I think if you can beat the system, do it, so long as you're not actually fucking anyone over (at least not anyone who deserves it).
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Thursday, 30 August 2012 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
Something has always been fishy about seller "any_book" and they've been around forever.
― Evan, Thursday, 30 August 2012 03:06 (eleven years ago) link
i've seen some "sleeve only" listings on discogs before but damned if i can remember what. maybe that was their scam?
― omar little, Thursday, 30 August 2012 03:15 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe they only have a sleeve and are hoping for someone that only has a record.
(I did see someone trying and failing to sell a mono SgtPepper in a stereo sleeve, I had the other-way-round and proposed a swap, all was good!)
― Mark G, Thursday, 30 August 2012 06:45 (eleven years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l51zjpoB9k1qzyxdfo1_500.jpg
― omar little, Thursday, 30 August 2012 07:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lili-Ivanova-My-Old-Friend-BalkanTon-vinyl-LP-Retro-/251131468852?pt=UK_Records&hash=item3a789a1c34#ht_1690wt_1182
― omar little, Thursday, 30 August 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
jeez louise
http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-SINGLES-ADOLF-HITLER-MERCY-RARE-7-UNKNOWN-DIY-PUNK-ROCK-1978-1-KNOWN-COPY-/120978056486?pt=UK_Records&hash=item1c2adaa526#ht_999wt_1086
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le_115MLpxI&feature=relmfu
― scott seward, Friday, 7 September 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
lol if someone whips out a shoebox of them in a fortnight's time
― it's-a me, irl (DJ Mencap), Friday, 7 September 2012 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
not vinyl but still... wtf
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Now-That-s-Call-Music-4-/190739438375
I had no idea these early Now... CDs were so rare.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
I had to do a double take, I thought for sure it was a BIN, but people have bid it that high, WTF??? You could buy all of those artists on cd or record for under $20 .
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 21 October 2012 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
Those early NOW! CD's are rare because at the time they were released (84/85) the CD versions sold in miniscule quantities compared the vinyl versions - The early ones were only single CD's and only had a small selection of tracks compared to double vinyl versions..
Subsequently, saddo Now! completists have to pay top prices to complete their collections...
― Talcum Mucker, Sunday, 21 October 2012 06:07 (eleven years ago) link