Crazy Priced Vinyl On EBAY

f jack white, lamest

hate that guy.

people who spend a thousand dollars on jerk white flexidiscs should be put to death.

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.

I'm convinced that the people that buy into those sorts of things don't actually like music. They're simply collectors of "stuff."

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.

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

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.

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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

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.

And sometimes it's a nutjob. It depends on the ridiculous ratio.

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).

One could potentially turn the brainless automation of price matching software to ones advantage in such cases...

elaborate?

http://1gabba.in/pics3/altern8.jpg

One could potentially turn the brainless automation of price matching software to ones advantage in such cases...

― 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?

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'

Outrageous shipping costs maybe?

that's what i was thinking.

low grade?

"jacket only"

ian has it. It would be a very wrong and bad thing to do though.

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).

Something has always been fishy about seller "any_book" and they've been around forever.

i've seen some "sleeve only" listings on discogs before but damned if i can remember what. maybe that was their scam?

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!)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l51zjpoB9k1qzyxdfo1_500.jpg

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lili-Ivanova-My-Old-Friend-BalkanTon-vinyl-LP-Retro-/251131468852?pt=UK_Records&hash=item3a789a1c34#ht_1690wt_1182

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

lol if someone whips out a shoebox of them in a fortnight's time

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.

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 .

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...

ended at £333

I seem to remember reading an article in Record Collector that Now 4 is rarer than the others, for some reason.

You could buy all of those artists on cd or record for under $20.

That's what I was thinking too. It's like K-Tel through the looking glass: "It would cost you about $7 if you tried to buy these songs separately!"

Now! completists?

Do they display these things behind glass for their guests? What is the motivation?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/10/saint-etienne-words-music-review

In 2005, when Saint Etienne's last studio album Tales from Turnpike House was released, rumour spread that the band was about to split up. It turned out to be false: since Tales from Turnpike House, the band have put out a Christmas album, a film soundtrack, a complete reworking of their debut album Foxbase Alpha by producer Richard X and – surely the kind of thing you could only really imagine appearing in a Saint Etienne discography – an EP issued solely to those who'd responded to an online appeal by band member Bob Stanley, looking for the handful of albums he needed to complete his collection of Now That's What I Call Music compilations.

Popsike is only about vinyl, but by my reckoning that Saint Etienne Now 4 is probably 'worth more' than the "Now 4" comp...

$750 for a Germs shirt. Free shipping and free paint holes/splatters.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/rare-punk-rock-70s-tee-shirt-/370313548975?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item56386854af

2 Kubricks wanted for an Indian YMO 7 inch.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YELLOW-MAGIC-ORCHESTRA-YMO-Computer-Game-mega-rare-INDIAN-INDIA-prs-PS-45-/400329791149?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d3583d6ad

I don't know the intricacies of used record grading, but based on the photo I can't imagine how anyone could say the sleeve is in "very good" condition.

It's like coin collecting grading. That sleeve is, indeed, in standard record grading, a 'very good'.

'Excellent' means not damaged in any way, but maybe small creases,
'Mint' means perfect, shop quality.

conversely, 'Good' means it's not actualy ripped, and it might have previous owner's name in it in marker-pen...

IME "Good" = most of the sleeve is basically present, if not all in one piece. Ripped a bit + marker pen is VG-

I mean, in terms of the vinyl itself, Good basically means "do not buy this record".

I remember a book dealer once glumly saying to me "'good' is not very good". :(

I used to collect coins when I was little and hadn't got into music much.

I was going to sell some of the 'duplicates' I had but when I told my mum that the victorian penny I had that was worn flat but still you could see what it was, the date, etc was 'Good Condition', she had an absolute fit thinking I was trying to defraud whoever was going to buy it. She wouldn't budge, even afer I showed her the grading guide, and woldn't allow it unless I described it as 'terrible'. So, I didn't bother...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLIFF-RICHARD-SPANISH-HARLEM-EVERGREEN-TREE-RARE-78-RPM-RECORD-1963-/370696526649?_trksid=p2045573.m2102&_trkparms=aid%3D555003%26algo%3DPW.CAT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33%26meid%3D3825187453417546901%26pid%3D100034%26prg%3D1031%26rk%3D2%26

Hmm, now this is £26 at the moment.

Guess the final price?

(I am not selling this or interested in buying it, btw)

(I did put this on the SHELLAC thread, but that's ILoveVinyl so let's open it up...)

Only 900 copies world wife signed by flea including a snipping of his used bass string

http://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/261144478676/Flea_Helen_Burns_Vinyl_Signed_Bass_String