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I see records stacked like this in corners at flea markets in TX all the time, it's sad how records are treated at these places. Sometimes wish people would just throw them away. Found one of my holy grail xian records in a tall stack of records like those and not only was it wrapped like a bowl but it was stuck to the record under it.

I got the best records yesterday! I wasn't gonna buy any records or even LOOK for records but we were walking by a place yesterday and...

anyway, i loved what they had! i didn't even look through half the store. i can only imagine that there was a lot more i would have bought if i could have. i didn't want to lug a ton of records areound all day and i really can't spend anymore right now. everything was so cheap! i didn't pay more than 4.99 for anything. almost everything i gor was 2 or 3 bucks. it was right by NYU which is why i was in there. we basically stuck around the pop conference.

http://skotrok.blogspot.com/2012/03/nyc-record-shopping.html

4.99 is a great price for that Pillows/Prayers comp, and that's my favorite Nightingales record! what's the name of the store?

oh right duh. generation records. on thompson street. and apparently they have another store on bleeker. those would be my go-to places if i lived around there. one of these days i will get the academy stores. i promise.

i think i might actually have that one passage full-length. i know i had two of their albums and sold one. but it was such a perfect copy and it was, like, 3 bucks.

I hope you left some for me when i get there on Thursday Scott.... Generation is one of my spots on the list..

I already have that Tapes LP.. not as good as the first two, but still pretty good.

Scott so many of those records look right up my alley!

Those are amazing records, Scott! Like bands I didn't know existed.

file under "now that im reading the title correctly, i no longer want the record that much"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPmgrXqan0w

HEY Y'ALL I GOT A NEW JOB

working for a small robust startup company that is in the solar power industry (in addition to being a pastry chef I have an Electronics Technician degree which I will now actually use). It takes me 12 minutes to drive there, I could probably bike it in 25-30. and holy shit it's full time! Salary!

I'm already thinking about records to buy, of course. My local bartender's brother-in-law might sell me five boxes of "old sixties jazz and country" so I'm saving up for that. I asked him what kind of shape they were in and he said "well, I used to live in communal houses and some of them got kind of trashed... (pause)... so that's why I have three copies of some things, I had to get better ones".

hey guys

turntable help

Congrats, Sleeve, that sounds righteous. I just spent six amazing days in Albuquerque, NM, but I missed the ABQ Record Fair by just a few hours. Oh well, outta my budget and didn't feel like flying with a vinyl haul, anyway. I keep telling myself.

thanks TM

today I found the 2nd LP by The Selecter for a dollar even though my new job has seriously cut in to my Monday crate digging time.

Congrats Sleeve!! SOunds like a awesome job, someday I'd like to work on the green side of energy. Having money is nice.

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Do a lot of those guys have jobs or just flip records? btw if any one is in houston this weekend,
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you guys will never guess what i'm gonna do...

it involves ebay...

don't sell your whole store!

are you gonna try selling reggae records on ebay?

are you gonna sell books on ebay?

are you gonna buy records on ebay and sell them in your store?

okay, you'll never guess. here's my genius plan: i've been selling reggae for months on ebay. good reggae. collectable reggae. and while the fake bidding isn't epidemic, its an affront to my ideals of fair play and decorum. if i hadn't been watching my last big auction most of my stuff would have ended up being bid on and won by fakers. i was putting out fires left and right. taking bids away and blocking bidders. and they still managed to get to some of my auctions. now, most of the people who buy reggae from me are serious and they buy a lot of stuff. so, what i'm gonna do is this, have invitation-only reggae auctions. i'm gonna block the entire planet from bidding, and start my auctions. i will tell people if they are legit they can message me and i'll let them bid. if they smell funny to me, fuck 'em. plus, i sent out around 75 messages today to people who have bought from me in the past and told them i am starting auctions and that they are already cleared to bid when the auctions start. if i miss out on some last minute people, i don't really care. the people who are really looking for jah will be in there.

sounds fair to me

Why are so many people fake bidding on reggae records?

it's a thing...

see also: boogie, frenchmen

i sell a lot of reggae to france. lots of high-priced reggae. they are mostly fine.

okay, that ebay idea of mine was stupid. all i can really do is block locations i ship to. i can't stop people from bidding. and fake people don't care if you don't ship to where they live. cuz they were never gonna pay you in the first place. there's gotta be a way!

there must be an ebay computer program that blocks users with no feedback. or really low feedback. if they bid...

it's my life's work now.

holy f@$k!!! when did technics start costing almost a thousand dollars? when i bought mine back in 96 i paid $1200 for two. i was thinking about buying a new one but geez

fully-rehabbed used ones are around oakland for like $350

i have done so much rehab work on mine through out the years but now there is a low hum and too much static, and the other one just plays too low

you should just get a real turntable. do you deejay?

i mean nothing against technics. but you can get a really sweet audiophile-quality table for under a thousand bucks.

i used to dj but those days are long gone, what do yo recommend

oh where to start...

Music Hall MMF-5

you will think you have died and gone to heaven after using Technics for 15 years

there must be an ebay computer program that blocks users with no feedback. or really low feedback. if they bid...

it's my life's work now.

― scott seward, Monday, April 9, 2012 5:39 PM

pardon if you've tried this already but:

What are buyer requirements?

You can block buyers from bidding on or purchasing your items by specifying buyer requirements. You can block buyers who:
Don't have a PayPal account
Have unpaid items recorded on their account
Have a primary shipping address in countries you don’t ship to
Have reportedly violated eBay policies
Have a Feedback score lower than the number you specify
Are currently winning or have bought 1-100 of your items in the last 10 days (you can specify the number)

To select buyer requirements for all your listings:
Go to My eBay.
Click the Account tab, and then click the Site Preferences link on the left.
In the Selling Preferences section, scroll to Buyer requirements, and then click the Show link.
Click the Edit link.
On the Buyer Requirements page, select your requirements.
Click the Submit button to save your requirements.

To specify buyer requirements for a specific listing, follow these steps:
In the Sell Your Item form, scroll to the Other things you'd like buyers to know section.
If the Buyer requirements option isn't displayed, click the Add or remove options link.
In the pop-up window, under Buyer requirements, select the Block certain eBay users from buying my items checkbox, and then click the Save button.
In the Sell Your Item form, click the Add buyer requirements or Change buyer requirements link.
Select the checkbox next to the requirements you want, and then click the Save button.

i do all that. i think. you can't actually block people with 0 or 5 or 10 feedback rating, i didn't think? you can block people with NEGATIVE feedback which is pointless because you can't leave negative feedback for people anymore.

i had a fake bidder attack some of my auctions yesterday and their account had been started...yesterday. they had no paper trail or violations or anything. they sign up and get an account to fuck with people and then they just abandon the account.

this makes it seem like you can block people with any amount of feedback:

"Have a Feedback score lower than the number you specify"

which is news to me. but i'll check it out. it would basically solve all my problems.

yeah i checked. you can only block people with negative feedback.

this is why i thought i could do what i did. my buyers requirements state that i can block bidders who:

"Have a primary shipping address in countries that I don't ship to"

but now i know that's not true. because i tried it and it didn't work.

i dunno it says

You can block buyers who:
Have a Feedback score lower than the number you specify

but i've never tried or had to do any of that

ebay seems weirdly stuck in the past sometimes. kinda cool in a way, same ugly layout but also could really use some basic things like the stuff you're talking about

"Have a Feedback score lower than the number you specify"

the only options you can click are -1, -2, -3.

even if i could have blocked them the way i wanted to, its too confusing to real people. i'm just gonna do buy it nows from now on i think. seems safer. though i've heard of people fake buying a zillion buy it nows too. which is why a lot of reggae dealers end up giving up and selling elsewhere.

i still like doing auctions! hardly anyone ever does anymore. i think they are fun as long as you aren't selling reggae.

"Have a Feedback score lower than the number you specify"

the only options you can click are -1, -2, -3.

ok yeah that makes no sense

where else do people sell? i guess discogs has a marketplace. amazon?

here's the completed dreamachine btw

http://oi39.tinypic.com/2qvzczq.jpg

best night!

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craig leon -- nommos
robbie basho -- song of the stallion
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oh shit forgot to watch the office
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