Crazy Priced Vinyl On EBAY

http://cgi.ebay.com/DAVE-MATTHEWS-BAND-THESE-CROWDED-STREETS-LP-OOP_W0QQitemZ150129531408QQihZ005QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

LOLOLOLOLOL
(sorry)

haaaaaaaaaaaa

That really is incredible sanskrit. I'm heading to my college town used record store today. I've got some DMB hunting to do.

And for sale by the same store: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150133196404&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_RCRX_Pr4_PcY_BID_IT&refitem=150129531408&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&usedrule1=CrossSell_LogicX&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget

Wasn't this just released last year or the year before? Are they really all gone already?

i just went to a tag sale recently where th guy would go home with sealed packages from the department store circa 1972 and dump his package in a box to await my fingers many years later..i love the Carpenters record bag one was in that was still stapled w th receipt..I sold a bunch of th sealed stuff to an Ebay guy (Rosie(of the Originals fame),T-Bones,Johnny Tillotson,.,bleh,,but I kept Sam th Sham live and Play Country Guitar instructional w Jimmy Bryant,Smiley Burnette,Sandy Nelson,Augie Myers 1st LP,Cal Tjader etc..dreams still come troo even if its not gold nuggets.

That Faine Jade album up there is great. Dunno if I'd pay that much for it though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/EDDIE-KENDRICKS-People-Hold-On-TAMLA-LP-1972-NORTHERN_W0QQitemZ230115997483QQihZ013QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

i know it's not that much money, but why are you selling a record for $110 when 2 were just up for auction. one sold for 10$ and the other didn't sell for 10$ (had a scratch on it).

The "Buy it now" is like "I will sell it for THIS MUCH!!" and wait until someone needs it desp and there's no time for waiting for auction ends, or there arent any.

yeah that can be found for 75 cents (good record tho!).

there's a contrarian listing strategy where you throw something up to start for $10 and eat the extra fees for a $200 buy it now to subliminally influence bidders (but the buy it now disappears after the first bid). it's worked for me in the past kinda but i haven't done it in years.

believe in the wisdom of free markets

yeah that can be found for 75 cents (good record tho!).

are you talking about the eddie kendricks? if so, find me one. they don't turn up around here and dude from sound library type store in SF told me it's a 30$ record.

The greater fidelity results in crisper, deeper sound--undoubtedly the way Carlos D wants you to hear the record!

sez "academy annex":

U.S. and Canada Rates - USPS Priority Mail
PLEASE NOTE NEW RATES
East of the Mississippi-

$ 7.00 - 1st LP

$ 1.00 - each additional LP

$ 4.00 - 1st 45
West of the Mississippi-

$ 8.00 - 1st LP

$ 1.00 - each additional LP

$ 5.00 - 1st 45

What in the world could justify this?

it's a very wide river.

easy, priority mail plus delivery confirmation starts at $5.25 these days. USPS doesn't have any free shipping boxes that are really suitable for 12" records, so you have to buy them, which will run you about $1-1.50 per box. so just to pay for postage and packaging, you're up to $6.25 minimum for a 12".

look, i just thought the DMB listing was funny. let's all be cool, just a little fun.

<I>What in the world could justify this?</I>

With new postage rates, it actually DOES cost more to ship to the west coast than it does, say, from NY to Florida. This is just a simple way of balancing it out--this seemed the best option rather than a) increasing ALL rates (even when it doesn't cost us as much) or b) determining postage on a case-by-case basis (postage scale not equipt with geographic variables.)

That said, our auctions are nowhere near as funny as b0bdjukic's. $600 for a STEPPENWOLF LP?!

With new postage rates, it actually DOES cost more to ship to the west coast than it does, say, from NY to Florida.

I had no idea!

was in a record store in LA and there was the first Olivia Tremor Control record on the wall for 80$. i asked if it was special or something and dude told me that's what they go for on ebay?! i hope i still have those things

2nd OTC record goes for even more.
that's the one i like.

I was really surprised to see Mamas and Papas LPs for, like, seven bucks in a record store here in Seattle the other day. Not that they're not great or worth it, but If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is a thrift-shop staple almost as much as Whipped Cream and Other Delights.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270142196831&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017

went to kstarke records in chicago this week, a little store on western ave set up by a vinyl collector. he basically does "graveyard wholesaling"--looking at garage sales, estates, and the like and buys tons of stuff for nothing at all, then turns around and sells it in his store for $5–10 or more (he saves the most valuable stuff for ebay). trouble is he is seemingly not concerned with condition so he'll sell a worn-down copy of some Dionne Warwick LP, whose jacket is split at the seams, for over $6. kind of ridiculous.

i got rid of both OTC records a long time ago :(

part of the problem is that ebay just follows different laws than stores. i don't think he's going to do good business selling a bunch of really beat-up r&b and classic rock (edgar broughton band! yeah!) LPs for nearly $10 in a little storefront on western ave. what goes for a few prize LPs on the interweb won't really follow for an entire store's worth of junk.

that said he has a lot of house/disco/electro/etc. 12"s. probably some stuff that's reasonably hard to find. but again, overpriced.

i have to admit that recently i've taken to picking things up in record stores mostly because i know i can turn around and sell them on the internet for a big profit. i only do it like once or twice a year and it helps to fund all the other crap i buy. i feel a bit guilty about it but....

why would you feel guilty about it?

i do that. it's a good way to finance the next trip to the record store :)

I still haven't better my £60 for a Sinister Ducks single.

Do people still pay much for Heavenly singles on Sarah?

god i just looked at prices for some of my old hardcore 7"s. and they are in a box, in a basement full of bats and mildew.

fck.

oh but all of these musicals records could sell for something. hmm.

i am going to be selling many of the noize cassettes from my teenage years on ebay sometime soon.

i looked up my good condition original vinyl of gang of four's "entertainment!" and it's still going in the $80-$100 range (though not $150 plus like it was before it was reissued), which makes me happy, especially considering i bought it for a quarter at a hippie fair in union, maine, nearly ten years ago.

All my G & VG stuff goes for like $12 lol

But then all my G & VG stuff is like jazz fusion that only beat diggers care about anyway. Oh and a couple NM Beefhearts.

Feedback history for one of late bidders of the Boris LP:

Positive feedback rating Quick payment, pleasure to deal with. Seller:
jayneyf ( 1300 [Feedback score is 1,000 to 4,999] )
03-Jul-07 15:24
King Crimson-Red-UK Vinyl LP-1974 (#230141083805) -- View Item
Positive feedback rating Thank You For Your Purchases & Rapid Payment!!! EXCELLENT E-Bayer!!!!!AAAAA+++++ Seller:
anthony0070_9 ( 1360 [Feedback score is 1,000 to 4,999] )
04-Jun-07 17:41
SUPER Lot Of 5 KING CRIMSON LP's--Exc/NM Cond (#200113302137) -- View Item
Positive feedback rating Excellent. Very quick payment received. A+++++ Seller:
khherts ( 1030 [Feedback score is 1,000 to 4,999] )
21-Apr-07 18:49
Chris De Burgh - The Lady In Red (#320087722699)

"i looked up my good condition original vinyl of gang of four's "entertainment!" and it's still going in the $80-$100 range"

more like $10-$20 range, but you still got a bargain for a quarter!

dangit, over the winter i saw it go for $82. however the one i saw was in better condition than mine. oh well! it's extra cool for me since i later found a label on the inside of the sleeve that said it belonged to the dad of a kid i knew in high school. small world.

went to kstarke records in chicago this week...

I live right around the corner from that place, on Oakley. I used to go there often, but you're right, the condition of his items is capital S Shitty. But, I still have to give him props, because he gave me an incredibly good CDR mix of obscure italo hitz that one of his coworkers made.

there are some crazy expensive grateful dead TMOQs. i am glad being that much of a dork is prohibitively expensive for me right now.

I am curious to see how this one is going to turn out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MOVING-SIDEWALKS-Flash-RARE-LP-ORIGINAL-on-TANTARA_W0QQitemZ130133023094QQihZ003QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

sheesh.
i'm content with a reissue thanks.

Just checked popsike: That's on the low side for that one (at the moment, $530)

http://cgi.ebay.com/MOMENTS-You-Said-RARE-NORTHERN-SOUL-45-On-DEEP_W0QQitemZ110165302807QQihZ001QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

are flexis vinyl?

sarah 13&14, £87 and counting

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sarah-Records-13-14-Flexi-disc-and-2-fanzines-RARE_W0QQitemZ190149418644QQihZ009QQcategoryZ58668QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(i have two! i also recognise the seller's email address)

Blimey, and I thought Sarah prices had gone down!

damn, why did i practically give mine away :(

goodness. time to liquidate.

i think ltm re-releases has taken the edge off the prices for the obvious things but poppyheads 7" went for £70 not long ago. sarapoly was stupid too, so the oddments continue to rise.

yeah i did well when i sold my sarapoly (which i got for free, it's not the sort of thing i would have paid money for)