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
ended at £333
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Sunday, 21 October 2012 09:57 (eleven years ago) link
I seem to remember reading an article in Record Collector that Now 4 is rarer than the others, for some reason.
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Sunday, 21 October 2012 10:30 (eleven years ago) link
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!"
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 October 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
Now! completists?
Do they display these things behind glass for their guests? What is the motivation?
― Evan, Sunday, 21 October 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― kraudive, Sunday, 21 October 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
Popsike is only about vinyl, but by my reckoning that Saint Etienne Now 4 is probably 'worth more' than the "Now 4" comp...
― Mark G, Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
$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
― Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
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
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 09:17 (eleven years ago) link
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...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 09:34 (eleven years ago) link
IME "Good" = most of the sleeve is basically present, if not all in one piece. Ripped a bit + marker pen is VG-
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 09:37 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, in terms of the vinyl itself, Good basically means "do not buy this record".
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 09:38 (eleven years ago) link
I remember a book dealer once glumly saying to me "'good' is not very good". :(
― Tim, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 09:39 (eleven years ago) link
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...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 09:55 (eleven years ago) link
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...)
― Mark G, Friday, 30 November 2012 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
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
― scott seward, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality, ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES rare originals!!!
Uhh, have a look at the box dude, a Trident studios 1/4" copy made in 1980 ain't the ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Sabbath-Master-of-Reality-ORIGINAL-MASTER-TAPES-rare-originals-/230893489136?pt=UK_Music_Other_Music_Formats_ET&hash=item35c2530bf0
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 00:44 (eleven years ago) link
"original master" is even unchecked on the box :|
― sufferin' sockattacks (electricsound), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
Shel Talmy put the multitrack masters of My Generation on Ebay back in 2001 in order to get the Who camp moving on a proper remix/remaster/reissue. Wonder if this is some sort of similar gambit by the producer/engineer (but yeah, obviously using nth generation tapes...)
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 13:08 (eleven years ago) link
Looking at the box it's just a 1/4 inch tape.. which means it's not multitrack masters...
From the box info it looks like a simple copy of the master tape made either for listening to, or maybe for making a re-issue pressing.
Either way, if it's on Ampex tape as the box says, then it's highly likely the tape is screwed anyway as most Ampex tape stock from that period suffers badly from sticky shed making the tape almost unplayable....
― Talcum Mucker, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
Sticky shed?
(I know..)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 09:46 (eleven years ago) link
Not vinyl, but still crazy.http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPIRITUALIZED-LADIES-GENTLEMEN-12-x-CD3-BOXSET-Original-1st-PRESS-/350684749952?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item51a670a080
― van smack, Saturday, 5 January 2013 02:52 (eleven years ago) link
Love that "Damien Hirst inspired design" in the description. No, it's "inspired" by any regular pack of prescription tablets.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Saturday, 5 January 2013 06:53 (eleven years ago) link