Shady scams and other silly business ideas to take advantage of earnest new vinyl collectors

gotta be honest, that's a lot better than how some thrift stores treat their LP section.

https://i.imgur.com/fVNbWOZ.jpg

Brutal

this store has trouble with math

"i want 7 records."

"that'll be $56. but if you let us give you a dollar, we'll let you take 4 more records on the house."

"uh--"

"don't ask questions, pal."

You can see some of the other treasures here https://www.yelp.com/biz/records-new-york-new-york

Specialties:

We sell second-hand vinyls.

The fact that they are featuring ubiquitous dollar bin world champions Chuck Mangione and Joan Baez records in the window, and the fact that this store is in NYC, makes me think this is maybe some kind of elaborate art prank.

all too real

"IT'S JUST A PRANK, BRO!"

makes me think the dump won't let them bring in any more albums and they have to get rid of them somehow

Their website has a link for "records we have" which actually takes you to a Discogs page which shows just about all of those records selling for way less than $10 a piece elsewhere.

https://watape.com/

good god

lol

that is straight-up insanity

years ago i recorded a band and we did the tracking on computer and at the end ran it through someone's reel to reel for a mastering pass to get the tape compression and sort of pre-master the song. its kind of a common technique.

ripoff that they only send you a 16 bit CD quality WAV tho

legowelt does this for his own music with cassette. go to 16:05

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGCxBVu1-sE

yeah, people do this. I wonder how often they replace the tape, though.

CD-quality seems scammy, though. Can't imagine people only or mostly do it as a final step. I guess it depends on pricing. Maybe it's fairly cheap and intended for home recordists. I'm sure Jack White has his own steam powered tape machine to use.

i did it with a VHS once. sounded really cool. that's some thick tape.

dear god. the vinyl movie sdtk reissue industrial complex has found a new revenue stream. pic.twitter.com/ZPQNj9WUSA

— Bruce Levenstein (@BruceLevenstein) July 12, 2018

Oh man. That is fantastically tragic.

https://corporate.hallmark.com/news-article/hallmark-introduces-first-ever-vinyl-record-greeting-cards/

It's just a reissue of a 45 with a godawful pun printed on the sleeve.

Brand new vinyl is one of this decade's biggest confidence tricks. pic.twitter.com/KXAPhZjBhQ

— Billy Bell (@Billy_Bell99) September 16, 2018

holy shiiiiiiiit

remember when vinyl was cheap? that was cool.

jeez

my local thrift store is now pricing anything on Deutsche Grammophon for $3.99, it's the end times

my wife comments: "is this his retirement plan or some shit like that?"

(re: McCartney)

But thanks to the economy of scale isn't vinyl much more expensive to produce?

Than it used to be. I mean, obvs labels and stores are also trying to make £££s off the only music people actually pay for anymore.

It is, but small labels still manage to sell LPs for under £10 on much smaller pressings than Paul Mcfuckingcartney, so this is still a massive rip off

I had dinner at Cracker Barrel last night, and in the shop they have a line of "exclusive" picture discs, including the Walk The Line soundtrack.

Holy shit, I'm standing in a Movie Exchange (what CD Warehouse turned into) which carries used vinyl now. The one closer to me has a totally random selection stuff all priced at $3.99 a title, but this "Flagship" location has a bunch of popular titles at the hugest gouging prices I've ever seen.

For example, not one but two used 2003 reissues of Dark Side of The Moon for $69 apiece.

And as a further obscenity, a vintage copy of Songs In The Key Of Life with both records and the EP but no book and there's a full split bottom seam on the back cover could be yours for a cool $100!

I'm about to barf.

This price only available for the next 05:32 minutes!

jfc

Actually, that’s not a terrible price for the 03 DSOTM. It’s pretty widely esteemed by the Hoffman nerds as being the closest you’ll get to an original pressing - and more likely to not be crackly. You can find em a bit cheaper on Discogs but not much - & likely by the time you factor in shipping... but that Key of Life price is donkulous.

Maybe the Stevie is a HOT STAMPER.

it sure ain't the NICE PRICE

so I'm trying VNYL now on a lark, I realize they're legit now. i'm on the one record a month plan, set to #curate.

will need to be restrained if I get Bobby Caldwell record

what have you gotten so far?

Nothin yet. Waiting for my first.

My Spotify is full of 80s power ballads which might put them on the wrong scent

Err, good luck with that! https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/vnyl.org

will need to be restrained if I get Bobby Caldwell record

― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Saturday, July 18, 2020 6:34 PM

what the hell's wrong with bobby caldwell?

not exactly my thing, esp if they look at my playlists and my custom written "tastes"

just joshin. looking forward to your updates on how it goes.

but jeez, that link that mike posted isn't too encouraging, is it? what are they doing?

sounds like they're just really slow. i'm guessing I'll last one delivery on this thing cos I'm impatient as fuck, lol

Be prepared to receive the careful selections your blind grandma might pick out if you asked her to grab an LP for you while she happened to be at Goodwill shopping for nightstand doilies.