Crazy Priced Vinyl On EBAY

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Gee, and I felt stupid for buying that They Might Be Giants debut flexi-disc for $100.

Come to think of it, I still do!

― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Saturday, 18 March 2006 01:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Cool, there's some DI promo 12" in a shop in town amonst a load of hip-hop records, I'm picking that up this afternoon I reckon

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 18 March 2006 10:42 (eighteen years ago) link

You obviously live near one damn cool record store.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Saturday, 18 March 2006 18:21 (eighteen years ago) link

I saw a letter from an ex-member of Rudi, of "Big Time" Good Vibrations fame, reckoning on a 'feature' for his old band, and stating that "I-Spy" had just gone for £1009 on e-bay.

Well, I can't see it.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 20 March 2006 13:16 (eighteen years ago) link

that copy of tigermilk went for 136 pounds. mmm, tempting...

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 20 March 2006 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link

mark grout, try popsike.com, a generally reliable archive of >$50 record buys on eBay.

― meth lab for doug flutie (sanskrit), Monday, 20 March 2006 13:39 (eighteen years ago) link

So, I did. And no rudi there.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 20 March 2006 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link

I reckon it was Record Collectors annual "April Fool" entry.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 3 April 2006 15:05 (eighteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

http://cgi.ebay.com/This-is-a-must-have-for-record-lovers_W0QQitemZ4867500661QQcategoryZ46503QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― r3000, Monday, 24 April 2006 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link

and they're in princeton NJ....just down the street from the Princeton Record Exchange, no doubt.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 24 April 2006 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Ha ha, check the seller's negative feedback item - looks someone hit "Buy It Now" on a similar auction (GBP 1,000,000.00) by mistake.

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link

are those records ACTUALLY worth that much? i mean, shit, who is gonna buy those?

― the unbearable lightness of peeing (orion), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Opera box sets--with very very few exceptions--are absolutely worthless. I mean, I don't think you could get a sincere bid at $9.99 for that lot.

― r3000, Monday, 24 April 2006 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah, that's pretty much my experience. at the store, every few months we box up all the classical that hasn't sold and just give it away.

― the unbearable lightness of peeing (orion), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link

For some reason, quite a few (generally but not exclusively, old) people think classical/opera box sets are wildly valuable--somehow quantity of records and "deluxe" box packaging trumps all.

― r3000, Monday, 24 April 2006 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link

umm, check out some of the earliest items for sale by donnaz424

― pssst - badass revolutionary art! (plsmith), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link

$3,488.37 per record... but they're all MINT!!!

― Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Look at ALL the auctions involving donnaz424... what the hell!

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link

the fake bidding on memory sticks that have pictures of cats on the pages are pretty funny.

it's like he's dying to build up some positive feedback for that ONE BIG OPERA SCORE

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Some of the pictures reveal covers that are EX to VG++ at best, so keep that in mind before bidding. There is also the claim above the description that the records are in fact "NEW".

― R3000, Monday, 24 April 2006 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link

actually it's maybe not a bad idea to hope that some psychotic, rich billionaire ebay addict will throw down for it. you risk nothing and possibly gain everything!

― gear (gear), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Well the seller has incurred some serious Ebay listing fees for those starting bid amounts (several hundred dollars, I would approximate) and in the unlikely event that there are psychotic billionaires trolling Ebay, I would suspect they might be more interested in a Hummer or a fake Faberge egg than a musty pile of Opera box sets.

― r3000, Monday, 24 April 2006 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link

I also like the several purchases of "ATTRACT WOMEN /STRONGEST PHEROMONE HUGE 1oz"

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:47 (eighteen years ago) link

oh, donnazpaws.

― the unbearable lightness of peeing (orion), Monday, 24 April 2006 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link

that opera lp listing makes me sad... woman's mom has alzheimers....

― amateurist0, Monday, 24 April 2006 23:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Wait, so you think we should take that part of the listing at face value?

― r3000, Monday, 24 April 2006 23:58 (eighteen years ago) link

interesting, the opera seller is open to negotiations:

me:
Item: This is a must have for record lovers! (4867500661)
This message was sent while the listing was active.

i might be interested in bidding, but there's no way i'll pay $100 in shipping fees. a lot of ebay sellers try to rip off bidders by overcharging for shipping, you're not one of those people, are you?

donna:
Item: This is a must have for record lovers! (4867500661)
This message was sent while the listing was active.

No, Definatly not. If you you want to bid, I'll cut off the shipping price completly.

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 00:48 (eighteen years ago) link

"I might be interested in bidding on nearly half a million dollars worth of opera records, but there's no way I'll pay $100 in shipping fees."

― Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 13:12 (eighteen years ago) link

hhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MR-151-QOTSA-12-GOLD-VINYL-1-sheet-mans-ruin-RARE_W0QQitemZ4874540586QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

$800 buy it now.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link

if he is lucky to get that silly amount of cash for that qtsa record, he can afford new bed sheets. the one on the pic is just plain awful.

― superbadger (superbadger), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Well i've seen the green vinyl go for over $400. But i cant see anyone paying $800 for something thats a bit rarer. Then again you never know.
I wonder what the reserve is.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 21:36 (eighteen years ago) link

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4656/craig7sy.gif

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Thursday, 4 May 2006 01:53 (seventeen years ago) link

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4869947769&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Meic Stevens "Outlander" original LP - 478.32

― GALKIN (GALKIN), Thursday, 4 May 2006 03:31 (seventeen years ago) link

i initially read the auction title as 'outsider UK prog' and was enthralled by that idea

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Thursday, 4 May 2006 03:35 (seventeen years ago) link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4871997248&ssPageName=ADME:L:DS:UK:8

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 4 May 2006 07:21 (seventeen years ago) link

is that morrissey ep shellac or vinyl? (and it wasn't too crazily priced. i always thought it odd that the second smiths single always went for the prices it did despite being a big chart hit at the time)

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 4 May 2006 07:52 (seventeen years ago) link

1) Vinyl 2) I'm just hoping, alright?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 4 May 2006 07:56 (seventeen years ago) link

(ha, i didn't notice the seller)

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 4 May 2006 08:19 (seventeen years ago) link

blimey, good result.

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 4 May 2006 08:45 (seventeen years ago) link

http://cgi.ebay.com/Expansives-Life-With-You-Disco-Mix-Farina-Rago-Leader_W0QQitemZ4864824582QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― Jacobs (LolVStein), Thursday, 4 May 2006 10:05 (seventeen years ago) link

And I really would like to have that, but 399.99!!!

― Jacobs (LolVStein), Thursday, 4 May 2006 10:07 (seventeen years ago) link

"For some reason, quite a few (generally but not exclusively, old) people think classical/opera box sets are wildly valuable"

they just don't know what to look for:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MOZART-A-PARIS-OUBRADOUS-PATHE-191-197-BOX-7LP_W0QQitemZ4868220127QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 4 May 2006 10:22 (seventeen years ago) link

jesus, so even the regular old black 1st QOTSA vinyl goes for like 100? to the 'bay it goes...

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Thursday, 4 May 2006 22:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Ha - no eccentric billionaire bites for donnaz424's 'must have' opera collection, so she's relisted - and upped the starting bid by another $150,000 ....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4877353148

― Tim Rutherford-Johnson (Rambler), Thursday, 11 May 2006 09:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Here's what else our Donna424 has been up to recently:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=9506976772

''Works on all men or your money back.'' Now you can't say that about the latest Embrace album!!!!

― Kim Tortoise, Thursday, 11 May 2006 09:18 (seventeen years ago) link

...... and quick, ladies. Only 496 available.

― Kim Tortoise, Thursday, 11 May 2006 09:21 (seventeen years ago) link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4876540536
Pristine Christine, £56 and counting. bunch of other early sarahs from the same seller and currently all being won by the same bidder. i make it £144 in total with 2 days to go.

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 11 May 2006 11:41 (seventeen years ago) link

i can't remember what i got for my pristine christine but it was sold to an ilxor

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Thursday, 11 May 2006 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZ666deilQQhtZ-1

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 15 May 2006 03:01 (seventeen years ago) link

VERTIGO SWIRL

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Monday, 15 May 2006 03:07 (seventeen years ago) link

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