chava
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That's why I never dared starting selling. Those fussy collector types... no way am I going there.selling must be annoying. dealing with people whingeing about whether something is VG or G+
record sale[s] on discogs
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Woebot
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mine? yes.
and if any thieves are reading it's kept in a special strong room with bars on the window and a double-locked reinforced door.
and we're wired to scotland yard etc. 😤
Woebot
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honestly robbers aren't interested. they want electrical goods.
subvert47
I don't fight, I run away
selling must be annoying. dealing with people whingeing about whether something is VG or G+
Not really. Anyone who buys at VG or G+ doesn't give a shit about quality. Both grades are equivalent to "sounds like crap".
yyaldrin
in je ogen waait de wind
can i hear this song somewhere?
Record by near-unknown producer sells for $41,000 to become most expensive on Discogs
Producer Scaramanga Silk, who earns nothing from sale to anonymous bidder, is baffled: ‘I do not believe that any record is worthy of such a valuation’www.theguardian.com
IdleRich
IdleRich
Yeah vgplus is minimum for playing to listen to properly isn't it?
IdleRich
IdleRich
Leo
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I'm interested to know what type of shipping insurance is put on a $41k record purchase. I wouldn't trust the US Postal Service to deliver it, even FedEx and UPS are a risk. Hell, if you've made $41k on the sale of a record, buy a plane ticket and hand-delver it yourself.
Regularly add cheap records to your wantlist, keep an eye on the sellers who usually stock the genres of the records in question, then when over five of them (or whatever number brings the postage per record down to an acceptable level) appear for sale at once from a single buyer, click buy.
john eden
male pale and stale
It is an incredible resource.
I've added a few releases over the years (mainly ragga sevens which were generally under represented I think). But mainly most things are on there, it's true. Occasionally there will be a precise variant of a release I have which isn't on there but I am not too fussed about that.
Tweaking discogs entries can be quite therapeutic when you are playing a few tunes although it is very nerdy of course.
@IdleRich My records aren't insured except under the general contents insurance. To be honest if the flat burnt down I don't think I'd bother starting up a record collection again.
john eden
male pale and stale
Yeah I just got a dancehall CD for £2 on ebay with free postage.
I'm sure that obscures awful pay and conditions for the workers let alone the environment but you can get stuff like that for peanuts still.
IdleRich
IdleRich
There is a definite question of priorities there.... but just as an academic exercise or whatever, I know people who've tried to insure their records and it's very difficult to get a proper valuation and so on. I guess really they would need to check which issue of every thing and its condition and so on. And seeing as no two people agree on the value of any record gonna be a nightmare.
I suppose it depends who is selling. I got a tenner's worth of 50p singles from one guy a few weeks ago who was clearly just an adult having a clear-out, but yeah you do wonder about these businesses that exist on these sites alone.
chava
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According to discogs my collection of 25 years is worth more or less exactly what I gave for them (judging by median price). I guess that's an ok investment. Especially considering my bad habit of selling lots of records by iconic house and techno producers from the 80-90s and obv those records are fetching crazy amounts now esp compared to all the kitchy, "off" records I kept which you can get for 1 euro now.