Ebay, Light Of My Life, Fire Of My Loins, My Sin, My Soul

The thread for all things ebay. Crazy auctions, tips, bitching, moaning, LOLZ galore. Let's face it, whether you have a computer or not, Ebay changed the world forever for record buyers and collectors. If you were a shop owner you couldn't just throw that goofy looking 60's rock record in the bargain bin like you used to. Not if you had any brains. You had to look all that shit up. Ebay singlehandedly tipped the scales and changed the landscape and leveled the playing field. It is a thing of wonder and it is the devil.

As of this moment: dudes, It's still a buyers market. Stuff that used to sell for a hundred bucks five years ago is as common as dirt. You can get GREAT records for a song if you know what to look for. Heck, I bought a clean copy of the watts 103rd street ryhthm band debut (the one from 67. the hot heat one with the crazy cover) for six bucks last night. okay, fine, ten bucks with postage, but still...

ebay is a great time killer anyway.

you can say that again.

sometimes i remember that there are things OTHER THAN RECORDS on ebay, so i spend like three hours looking at lots of shitty sci-fi paperbacks.

wow:

http://cgi.ebay.com/78-RPM-RECORD-CHARLIE-CHRISTIAN-ACETATE-COLLECTION-1939_W0QQitemZ300329777203QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item45ed0cb833&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

LOVE the level of detail in that description.

just bought a synth offa ebay from a guy in japan!!

is the shipping a killer?

not so much - partly because it's just a module with no keys. synth $540, shipping about $60. still a good bit cheaper than a local unit.

i have never looked for a record on ebay, i only joined last week! god this might get expen$$$ive.

ebay is a serious addiction.
you just want to bid on all this stuff! cuz it's a game--you can literally win! so you want to keep winning. i binge, then feel guilty and don't buy anything for months. then i blow a hundred bucks in a week and a half .

I love ebay. for one thing, just for discovering new shit. I've made so many great finds through the 'view seller's other items'.

I came for punk and left with Bollywood.

And not even necessarily rare or difficult or underground stuff or whatever. just the millions of 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s pop records that maybe appeared in the ass end of the chart for a week or so and disappeared, which send you off to google and youtube. ebay + youtube makes for a great tagteam. that's when I thank these dudes posting voyeuristic videos of themselves dropping the needle onto a crackly 7".

wow, remember when i was rambling on at the top of this thread about ebay being a buyers market? this used to be a 50+ dollar record:

http://cgi.ebay.com/JIMMY-CASTOR-1967-SOUL-FUNK-GEM-LP-HEY-LEROY-WLP-NM_W0QQitemZ260444002895QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item3ca3ac1a4f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A13%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

how long has this board been around? I must have missed the memo. never noticed it until now.

I haven't bought anything on ebay in ages but I just did a buy it now on a Canadian pressing of Pierre Henry "Le Messe Temps Present .. " (the one with Psyche Rock) for $9.99. Might not be strictly "original" original but I don't think it's a recent pressing. Before that I was watching another copy of the same LP that a guy had offered for set sale at $40, didn't get a buyer, put it on ebay and it only went for $21.50 (I was at $21 and got sniped). I thought that was a $50 record too ... and the guy doing the sale is a "name" crate digger guy with a big email list, his stuff used to always get bid up like crazy. So yeah I'd say prices are down.

just a few days, dave, no worries!

what about gemm.com?

I've found a couple of deals there. When I buy from there though it's usually a last resort for something i've been super keen on getting (eg Terminals' Touch)

Gemm's a bit hit or miss for me. I've found some things on there that I sought after for a long time. Downside though is that half of the listings there is ridiculously overpriced, and some sellers for some reason just cannot be contacted.

so how do people deal with eBay's ridiculous new shipping cost limits? I just listed some box sets and it won't let me charge more than $3 for US shipping, for like six albums in a super heavy box. Is there some way to make exceptions or do I just have to say "email me for the real shipping cost" in every description?

I swear, it's enough to make me switch over to Discogs completely.

in your description you can tell people what the real shipping price is.

ah good. now I need to weigh these things.

okay, ian, THIS reissue is out of print, i think, and it was 30+ when it was new:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Notaro-Marconi-SATWA-related-Brazilian-psych_W0QQitemZ120449259500QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item1c0b55d7ec&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A13%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C293%3A2%7C294%3A50

shrug,

someone buy this:
old time mountain blues

Jeff Nelson selling OG Dischord test pressings: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350232380889

Assuming this will comfortably hit four figures?

is there an etiquette to selling your own test-presses? it seems a little gauche?

it smells a little desperate, maybe? unless you are the revelation dude and you have a stray test press of chung king lying around. that would be understandable.

i think i only know one person on the chung king list. malcom tent. ex-bunny brain and owner of trash american style. i thought my pal robby redcheeks from philly had one, but maybe he sold his.

http://www.revelationrecords.com/pressing/where/

wow a new record-story, cool

a thousand bucks if you have this lying around

http://991.com/newGallery/Michael-Jackson-Smile---EX-394825.jpg

somebody buy this and tell me how it is:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p284.m183&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget&item=380131432843&refitem=380142458063&usedrule1=CrossSell_LogicX&viewitem=&_trkparms=algo%3DCRX%26its%3DS%252BI%26itu%3DSI%252BUCI%26otn%3D2&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&sspagename=MERC_VIC_RCRX_Pr2_PcY_BIN_IT&itemcount=2&salenotsupported

i just got don cherry's ORGANIC MUSIC 2LP in the mail from ebay, and it was not as described. pops all over the first record, graded as NM- on each side. normally, im not this particular, but i paid enough for it that im not tryna settle here. the dude's feedback profile is peppered with shitfits and ridic (but kind of just LOL) feedback-comebacks.

any experience with this dude?

it hurt to send it back a little, but ill get a nice copy or a cheaper copy sometime.

i have never seen a copy of this album:

http://cgi.ebay.com/HMS-DONOVAN-Rare-Orig-UK-71-Dawn-N-M-LPs-MINT-POSTER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem2ea6e90457QQitemZ200368784471QQptZUKQ5fRecordsQQsalenotsupported

almost 700 bucks for a copy with the poster. another copy just sold without the poster for 75 bucks. not a first pressing, but i think i know which one i would rather buy. (though the poster is friggin' insane and awesome)

plus, guy who sold the 700 dollar one. wordiest motherfucker on ebay or what? jesus, dude wrote a book to sell that thing.

wow, look at that poster.

dude just sold piper at the gates of dawn for over 2k!

hoo-haa

there goes the neighborhood!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320408002078&ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT#ht_500wt_1182

i got this in my new favorite weird non record store thrift wicker basket and old textbook shop

cool! did you tape it before you sold it?

meanwhile, i would have bought that Wool album!!!

i can tell without even looking that there is djukic talk on this thread

***one of the nicest copies we have seen lately***

i havent sent it out but im gonna tape it ot cd r it or rip it or whatevr u do to them
its exteremelkey fukked up
sorry about Wool
i have 10 billion more

speaking of ebay
i have had a Lox diss track by pee diddyy on badboy called fu-k ya'll n--gers produced by kanye west w lyrixx by shyne
i cant find an extant copy on th net for comparison anyplace
all aprocrophye sezz its unreleased
so maybe it was a dj only thingy?
y wood noone ever have even one copy of it?
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
hen tooth?

lol djukic--he's actually a nice guy imo but totally insane in the ebay world.

TEFTELLER!

http://tefteller.com/images/john_t_78.JPG

hi DERe i will helicopter 2 yer house for negro rekkerds!

http://charleypatton.com/images/nav_and_products_images/tefteller_record_warehouse.jpg

i just sold some records on ebay and i tell you, some of these record guys are really "specific"

I KINDLY ask you to mark the customs receipt as GIFT and the value as $10. In these last months, the Italian customs use to apply heavy duties to parcels coming from outside UE, starting with middle values declared.

I also have to ask you to ship the record in a cardboard BOX or in a STURDY record mailer, adding TWO inner stiffeners. It's the ONLY way to receive the cover NOT damaged in all corners. Please do NOT use those thin cardboard envelopes, that are EASILY flexible.

WOW, that GUY sure is DEMANDING as HELL :)

There's only one thing I always ask when I buy something on eBay: take the records in their inner sleeves out of the outer sleeve, and put them between the gatefold sleeve (if it's a gatefold obv.). Had too many records coming in with busted outer sleeves because the record 'pressed' through them, because of shaking during transport I suppose.

i was shocked when i first received a request to change the value for customs. i just wrote some "receipt" that was like GIFT GIFT $5 for some $25 record

i always write gift/record/$5 on post office customs slips.

a lot of people who sell records won't even sell to italy anymore. not cuzza obnoxious e-mails, but because of too many people saying they didn't get their records. supposedly their postal system is kinda fucked. i've never had a problem. i sell things to italy all the time. i did have one guy send me an e-mail like that though.

yeah, i don't fuck w/ Italy anymore. garbage. shady Post or shady ppl, whatever, not gonna bother

regardless, tho, I certainly don't think that omar's buyer's requests are unreasonable. You SHOULD use cardboard with, uh, "stiffeners" all the time, *especially* if shipping overseas. that's just being a bro.

yeah it was more like, "dude i'm not an idiot, don't cap size me"

You're not an idiot but plenty of people are. One guy sent me an album in a single piece of corrugated cardboard that he'd split in two.

i just got don cherry's ORGANIC MUSIC 2LP in the mail from ebay, and it was not as described. pops all over the first record, graded as NM- on each side. normally, im not this particular, but i paid enough for it that im not tryna settle here. the dude's feedback profile is peppered with shitfits and ridic (but kind of just LOL) feedback-comebacks.

any experience with this dude?

― 69, Monday, August 10, 2009 9:55 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

it hurt to send it back a little, but ill get a nice copy or a cheaper copy sometime.

― 69, Monday, August 10, 2009 10:18 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

okay so i kind of fucked up and sent this return via media mail without delivery-conf. it's been 15 days, and the dude hasnt received/refunded it yet. im a little skeptical about whether he will admit it when he has, cause his MO seems pretty shady. what should i do, besides chill out, and quit being so suspicious? consider it a $100 lesson in delivery confirmation? is there something i can do through ebay or paypal?

check the gys rokk recokrd

LOL i do have fun oh yes i do:

Q: So this has no scratches or scuffs or any extra noise that will cause disturbance on playback? How's the base surface noise? Thanks.
A: Very little surface noise. And no "base" surface noise. This copy sounds great! it's a very clean copy.

Q: So can you clarify: NO SCRATCHES or surface scuffs that are audible during playback? I just bought a vinyl that was "VG++" and just had to return because it had obvious scratches that "ticked" on every revolution. Just want to make sure that's not the case here. Thanks.
A: Hmmm, well, you are certainly not the only person who has ever bought a bum record on ebay. I've bought my share. And I only buy records from people with 100% positive feedback ratings. But I'm not sure how much more I can reassure you about this record without you actually holding it in your hands. A lot of ebay is trust. I feel like I've described this album accurately. I've been selling records on ebay since 1999 - first as skotrok and then later i switched to my wife's account since she was all hooked up with paypal and because she gets all my money anyway - and i have never had anyone return a record. A LOT of sellers on ebay would be selling this record as near mint. Because it's really clean. But I'm fussy and I actually don't BELIEVE in near mint or mint. There is always some flaw. Even if something hasn't been played or is sealed. Or maybe I'm just crazy. I would actually advise you NOT to bid on this record. If you have any reservations about a description or a seller you should wait until another better description or seller comes along. Maybe someone will be selling a sealed copy next week! I'd hang in there and wait for the perfect copy.

hahaha

you should send another reply like oh wait geez except sealed originals are sometimes warped. stick with yer ipod.

NERRRRDSS

can anyone summarize or comment on these new sellers policies? seem reasonable to me at first glance but I would be interested in fine print interpretations.

http://pages.ebay.com/sell/July2009Update/Details/index.html#1-5

whoa I never looked at my seller dashboard before

OMG SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! also: HOW MANY GODDAMN PICTURES OF ONE FUCKING ALBUM DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE??????????????????????????

http://cgi.ebay.com/LED-ZEPPELIN-IV-1st-UK-PRESS-PLUM-RED-ArChIvE-CoPy-MiNt_W0QQitemZ260480537381QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Records?hash=item3ca5d99325&_trksid=p4999.c0.m14

46 PICTURES IS APPARENTLY HOW MANY YOU NEED TO TAKE OF ONE FUCKING ALBUM!!!

okay, 45 + one picture of historic ticket stub.

I DEMAND 15 MORE PICTURES OF THE TICKET STUB!

btw you know what i hate is when i take the time to describe an album's condition and i get 10 questions along the lines of, "can you tell me what condition the album is in?"

MISS SPELT

gotta say that zeppelin album is in pretty good shape though!

lol timecube?

46 PiCtUrEs Is ApPaReNtLy HoW MaNy YoU NeEd To TaKe Of OnE FuCkInG AlBuM!!!

― scott seward, Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:15 PM (1 hour ago)
i fixed that for you.

the plum/red atlantic label was a pretty good looking label tbh.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1464/986042165li.gifhttp://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1464/986042165li.gifhttp://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1464/986042165li.gif

sept 30:

"have never received this item. I am very disappointed and cross. But before leaving a negative feedback, I would want to know why you have not sent me the object. if it doesn't arrive to me I must ask the reimbursement."

oct 1:

"It's all ok! Today I have received the item, and it's perfect.
Sorry for the last message. Now I leave for you a positive feedback. Thanks a lot!!!!"

"if it doesn't arrive to me I must ask the reimbursement!"

http://dsmedia.ign.com/ds/image/article/614/614237/new-super-mario-bros-20050515005341289.jpg

so how long do you wait until you start to get a little pissed about not being paid for an item? someone won a couple of records from me on saturday, sent me a question the next morning which was basically, "will you be putting any more records up for sale?" and i said most likely and sent him a list. no reply, no payment yet, and i sent him a followup noting that if he was waiting for me to put more records up, i would still have to send them separately. getting a little antsy over here.

people are annoying. i used to have people win stuff and then they would tell me that they wanted to bid on other auctions of mine that still had, like, four days to go before they were over. it makes me antsy too.

this one guy recently gets my award for ballsiness though. he wouldn't pay. i'd e-mail him. he'd tell me that he needed more time. i e-mailed him again. nothing. THEN i look on his feedback and he has won and PAID for records that he won AFTER my record!!!!!!!!

yeah it makes me antsier still because i had all these auctions end around the same time and everyone else paid within half an hour

Omar--when did you send the email guy saying you'd have to send a separate shipment? at least give him a day or two after that before sending another email. ppl like to combine shipping, especially if they're overseas. If he doesn't get back to you within a few days maybe you should just tell him you're probably not going to be putting up for records for x period of time (three weeks, a month?) and would prefer payment now or you'll offer to item to the next-highest bidder.

Did you put anything in the listng to the effect of "items must be paid within x business days or they will be relisted"? that's not really a bad idea--even if it comes across as being an anal weirdo, it's good to have it there for reference in later email discussions with buyers.

WANT!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-108-Rare-French-1960s-70s-45-Records-Best-Lot_W0QQitemZ290355124116QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item439a839794&_trksid=p4999.c0.m14

alas, don't have 400 bucks to blow on random grooviness.

shit like this is so thrilling: http://www.collectorsfrenzy.com/Details.aspx?id=370266983567

holy toledo. if any of you are friends with this guy and you go out for beers with him, make sure that he pays the tab:

http://completed.shop.ebay.com/nautiluso/m.html?V4SOI&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_ipg=&_sop=16&_pgn=1&_trkparms=65%3A16%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1&LH_Complete=1&_sc=1&guest=1

whoah, that is one hell of a Blue Note collection

wow. serious business.

i stopped counting when i got to a hundred grand. must be more like two hundred grand for all that stuff.

Fuck what is up with people registering, have zero feedback, bidding on my shit and then never paying. Had 4 no-pays in the span of one week. Shite.

the most disgusting savages!

:0)

Fuck eBay UK for for forcing free shipping on all records.

that fuckin guy i mentioned upthread eventually paid me but it took him several more days. i took my time mailing it out after he did.

wtf patrick? including box sets & international orders and the like? that's retarded.

lol @ that zeppelin description upthread, fuckin inner sleeve has mad ringwear that the guy who wrote 30,000 words about the great condition of the album didn't see fit to mention

wtf patrick? including box sets & international orders and the like? that's retarded.

― ian, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 23:42 (Yesterday) Bookmark

I can still charge international postage but this has stopped me listing things for a no-fee 99p and then it doesn't matter if they don't sell since basic postage in the UK is now part of the price. Now it'll cost me for everything I list even if it goes nowhere.

It also means that eBay are getting a bigger slice of final seller fees as postage is included in them now.

It's the same deal for CD's and DVD's now too. There's no point in offering postage discounts for multiple items any more because, well, you can't charge postage anyway! Which means less sales, and less advantage for the buyer too as you have to be paying full postage on everything as sellers have to include the p+p in their listing fees. Hopefully ebay will invest the extra profit into their customer service HAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

And they said Capitalism would save us all!

someone should buy this record probably.
"forest ranger" is an amazing song.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Marlin-Greene-Tiptoe-Past-The-Dragon-SIS-Elektra-LP_W0QQitemZ200401236027QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item2ea8d8303b

i have that album. okay ian you are freaking me out. i put forest ranger on the same mix with that eggs over easy song that i was gonna post on the west coast thread. i should just send you the tape i made. you already like two songs on it a bunch.

i'm gonna grow up and marry a woman named maria and have two lovely boys, on an island somewhere in the atlantic...

yikes!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Rare-Northern-Soul-J-D-Bryant-Shrine-Records_W0QQitemZ290373261649QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item439b985951

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1sjr8EX1gQ

that's not even good

also, what are you going to do w/a 10,000$ record? how can you make your money back off it unless you resell it?

play it? boot it? i would doubt it was bought to flip

Does anyone know how much the Italian Post service charges for approx 1 LP? There is a seller in Italy wanting 20 Euros to Canada (which is like $35 CDN). Isn't that ridiculously high? Somehow he has 100% feedback.

In my experience, LPs coming from France/Germany/Belgium, the postage paid is about 7-8 Euro for 1 LP.

isn't the italian post notorious for losing packages? i feel like i've seen a lot of sellers who refuse to ship there.

Yeah, there is that, too. I've sent to Italy with no problems, but many packages seem to "disappear" or take months to arrive.

Damn...do I really want to pay $20 Euro in shipping? :/

no, that is excessive.

hey remember that guy selling all those blue note records? el scamola:

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=nautiluso&ftab=AllFeedback

records never arrived. No help from seller. Ebay refunded my money. Buyer: collossus3 ( 81) Dec-01-09 12:56
ODEON - HENRYK SZERYNG - Bach Violin Sonatas 3Lp 1st Nm (#300353972185) US $2,556.00 View Item
record never came. No help from seller. Ebay refunded my money. Buyer: collossus3 ( 81) Dec-01-09 12:54
SAX 2473-4 Mahler Symphony No 2 KLEMPERER 2Lp 1st Mint (#300353970124) US $834.56 View Item
Buyers be aware! 10/10 jazz auction was a mere fake; you'll never get your recs! Buyer: rassanzan ( 125) Nov-29-09 01:48
ATLANTIC 1311 - JOHN COLTRANE - Gaint Steps - 1st Mint (#300353638134) US $2,024.99 View Item
Never received the record. No communication from seller. Claim filed with Paypal Buyer: elmatauk ( 662) Nov-28-09 19:39
BLUE NOTE 4032 - SONNY RED - Out of the Blue - 1st Nm (#300353659850) US $998.00 View Item
Never received the record. No communication from seller. Claim filed with Paypal Buyer: elmatauk ( 662) Nov-28-09 19:39
BLUE NOTE 4023 - DIZZY REECE Star Bright orig USA Mint (#300353657979) US $906.00 View Item
Never received the record. No communication from seller. Claim filed with Paypal Buyer: elmatauk ( 662) Nov-28-09 19:38
AD LIB 6601 - JACKIE McLEAN - New Tradition - 1st - Nm (#300353637081) US $4,036.00 View Item
Never received the record .No communication from seller. Claim filed with Paypal Buyer: elmatauk ( 662) Nov-28-09 19:37
FONTANA - ERIC DOLPHY - Last Date - 1st - Mint (#300353635124) US $1,009.99 View Item
Never received the record .No communication from seller. Claim filed with Paypal Buyer: elmatauk ( 662) Nov-28-09 19:37
PRESTIGE 7029 - SONNY ROLLINS - 1st - Mint (#300353633891) US $878.00 View Item
Never received the record bought mid-October. Have filed claim with Paypal Buyer: elmatauk ( 662) Nov-28-09 19:35
PRESTIGE 7048 - JACKIE McLEAN - 4,5 and 6 - 1st - Nm (#300353632253) US $996.00 View Item
Never received the record. Have filed claim with Paypal Buyer: elmatauk ( 662) Nov-28-09 19:34
PRESTIGE 7075 THELONIOUS MONK & SONNY ROLLINS 1st Nm (#300353630310) US $796.00 View Item
Never received the record bought mid-October. Have filed claim with Paypal Buyer: elmatauk ( 662) Nov-28-09 19:33
PRESTIGE 7085 - ART FARMER - Met Gryce - 1st - Nm (#300353629214) US $471.60 View Item
Never received the record. Have filed claim with Paypal Buyer: elmatauk ( 662) Nov-28-09 19:30
PRESTIGE 7061 - HANK MOBLEY - Message - 1st - Nm (#300353631630) US $996.00 View Item
Never received the item, filed claim with Ebay and Paypal... Buyer: 8815serge ( 878) Nov-28-09 14:07
BLUE NOTE 4040 - FREDDIE HUBBARD - Open Sesame 1st Nm (#300353664030) US $1,904.99 View Item
Never received the item, filed claim with Ebay and Paypal... Buyer: 8815serge ( 878) Nov-28-09 14:07
BLUE NOTE 4018 - WALTER DAVIS - Davis Cup - 1st - Nm (#300353657096) US $2,242.00 View Item
Never received the item, filed claim with Ebay and Paypal... Buyer: 8815serge ( 878) Nov-28-09 14:06
BLUE NOTE 1561 - SABU MARTINEZ - Palo Congo - 1st - Nm (#300353647648) US $1,068.00 View Item
Never received the item, filed claim with Ebay and Paypal... Buyer: 8815serge ( 878) Nov-28-09 14:06
BLUE NOTE 4045 - FREDDIE REDD - Shades of Redd 1st Nm (#300353665617) US $1,146.00 View Item
Never received the item, filed claim with Ebay and Paypal... Buyer: 8815serge ( 878) Nov-28-09 14:05
BLUE NOTE 1524 - KENNY DORHAM - Cafe Bohemia - 1st Nm (#300353639058) US $1,324.00 View Item
Never received the item, filed claim with Ebay and Paypal... Buyer: 8815serge ( 878) Nov-28-09 14:04
PRESTIGE 7021 - ELMO HOPE TRIO - Meditations - 1st Mint (#300353634315) US $414.99 View Item
Never received the item, filed claim with Ebay and Paypal... Buyer: 8815serge ( 878) Nov-28-09 14:03
PRESTIGE 7068 - JACKIE MCLEAN - Jackie's Pal - 1st Mint (#300353630681) US $896.00 View Item
Never received the item, filed claim with Ebay and Paypal... Buyer: 8815serge ( 878) Nov-28-09 14:03
PRESTIGE 7134 - TOMMY FLANAGAN - Over Seas - 1st - Nm (#300353624393) US $2,247.00 View Item
Never received the item, filed claim with Ebay and Paypal... Buyer: 8815serge ( 878) Nov-28-09 14:02
RIVERSIDE RLP 399 - BILL EVANS - Waltz for Debby 1st Nm (#300353620947) US $1,500.00 View Item
Records never delivered. There is not a response at all either. Buyer: sakyskm (private) Nov-28-09 09:12
CONTEMPORARY 3530 SONNY ROLLINS Way out West 1st Mint (#300353636480) US $281.99 View Item
Records never delivered. There is not a response at all either. Buyer: sakyskm (private) Nov-28-09 09:12
PRESTIGE 7114 - JACKIE MCLEAN - Alto Madness - 1st Mint (#300353626166) US $646.00 View Item
The contents are 100% different Useless trash Search with Q123Q word. Buyer: ohs525 ( 413) Nov-27-09 01:08
ALDO PARISOT plays complete BACH Cello Sonatas 3LP Mint (#300353974668) US $928.00 View Item
The contents are 100% different Useless trash Search with Q123Q word. Buyer: ohs525 ( 413) Nov-27-09 00:12
ARMIDA - NYFFENEGGER - Bach Cello Sonatas 3Lp 1st Mint (#300353961185) US $860.00 View Item

At least they all seem to be getting their money back...Ouch.

that's not everything either. my brother said it added up to $120,000. can't find anything online about it though. ebay paid everyone.

jeeeessus.

what makes a man start lying?

the desire to live like a king in estonia for the rest of his days.

yikes:

http://cgi.ebay.com/INDEX-GARAGE-PSYCH-HOLY-GRAIL-ORIGINAL-LP-PRIVATE_W0QQitemZ110477805835QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item19b8fd890b

and there are FIVE days left on the auction. ay yi yi.

i got the (very very nice) reissue of that the other day for 1% of that price

i think this will work - i've been having fun watching the deep pockets and highest auctions with this view:
http://tinyurl.com/yzssvxn

it's cool that the Sort persists if you drill down through genres and sub-categories.

top atm: original pre-Residents Santa Dog 7" at $1200, 2 days left...

that's cool! i wouldn't have thought to do it like that.

weirdness: last summer i sent a record to england and it was the one and only time i ever made the mistake of sending something out before i got paid for it. either i forgot or it was one of those deals where it said *payment pending* from paypal instead of *payment sent*. i don't remember. but i felt like an idiot. and i e-mailed this person more than once saying HELLO i sent your record even though you didn't pay me. can you PAY me??? after a while, i gave up. last week my box and record got returned to me. undeliverable. from last summer! guy must have died or something. glad i didn't harrass his ghost too much. would have been like a bad version of a raymond carver story.

i've had similar situations where records reappear after countless months in the ether. no paranormal activity involved though.

this guy...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Record-Rama-Sound-Archives_W0QQitemZ200433186008QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item2eaabfb4d8

haha, hey dude lemme show you the world's biggest collection of recorded music

http://www.cmu.edu/stores/computer/images/macbook

http://www.cmu.edu/stores/computer/images/macbook.png

Ebay has been underwhelming lately. A lot of the fun people who aren't trying to make a serious buck don't seem to be around as much.

i really want this album. but not a thousand dollar copy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SEARCH-PARTY-Montgomery-Chapel-OG-Psych-Grail-RARE-mp3_W0QQitemZ230427487750QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item35a68c6e06

ebay UK have replaced the free shipping rule on records with a £4 maximum.
http://sellerupdate.ebay.co.uk/april2010/free-shipping-replacement.html

Well, thank god for that.

It didn't even happen: sellers would just put the postage charge in the main body, and add it onto the invoice on auction closure anyway.

Unless you were super-swift and paid before the invoice....

Hang on, that link says April 2010...

.. oh, it's from Feb 8th, so OK.

Accessories/ Storage - £4.00
Cassettes - £1.00
CDs - £1.00
Music Memorabilia - £4.00
Other Music Formats - £4.00
Records - £4.00

Q: Ciao! I am very interested to buy this cd, but I can't understand why I must add 11 dollars (I live in Italy) for a registration (for what?): Can you help me? Thank you very much, Luca

A: get a clue

http://www.google.com/intl/en/#hl=en&source=hp&q=ebay+italy+problems&aq=4&aqi=g8&oq=ebay+italy+&fp=926d6ecff0e0c4ee

ok dudes im about to lock in bids for three robbie bashos (zarthus, sings, and song of the eagle) in nice condition (all LPs in NM- or better, one jacket E, the other jackets NM). is $50ish each a ridiculous thing to do? i really wanna get them, and these are in sweet condition, and i could save on shipping!

well here i go

voice of the eagle & zarthus should sell for well below $50...

i misread 1 day as 1 hour so we'll see...

" after a while, i gave up. last week my box and record got returned to me. undeliverable. from last summer! "

yeah, i once sent something to portugal. the person didn't get it and got real mad. i had to reimburse her. then six months later the box, kind of beat up and worse for wear with a bunch of furren stamps on it, comes back to me.

oh, the adventures it must have had.

I am expecting a package like that from Australia some day, fortunately the person withdrew their Paypal dispute after I proved that it had in fact entered the US Postal system.

pretty good deal

Sorry for the make payment delay. Please read carefully. Please ship LP out to me with Super Safe Packaging (Over Sized Box is good)+ a few Fragile Marks on it. Because USPS has broken 7 items and corners crush 18 items sent by 100% sellers as too tight packaged last 11 month by USPS Priority or Media mail. They've broken more 3 packages at last and this month again. But it package had not Fragile marks and too tight packaged. I am afraid of it again. Thanks.

he's got a point about the too tight packaged

stormy knows from tight packages amirite?

anyway:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250585010361&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_2396wt_909

MOR THIAM Dini Safarrar LP private afro funk jazz RARE
Current bid: US $900.00

not a record but this nintendo game just sold for 41k.
http://cgi.ebay.com/FACTORY-SEALED-NEW-NES-NINTENDO-STADIUM-EVENTS-NTSC_W0QQitemZ140384097750QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Vintage_Video_Games?hash=item20af8b55d6

O_O

Side 1's run-in grooves are silent and ultra smooth without any crackles or clicks and any low level static is not audible before
the massive impact of power and audio sharpness of the UK mono mix, is heard on the intro for the opening track "Drive My Car".
Paul's superb bass guitar lines are very prominent, the percussion was a major part of this track, sounding amazingly crisp and in
the 'real to life' authenticity analogue sound really delivers. It amuses to think this staggering in-built volume could be in anyway
thought to be less than another pressing. I am afraid financial gain by claiming UK Beatles labels, covers and the one I find the
most apalling of all, the sound itself, will long continue to be used to entice collectors. I know my records will perform exactly
as it 'says on the tin,' because I am not influenced or swayed by stamped digits, when I find I have bought a record with inferior
or substandard sound reproduction, unless a major rarity, which few Beatles LP's are, I am fully prepared to accept it can never
be re-sold, regardless of the visual appearance. The superb vocals ring out in perfectly defined audio, with the piano played by
Paul pushed way up in the mix. This is indeed George Martin's mono mix being heard and enjoyed in all it's glory, this incredible
opening track has a very strong r&b rhythm, the "beep beep" backing vocals are stunningly clear, a wonderful pressing like this
is not about volume alone, it places listeners in No.2 Studio, Abbey Road in 1965. In close up detail you can hear every single
individual part of this song, or you can just let a colossal impact submerge you in the audio magic of The Beatles, I enjoy a bit of
both! The ending fades into a totally silent gap, no crackles or static,I always include any natural static but there's nothing and
I am straining my ears to check because this is one of those deeply tracks starting. Miraculously it means John's single acoustic
guitar intro to his beautiful "Norwegian Wood", is heard in superbly clean and clear sound. There simply is no actual static or
surface/needle sound, George Harrison's sitar is in pristine audio and John Lennon's incredible vocal has a real cutting edge to
it, add the powerful mono mix into the equation and this wondeful melody is just staggering to hear! If anyone reading this has
ever tried to play a record for sound grading, they will understand the strange paradox of hearing such amazing sounding music,
yet trying to ignore magnificent audio, instead straining your ears for the slightest hint....a record is producing such fantastic
sound quality. I'm used to but it does seem quite bizzare on "Norwegian Wood" while this is plays with sheer audio perfection!
When a record lacks the common noise or irritations and has such astounding sound as this stunning record, I get to thoroughly
enjoy my most loved Beatles songs. A major reason for being so objective and obsessed with finding perfection on original vinyl,
the final note of the sitar fades away naturally into near enough silent grooves, before Paul's outstanding "You Won't See Me"
begins with an ultra clean intro. I describe exactly what I am hearing and this happens to be an amazing record, another superb
track in maximum sound quality, the backing harmonised "la-la-la-la" after the lines in the verses are as crystal clear as Paul's
brilliant lead vocals are. As well as standard guitars, the instruments include a piano and a Hammond organ, on worn out vinyl,
they become the victims of deteriorating sound. Not here! They are heard with their original full strength signals, still with the
natural edge undulled from heavy plays. The fade-out is perfectly clear of any needle sound so another smooth as silk gap gives
a wonderfully clean intro to the sublime "Nowhere Man", as I said, this is some record! A stunning and deeply beautiful acapella
or vocals only intro, and from the first seconds to the last, this has just awesome sound, mega sharp definition on the vocals for
this song is the ultimate way to hear it, without one second of any static or surface sound. A very emphatic powerful mono mix
tends to magnify one of, if not the John Lennon's greatest ever melodic vocal performances. John had introduced his personal
experiences into songs, giving him additional inspiration for his writing beautiful melodies and challenging lyrics. I am trying
to write an informative but concise description with sound quality the priority, or I indulge my fanatical love of discussing the
recording sessions and out-takes etc. So far so good, I cannot avoid the superlatives for such a famtastic record, the backing
harmonies are just breathtaking! Complete silence in the gap also waits for the intro to the first of the two great songs George
Harrison contributed, "Think For Yourself ". Once again heard with the same stunning audio sharpness, with George's 'fuzzed'
lead guitar in the clearest and cleanest audio, if you listen closely there's a very clever piece of percussion, just a little detail
now and again is impossible to avoid. After the verses, a shuffling drum part is closely followed by four beats on a tambourine.
This record really is That Sharp! The mono sound on an unworn 1965 pressing is sensational! Absolutely silent grooves run
into a perfectly clean intro to "The Word", one of the last songs written as time was running out, these are very mature lyrics,
not that far from the 1967 message of, "All You Need Is Love", the sheer clarity on the George Martin played harmonium is a
the ideal indication of how capable this1965 record is of such immaculate sound reproduction. Their vocals are astonishingly
projected in the mono mix, reinforcing how these music signals are the equivilent of a just pressed record. Please bear in mind
how every second of this first side has been as perfect as you could wish to hear as we approach the last track. It requires such
a stunning record to validate previously made comments about static /surface on the same track of every pressing ever made.
"Think For Yourself" fades into a near silent/silent gap, a single acoustic guitar intro to Paul's very atmospheric "Michelle" is
exceptionally clear but instantly I hear the same low level static there in 1965. There is in fact very little surface sound or as
static found on "Michelle", but I insist on including the most minor surface sound, while stressing how it is minor and background
as I have found on every original/first pressing, it varies in degree and this is really minimal. Eveything musically is in the same
stunning audio sharpness, I am trying to keep a distance from the term, 'first pressing' and it such a shame we have a contorted
view of an otherwise uncomplicated Beatles pressing. Static or not, a great sounding "Michelle", now to try and keep Side 2 down
to the same reasonably minimal amount of text after my extended headings!

http://cgi.ebay.com/BEATLES-Rubber-Soul-LP-UK-ORIG-1965-MONO-SUPERB-NR-MINT_W0QQitemZ250580131399QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Records?hash=item3a57bd5e47#ht_10972wt_1065

if yr bummed about missing that sealed copy of Stadium Events this copy's only at $14k:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110499541029

^^ spent a few minutes reading about this this morning, and it is SHOCKING

wtf is going on w/this video game?!

US $800,200.00

that's just people having fun now.

its what happens when 28,000 people view an ebay auction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_Events
estimated that 200 copies reached consumers before being recalled.

i mean, the other sealed one actually did sell for 40K though! i wonder what this one will bring when the bullshit clears...

i can't imagine spending that amount of loot on ANYTHING, but the idea that someone would drop $40,000 for a cheap-ass video game is just O_O.

it's pretty much the same as someone dropping a ton of cash on a rare stamp or coin or something; thank god the rare record market isn't this absurd.

what did that Velvets acetate end up going for? like 75k wasn't it? and it doesn't get much rarer than that

Bidding has ended on this item. The seller has relisted this item or one like this.
Item:Stadium Events Nes game

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110501811026#ht_500wt_1182

Im tired of these joy bidders thats not willing to pay and are playing around do you know this is causing me money to list this up. I will only take serious inquiries and offers only now and will not answer anyone with a yellow star rating. The two highest bidders was little kids that are sitting on their butts with pepperoni face pimples that have no lives. Now if you guys want to really make a offer please email me an offer and i will answer as many questions as possible.

highly recommended: http://cgi.ebay.com/BARBARA-MANNING-In-New-Zealand-NEW-LP_W0QQitemZ250498829941QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item3a52e4ce75

http://www.facebook.com/tos.php?api_key=7f9eb8eb0f63316bdf1f1e2b9d258e66&next=http%3A%2F%2Fapps.facebook.com%2Fwhichjohnwatutdwxf%2Fquiz%2Fquestions%3F_fb_fromhash%3Db57baac8ea93a938659af36f71112365%26quiz_metric%255Bactivated_at%255D%3D1267779614%26quiz_metric%255Bclicked_attribute%255D%3Dfeeds_clicked&v=1.0&canvas

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oops, wrong thread

whoa I just bought this at Other Music for 10 bucks, like, 3 weeks ago. is it really that immediately rare or are people just nutso?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320496127869&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123#ht_500wt_1182&autorefresh=true

She - Outta Reach LP girls in garage punk 60's shaggs

final bid $78

that is ridiculous. pretty sure we still have copies for sale cheap.]

edition of 550! hand painted cover! lol

that Barbara Manning LP is my favorite thing she's done.

mine too, no doubt.

wow:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VERTICAL-SLIT-PRE-SLIT-LP-Jim-Shepard-KBD-Prog-Psych_W0QQitemZ190377954127QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item2c53690b4f

nuts. wonder what Jim would've thought of that

This seller cracks me up with his cat in every picture.

http://music.shop.ebay.com/Records-/306/i.html?_catref=1&_fln=1&_ipg=&_ssn=philandlizzy280_2&_trksid=p3911.c0.m282

"Oscar the Bear Size Cat"

The Rock&Roll Holy Grail

http://cgi.ebay.com/ELVIS-PRESLEY-THATS-ALL-RIGHT-MINT-UNPLAYED-45-SUN-209_W0QQitemZ370348957421QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item563a849eed#ht_1678wt_939

I'd buy that for a dollar

well, damn. wouldn't the 78 be rarer though?

4 minutes to go!

Actually, isn't this too pristine/new?

I'm not doubting it's authenticity, more that half the interest in objects like this is the history of the item, not just the grooves themselves.

this guy keeps posting on facebook about how he's gonna sell this for $600: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270549887887&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

also, notice his feedback rating of 5. good luck dude.

lol @ "this record is a piece of history'

treats-0f-the loin.com

i might start buying lots of 78s on ebay and keeping some/selling the rest-- yes or no?

hey, i met a guy who used to be a part of the whole scary big time 78 collector buyer/seller crowd. he sold his entire collection. i could have listened to him talk about the 78 world forever.

78 selling can be a slog, i'll bet. you could make more money if you took a crash course in collectable classical vinyl. that stuff is still everywhere.

if i start buying & selling classical vinyl i can pretty much say goodbye to my shelf space.

There's no point having a shelf with nothing on it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HANGING-CHAIR-Top-Quality-at-a-DISCOUNTED-Price_W0QQitemZ170467021510QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_GardenFurnitureR2_SM?hash=item27b0a052c6#ht_1639wt_1165

There have been malicious rumours that I sell stolen goods.

To protect my good name and reputation, I have documented below how and where I obtained the hanging chairs that I'm selling today.

Until January 2010 I had worked for one of Englands largest hammock makers for over 30 years.

Due to a misunderstanding at the 2009 xmas party I lost my job.

My boss's attractive 19 year old daughter having had too much to drink felt slightly unwell. So to protect her reputation I suggested that she should come with me to one of the upstairs offices to sober up.

Unfortunately while in the office she brought up most of the alcohol she had drunk and soiled her blouse and skirt in the process.

Not wanting her to get into trouble with her dad I suggested that she should quickly remove the soiled garments and said I would clean them in the washroom for her.

While removing her skirt, she slipped and fell over one of the desks. I immediately learnt over her to help her up.

At which point her father (My Boss) came into the office and got totally the wrong impression and sacked me on the spot.

About a month later, I was tidying up my bedside drawer when I found some keys to the warehouse that I had forgotten to return. So later that night (about 3am) I decided to return them.

When I got to the warehouse, I thought I'd better check if they were the correct keys (They were).

In the warehouse there were 100's of hanging chairs waiting for despatch to customers. Purely as a prank I thought I would hide them.

I hid them in my garden shed.

Now I want to return them, but I can't. My ex boss wouldn't believe it was just a prank. I haven't forgotten how he over reacted at the xmas party.

Now I'm forced to sell the bloody things on ebay.

incredible story. A+

I really want this. I don't want to pay $100+ for this (which it most likely will end up being), so I'm not even going to waste my time bidding on it. But damn.
http://cgi.ebay.com/KEVIN-AYERS-Shooting-Moon-UK-1st-no-EMI-LP-EX-/230469075501?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Records&hash=item35a907022d

good album

There's a Harvest twofer with that and Joy Of A Toy that might be a bit cheaper if you find it.

right but I assume van smack wants that because it's the first pressing? like you could get an early single lp edition on Harvest that *does* have the EMI logo for a lot less than that listing is going for..

Van, Popsike has one going for around £33 recently, admittedly slightly less pristine than this one, so you never know...

Thanks for the heads up folks. I guess I could only dream that one day I could find a pristine copy of my favorite ayers album. Funds are tight right now.

One day I will find it somewhere at my local shops...

IAN, do you have this/have you heard this? curious...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370382208871&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

i love the cover, the picture seems so out of place

no, i've never seen that before! it looks cool though!

holy shit dudes

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390211783086&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_928wt_934

haha i was watching the francis bebey 10" shown in the very top of that item-pic

I am super happy right now because somehow Ebay Gods were on my side this week and I just got the Users - Sick Of You 7" on Raw Records (RAW 1!) as featured on Killed By Death #1 for £9.99 (the opening bid) - was totally expecting to get sniped in the last few seconds but no-one else bid on it! It's in totally great condition! WTF! Woo.

damn, jaxon, you see this? they're just giving them away on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/BEN-SIDRAN-FEEL-YOUR-GROOVE-OG-CAPITOL-LP-FUNK-BREAKS-/270597570179?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3f00df3e83

fuck!@ just a week ago there were only $50-100 copies.

its always the summer of love on ebay. um, in the summer. all the kollege kids go surfing. there are people who won't sell stuff at all during the summer.

it's always funny when i sort of gamely big $50 or something on a record, thinking i'm going to splurge, and then the winning bid is like $500.

biD $50, i mean

I had that the other day - really unexpectedly - bid on this Swedish indiepop 7" expecting to win it with a bid of like $30 - actually expecting to win it at like $10 - the fucker only went for $150.

what was it?

It was Youth Will Understand EP by Free Loan Investments. It was probably a good few months ago now, thinking about it. No idea it was that sought after. Some joker's been trying to sell that and the Pretentious Girl EP for £300 each, strangely no-one's biting.

i had an opportunity to buy that FLI 45 back in the day, but i thought they sucked :( oh well

I bought their other 2 releases, course they're not worth anything. Both still in print AFAIK

i don't think anybody knows that this auction site even exists.

http://www.mynotera.com/UNCOMMON--VINYL,category,1873,parent_id,categories

i went thru their listings and i saw, like, two records with bids. what if you gave an auction and nobody came?

That's how I got that Blur singles collection (the zip bag, all the CD singles, you know) for £30

An auction site that never actually took off.

fuck snipers. that's all

aww cmon dogg u dont mean that

fuck them

i mean it

i mean i sympathize w you on the negativity of LOSS but like you may as well hate fastrak

my first ever contact with hstencil in any capacity was about 12 years ago when I sniped him on a pair of Art Ensemble of Chicago lps on the America label ... good times!

he sent me an angry email afterwards

ah for the days when eBay exposed your email address...

i miss his mercurial presence

my first ever contact with hstencil in any capacity was when he cooked spaghetti for me in chicago and showed me his Superbowl Shuffle record. then when i joined ILX he emailed me. ah for the days when ILX exposed your email address..

well, thank you, thankyouverymuch...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ELVIS-PRESLEY-Rock-n-Roll-No-2-LP-1956-HMV-1st-Press-/260634014988?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Records&hash=item3caeff750c

that cover is unreal.

I have one of those, but the condition is well off mint.

Playable but verray scratchy.

a guy just called me at the store to tell me that he is sending me a mailer in the mail to put his record in! that's a first. guess he's had a lot of bad experiences with the post office. can't wait to see it. must be fancy.

that's insane.

i mean i just sent a 200 dollar record to some dude in france and it got there fine and this guy lives in brooklyn. eh, whatever. i started selling records on ebay in 1999 and only once in all that time did someone get a damaged record.

he lives in brooklyn, eh? dare i ask what his name is? i might know him!

a guy just called me at the store to tell me that he is sending me a mailer in the mail to put his record in! that's a first. guess he's had a lot of bad experiences with the post office. can't wait to see it. must be fancy.

― scott seward, Saturday, July 17, 2010 9:30 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Yeah, I've had this happen a couple of times. Dude bought five or six albums, "whoa" prices, and sent one back as being 'less than mint' (churlish to argue)...

this guy has some cool stuff up--

http://cgi.ebay.com/Happy-Artie-Traum-Double-Back-/400137918315?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5d2a14176b

^^ a favorite

http://cgi.ebay.com/Homegas-Self-Titled-1970-Hippie-Blues-Folk-Psych-/400137923230?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5d2a142a9e

^^ this one too

http://cgi.ebay.com/Michael-Chapman-Fully-Qualified-Survivor-/400138685591?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5d2a1fcc97

http://cgi.ebay.com/Merrell-Fankhauser-HMS-Bounty-Things-Psych-Orig-Label-/400138683333?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5d2a1fc3c5

TONS of 'regular' rock records, but also cool psych & folk and some private pressings and stuff.

i know that vinylty guy, i've bought from him a buncha times. problem is, he has "fans" and watchers, so stuff that should sell for a lot cheaper ends up going for stupid prices, because idiots that watch his auctions get in bidding wars

i'm willing to bet i'm one of a small handful of ppl interested in his grayson & whitter LP, so i'm hoping i get that one cheap. i put in a comedy bid on the people's victory orchestra & chorus LP but i really don't expect i'll get that.

its sad when i see records that i sell for a buck or two in the store - and that sit there in the store for months - selling for 10 or 20 bucks on ebay. it's kinda why people pack in the store idea and just sell online. but whatever. but seriously, if you can get money for brian cadd or beans records more power to you. looking at the stuff that guy sells is like looking into my brain. i cringe at the idea of starting stuff at 99 cents. i really do. the thought of sending a dollar record to hong kong...yeesh, i would have to have an employee. you know? but it does work. that guy sells 98% of his stuff. and he averages like ten bucks. if i started all that stuff at five bucks i would only sell half of it.

and its funny cuz i don't know the seller - i rarely remember ebay handles - but i was watching one of his records for the last five days.

some pretty sweet stuff:

http://shop.ebay.com/chriscarnahan2/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

i probably shouldn't have posted that, now we'll be fighting over LPs.

a headscratcher:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Title-Blood-Sweat-And-Tears-Eric-Satie-/270613768055?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3f01d66777#ht_500wt_1154

ha -- even more confusing, the actual record is cat stevens

that is funny.

and that funky guy has great stuff! that's a lot of money on those four pages.

hard to scan the list with all those "Title:"s and "By"s !

coolest cover ever?

http://cgi.ebay.com/COKE-Self-Titled-LP-Sound-Triangle-Latin-Funk-/330455361895?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item4cf0aca967

http://cgi.ebay.com/SLY-BOOTS-Notes-Journey-LP-rural-rock-folk-psych-/320572060961?pt=Music_on_Vinyl

^^ this is a nice record.

(so is the ron davie's record he's selling.)

i had that sly boots album for years, but didn't play it much so i traded it to my friend bob and it sat in his store for years and i was always gonna buy it back but i never did. i should have. probably dig it more now. always loved the cover anyhow.

i realize how fascinating that story is...

There's a cheaper copy on ebay now too, but with a beat up cover.

I play the track "Pass Through Like The Lightning" on my show pretty regularly tbh

http://cgi.ebay.com/Glen-Sherley-/200458737841?pt=Music_on_Vinyl

Photographs show the actual item.

It measures about 12 inches across the middle.

good to know.

HAW!

wow, i just held this in my hands.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lula-Cortes-Ze-Ramalho-Paebiru-LP-ORIGINAL-PRESSING-/180546442612?pt=Music_on_Vinyl

! backstory?

person i know is selling it for a brasilian friend to help the both of them make some money and start pressing their own reissues of rarities down in brazil. worried about their lack of ebay feedback though. and i explained that there is no such thing as a perfect record. great shape though.

that record is A+ fucking awesome gold btw

ebay yanked my historical nazi album. honestly didn't think anything of it. its not like i would ever sell nazi skinhead records or anything. this is more like a sound effects album if its anything at all. i always figured albums like this were good for negativland-like sampling purposes. but maybe i'm naive. so, i've learned my lesson this year. don't try and sell pink floyd boots or hitler records.

http://blackgemrecords.com/gallery/d/3105-10/hitler-infernovol1.jpg

we have a whole box of nazi historical records and no ide what to do with them :( imo they should just be destroyed.

i actually only put it up cuz it was sealed. and by now i realize that i can make money putting up all kinds of things if they are sealed. plus, okay, fine, i do realize that nazi stuff sells. but not always to nazis, you know? not everyone has nefarious purposes for such things. having said that, i have a pretty cool original 1939 nazi day planner that i got in a box of books from my brother and i don't know what to do with it. kinda cool. original nazi pencil included! i ended up with a horrible doctor dirty john valby record and i actually did throw it in the trash. didn't even want to sell it for a dollar. cuz he had some super funny "n-word" song on it.

i used to follow an ebay seller that had tons of weird euro and asian psych. i also followed him on youtube because he'd post a lot of the records he was selling there. then all of a sudden all of the stuff he was selling was nazi related. i wasn't sure if he was just a kook or someone hacked his accounts, but i unfollowed him.

i'm reminded of those old dudes at flea markets with the signs that say *ask to see our rare WWII memorabilia* and you just know that its a couple of old nazi daggers and flags and helmets that the dude got from his grandpappy and that they are priced so high that nobody will ever buy them cuz the guy can't bear to part with them. in fact, just went to a grandpappy junk shop in new hampshire and it was filled with horrible garbage and in one corner was a glass cabinet filled with artlessly arranged nazibilia all with decades-old index cards next to each item with crab-scrawled descriptions written on each card. probably been there since the korean war. good idea for an art-photo assignment. take pictures of old dude nazi displays around the country. i'm sure just one gun show would fill you with awe and dread.

If you are going to throw it, I'd suggest donating it to a museum or something.

pet peeve: people who wait until the auction is over, then see you have new listings, then ask you if they can wait to pay until they get a chance to bid on the next round. fuck that. here is my somewhat snippy reply:

I need payment for this item within five days of the auction ending, as explained in the item description. I list CDs every week and I can not wait for you to decide that you want to bid on new ones every time. IF you make your payment for this item (with full postage amount) and then decide you want me to hold the item while you bid on additional ones, that's fine. In that case, additional CDs would $2 apiece for combined shipping as I already mentioned in my answer to your last question. But please be aware that shipping prices jump drastically after around 1.75 kilos (4 pounds).

haha totally did not mean to capitalize that "if" there.

anyway, I guess I should put something in my boilerplate text about this, maybe a 2-week maximum for holding items. they guy paid me right away, but I'd rather send stuff ASAP than wait for some indefinite period until a person tires of bidding on my items.

i hate it too, but i understsand the impulse. especially if i'm selling a bunch of stuff in the same genre. that's usually when that happens to me. luckily, i'm so lazy that it usually takes me a couple weeks to list another batch of records.

http://cgi.ebay.com/71-MADRIGAL-Acid-Garage-Psych-Velvet-Underground-BEAST_W0QQitemZ270628491465QQcategoryZ306QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo=MW&its=C&itu=UCC&otn=5&ps=63&clkid=5988687508155960257#ht_6126wt_1136

didn't someone just sell that? or are they selling it again for some reason.

someone sold an open copy pretty recently i think.

looks like the same guy; maybe he got two copies. or three, if he's keeping one.

so many $$ but god what a record

you ever sell a record and get one of these?

Hello,

I am wondering if you'd be willing to end this auction early if we can agree on a price? I've been looking for this record for a long time!

let me know what you think.

****

dont do it if there are bids! if no bids yet, i still wouldnt do it, but if you think you can get a better price, it might be reasonable.

by the way, although i advise against doing it, i have sent things like that before to sellers...

I've never sent something like that, but I *have* searched old auctions and found something that I've been looking for where I never saw the seller's original listing and the item ended without bids. Then emailed them and asked if they would sell it to me offline of the 'Bay

done that too

i never considered accepting the offer, i told the guy that he should just bid and whatever he was willing to pay, make that his maximum bid and hey you never know, you might end up paying less (but dudes like that are always trying to score a $100 LP for $30 ime)

dudes like 69!

ladies LOVE 69!

heyyyyyy

one time (probably detailed upthread tbh), i asked a dude if he'd consider making buy-it-nows of his bidless ORIGINAL MUSIC listings, cause i was gonna buy em all. he agreed, and even said he'd do it for $25 instead of the $30 i offered to pay. unfortunately, this east coast gentleman chose to make them buy-it-nows at 6am PST, before confirming the time with me. when i woke up at 7 on a saturday only to make sure the listings hadnt been put up yet, they were already listed and gone. obviously i was more mad at myself for engineering this dumb-shit deal than anything else, and it's kept me from trying any other ebay shenanigans since.

woke up at 7 on a saturday only to make sure the listings hadnt been put up yet

ha! actually, at the height of my insanity there were a few times I set my alarm for 2, 3 in the morning to get up and snipe auctions that were ending then

get esnipe

" i have a pretty cool original 1939 nazi day planner that i got in a box of books from my brother and i don't know what to do with it. kinda cool. original nazi pencil included!"......no wonder my schedule has been slightly off

from a chuck norris movie.."Shortly after, Chuck gets a lead on an evil Nazi warehouse. I'm sure there was some reason given as to how he found it, but I don't really remember or care. Trust me, menial plot details don't matter when you're watching Top Dog. Later that night, with no search warrant in hand, Chuck breaks into the warehouse and takes Reno along. Backup officers wait outside. It is while inside the warehouse that Chuck and Reno make their breakthrough discovery- the Nazi Day-Planner! Lying in a random desk in the warehouse, is a guide showing pictures of where the Nazis are going to strike next. As Chuck and Reno try and sneak out though, they get caught by the Nazis. I guess the Nazis stay up all night in their Nazi warehouse, talking about how much they hate minorities. Surrounded by bad guys, Chuck only has one choice. He gets out the Nazi Day-Planner, gives it to Reno, and tells him to run. He really doesn't even do it that quickly. The flunkies however, are completely dumbfounded by this as they watch Reno run away. It's not until the Nazi Ringleader tells them to 'get that dog!' that a couple of them run after Reno and the rest fight Chuck."

and the dog never stopped until it reached danbunny

ugh i sold a record for $66 bucks and the buyer who had of course a rating of only (1) closed their ebay account two days later before paying for it. i hate assholes like that.

i'm always thankful when someone pays within a few minutes of the auction ending, but every time i put a few records up i end up waiting for that last person to pay, and they end up doing it five days later.

bought this for five bucks a couple weeks ago. who knew?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330478451674

damn sheila!

awesome.

really?

http://cgi.ebay.com/MINT-1967-Orig-TURTLES-HAPPY-TOGETHER-Pop-Psych-/270655902873?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3f04595499

doin it again: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330493672067

current batch of 78s i'm selling for work:
http://shop.ebay.com/academy78s/m.html

Quite pleased, got Small Faces "Ogdens" mono original for 99p.

A little crackly, but pretty damn good. It didn't have a sleeve, so that's why.

please to explain me this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&hash=item35adc4ab03&item=230548613891&nma=true&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&rt=nc&si=KFctr%252F60KtM9QtBeaDHvnlYNLgY%253D

"Note: comes with high quality laser copy (printed on cardboard) of original artwork!"

does that mean that they, like, lost the picture sleeve or something?

people keep telling me that i should sell on discogs. should i move on over from ebay? i keep hearing about how people regularly pay really high prices on there for stuff. and that you can move things quicker.

if you've got a rare rap or disco record, discogs is a good way to go tbh. we've put stuff up for $100 or $200 and it'll sell overnight sometimes.

definitely browsed by serious record collector type dudes.

discogs sales history is pretty cool too

Your eBay bid is confirmed: Chet Atkins LPs Lot Of 6 (200552382668)
Your eBay bid is confirmed: Porter Wagoner LP A Satisfied Mind 1963 (200552393457)
Your eBay bid is confirmed: Johnny Darrell LP Why You Been Gone So Long 1969 (120657529880)
Your eBay bid is confirmed: Porter Wagoner LP "Ballads Of Love" (150529365289)
Your eBay bid is confirmed: Ernest Tubb LP "Hittin' The Road"/Decca (DL-4681) (200551269936)

which chet atkins records did u get

don't count yer chickens til they're hatched, iirc... just put in a low bid on the lot. we'll see.

there's more than enough to love in every record, i think. so long as you aren't bothered by it being a solo over theme from doctor zhivago or something

my roommate got me into chet & also told me this wonderful story about him. apparently some 20th c virtuoso classical guitarist, on his deathbed, was asked who the greatest living guitarist was and he answered "chester atkins"

http://207.228.243.82/static/sss.jpg

bid 3$ on this & won, my first ever youtube purchase. i wonder if it is any good

how do you buy stuff on youtube?

oops

i feel like my grandmother

zedo, bluekai and atwola dot com, why are you suddenly running javascripts on my browser when I go to eBay?

what is it with this tennent & morrison record?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=320629749977&si=3jg0sP%252FGn%252FNwGuAknfWM1heknvE%253D&viewitem=

i ain't never heard it. do you have a copy? i wanna know why friggin' stone the crow albums all of a sudden are worth more than ten bucks. they're kinda horrible.

stone the crows, that is.

Amateurist tipped me off to a guy selling a ton of old-time music LPs and even more excitingly, 78rpm acetates of ultra-rare sides, duped from clean originals. Such good stuff. Alfred Karnes. Shortbuckle Roark. Charlie Bowman. Floyd Ming & His Pep Steppers (asian-american fiddle band!)... drooling over here.

yeah i read your drunk facebook post about that. wait, they are bootleg 78s!?

yes.

perhaps better to say they are duplicates made for archival purposes.

nope, i don't have that tennent morrison lp. bid on it a few times 'cause it looks cool, but it always winds up at insane $$$.

YOU ARE BUYING THE ITEM(s) SHOWN & DESCRIBED IN THE HEADING: HERE WE HAVE THE MOODY BLUE, BLUE VINYL LP. WHAT A COLLECTOR'S ITEM!! THE DISC IS IN 4 PIECES. BUT THIS SHOULDN'T DETER A TRUE ELVIS COLLECTOR. THE PEOPLE AT THE GOODWILL STORE, WHERE I BOUGHT IT, TOLD ME IT WOULD PLAY JUST FINE, IF IT WAS GLUED BACK TOGETHER. I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GLUE RECORDS, SO AM PROVIDING A TUBE OF GLUE, FOR THE LUCKY PERSON WHO BUYS IT. I AM NOT CHARGING ANYTHING FOR THE GLUE! THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL LP's & MUSIC RELATED ITEMS, I AM OFFERING. SOME, ARE ONE-OF-A-KIND. I USE THE STANDARD GRADING SYSTEM & THESE ABBREVIATIONS: WOC = WRITING ON COVER, DOC = DATE ON COVER, NOC = NAME ON COVER, BTM = BOTTOM, {ST} = STEREO, TP = TOP, BB = DRILL HOLE, CC = CUT CORNER, SPL = SPLIT, TP = TAPED, BC = BACK COVER, WR = WEAR, LBL = LABEL, RI = REISSUE, SM = SEAM. COVER IS GRADED FIRST, THEN THE RECORD. THESE LP's ARE DATED, GRADED & DESCRIBED ACCURATELY. THE LABELS ARE SHOWN IN THE PICS. READ THE INFO CAREFULLY & YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE ITEM. FACT: IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THERE HAS BEEN A DRASTIC DECLINE, IN LP'S BEING OFFERED ON EBAY {FROM 3 MILLION TO 2 MILLION}. I DO NOT KNOW IF EVERYONE WORE OUT THEIR "RELIST" BUTTONS, OR THERE ARE FEWER, WINTER GARAGE & RUMMAGE SALES, WHERE SOME VENDORS SCROUNGE FOR THEIR STOCK. PROBABLY BOTH. I STILL HAVE PLENTY TO SELL, EVEN THO THEY ARE NOT ALL "SUPER RARE" - MEGA RARE" - "AWESOME" - "COOL" -"GROOVY" - "GORGEOUS" - "FANTASTIC" - "STUNNING" - "STUPENDOUS" - "INCREDIBLE" - "STONE MINT" - "VG+++" - "STILL IN SHRINK" - "PERSONAL COLLECTION" - "ESTATE FIND {RUMMAGE SALE}" & ETC. I'LL SPARE YOU THE BS! I DON'T USE EBAY'S MOST OVERUSED WORD, "RARE", VERY OFTEN. BUT WHEN I DO -- IT IS!! OVER 90 % OF THE LP's, NOW BEING OFFERED, ARE AT "SET SALE", MOSTLY, STOCKPILED & OVERRUNNING VENDORS STORES. THIS MAKES THINGS VERY SIMPLE. JUST GO & COMPARE OTHER GRADES, SELECTIONS & PRICES. THEN COME BACK HERE, & BUY SOME THESE! THIS ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED IN A SLEEVE, NOT CRAMMED IN A USED WALMART BAG & SHIPPED IN A USED PIZZA BOX. ALAS!! THE PO HAS RAISED THEIR RATES AGAIN -- WITHOUT EVEN ASKING EBAY. THEY COULD GET THEIR "PRIVILEGES" SUSPENDED. EVEN MORE DRASTIC, EBAY MIGHT START IT'S OWN POST OFFICE. IT ALREADY HAS IT'S OWN CREDIT CARD COMPANY {PAY PAL} & IT'S OWN BANK {WEBBANK = 19.99 % ANNUAL INTEREST RATE}. THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUY OR SELL ANYTHING, UNLESS YOU USED EBAY'S SHIPPING. YEP, THERE GOES A FEW MILLION MORE, EBAY USERS. I NOW HAVE TO SHIP MEDIA MAIL", AS EBAY ONLY LETS ME CHARGE $4 FOR SHIPPING, EVEN THO I NOW PAY FROM $6.50 - $9.50 {1st CLASS} TO SEND ONE LP. THEY EVEN URGE & "STRONGLY RECOMMEND", THAT I OFFER FREE SHIPPING. EVER WONDER WHY AN ITEM IS LISTED FOR $20, WITH "FREE SHIPPING", YET THE SAME IDENTICAL ITEM IS LISTED SEVERAL PLACES ELSEWHERE, FOR $10, PLUS $5 SHIPPING?? THIS COMMON SELLING PRACTICE IS DONE , WITH EBAY'S BLESSING, AS THEY GET A COMMISSION FROM THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE SALE, INSTEAD OF JUST THE PRICE OF THE ITEM, WITH SHIPPING ADDED. WISE UP!! I HAVE ONE SHIPPING PRICE - $4 PER ORDER{s}, WHETHER YOU BUY ONE, OR MORE {SAME DAY}. OVERSEAS BUYERS: YOU ARE GETTING BUTCHERED! IGNORE THE STANDARD SHIPPING RATES. I CAN SEND 12-16 LP's TO EUROPE, FOR $46. I WILL SEND YOU A REASONABLE QUOTE. YOU WILL BE VERY SATISFIED. THANKS FOR LOOKING.

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-ONE-OF-KIND-ELVIS-PRESLEY-LP-SEE-INFO-/190509593198?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item2c5b41b26e

Hahaha... looks to be in the same vein as the guy who is selling his car on eBay, as Mark G started a thread about today. Going batshit insane is the way to sell nowadays it seems!

cool, free glue

The listing has ended ;_;

by the same guy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-MARILYN-MONROE-MOTORCYCLE-PHOTO-28-INFO-/190516543565?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c5babc04d

YOU ARE BUYING THE ITEM SHOWN & DESCRIBED IN THE HEADING: THE 4th PERSON FROM THE LEFT, IS REPORTEDLY, MARILYN MONROE, BEFORE SEX CHANGE!! THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL, VINTAGE, SEPIA TONED, NOSTALGIC IMAGES OF MOTORCYCLES, I AM OFFERING. THEY ARE 11"X14", ON HEAVY CARD STOCK & ARE SHOWN FRAMED. THEY WILL BE SENT UNFRAMED, MOUNTED ON 1/4" THICK POSTER BOARD, IN A PLASTIC COVER, READY FOR HANGING OR FRAMING. MY KNOWLEDGE OF MOTORCYCLES, IS LIMITED, & I WILL NOT INSULT YOUR INTELLIGENCE, OR MINE, BY GUESSING AT THE YEARS. SO I WILL PRICE THEM ALL THE SAME. I WOULD AUCTION THEM, BUT TO HAVE AN AUCTION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE BIDDERS. I DID A SEARCH & CLICKED ON "EBAY BIDDERS". I CAME UP WITH "0". WONDER WHERE THEY ALL WENT?? MAYBE, THEY ALL JUST GOT TIRED OF EBAY'S 2,463 BUYERS RULES! THESE PHOTOS ARE ALL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. READ THE INFO CAREFULLY & YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED WHEN YOU RECEIVE THEM. OVER 90 % OF ITEMS NOW OFFERED, ARE AT SET SALE, MOSTLY IN EBAY STORES. THIS MAKES THINGS VERY SIMPLE. JUST GO & COMPARE OTHER'S GRADES, SELECTIONS & PRICES. THEN YOU WILL COME BACK HERE & BUY SOME OF THESE! NOW FOR A FEW WORDS ON SHIPPING. EBAY URGES & STRONGLY "RECOMMENDS" I OFFER FREE SHIPPING, AS IT'S NO SKIN OFF THEIR NOSE. EVER WONDER WHY AN ITEM IS PRICED FOR $25, WITH "FREE SHIPPING" & THE SAME IDENTICAL ITEM, IS PRICED SEVERAL PLACES ELSEWHERE, FOR $10, PLUS $5 SHIPPING?? WISE UP!! I HAVE ONE SHIPPING PRICE - $5 - WHETHER YOU BUY ONE, OR ONE HUNDRED OF THESE PHOTOS {SAME DAY}. OVERSEAS BUYERS: IGNORE THE AUTOMATED, RIDICULOUS, SHIPPING QUOTES. I WILL GIVE YOU A REASONABLE RATE. YOU WILL BE VERY SATISFIED. THANKS FOR LOOKING.

Ah well, it sure as hell beats going on a killing spree tbh

He's sticking it to THE MAN

Wait, the Elvis one says $63k, someone was funning, right?

Oh, I see, those are starting prices

I got sniped in real life! I almost shanked the fool. I'd been shopping for a few hours in 2 stores and was kinda tired. I didn't really feel like digging anymore, but knew this store had good 12" selection and went in looking for only one record. I ask the guy where I might find it (it's could be filed in a bunch of places). I tell him it's Bits and Pieces. Cover of a Yarborough & Peoples track on Mango. He points me to the Mango/Island section but there's a guy in front of it. I wait a second and it's not there. 1 second later and the guy that worked there told me the guy was listening to it. He probably heard me asking about it and he bought it. I was so pissed. it's not like a super rare record. It turns up all the time online but always in Europe and i dont wanna pay for shipping. Oh well, he'll get his.

OMG punk rock from Uruguay.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d195/richhunt35/rock3URUGUAY.jpg

$50, how cruel. Looks like some of it is on YouTube.

http://tinyurl.com/3cvfbpd

oof. must remain strong.

http://shop.ebay.com/torajitorajitoraji/m.html?_nkw=felt&_sacat=0&_odkw=&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313

I feel yr pain.

those are pretty. especially with the inserts. i would love to have them but that is just way too much money. maybe half those prices. or less than half. would be reasonable.

PAY UP U FUKKIN DEADBEATS

why is there always one person who thinks it's OK to wait a week to pay you? well you can get your ass over to the resolution center, pal.

Oh calm down, they're possibly on holiday or something..

if youre man enough to buy records on holiday you oughta be man enough to paypal for them

http://cgi.ebay.com/Used-Well-Worn-Gym-Socks-Private-/270791817136?pt=US_Womens_Socks&hash=item3f0c7337b0#ht_500wt_1156

gahhh

head-scratching lol-worthy reply from a japanese seller (i asked about an lp's condition):

"OK!!Although condition is very good, it does not become precocious. The check of the noise is not carried out, either. However, LP gas in Japan thinks that condition is good comparatively. I am looking forward to being able to deal with you in the future. I would appreciate your favor. Thank you."

i was relieved to hear it doesn't become precocious (as you can imagine), so i placed a low bid, and won.

his end-of auction email:

"Hello,
Thank you for buying it!!
Please select it from a delivery method here.
Please pay by the delivery method of hope."

I am looking forward to being able to deal with you in the future

Lord knows we are still trying to deal with you here, nerve_pylon ;)

awww the delivery method of hope is a nice sentiment

Here we call it "uninsured"

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OSWALD-MOSLEY-BRITISH-UNION-TWO-78-RECORDS-VERY-RARE-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/320759536338?_trksid=p4340.m1374&_trkparms=algo%3DPI.WATCH%26its%3DC%252BS%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D2937039490643407971

Hmm, these are not Throbbing Gristle records...

lol!

izzn't that guy ummm a fascist?

yup...

Greater Britain Records lol..

can't figure out ebay sometimes. recently 3 electrelane records (the power out, axes, no shouts no calls) each sold (from the same seller) for in the $230 range, but those same records since (and before, and around the same time, and always in the same condition) have sold for anywhere between $25 to $80. seems suspicious.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEALED-8-Track-CAN-Soon-Over-Babluma-prog-1975-United-Artists-/130627098993?pt=Music_Other_Formats&hash=item1e69fb5971#ht_2502wt_1398

where in the world are my records going today????

Cincinnati, Ohio!

Thousand Oaks, California!

Parlier, California!

Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada!

Takarazuka Hyogo, Japan!

The Hague, Netherlands!

oooh, what's goin to the nasty natti?!?!

sike thing. dude got it for a song.

i hardly ever send stuff to ohio! or anywhere near ohio.

somebody needs to grab this before it's gone. John Roman Jackson's really great country folk record for 7.99!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekBgRVUJMR4

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOHN-ROMAN-JACKSON-self-titled-OAK-RECORDS-Private-Press-Indie-COUNTRY-ROCK-/260946512942?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3cc19fcc2e#ht_3060wt_1057

bought!

awesome, I think you'll dig it!

sounds right up my proverbial alley!

i've had that in my store for two years. nobody will buy it. maybe even longer. not the greatest copy though.

someday i will make it up to john doe jr.

and buy all of your local country rock.

unless jacob beats me to it.

you aren't that far! he's far!

so, i don't sell to brazil. nothing against brazil. but i've sold a handful of records to brazil over the years and in every case i either didn't get paid or the record never got there. so i've got these brazil people CRYING to bid on stuff i have up and NONE of them have ANY feedback! one guy crying was telling me what a great ebayer he was and he started his account two weeks ago!

sorry, brazil. buy some other stuff and we'll talk...

:(

i blocked italy too. just for the hell of it.

and when i sell reggae i block the u.k. and tell real people in the u.k. that they can message me if they are real and i will put them on my fancy I AM A REAL BRITISHER REGGAE FAN list and they can bid.

cuz the fake u.k. reggae bidders are a pox on the universe. BLOODCLOT! I KILL YOUR WHOLE FAMILY YOU SCURVY DOG!

god, fake reggae bidders are the worst!! there is a website dedicated to stopping that guy/those guys.. forget what it's called.

my system works good. i don't sell much reggae to the u.k. anyway. mostly japan/france/california.

i mean nobody is offended or anything. they understand.

http://fakebidderlist.org.uk/

has anyone had bad dealings with cdandlp.com? I just bought a record from france that is usually a very pricey one that was marked down. I asked if it was a repress and dealer said no. I also read somewhere online that france sometimes has problems with their postage system?

italy has problems with their postage system. french bidders apparently have a bad rep for paypal chargebacks

at least according to waxidermy

Why do the fake bidders focus on reggae?? Is there some sort of scam going on, or are they just dicks?

jah told them to.

I think it's some sort of artificial boost to Reggae prices.

explain the "fake reggae bidders" phenomenon to me. are they an organized group? do they have a political party?

They have changed the lyrics of "punky reggae party" for their own use.

yeah i don't think it has anything to do with boosting prices. they just really want to annoy reggae buyers and sellers for some reason. maybe they think the music should be free like the three little birds on their doorstep.

My Andwellas Dream LP is at £400 with 7 hours to go...! That's actually not that high for this record but still what a score - thanks again for the heads up Scott!

you might be surprised by what happens at the end. and no problem. just stop fake bidding on reggae records. i know it's you!

muhahahaha

Talking of which, I tried to look at the FakeBidderList.org.uk and it's locked down with user and password, so you can't even see the list of fake bidders. Which seems a bit counter-productive.

i think they change their accounts all the time anyway. they would have to.

not vinyl, but y'all might dig:
http://www.ebay.ca/sch/tenzier/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

The Andwella's Dream LP is now £662 with 3 hours to go... getting exciting now!

"why dont we go back to my place and listen to some stockhausen on eight track?"

Ralf and Florian 8 track - hilarious!

kinda wish i could just buy them all, tbh

Ralf and Florian 8 track
OMG

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Wow Poo just made $1,311.32!!

holy

I bet your grandpa never imagined buying records back then would have that kind of return?

OMG, amazing

good going. told you about the last minute thing.

be great if it was someone close to you. you could hand deliver.

okay, talcum is up next with his vita nova score the other day. start it at 300 pounds and see what happens.

wow, poo~

most i've ever made was $150 bucks on an andre williams 7" iirc

congrats!

I'm happy it went to this guy, he's bought a bunch of psych records before and if all else fails I can always send Tuomas round.

Paid already - now I've got the fear about all this Paypal dodginess that's been going around, is there I should watch out for? I'm pretty sure he's legit, but I've never traded in anything like this amount on Ebay before. What's all this Chargeback stuff?

some things are out of your hands. did you make him pay for insurance and all that? you should be covered.

I still haven't gotten all of the money for my last ebay sale, which was Jan 14, even though I've received positive feedback on all items except one. Tomorrow is the date when I'm supposed to have the money. I don't even want to sell on ebay anymore. But you have a higher rating than I do and with your higher number of sales maybe you won't have the problems I did.

Well, I put that I would ship with insurance, but he paid the max amount Ebay would let me put in, not the amount I put in the listing

But really at that price, I'm not gonna quibble, it's going out with insurance

Yeah I've been on Ebay since '99 if they have any problems with me I'll be slightly annoyed

with something like that, i, myself, would spend the extra money and use Fedex and have it sent as fast as possible and hand-delivered.

also for the total sales I had ebay charged me $24 and paypal charged me $11. I know that's not a lot, but still it pissed me off. it's like almost 20% of what all of my records sold for. Granted I'm not a record seller and maybe this is usual, that everyone takes their cut.

I'm going with special delivery signed for with insurance, that should do it? I could look into a courier but dunno if that's much of an improvement?

OK I'll spend some time tomorrow looking into any pitfalls of special delivery international, must admit I'm sighing some relief it's not going to Italy.

btw what's a good price to pay for Bob Seger's Brand New Morning? Is it worth paying more than $20? I heard it was his folkie record?

"I'm going with special delivery signed for with insurance, that should do it?"

that should totally do it.

congrats poo!!!

Nice going Poo...

Really tempted to flip that Vita Nova i bought yesterday.. but there's already an OG on ebay at the moment (already at 450 pounds!), so maybe i should wait a while...

good call -- id wait like 2 days after that one ends. you can catch all the people who missed the first one. sometimes those follow-ups go for even more!

btw what's a good price to pay for Bob Seger's Brand New Morning? Is it worth paying more than $20? I heard it was his folkie record?

― JacobSanders, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 5:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

$0. it stinks.

Nice one.

I did "this" once, showed an album/auction here I was selling before it concluded, sure it was going to sky. Never moved an additional penny.

that's what happens when you list in USD

that pathetic joke backfired on me

Ah, the first time I was in the USA, I went to McDonalds as you do, the bill came to $3.01, I offered a $5 bill, the assistant asked "Have you got a penny?" I was like "OK I'M ENGLISH YOU GUESSED, WHY YOU WANT TO SEE MY NATIVE CURRENCY??? (Oh, you call a one-cent piece a penny oh I have one, terribly sorry)"

She was like "I'D NEVER HAVE GUESSED YOU WERE ENGLISH FROM THAT POLITELY AWKWARD APOLOGY!!!"

Well done on the sale Col. I watched the last ten seconds of bidding!
I wish I knew what happened to the piles of records my grandparents had - hundreds of old once-loved 78s are gathering dust in a box somewhere.

(xpost I do Hugh Grant impersonations, yes. If there's any chance it might impress anyone. In the states. Actuaaly it might have, but I was with "Management" so wasn't allowed out on my own, so..)

vita nova (not my one) finished at 907 uk pounds! insane!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330679699366

will wait a week or so, then i think i will list mine..

yeah, you gotta try and beat that col. poo and his price. record wars!

i've got a 45 up now and 40 people are watching it. that's a lot of people. the air is filled with tension. i'm excited if 20 people are watching a record. 40 definitely means something good is gonna happen.

i mean, it's a lot of people for a record that 99.99% of the world has never heard of...

what record is it??

a funky one.

I joined eBay in 1999 specifically to buy some long-searched-for records.

Also used it to sell off some excess records I'd somehow acquired over the years. That's how I found out my Bobb Trimble album I'd never listened to was worth $200+. Should have held onto it - it trades for nearly $1,000 nowadays....

The Scruggs Brothers - Gary And Randy Scruggs 1972 beautiful copy starting at 4.99!! not my sale, just want someone to buy this!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Scruggs-Brothers-Gary-And-Randy-Scruggs-1972-USA-Orig-PH-E-M-/280819754320?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item4162296550#ht_500wt_1072

oh cool, thats the one i dont have!

man you shoulda just KEPT that trimble, it rules!

psych nah idve sold it and bought a reissue probly

I would have, knowing what I know now. This was late '90s, not much online about him yet. Great stuff, and he has a new record out too. Wasn't mentioned in price guides of the day.

I like this eBay bucks thing but fuck making me wait til the next month to use them.

This KInd Of Punishment's Beard of Bees on Ajax is up on ebay!! Wish I could bid on it...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KIND-PUNISHMENT-Beard-Bees-LP-Ajax-Press-Peter-Jefferies-Xpressway-/160734645636?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item256c880d84#ht_500wt_1072
the seller also has a lot of other interesting records too.

Wow, I really can't find anything on that Graf Spee record he is also selling. Looks interesting though!

oh brother

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160734645636?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_1182

when I click on that link all of the "recommended" albums beneath it are Peter Frampton LPs

I shoulda taken out a bank loan to buy stuff out of the Ajax catalog back in the day.

Seriously! I remember when I received their catalog that said the store was closing, then afterwards the catalogs stopped. I owe that guy so much though.

Don't know if anybody's interested but this is up for sale, really great record
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VANCE-TOWERS-1975-ROCK-WHITE-LABEL-PROMO-/110834593972?amp;toolid=10013&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FVANCE-TOWERS-1975-ROCK-WHITE-LABEL-PROMO-%2F110834593972#ht_596wt_1072

what should we list my wife's original copy of GBV's 'propeller' for?
should we put a reserve? do it buy-it-now?

roll the dice. start it at ten bucks. live dangerously.

i never have understood setting a reserve on records, it usually discourages me from bidding. i prefer the seller to start the record at either the base amount they want for it or starting cheap and letting people decide what they want.

i kind of agree on no reserve.

skot: don't want to start it low because, tbh, it's only "worth selling" if it's gonna help us significantly pay off our vet bills/other debts. so i don't want to list it at $10 and have it only sell for $200, even though that's a lot of money, ya know

tbh, i think we might just put it up buy it now for $1000 and see what happens lol.

mike rep cover art.

there are gbv records that sell for money???

propeller was ltd to 500 copies with hand made covers... routinely sells in the 700-1000 range. sometimes more, sometimes less, but that's kinda the average i think.

http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?pagenum=1&searchtext=guided+by+voices&incldescr=&sortord=dprice&thumbs=&currsel=

i wish i still had my records from high school, white bee thousand, vampire on whatever, devil between my toes

records, man.

there was this one gbv 45 i had with a great song called shooting star, i think, it was good

here's the exhaustive (and exhausting) gallery of Propellers: http://www.angelfire.com/pq/propellerclub/

which cover do you have, ian?

i've always made good money on gbv stuff. steady sellers. like pearl jam.

it's not mine, it's helen's, but it's a mike rep drawn cover. like the one on that website but without the red.

man. I don't have anything with a Mike Rep drawn cover, but I *do* have an original of GBV's 'Sandbox'. On whatever label they released it on. I bought it direct from Scat ... after the either the 'Grand Hour' EP or the 'Vampire' LP came out, Scat started selling a bunch of GBV backstock early LPs through their mail order distro catalog. I loved the 'Grand Hour' thing so much that I punted on a copy of 'Sandbox.' Didn't buy the others because I was a broke youngin'. Later I got the 6lp box set, so ever since I've had two Sandboxes.

http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=guided+sandbox&x=0&y=0

seems like I could hope for $50?

anyway Ian , I'm with Jordan .. reserves = bad! I personally don't bid on 'em. waste of time

Jordan!

sorry !!! JACOB! my bad bro, i'm way tired

That's amazing, how did she come into possession of one of the original Propellers?

my wife was in indie rock band in the nineties, worked at kim's in manhattan, worked at matador rekkerds for ages.

/braggin

you guys should go see bunnybrains. maybe. coming up. nyc. wish i could go. to hang.

speaking of matador. and 90's bands. and "lo-fi" records.

unless your wife hates my brother. i can never remember who hates him...

siblings, what you gonna do, right?

your wife is cool ian

lol no helen likes dan, so does pat. last time i saw bunnybrains p.g. six was the opener.

i love my wife a lot.

pat is going on tour! i think the closest he's playing to you is somerville. played at the flywheel recently i think.

5/3/12 Radio -- Somerville, MA w/ Major Stars
5/4/12 Casa Del Popolo -- Montreal Canada w/ Harris Newman
5/5/12 Tranzac -- Toronto ON Canada w/ Picastro
5/6/12 Happy Dog -- Cleveland,OH
5/7/12 Empty Bottle -- Chicago IL
w/ Solar Fox ,
Spires that in the Sunset Rise
5/8/12 Zanzabar -- Louisville KY w/ Luke Roberts
5/9/12 Ace of Cups -- Columbus OH w/ Sundown, Moon High
5/10/12 DC Nine -- Washington D.C. DC w/ Sundown
5/11/12 Johnny Brenda's -- Philadelphia PA
w/ The Strapping Fieldhands, Chris Forsyth, Kohoutek
5/12/12 Golden West Cafe -- Baltimore MD

no fair playing Somerville on a night i cannot attend.

Saw The Strapping Fieldhands play at Cake Shop a year ago or something and I think me and my girlfriend were the only ones who showed up that weren't opening for them. Or at least it was practically that way.

"Hi I got the lp and the record itself have alot of spots on it, on both sides. Im gonna have it cleaned and see if they come out. "

i wonder abt stuff like this. people not using precise words so that i have NO IDEA what this guy means by 'spots.' iirc the record was NM. i think maybe he means dust particles??

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251058551237?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1053

i have no idea if anyone is gonna bite at this price, but it's gotten 150+ views since noon...

think it might be a tough sell to start it so high but good luck man!! I shared your link on Facebook. I think before you mail it off I should come over and visit it. soak in the aura.

have you thought about trying to post it to a GBV fan forum or something? like is this thing still active? http://www.gbv.com/postal.html

or maybe the Matador msgboard

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/peep-hole/

what do you ebayers make of this guy (assuming you're familiar w/ him)
http://stores.ebay.com/bobdjukic2
i guess his store is down but there is some evidence of his wares here
http://bobdjukic.blogspot.com/

its missing his funny item descriptions tho

we've talked about him before somewhere. Ian knows him I guess. HOT STAMPERS!!

Jesus Christ, $2325 for a Skip Spence record!

*** BEAUTIFUL, ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING!~PROMO ***

http://better-records.com/

STUNNING MASTER TAPE SOUND ON SIDE ONE! And side two, at A+ to A++, is excellent in its own right. This is an incredible recording, a member of our Top 100, but it takes a copy like this to make it come to life.

I confess to not ever having taken this album seriously, dismissing it as a commercial collection of pop hits with as much depth as the L.A. river, but I was wrong wrong WRONG. This is a great album on the right LP, not the compressed piece of grainy cardboard pop we're used to. The typical pressing barely hints at the tremendous energy and top-quality musicianship that characterizes practically every track on this wonderful record.

speaking of 45s:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=170843563402&nma=true&rt=nc&si=xewc69QXGdoxEcJpJ2xg97Bw3aE%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_592wt_1330

o_O

WTF???

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Light-On-The-South-Side-2-LP-Book-12870-/110876881429?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item19d0c6f215#ht_2827wt_1086

Ouch! I have no idea what that is but judging by the description, I'd buy one for $6.16...

It's a beautiful set. 2XLP and a really wonderful coffee style photo book.

an essay by nick hornby can kill the value of anything.

holy grail right here

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOLY-GRAIL-PARTRIDGE-FAMILY-SCREEN-GEMS-RECORDS-SHIRLEY-JONES-DAVID-CASSIDY-/320912068600?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item4ab7d98ff8

Until now. Because “The Forever Family”, a rock band with two reality TV shows starring Shirley Jones in development from Las Vegas Nevada, needs to raise $1,000,000 to purchase a very special very destroyed and very infamous house to renovate and shoot another pilot, they are offering their greatest and most prized possession up for auction: Their priceless set of Screen Gem Records.

poor shirley...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePtNsyzt8PU&list=PL000961408A733E34&index=2&feature=plcp

my pal andy says that guy has been trying to sell the partridge family stuff since 2003. that's beyond crazy.

o_O

http://www.ebay.com/itm/180895318883?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_788wt_1167

even lee remick is a $600 record these days so that doesn't surprise me

These records have not been cleaned. They are being sold as is.

We are new to the record business. We are the largest seller of Vintage Lunchboxes in the World.

i watched Thurston Moore pick off a thumbnail at a show yesterday and saw where it landed. All I could think of was how I could probably get like $60 for it on eBay if I was a total fucking scumbag

you might also be asked to prove that it came from a famous indie rocker as opposed to, you know, yourself?

whatever, it's probably still on the ground at Union Pool if you have a plan for it

was just on the Modest Mouse thread (not sure why) and saw that "Lonesome Crowded West" vinyl goes for $350?? never been reissued (although one may be in the works). gonna have to sell that bad boy

do it, do it NOW

already listed lol. tell a friend

oh man. up to $76 with four bids on day one. hot damn.

I will stop live blogging my auction now ;)

Nah man, good luck, live blog away. Scott basically paid off my overdraft earlier this year by telling me how much something was worth. Go for it, I would again

it's up to $200 now with 34 watchers. ends Tuesday night. fingers crossed.

even if it stayed at this price it's already by far the most expensive record I've sold on ebay. think I unloaded some of those Bob Pollard side project Fading Captain records for around $80 a couple years ago. I don't really sell that much. Really lucked into this one as I like the record but am totally fine w/ just having a digital copy and found out what it's worth at a great time (I didn't realize until after I put up the auction that they just put up a 45-minute documentary (!) about Lonesome Crowded West on Pitchfork on Monday ... I bet that sent some people to ebay I would think).

now I'm just hoping whoever wins isn't a flake.

good luck Dave!

this guy did alright for himself on his recently completed round of auctions:

http://www.ebay.com/csc/mourning_warbler/m.html?_sop=12&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

talk about grippin raers

that's a nice group of records.