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

78s are the only game worth playin imo.

thing is, the dudes who are bidding on this, in the even of a win, can probably unload some other rarities to make up the cost, or at least a chunk of the cost.

this is why i only buy string band records, which tend to top out in the 7-800 zone. i rarely pay more than $20 for a 78.

I dreamt that I was in bidding war on that Tommy Johnson 78 and Tera came in the room and asked what I was doing. I tried to hide from her cause it $45.000 but she saw my computer screen and got mad at me and told me to stop bidding.

78s are the only game worth playin imo.

― ian, Friday, September 20, 2013 5:31 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what do you mean? they are the only records that hold value?

i'm just being "snarky" as they say on ILE.

ohhh ok

my record is here! my record is here!!

my soul and i are so excited!!

:D

So I won a record on ebay on saturday and he only offered Expedited Shipping or another option that was $21. No media mail option, so I thought ok, I'll just get the record a day earlier, I'll pay the stupid $9.39. So today he finally shipped the record! Why should I pay Expedited Shipping if the seller is going to wait 4 days to ship the record???

fucckkkk that. i thought ebay required a media mail option??!

Given that, I'd ask for a refund of the difference between media and expedited...

On top of that the seller lives here in Texas and charged me $4 sales tax. Is ebay enforcing people to charge sales tax if it's in the same state?

i think ebay automatically adds the tax? come to think of it, i don't think i've ever sold a record on ebay to someone in NY -- i do it on discogs all the time though, but that's a different beast.

is it every state that requires that sales tax addition? definitely neither ebay nor discogs requires it, though ive had cali sellers on both insist...

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/50-state-guide-internet-sales-tax-laws.html

^^ it's all greek to me, legalese etc

#NOLO

Texas has never had a state sales tax though, the republicans make sure of it, that's why all of our social programs are broke.

huh, that's very strange then...

Either way don't let them get away with squeezing those apparently unjustified shipping charges out of you...

still been following that Tommy Johnson auction with interest. $16,800 and there are six hours left. watching the end of it will be my workday entertainment for this afternoon.

Yeah this is the most exciting record I've watched sell that I have no way of buying.

Oh, that reminds me of watching a Beatles record hit $18,000(?) a few years ago.

Here it is! This was fun to watch unfold also.

http://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/230667989032/Beatles_PLEASE_PLEASE_ME__STEREO_GOLD__BLACK__MINT

the tommy johnson thing actually fills me with extreme anxiety.
like, it's so common for people who don't know what they're doing to improperly pack 78s. i've never received anything broken, but i've heard tons of horror stories..

srsly if this thing breaks in transit it will be a national tragedy. day of mourning, hour of silent prayer type shit.

LOCAL PICK-UP ONLY

is what i would do.

plus, fuck a paypal fee with that kinda money involved.

probably just gonna be tefteller buying it anyway. he can come pick it up in his private zeppelin.

plus, lie and tell ebay that the sale didn't actually happen. fuck an ebay fee.

plus, tell the buyer its cash only. fuck the irs.

I'm sure the winning bidder will AT LEAST inquire about how it's being shipped. At this price I imagine that kind of conversation eventually ends up a phone call and many emails. They likely have picked up on the fact that this guy may be pretty clueless...

i don't know clueless he is. yeah he was ready to take $4,000 but to be fair there is no standard to go by and $4,000 is gonna sound like a lot to someone. if i had found this in a box i would have known it was money but i never would have known how much money.

yeah to be fair he did start the auction at 500 bucks not 5. and he's at least conscious enough about condition to say "no" to all the people who are like "you need to play it once and record it," it's right to leave that up to the buyer imo.

When someone offers me $4000 for something I'm not sure of the value of, I'd google it before accepting any offer.

Yeah it's a clueless thing for someone to just accept an offer like that seemingly right off the bat. Saying it's because you "live close to where the artist is from" is especially flimsy as the only reasoning at that price even if you're a collector.

that's the thing, he wouldn't find a price if he googled.

wow...

HOLY SHIT

Have you figured out who the winning bidder is skot?

whoa. I looked at it with 8mins left and it was still at $16K. forgot to go back to the tab and missed all the fireworks. holy cow.

Hope it wasn't one of your kids mucking around on your account xp

uh. damn. wouldn't have guessed that high

i don't know who it was. maybe ian does.

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidderProfile&mode=1&item=300969625287&aid=j***e&eu=&bidtid=872656441020&view=NONE&ssPageName=PageBidderProfileViewBids_None_ViewLink

Is this the highest an online auction for a record has ever gone?

I guess "david" is kicking himself for not offering the $4k up before that first bid more than ever at this point.

hoooo boy.. that'salottamoolah.

no idea who the winner is. if i find out, i'll be sure to let ya'll know..

Christ, along with his other auctions he made $40.000!

dude on facebook is saying tefteller bought it, but i wouldn't want anyone to quote me on that just yet...

told ya

yup, same feedback number

yeah. hoo.

i imagine we'll get a cd reissue on the next volume of "the stuff that dreams are made of" or somesuch similar reissue.