you could post a list link here, ILX might not have all but I bet we have some. see also:
selling my fucking records
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 11 April 2024 18:00 (one month ago) link
https://medium.com/@scottseward68/open-for-business-confessions-of-a-used-record-dealer-in-new-england-42985dbca372
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 21 April 2024 18:25 (one month ago) link
Feeling this. The folks who come in and tell you about the records they own, wanting you to be impressed. No details, just … that they have a record collection. Ooooooh! No fucking shit? You have over a hundred records? Please tell me about it. Or that they USED to have one, and sold it or dumped it like everyone else did. So do you wanna buy them all back, then? No? You don’t have a record player anymore? What the fuck are you doing in my store preventing me from doing something useful like helping the other customers or picking my hangnails?
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 21 April 2024 18:32 (one month ago) link
Thanks for this piece, Scott. It’s therapeutic.
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 21 April 2024 18:33 (one month ago) link
haha, no problem!
― scott seward, Sunday, 21 April 2024 21:23 (one month ago) link
Is there a service (or maybe record shops do this) where I give someone a list of the several hundred records I want and they track them down and ship them to me? Maybe they’d get 10% of the cost or something?
Basically no. That's a tremendous amount of work you're asking already-busy shop owners/employees to do for like $3 per record. Especially for a picky buyer ("unreported hairline scratches").
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 00:38 (one month ago) link
I’ve all but given up trying to sell the wonderful Martha & the Muffins and Doug & the Slugs records.
fwiw I would buy all your Martha & The Muffins records (except This Is The Ice Age because I've already got that one) but I suspect you are too far away for that to be worthwhile
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 13:46 (one month ago) link
Postage is pretty cheap! I think at this point I’ve given up on even trying to flog M&M so I dunno if I even have good copies anymore but I can put ‘em aside for you when they come in & bundle them off for practically nothing.
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 23:20 (one month ago) link
Pretty cheap when sending multiple records, that is.
is it any better now? the UK<->US rates have sucked for a while
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 00:34 (one month ago) link
I can usually send stuff to Europe for $30 or so, up to a certain point where it all of a sudden turns into $100
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 04:13 (one month ago) link
it's ok, it's not worth paying $20-30 postage when I can buy those records here. thanks anyway. found a VG+ copy of Trance & Dance for £4.50. Metro Music goes for a bit more
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 07:49 (one month ago) link
I am driving out to Greenfield tomorrow. 😎
― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 17 May 2024 17:47 (two weeks ago) link
Scott I saw your note on what to say/not to say to non-record ppl and, considering I ambushed you with a surprise visit to the shop and multiple ppl in tow, you were great! Not that I'm a non-record person just saying. I don't think you need the note! ❤️ Allen - stop by! SS is greay. Oh, I miss MA. sigh.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 17 May 2024 17:53 (two weeks ago) link
We miss you too. :(
― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 17 May 2024 17:58 (two weeks ago) link
Snagged some KLF singles!
― Allen (etaeoe), Sunday, 19 May 2024 14:45 (two weeks ago) link