not gonna lie, would be totally fine flipping my og copy for $500 to some numskull, if only i wasnt terrified of going to the post office
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 21:34 (four years ago) link
the post office has been nearly deserted.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
hit send too soon- I mean to say I feel safer there than say, going to the grocery store
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 22:36 (four years ago) link
I just got an order, I hadn't thought to close my sales. Can't really see how going to the post office is essential so I think I'm going to have to cancel it.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 22:39 (four years ago) link
Does USPS offer carrier pickup for packages under a certain weight?
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 23:02 (four years ago) link
Yeah, they will. It helps if you catch the carrier while they're delivering.
I placed an order late one night, and the next morning San Francisco issued the shelter in place edict. I told the seller I didn't mind waiting, and now it looks like it's going to be early May before she'll mail it.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 23:12 (four years ago) link
re Prine, I paid $10 for a vg copy last fall, which was on the cheap side even then. vg+ was going for $20-25 and up even then.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 23:16 (four years ago) link
even then
yeah I mean everything’s $20 now. I can’t even find a clean copy of breakfast in America on there for less than like 5 bucks
― brimstead, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 23:35 (four years ago) link
sadly otm
― sleeve, Thursday, 9 April 2020 00:06 (four years ago) link
I was in my local shop a couple of months ago and he was asking $40 for an admittedly clean copy of Agents of Fortune. I was blown away, but he said he just never sees anything in good shape anymore.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 9 April 2020 00:08 (four years ago) link
I still shop for bargains generally. I don't mind some crackle.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 April 2020 01:05 (four years ago) link
I was in my local shop a couple of months ago and he was asking $40 for an admittedly clean copy of Agents of Fortune.
WOW. I got VG+ one on eBay last year for $5.50 (alongside a few other same condition albums to save on shipping) after exhausting local resources. That's one of those albums that seems to go out as soon as it comes in.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 April 2020 02:17 (four years ago) link
“i only buy records in VG condition” is the new “i don’t even own a TV”
― budo jeru, Thursday, 9 April 2020 02:39 (four years ago) link
(just kidding)
anyway, i just scored: a VG+ copy of “monkie pockie-boo” for $35. crazy how much people ask for that record these days. i figure if you check your wantlist email every day it pays off roughly once every two months.
― budo jeru, Thursday, 9 April 2020 02:45 (four years ago) link
^ i still consider this expensive btw. i’m just being impatient / buying myself an early birthday present. by 2020 discogs standards tho it’s a deal
― budo jeru, Thursday, 9 April 2020 02:47 (four years ago) link
When I first began buying again, I set myself a $5 limit. I've since broken it many times (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic don't come cheap, among others... though, at $40, it's in line with what some crazy elaborate reissues go for), but generally the bulk of what I've got is in the absolute best $5 or less records I could find.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:11 (four years ago) link
do you not have decent record stores / record fairs where you live ? i buy all my bread-and-butter $ 5-10 records locally and generally just use discogs for imports and rarities.
― budo jeru, Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:15 (four years ago) link
I never have a ton of luck locally, despite Atlanta having a number of fair to good shops. Occasionally I'll come home with a worthy score, but most of my shit gets bought online.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:19 (four years ago) link
I have decent record stores where I live
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:58 (four years ago) link
Ironically, I had to buy two of my R.E.M. lps from a guy in Alaska. You sure as hell can't find that stuff in the wild around here.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 April 2020 04:04 (four years ago) link
$40 for an admittedly clean copy of Agents of Fortune
Jeeeeeeesus christ. Also when I worked in a record store a year and a half ago that Prine album was $7-12.
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 9 April 2020 06:41 (four years ago) link
I have bought some very desirable items that have been listed as P or G condition and at around £10. All have been fine, crackly not poppy, and not jumpy.
― Mark G, Thursday, 9 April 2020 06:54 (four years ago) link
The guy selling Agents for that price is also a guy whose pricing I think is generally fair-- he's always got good stuff for $5 & $10.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:49 (four years ago) link
I don't remember exactly how much I paid for Agents, but I'm 99% sure it was less than $5. Of course this was about 10 years ago for a slightly worn copy.
― o. nate, Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
it makes sense that with shipping costs, online stores/sellers have little incentive to price things below a certain amount. It just bites, is all.
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:53 (four years ago) link
especially if it carries over to brick n mortar store pricing
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
via stores using Discogs as pricing guide
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
There's a local shop that has a huge collection of unpriced used stuff under their racks (a mix of overstocks and less desirable titles) that they'll price for you upon request. They use discogs for that, but knock off a percentage.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:59 (four years ago) link
yeah there’s this store near me that I honestly wish would just close because it’s obviously just become a front for their Discogs business at this point. Absolutely zero used incoming product. massive amounts of stuff behind the counter. loads of overpriced new reissues if you like though!!!
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
re Agents I'd been shopping for it for a while on eBay and discogs and clean copies were always in the $10-15 range. I completely lucked out on eBay one night and got a nice non-gatefold later press for a couple bucks because the seller spelled something wrong and listed it under cds instead of records or something like that. The stars were aligned in my favor.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
the reissue thing is wild. I saw a 180g reissue of Weather Report's 'Sweetnighter' for $25... you could easily get clean copies of WR's entire discography for that, and probably still buy a hotdog when you're done.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
Yep. The dumbest expensive reissue I've noticed is Carpenters Singles 1969-73. I could wallpaper my entire house with $1 copies of that record.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
The last round of Ebay auctions I did, last summer, most things sold for considerably below their typical Discogs value, whereas I used to do pretty well. It seems like auctions don't work for sellers anymore. I myself often forget to bid on something and then it sells for some ridiculously low price (I was after a copy of Neuromantic and one sold from a US seller for $1.25).
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
I've lost some Joe Hendersons with bargain prices forgetting to come back and bid on them... 'Multiple' for $16??? Damn!
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
er does anyone know how to temporarily close your discogs shop because you aren't going to be able to post anything for the foreseeable future? I'm either too drunk or too stupid to figure this out
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 10 April 2020 21:28 (four years ago) link
Go to marketplace-inventory, with entire inventory-show actions, expire for sale items.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 10 April 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
Alternatively, don't pay your monthly.
Seriously, they should have the ability to shut your 'shop', ebay does!
― Mark G, Friday, 10 April 2020 22:26 (four years ago) link
thx, got it!
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 10 April 2020 22:32 (four years ago) link
I can concur from stupidity that if you don't pay your bill they'll shutter you til you do.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 10 April 2020 23:20 (four years ago) link
a seller describing a nigerian record:
worn edges, looks like a rat or camel chewed top left corner about an inch in, some pen marks and creasing, still looks dope af
― budo jeru, Friday, 1 May 2020 02:22 (four years ago) link
Rat chew marks hugely different to camel chew marks
― Mark G, Friday, 1 May 2020 07:08 (four years ago) link
I'll buy it if it's dope af
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Monday, 4 May 2020 23:07 (four years ago) link
“Vinyl is mint...vinyl has been cleaned on a VPI 16.5”
Unless it was cleaned on a VPI at the pressing plant before being assembled and shrink wrapped, this statement contradicts itself
unsealed vinyl = not mint. Come on people it isn't that fucking hard
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 10 May 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
Problem is, Discogs doesn’t have an option for “minty”.
― The little engine that choogled (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 10 May 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
I offer the option of opening & cleaning for sealed LPs. About half of my buyers take me up on it.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 10 May 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
hardcore dilettante otm
― budo jeru, Sunday, 10 May 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
Unless it was cleaned on a VPI at the pressing plant before being assembled and shrink wrapped
― brimstead, Sunday, 10 May 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
― The little engine that choogled (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, May 10, 2020 11:43 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
you might be joking but that isn't a terrible idea especially given the high number of vinyl buyers who only open the record to use the dl code and never play the vinyl
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 10 May 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
i mean, you're allowed to add a short text description of every record you list
― budo jeru, Sunday, 10 May 2020 23:25 (four years ago) link