discogs marketplace?

something tells me he might be a pain in the ass

No, that all seems quite reasonable. Has he got “Hello” by Lionel Ritchie?

have had a seller's page open the last couple of weeks in my browser, as I was thinking about purchasing a record or two from them (this was before all the work I had booked the next couple of months got mothballed due to Corona), and last night they took all their stock offline, I guess due to the virus.

German seller just being thorough and clear on terms. What's wrong with that?

It's just comical, I'm sure he's a fine fellow

Ha! A couple weeks ago I added an entry for a specific version of a Miles Davis CD and some shop in Japan now has three copies listed. People helping people!

yes ! i love when that happens !

fuck this dude forever

Media: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Comments: Very Clean. Insert has that stain you see sometimes with Japanese records (Tariyaka sauce?) but only on insert. Did not come with OBI Strip (nor does the Discogs photo have one).

Ah yes the famous Japanese Sleeve stain.

I’ll never understand sellers who say Sleeve VG+ (2” seam splits on top and bottom) or whatever

I understand, they’re idiots

absolutely insane what people are asking for john prine’s first record

https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?sort=price%2Casc&master_id=133502&ev=mb&format=Vinyl

ew

Wonder if anybody'll pay... What could that have been selling for two weeks ago - ten bucks?

the people buying those are just gonna put them in fucking frames or something

xp nah 20 at least, it's been pretty desirable for a while now

always saw it as an 8 - 12 dollar but yeah idk maybe things have changed

a 2017 reissue listing for $200?

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

the post office has been nearly deserted.

hit send too soon- I mean to say I feel safer there than say, going to the grocery store

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.

Does USPS offer carrier pickup for packages under a certain weight?

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.

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.

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

sadly otm

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.

I still shop for bargains generally. I don't mind some crackle.

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.

“i only buy records in VG condition” is the new “i don’t even own a TV”

(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.

^ 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

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.

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.

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.

I have decent record stores where I live

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.

$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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

especially if it carries over to brick n mortar store pricing

via stores using Discogs as pricing guide

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.

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!!!

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.

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.

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.