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...the parking lot was packed, but not many sellers...saw a guy with some LP's strewn about. I haven't seen him here before. As I begin to browse, I ask,"How much are the LP's?" He replies- "2 or 5 dollars...I think the ones you want will be $5." I replied "I had a feeling you were going to say that." None for me thanks...
Dan
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try this place if you want to see the price climb with your desire. nothing seems to be in order but he knows where everything is. and for godsake don't touch the big JBLs he has in the front of the store.
...regards...tr
I liked his answer.
In the 90s, when you couldn't give classical LPs away, I went to a tag sale where all the LPs were $5 each. The last LP in the last box was a stone mint Sibelius Violin Concerto, LSC-2435, shaded dog 1S/1S.
Thank you very much, tag sale ladies, just this one for me, please.
you look in the stores that sell nothing but pop, rock and jazz. There is often a box or two of classical hiding somewhere and they usually will be most grateful if you take it off their hands. I was in a store like that in Baltimore a while back. No classical, except in a box holding the door open. I asked, and the owner said anything in the box was $1. One of the first things I see is a stone mint wideband SXL Decca of the Ansermet Bizet Symphony in C. I ended up buying about 20 really nice records.
....at a church sale in the early 90s, the teenage kids from the church priced the records. They put $5 on the Beatles and Stones records they recognized. I bought two rare psyche records for $1 each; I'm sure they had no idea what they were.
I played them and thought they weren't very much to my taste, so I let them go to a dealer for $50. Today, they would be worth at least $100 each.
in the store and you have to bring them to the counter to have them priced. I won't shop at those stores. It's laziness or a scam or both.
A lady at a thrift shop tried to do that to me, letting me get down on my hands and knees to look through a box of classical lps on the floor of a back room. She wanted to look up the two lps I picked out on ebay. I told her, unless you've graded those lps and are willing to give me my money back if I'm not satisfied as ebay sellers do, I'm not paying those prices. I offered her $3 each and she accepted. Two RCA Living Stereo "shaded dogs" in excellent condition, including the Karajan/VPO Beethoven 7th, RCA LSC-2536. But I would never go back there.
I actually like these kinds of places. When I first go in, I'll wander a little and make a point of talking a little with the guy at the counter. I'll say something like "I've just moved here. Been in business long?" This lets him know that you might become a regular customer. After a little chit chat, I'll say something like, "Well, let me see what you've got."
I pick out just a few LPs and decide what *I* am willing to pay for them. Which is usually just $1, unless they are something special. When I go to the counter, I'll say something like, "Well, not much of interest, but I like to support local business when I can, rather than buy online." That tells him that he's got competition.
Then I put the few LPs on the counter with the exact amount I've decided I'll pay for them. And I'll say something like, "These aren't really worth much, but I know you have a business to run. Maybe I'll find more next time."
If he wants to haggle, I might dicker a little, but if he's looking to get rich off me, it ain't happening. If he's uncooperative, I'll just say, "I can do better elsewhere. Thanks anyway," and leave. Sometimes he'll stop me and say something like "since you are a new customer ...." But the reality is, there just aren't many LPs worth real money, and there are always more LPs to be found in the future.
I think of it like this -- If you are trapped in the web of instant gratification, just buying LPs to be buying them, you are the victim of your own obsession. I refuse to be controlled by my own lack of self discipline.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
They don't really care if you buy the records. You've just done them a favor by telling them which records are sought-after/valuable. This is especially true with classical, since they probably have no clue what might be worth something until you show them. I avoid that kind of store like the plague.
Part of shopping for LPs IS deciding if the quality vs price is 'close enough' to be a good deal.
With the price at the counter, usually the price is a 'total price' and NOT each one. So you can never say, yes that one no not this one..
The stores which price at the counter SUCK.
Once I discover the LPs have no price I just walk out.
...bring a massive pile of LPs to the counter and when the prices are too high, just leave them on the counter and walk out.
They'll enjoy putting all of them back.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
...I won't shop in those stores either. There's a famous one on Melrose in Los Angeles, and another tool on Hollywood Blvd. They give you the once over and try to guess your pain quotient. Total BS, IMHO.
Dan
LOL The Record Collector. Funny thing, that guy the more you buy the cheaper the prices. Pick up a couple and everything is $100, Pick up 25 LP's and the prices will drop particularly on the rarer LP.s.
Used to bring a bunch up to the counter and ask and then return most of them after he made individual quotes, but I did pick up some very desirable discs relatively cheaply.
The Record Collector....otherwise known as, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY STORE???"
nothing is priced...UNTIL you ask. then, the price is 25 dollars (for the same record that Amoeba down the street has for 1.99). lol
i dunno HOW he stays in business. who the hell WOULD buy from him? lol
Edits: 01/24/15
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