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In Reply to: RE: new vinyl/old vinyl ? posted by cpielock@eaglebrook.org on March 29, 2015 at 17:18:14
It is stunning to see the inflation in vinyl in the last couple of years.
And, for the last few years it has been almost impossible to go to the thrift store and fine good vol and good quality lps. Hence, with the resurgence in vinyl interest used prices have moved quickly higher. Linked below is a site I just stumbled on that is not bashful in the least about their pricing.
BTW, went to an estate sale this past week end where there were 10K lps. They were all a dollar the first day and .50. Lots of stuff that would sell for $10 to $50. I picked up about 60 that I thought would be worth acquiring.
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Here's a link to the Wired Article on the Man that sells $1000 lps and thinks he's under charging.....
There used to be a guy in San Fran that sold "Museum Grade Investment Classical lps" His pricing seem high back then, for $300 RCAs, now, in retrospect, stone cold bargains. Wonder what we'll be saying in 10 years about today's $40 Ebay Lps?
but Tom Port's niche customer base.
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Although there are currently 117 testimonials posted on the Better Records website, the success of this bold enterprise hinges on 20 to 30 "preferred customers" who spend as much as $100,000 a year on hot stampers.
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eBay closing auction prices would be a better example of used vinyl prices in today's market.
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
--Zen Proverb
No doubt Ebay is the best price source. But, the point I was dicking around was vinyl has moved much higher than almost anyone thought it would go a few years ago.
Sort of like back in 60s and even early 70's you could go to Goodwill and sort through large tables of vacuum tubes for under a $1.00. Things change, and the things we took for granted suddenly become surprising.
Heck, I've been studying 78's pricing on the Bay, as I am astounded by the pricing on early Country and Blues/Jazz.
When I go to the used record store, I pretty much only go through the Classical, as not many paw through it and often times the Store doesn't know what they have.
Got back into vinyl in 2000 ...
You could still find good VG++ to NM- legacy inventory for $1 to $3 on average ... but that's not the case today. More like $5 to $15.
Filling gaps in my collection requires me to peruse record stores who charge higher prices ... they are the only ones who have any inventory left in my part of the country. My collection is mostly done with some occasional gap fillers or artists that I'm interested in now but not back 10 years ago ... for example Talking Heads.
It's just Tom Port's Better Records is just an "outlier" to me.
Cheers.
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
--Zen Proverb
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