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In the last couple of years I have noticed a decrease in desirable vinyl albums readily available from my local used vinyl dealers. Time was when almost anything you wanted, including many classics and lots of Beatles (not many early pressings, mind you) were easily obtainable. They were in the newer stock and often in the older. I was fortunate enough to replace a lot of older or missing albums fairly quickly. However, I recently encountered a rather talkative man in the new arrivals snapping up Beatles left and right (even though they were probably purple labels) and almost anything of interest. He said that he was going to sell them on eBay. The store prices are usually less than what one would expect to spend on eBay. The store owner said that they couldn't do anything about it, since they can't put restrictions on customers. However, there is less reason for me to shop there unless I try to be a perpetual early bird to beat the eBay guy. He doesn't even appreciate the music. Just venting, but is this a common phenomenon? No wonder we are losing used vinyl stores.
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in any old unexpected place.
Here in Montreal, Qc, I never used to see as much imports (rock and jazz) as I do since this business started to happen.
he said he had no interest in the music. unemployed. buying then selling on ebay. I really only saw him digging in the classical room. I noticed he found a couple Deutsche Grammophone tulips. exact same deal though - ebay prices are higher than the store.
Online buying is different but if you follow certain rules you can eliminate most of the guesswork. Many have posted here on what they do but: always ask questions, look at feedback very carefully, deal with a few good sellers, assume a grade worse than they say and accept that a few bad deals will happen. Then Ebay is great.Regards
it was ugly when you saw it, right? it stays ugly.
people are always complaining about ebay prices, can't examine the record before buying ... ebay is not am improvement for the buyer. it serves up a lot of crap and drives prices thru the ceiling.all you really can do is vent ...
definetly a mixed bag..i know for a fact that the guy- nicest guy-bobby who runs smash records in georgetown dc is more and more selling the collectibles and nicer lps on ebay..ebay id: bobbysmash
this cuts down on the stuff i can find in his store.. i go less and look more on ebay.. what else can i do?
at the same time..ebay has opened up a new world to me.. with some patience i can find some stuff i doubt i'd ever see at a record store... i just got bud powell's jazz giant original norgran 1063 vg to vg- for 5 bucks plus shipping.... it plays just fine with some crackle and surface noise of course, and its making my day..
ask for Neal. He keeps most of his under $40 records in the store and is more than happy to keep an eye out for specific records or gendres for his customers. Tell him that Rodney sent you.Take care,
thanks. i do hit crooked beat regularly.. and its on 18th st btw!
Henry
(NT)
I'm not sure why this is a problem. Ebaying stuff just means that more people have acess to vinyl that they otherwise wouldn't have access to. As a recent emigrant from exile in a small town in Utah were the closest vinyl store was and hour an half away I lived off of ebay and online stores. If your local record store knows their buisness they should be able to buy/price their vinyl so that they make an adequate margin.The reality of vinyl collection is that, more and more, we (those of us who use this site and other like it) are in direct competition for a dwindling limited reasource. Getting the stuff you want may require being an early bird at your local store. It may suck, but for many that's part of the fun of collecting.
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