Ebay Experience
Mr. M
feature - it's worked out really well several times, especially if you
by several items it once. Maybe that was the problem this time, I was
after just one item. The record was priced at $4.80, I offered $3.50
- offer declined . Offered $4.00, offer declined . Offered $4.25,
offer declined. Offered $4.40, offer declined! Apparently this guy
did not want to do business. I don't see the point of offering Best
Offer if he's not willing to make a deal, or only give 10 cents off.
Maybe he should offer coupons. The record was the 45 Bill Doggett -
Blip Blop
Mr. M
Paul
perhaps a case of GREED on his part??? Did the record end up selling
or did he have to relist it?
Mr. M
wrote:
It's still there. Like I said, he probably didn't want to budge on
just one item, but it might have been different with several items. I
did a few best offer deals last year, they were all for several
records at a time, and all my offers were accepted. One dealer had a
batch of 45s that were listed at $8 each and that was way too high for
what the records were, but I offered $3 each, for 20 records, and he
was glad to make $60..
Mr. M
Uni
I bid $100 on a CD, but lost out! :-)
Uni
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> Mr. M
Mr. M
wrote:
I once got into a $300 bidding war over a 45 - thankfully I lost. I
did eventually get a copy of the 78 for about $50.00
Mr. M
50s
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> I once got into a $300 bidding war over a 45 - thankfully I lost. I
> did eventually get a copy of the 78 for about $50.00
What record was it?
Mr. M
It was a record from 1955 called "You're So Nice To Be Near" by The
Loreleis. It only reached the bottom of the charts, and nobody in the
whitburn group had a copy of the record, except from a cassette that
somebody had recorded off the radio long ago. It's a pop song, kind
of a lounge type tune, nothing spectacular at all, but a big part of
record collecting is wanting what you don't have or can't afford. I'm
just glad I don't have to live with myself for spending $300 on a
record.
Mr. M
Paul
to get the promo DJ ONLY(an extended version not on LP) copy of
Tavares It Only Takes a Minute for $15 and Led Zeppelin's Stairway To
Heaven release 2(Stereo/Stereo)for $30 which knowing the history of
that record and the amount it sells for, I thought I did very well.
The above mentioned Tavares record was a 45 with a small spindle hole
in it.
Honestly I could not imagine spending $300 on any record regardless
what it is which begs the question, are we true collectors if we don't
fork over that kind of money??? At a recent record show, a vendor had
the majority of The Beatles 45's on the late 1960's early 1970's
Capitol target label for $30-$50 a piece. As bad as I'd like to have
them, they ain't worth that much to me. Eventually I will come across
them in a thrift store somewhere. I just have to be patient as these
things eventually turn up in time...
Uni
Just picked this CD up at a department store for less than $10. Funny to
see it climb in price when nothing special is on it...
Uni
Dana
all theese records. I have about 38-00 45s. My dad owned a record store in
Macon Georgia while I was growing up.
50s
Don't hold your breath. It's 2010, you hardly ever see records in
these places anymore. And if you do they are whipped.
Paul
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> Don't hold your breath. It's 2010, you hardly ever see records in
> these places anymore. And if you do they are whipped.
While that is true, you'd honestly be surprised what you find at
thrift stores... one of the local stores actually has a bad habit of
placing near new singles on the 'rack's minus their sleeves. I once
even found some 'oldies' still wrapped on the large 'oldies' cardboard
package which was popular back in the late 70s' and early 80's.
Vinyl is slowly making a comeback BUT it will never be what it once
was...
Chris S.
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> Vinyl is slowly making a comeback BUT it will never be what it once
> was...
At Radio Shack the other day I saw a turntable with a USB cord. I know
they've been around for a while but when you see one on the shelf at
Radio Shack it's a big deal. They haven't carried turntables in years,
removed that big book of special-order needles/cartridges and some
stores had discontinued the vinyl care products some time ago.
Paul
it seems like most stores are carrying USB turntables now. They even
make a USB cassette deck too!!!! From what I've seen, retail on
turntables is about $99 although at Best Buy, it is a bit higher.
There's also the retro units which feature the turntable, AM/FM radio,
cassette and CD Recorder on the market as well. Prices on those go up
in the $200 range or higher depending on what it is, who made it and
where you buy it. We have a place locally called Audio Heaven and they
sell a turntable for your home stereo system that sells for $1699.99
and no that is not a typo, that is the actual price of that turntable.
Mr. M
wrote:
>On Jan 10, 3:21 am, "Chris S." <chrisstufflestr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I've heard bad things about USB turntables, but they seem to be
selling so obviously a lot of people are pleased with them. I've
found that when it comes to recording an old piece of vinyl into your
computer, the most important thing about it is that it's there when ou
want it. Sound quality is important, but it's great just to have it
available. I came across a cd I burned about 10 years ago - it had
some of the first 45s I ever ripped - I couldn't believe I had a few
of them as recently as then - it seemed liked some of them were long
gone 20-25 years ago.
As for expensive turntables, they can be a heck of a lot more
expensive than $1500. There are also very expensive cartridges, even
separate tone arms. Some of the most bizaar looking mechanical
devices you'll ever see are very expensive high end turntables.
They're actually a bit scary looking- they look more like a strange
lab device than a record playing machine.
Mr. M
Paul
>
> I've heard bad things about USB turntables, but they seem to be
> selling so obviously a lot of people are pleased with them. I've
> found that when it comes to recording an old piece of vinyl into your
> computer, the most important thing about it is that it's there when ou
> want it. Sound quality is important, but it's great just to have it
> available. I came across a cd I burned about 10 years ago - it had
> some of the first 45s I ever ripped - I couldn't believe I had a few
> of them as recently as then - it seemed liked some of them were long
> gone 20-25 years ago.
>
> As for expensive turntables, they can be a heck of a lot more
> expensive than $1500. There are also very expensive cartridges, even
> separate tone arms. Some of the most bizaar looking mechanical
> devices you'll ever see are very expensive high end turntables.
> They're actually a bit scary looking- they look more like a strange
> lab device than a record playing machine.
>
> Mr. M
I bought my first CD burner for my computer in February of 1998 and
wasted no time burning certain 45's to CD. All of those CD's still
play although one has a nasty scratch on it. Later in 1999 I would buy
a Phillips dual CD deck for my stereo system and to this day use it to
copy my vinyl, cassettes and 8-tracks to CD. The only downside is that
it WILL NOT use modern recordable CD's. Therefore I have to burn
whatever to a rewritable music CD and then copy that disc to a
standard CD. If there is a firmware update for that unit, I've not
been able to find it. I'd like to think that would solve my CD
problem. For now I am happy with what I have and see no need to
purchase a newer more modern CD Recorder.
Regarding those high end turntables, do they really sound that much
better than a standard turntable? Are they better than the Technic
1200 series used by most DJ's???
back to the $1700 turntable, I believe it was made by Marantz.
Mr. M
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>Regarding those high end turntables, do they really sound that much
>better than a standard turntable? Are they better than the Technic
>1200 series used by most DJ's???
>
>back to the $1700 turntable, I believe it was made by Marantz.
I've beenrecording almost nothing but 45s for a few years - I've tried
several turntable- cartridge, combinations that sound good but always
seem to have skipping problems no matter how carefully I balanced the
arm - one of the cartidges was close to $300 and the cantilever got
bent after a few months - so I decided to never spend a lot lot of
money on a turntable or a cartridge again. My most reliable turntable
for recording 45s has a been a Bang & Olufsen TT which I originally
bought at the flea market in 1992 for $25. I could probably get
better sound quality with a high quality combination, but I can't take
a chance on spending a lot of money and finding I still get skipping -
a pricey TT/cartridge combination is most likely intended for LP's,
not 45s. The B&O does not look like it should track very well, but it
sure does. It never skips, it's built rather thin and compact, but
it's quite heavy if you pick it up. People can stomp on the floor,
and it doesn't skip. The tonearm looks kind of cheap and flimsy, but
it sure holds. It's fully automatic, and the tonearm always lands
right where it should at startup. It can only take a cartridge
designed for that TT and nothing else. They're a little hard to get,
but I've been on this one for about 3 years. I've decided to hold
onto this turntable until it stops working- I may not find another one
as reliable for what I do.
Mr. M
Uni
I have to admit, collecting CDs aren't as exciting as collecting old
records, but divorcing myself of vinyl ticks and pops, I'm not complaining!
Uni
Uni
Listening to LP noise on the radio was fun, but even when they switched
to CDs, they'd go haywire much more than just a skip!!!
So, here's the question: What do the play on HD Radio? MP3s?
Uni