@audiodwebe how about a list of what you have, and where you are located?
Your thoughts on selling
Hey, all.
I've got tons of vinyl that I never listen to. I've sold in the past, but it was always a pain to grade as I never play-graded, but just visually graded prior to selling. But...vinyl being vinyl, some records that looked pristine apparently was noisy once received and played by the buyer, which caused me to refund the buyer (both the cost of the record and shipping) putting me on the negative side of the dollar equation. I also always told the buyer to keep the record.
So I'm considering doing this: Sell the record but only ask for shipping cost and have the buyer decide what the value of the record is, with one caveat that shipping costs will not be refunded.
Granted, some buyers will take advantage and say the Mo-Fi I shipped them was only worth 50 cents. But I think for the most part folks will pay a realistic amount.
Am I being naive or could this actually work? And by "work" I mean most folks paying a fair amount for said record?
Thanks,
Mamoru
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@bubba12 my teen years were in an another country growing up. If I were to pick up the vinyl hobby it would be from scratch.. And with fair amount of advice from here and other places, I just don't see myself doing that.. Quite happy with streaming.. and you are right.. too much physical medium collects dust and occupies space.. |
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DeKay |
Here is my advice, if what looks like a NM vinyl to you under a bright light (no hairline scratches of any kind) but it doesn't have a shiny gloss, it has been overplaid and needs to be graded VG+. Selling your records to a record store will get you a dollar or two per record at best. Sad. As far as the newbies in vinyl, I agree that streaming will be the much easier road. I started collecting vinyl in the 60s so I have a lot of valuable analog records. Anything after 1981, I buy CDs since things went mainly digital then. You would have to spend a lot of money to get vinyl either as used original or new analog releases. Not to mention the much higher cost of equipment for vinyl over CDs or streaming to better them. I do all 3 because I have been at it a loooong time. I can't recommend vinyl to newbies. |
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