Discogs

[RAJ]

para11ax said:

The price of vinyl is just silly now.

2 weeks ago, I bought an AOTN reissue of The Leaders - “(It’s a) Rat Race” and a copy of the Marker Starling 45. With shipping, it cost just shy of $60 CAD. Am I the crazy one who thinks $60 is too much for a couple of new 7” releases?

My buying has slowed down dramatically. I think there are still occasional deals on eBay and Discogs. But I spend way less time on it.



I think it's a mixture of supply, demand, demographics, and maybe rising costs due to the Apollo Masters fire? I just paid $60+ on a couple Japanese city pop reissues, recently. The pressing and packaging are impeccable, but damn it hurts to spend that much on a new record considering 180 gram reissues were like $10 in the 2000s.

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

I have one example of a seller putting a ridiculous price on a discogs record that I fully approve of. An early Karl Hector/Poets of Rhythm promo 45, never been sold, no media price, the only copy for sale is up for like 1500 bucks and a note saying "why else would I ever sell this". I like the "extreme price to show how much you love the record and don't want to sell it" rationale for insano discogs pricing.

 

[ppadilha]

klezmer electro-thug beats said:

I have one example of a seller putting a ridiculous price on a discogs record that I fully approve of. An early Karl Hector/Poets of Rhythm promo 45, never been sold, no media price, the only copy for sale is up for like 1500 bucks and a note saying "why else would I ever sell this". I like the "extreme price to show how much you love the record and don't want to sell it" rationale for insano discogs pricing.




this dude from Porto Alegre once had an OG Krishnanda up for sale on discogs, you can look at at the sales history for reference:https://www.discogs.com/Pedro-Santos-Krishnanda/release/5655369
except this dude's copy apparently was minty and signed by Pedro Santos himself. So dude listed it at something like US$5,000 with a note that claimed he really didn't want to sell the record. I guess he didn't?

 

[dizzybull]

That’s kind of like saying I don’t want somebody to F me in the A. But if I absolutely HAD to get F’d in the A, this is how much it would cost. Obviously there are factors. Is the “A” mint, or does it show signs of ring wear? Gonna spend money to press your privates into this private press.

 

[Beatnick Dee]

RAJ said:eBay is so fucking dead. I have an app that searches wants on a daily basis and it's the same overpriced fixed priced bullshit day in and day out. If there happens to be a live auction, not a BIN, it's carolinasoul / paperstax / funkyou where shit goes massively overpriced.



Always wondered why this was. Pride of purchase? Reliability? Pure volume/always selling? Always see records go for 3-5 times what they usually do from those ebay sellers. I have won the occasional deal from them, however with some gospel stuff.

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

dizzybull said:

That’s kind of like saying I don’t want somebody to F me in the A. But if I absolutely HAD to get F’d in the A, this is how much it would cost. Obviously there are factors. Is the “A” mint, or does it show signs of ring wear? Gonna spend money to press your privates into this private press.

"ring wear"... where's ap when you need him

 

[para11ax]

klezmer electro-thug beats said:



dizzybull said:

That’s kind of like saying I don’t want somebody to F me in the A. But if I absolutely HAD to get F’d in the A, this is how much it would cost. Obviously there are factors. Is the “A” mint, or does it show signs of ring wear? Gonna spend money to press your privates into this private press.

"ring wear"... where's ap when you need him

“ring wear” LOL!!

 

[Yemsky]

I knew we discussed this before...
https://community.soulstrut.com/discussion/38554/discogs-heaven-or-hell#latest
Funny opinion by the last post on that thread: GEMM is better than Discogs when it comes to selling. LOL

 

[RAJ]

I’m curious if anyone scored some deals on the short lived Reverb LP.

 

[dizzybull]

"Some mobile devices will not allow playback until you first activate the YouTube player by tapping on it. If the video is not loading, refresh the page, then tap on the player."


Anybody else sick of having to click on this goddam message every few minutes?

 

[ketan]

I barely understand it and yeah, it’s the worst

 

[sticky_dojah]

Beatnick Dee said:



RAJ said:eBay is so fucking dead. I have an app that searches wants on a daily basis and it's the same overpriced fixed priced bullshit day in and day out. If there happens to be a live auction, not a BIN, it's carolinasoul / paperstax / funkyou where shit goes massively overpriced.



Always wondered why this was. Pride of purchase? Reliability? Pure volume/always selling? Always see records go for 3-5 times what they usually do from those ebay sellers. I have won the occasional deal from them, however with some gospel stuff.

These sellers consistently sell themed auctions with incredible records, do consignment deals for insanely rare shit and established a following via email. Lots of eyes on these auctions means more $$$. Also remember, it only takes two deep pocketed people in an auction style environment to skew the price. That said, agreed, you can get deals there too. But more eyes means more $$$ generally speaking.
I've been very active on discogs for years now and my wantlist is over 7000. It's not good haha. Very hard to get deals these days. I try to price to move selling stuff on my personal account.

 

[YNOT]

The positive is seeing user feedback and being able to buy now. Had a ebay purchase listed as VG+ show up with split seams and un audible record in a manilla envelope. I like the ability to analyze what something has sold for and buy it rather then the auction style bay. Been losing to snipers frequently, it's fun like gambling. Maybe I need a app to compete. Echo the sediments on Carolina soul etc auctions going nuts. Hats off those sellers have a good thing going. Selling on discogs is cool for the most part. Buyers can be a little funny, a few try to the old partial refund scam. My gripes are people listing stuff too high. Tried to buy a 45 off some guy on offer up and he was down.. Until he googled it seen someone listed for $2,500. Wayyyy higher than it had ever sold for before. Guess people do that on ebay too. I'd say discogs can be a good indicator of what things are going for but it's not the end all be all.

 

[billbradley]

https://gripsweat.com/ is good for checking what things have sold for on ebay.

 

[dizzybull]

sticky_dojah said:



7000.




Jesus, that's huge. I got a tiny one compared to you. I want to see yours.

 

[dizzybull]

I just found my new profile pic on discogs!

 

[RAJ]

dizzybull said:



sticky_dojah said:



7000.




Jesus, that's huge. I got a tiny one compared to you. I want to see yours.



It can fill up quickly if you take into effect multiple-pressings. I have a huge list of unattainables as well.... one can dream.

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

dude I'd never let another man see my list... hella sus.

 

[sticky_dojah]

“List Envy”

 

[dizzybull]

Listicles.
I love the usernames. I want to see if I can come up with the ultimate worst. Like CrateExpectations. AlexanderTheCrate.
CrateScott!!!

TheCrateWallOfVinyl


Or Rekky Recordo.