Comments on: An Interesting Trio of Rare Jazz Vinyl

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:44:40 +0000

You’re welcome, Rudolf. Let’s hope there’ll be some more comments on this issue; we already have BigBear’s addition to the sniping thing 😉

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:36:01 +0000

many thanks Mattyman.

By: BigBear

BigBear — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:30:29 +0000

I am an eSnipe user and have been very happy. It is the only sniper service I have used, however, so I cannot make any relative comments vs others.

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:29:15 +0000

Well, Rudolf, I have to say that I have had absolutely no problem with Gixen. All snipes that I put in lead to a won auction for me; I only lost when other ‘snipers’ simply outbid me when they had set a much higher amount. I went beyond the free Gixen account and paid 6 dollars (for a year, so it’s nothing) so that I could use the extra options of setting the snipe time to 6 seconds on their regular server and 3 seconds on their mirror server. They also have a very good forum on the site that answers all your questions and the owner of the site is a very dedicated person as well, usually very fast with his replies. At the end of the day I think it’s all about what each of us prefers personally, as I know that there are many other sniper services. Maybe we should ask the other JazzCollector ‘snipers’ for their comments if they use something else, so that you can decide what would be best for you. I for one rely on Gixen 😉

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:18:17 +0000

Mattyman, wherever you are, in Cologne, Antwerp or Utrecht, please give your views on these GIXEN sniper people, since on two snipes I had one failure. Can I trust them to do a good job?

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:02:12 +0000

the seller representing the estate was Dutch, he sold through EBay.

By: maartenkools

maartenkools — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:03:53 +0000

not Frits Phillips??

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:35:27 +0000

It’s a small world… I live about an hour driving away from Eindhoven! I wonder how you got in touch with him 😉

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:06:16 +0000

some five years ago I bought a series of brand new original pressings on the Danish Metronome label from the estate of a deceased manager of Philips in Eindhoven. Gorgeous stuff.

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:50:53 +0000

The Lou Donaldson is another unplayed gem that the seller describes as an “archive copy from the collection of a music industry official”, just like with the other beauties he sold so far. -I’m always intrigued by stuff like that. It makes you curious who that music industry official might be… 😉