Comments on: Filling Up the $1,000 Bin

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 03:44:06 +0000

yeah, I mean, I keep a mental list of people I never want to deal with again. And I keep a list of people who are honest and have good stuff to sell/trade. It all works out in the end.

By: hardbopster

hardbopster — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 07:26:45 +0000

@Paul Everyone’s mileage may vary when it comes to dealing with people, so I see how negative experiences can leave a sour taste. I have been collecting vinyl for a long time, and I enjoy dealing with people directly, but that may just be a personal preference. I also love eBay for the selection, convenience and protection.

Regarding working with dealers as unfun, I am not sure what you mean. Ebay best respected sellers…are dealers. As far as ensuring a happy outcome when trading, that requires trust; which takes time to build, and not everyone will pan out as good trading partners.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 01:26:07 +0000

Having dealt with ebay auctions, fellow collectors, and dealers, I much prefer auctions. Working with dealers is unfun, and a surefire way to get ripped off, at least compared to traditional ebay auction prices (the gold standard). Trading with other collectors is a guaranteed way for at least one of the parties to walk away unhappy and regretful.

By: GST

GST — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:47:21 +0000

Oh I’d buy that from you Michel. Hit me up @gstvinyl

By: gregory the fish

gregory the fish — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:12:45 +0000

D. Love – did you figure out that you can search on eBay at any time? Is that what you figured out? ::eye roll::

By: hardbopster

hardbopster — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 07:01:10 +0000

@d.love Even better than just buying records because one can, is establishing relationships with dealers and collectors across the globe where buyers and sellers are happy doing business. Even better than that is trading. Now, doing this is very hard nowadays, but not impossible, and it is fun. For me, that is the preferred route, but I will also bid to win on records. Happy hunting.

By: D. Love

D. Love — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:48:21 +0000

You know…every time you put a post on these high-quality jazz gems, it’s ALWAYS after the auction is over. It’s as if you and your collector friends are afraid that someone else who has deep pockets might outbid you. Well, I’m here…and I’ve figured out a way to gain access to information. And I have my snipe software ready…and the money to purchase these records.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 01:58:54 +0000

I am interested in the knowledge of the JC community related to labels and the audio quality of such, a question inspired by the Byrd lp above on Transition–whatever label that is. So, if you had to rank the general audio quality of the desirable labels, regardless of engineer, how do you rank New Jazz or Dial in relationship to BN, Prestige, Impulse and more? Related follow up: is any Japanese re-issue better than other countries’ pressing reissues? 🙂 Follow up #2: where does ECM fit in all of that? 🙂

By: Fredrik

Fredrik — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:41:10 +0000

Michel, what’s your IG handle?

By: maarten kools

maarten kools — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:24:48 +0000

@Michel The amount of people on ebay are probably 1000 till 100000 more than the followers on your IG account
it’s a question of numbers… But somebody could have been lucky!!
Sell it on ebay and you fetch 700 $