Comments on: Watching Jazz Vinyl Prices on The Rise

By: Cazoon

Cazoon — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:02:34 +0000

Maybe I’m to anal, but any seam splits to me, means VG at best. I’ll accept sligh ring wear and edge wear for VG +, but no split or tape seams .

By: jud

jud — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:42:29 +0000

Here’s the same seller I mentioned who uses the “range” approach, evidently not by accident. Maybe it means it’s in between the two, though he tends to always put the higher grade in the title. I did get some good records out of this guy’s estate lot.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BENNY-CARTER-and-The-Oscar-Peterson-Quartet-LP-ALONE-TOGETHER-VERVE-V-8148-VG-/290697342519?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item43aee96e37#ht_883wt_1056

By: elix

elix — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:38:45 +0000

The sneaky mismatch between title and description has me thinking an interesting(although perhaps tedious) side project for this site might be to follow up a month or two later on some of these auctions and see what kind of feedback the buyer left. People always say the old Blue Notes play better than they look. But, while I can’t afford original Blue Notes, I buy a lot of records on ebay. And I know how often I get a “NM” record that shows up looking absolutely trashed. It’s annoying enough with a $30 record, but I sometimes wonder how many of these NM or VG++ records that sell for $1000+ show up in VG-/G condition. Even if it plays better than it looks, that’s still a big difference. Anyway, I wonder how many of these records result in feedback like “Smooth transaction, easy to deal with” or other faint praise that sound like they could have been return/refund situations.
But that would involve combing through feedback, and would be kind of a pain in the butt.

By: picapica1974

picapica1974 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:11:06 +0000

A cheap Lexington KENNY BURRELL s/t RARE JAZZ LP Blue Note 1543 Mono WARHOL just $ 61.00,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/360453424167?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648#ht_500wt_1202

versus

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=370605480647&nma=true&rt=nc&si=Z92Zkm5WWAE5hZOX7CySlKEEChI%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_5092wt_783

By: jud

jud — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:08:01 +0000

Agree that it’s confusing when the heading condition doesn’t match the description condition. I saw a similar tactic recently where a high grade, say VG++ would be in the headline, while the description would be a range of two conditions, as in VG+ to VG++. That’s a little soft and dubious. I know as a seller one can make mistakes by using one auction as a template for the next, maybe that’s what happened here…