Comments on: A Question of Ridiculous-ness

By: Fredrik

Fredrik — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:33:41 +0000

zarabeth47: is that true, with the shill bidders you think?

By: Rich (DG Mono)

Rich (DG Mono) — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:25:08 +0000

Bryan, you are correct in that 95% of the records he lists are graded VG++ or better and usually some sort of variation on that grade.

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:02:06 +0000

I would be very curious know who is the guy who spend 455 $ for a Jimmy and Wes on Verve (sealed). Whoever he is.

By: zarabeth47

zarabeth47 — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:18:40 +0000

I’ll say it again. BOB the DJ u KIC
just never stops amazing me.

On one hand he makes me vomit with an obvious crew of shill bidders (sells other people’s records so they can bid it up) but on the other hand he raises the bar for sellers like me and I smile whenever I get $40+ for a 5 digit YES record!!!!!!!!!!!

By: zarabeth47

zarabeth47 — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:13:01 +0000

I don’t think I would go higher than $10 for both. Maybe at the last minute I would just say … nah!
Weird market we have here these days. I just stick to my guns and buy what I really want. 99.9% of the time the records I buy are my favorite records and I’m just trying to upgrade and maybe get originals if I have, say, a New York press that should be a 47 w 63rd etc etc etc …….

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 05:17:33 +0000

It was me. i admit it. I’m just a sucker for those “(strong) VG++” records which may have “scratches never exceeding 1 1/4 inches.” But of course, the records can’t possibly be VG+, because they are “full-bodied analog recordings!”

Alas, friends, the real entertainment is yet to come. Seller bobdjukic has CDs galore up for grabs! And if you are wondering, all CDs are visually graded. It’s most likely because play-grading CDs is a prohibitively expensive endeavor only for the well-to-do music resellers. But these are RARE CDs, so bid now!

Have a strong VG+++ day!

By: Shaft

Shaft — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:53:04 +0000

Well regarding the Jimmy & Wes obviously two bidders wanted it really bad – possibly dealers with end customers with deep pockets.
Sealed is the magic word here – how many selaed copies are left? On the other hand the latest sealed Verve copy I bought had a pressing defect so there is no guarantee that sealed is mint…

Well our friend Bob has created his own buying universel and personally I just want the prices to stop rising so that I can afford to aquire more nice LPs.

If we all just keep cool it could perhaps mitigate price wars?

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 22:07:54 +0000

for me, any price above 10$ for an impulse during the “bloodletting” years is ridiculous. i bought this mint for 9$ from the princeton record exchange. sigh.

By: jazzvinyl.ru

jazzvinyl.ru — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:16:18 +0000

it’s obvious that he uses some 25th frame technique among his redblueyellowgreen flowering descriptions..
better not try reading the text – you may fall under the spell and put a 400$ bid on a 20$ record