If you just link PayPal to your bank account, you can send all the fee-less personal/gift/living expense payments you want (on the U.S. site at least).
Amoeba definitely wants to make deals, but the law requires advance authorization. There is not a set statutory penny rate for distribution of sound recordings so there is no way to determine a proper escrow amount. No one is likely to sue them but the risk is definitely there. I highly doubt a...
They don't, and are relying on escrow. I missed that part of the copyright law in my legal training. But their appetite for risk is good for fans of orphaned esoteric works.
Thanks for the intel, guys, especially about the removal of certain sellers. I have a feeling that I could bend over for certain records in a moment of weakness, so may use that tool for self-preservation.
I am confused by why sellers do this for such high-demand garage records. Why not allow the currently healthy market for rare garage 45s dictate the price? I get re-listing alerts constantly from these types of auctions and can only imagine how many listing fees some of these sellers pay before...
Woah! This post made me finally stop lurking and open an account. Did you ever think of investing in a portable record player? Most stores have listening stations, but I always bring a portable just in case. No record store with any decent quantity of used 45s has ever refused to let me...