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    disappearing vinyl

    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).
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    Up the ante - THE BEST TWO-SIDER!

    Someone mentioned psych-garage: does it get much better than The Magic Mushrooms - It's-A-Happening / Never More?!
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    mp3 albums of unreleased material turning up

    I would try the Hassle Free Record Selling Group on Facebook. Or Brad Hales from Peoples Records in Detroit might be able to help you.
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    mp3 albums of unreleased material turning up

    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...
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    mp3 albums of unreleased material turning up

    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.
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    stuff you've been DJing

    Pretty much anything that sounds like this: http://youtu.be/p3ESqBMhm64 Still working on my go-go line though.
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    items with ridiculously high starting prices

    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.
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    items with ridiculously high starting prices

    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...
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    Did I Do Something Wrong ?

    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...