Insane Collection update

sonnyboypaco said:
Who is it then?
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I meant that I found it on one of BW's old auction listings, but apparently all the copies have sold by now. I haven't actually obtained the record. There was a VG copy on ebay recently, sold for $185. I bid much less than that, based on the above info in this thread. I'm sure another one will show up sooner or later.
 
I did not add that one, but I've been trying to add a lot of regional TX garage and psych 45s and clean up some of the label discographies where I can (like if I have the records). So many stores use discogs stats like a price guide these days that stuff that is actually in the stores is not coming to market cause some pricing monkey can't figure out what it is worth by using the two or three knee jerk sources of info. The world needs less polka 45s from the 70's priced stupid high cause they are "so rare they're not on the whole internet" - It just makes their store look bad. I mean, does anybody at these stores listen to these 45s before pricing them anymore?

Also, if somebody has already done the data entry, maybe some seller will put it up for sale on discogs and I will have a shot at buying it (because it is in my want list).
 
Just seen this thread. How exciting! I need to pay more attention. Bosshoss, are you still taking wants lists or have I missed the boat on that front?

Thanks again for all the hard work.
 
mojogogo said:
Done, thanks for the tip. I've only bought cheap / common stuff there, I've never seen rarer / higher dollar items, like this one, actually for sale.
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The prices I have seen are beyond ransom-like. I have only purchased one cheapie.
Discogs looks like another wasteland similar to Gemm where people post records they cannot sell on ebay or at shows.
 
MopTopMike said:
The prices I have seen are beyond ransom-like. I have only purchased one cheapie.
Discogs looks like another wasteland similar to Gemm where people post records they cannot sell on ebay or at shows.
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True, there are always those astronomically priced items, but as far as being a wasteland, I find it much easier to filter out the garbage on Discogs. It is really great when there are many variations for a particular title, like country of origin and reissues. Easy to zero in on just the one you want. Almost impossible to do that on Ebay unless you wade through tons of listings and scrutinize the descriptions for each one. Gemm is a real record graveyard.
 
Yeah, Discogs would certainly provide a little buyer protection from people selling re-issues as originals!
 
I bet I've bought well over 1,000 records on ebay.
As for Gemm, maybe, 5? And Discogs, well, $20 45s priced at $150 euros just ain't gonna happen.
Wheras ebay has an annoying percentage share of greedy nogoodniks polluting the listings, the other places trump ebay by light years, judging by a casual perusal of wares being offered at any time.
 
It probably depends a lot on the type of record. I haven't found much in the way of 45s on Discogs, but have gotten some nice LPs through the site (some good library albums most recently).
 
Unless I am missing a secret, I can't seem to be able to browse Discogs like I can browse Ebay. I like ebay because it's like looking through an (figuratively) endless sale box, where Discogs (and GEMM) are like passing a store clerk a want list, and then interrupting him many times as you think of other titles to ask for. GEMM was good many years ago, but now it feels like a :flush:

Discogs, for the occasional hit, really is a place where dealers dump stale stock. Several people have told me this. Since it has no expiration date(?), stuff could last there forever.
 
I did very well selling on a single Facebook group last year, though it is a very narrow market - original and in-demand 45s. Lesser stuff won't sell unless priced to move. The people know records, so it's informative and interesting. Buyers pay as friends so seller reputation is everything, as it should be. Yes there are many overpriced 45s, and a couple sellers I wouldn't buy from a second time, but I bought a number of fine records at reasonable prices. One downside is seeing how fast a good 45 can move, a matter of seconds, and if you miss it, too bad.

It won't replace ebay, but it's a fun alternative to the impersonal and risky ebay experience. Worth a try especially as a seller.
 
Horses for courses. I use Facebook a lot anyway. I know many of the sellers there from the real world too. You maybe do pay a premium but it's often worth it for peace of mind and instant gratification. There aren't many bargains there, granted. I have had some amazing finds on Gemm. I got Mickey and the Soul Generation - Get Down Brother for about £30. I also got my copy of The Whats New - Up So High, which ended up being the first dance at my wedding, for a tenner. Gemm and Discogs, for me, have been much better for soul and funk purchases though, garage finds have been limited. Ebay has certainly seen the bulk of my online purchases over the years, but I've had plenty of negative experiences there, increasingly so in recent years and it's also, more than ever, cluttered with hugely over priced dross. None of these online platforms are perfect, but I still check them everyday pretty much. Junkie life.
 
buckeyebeat said:
Discogs, for the occasional hit, really is a place where dealers dump stale stock. Several people have told me this. Since it has no expiration date(?), stuff could last there forever.
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I've been selling in Discogs for 2-3 years and it's great, way better than eBay. But the audiences vary greatly by genre, and the younger the crowd (dance music, indie rock, punk, etc) the better things sell. Garage, like classical, jazz, etc is fairly dead. Part of the problem is the database is not good in these genres, and whenever I get a new garage 45 in my collection, I will add it if it's missing. One thing to keep in mind is that good records that are priced well can sell immediately due to the want list alerts. On eBay you'll see all these records because they tend to run as 7 day auctions. On discogs someone might list a great 45 and you'll never see it. I've done well selling some $8-$25 mostly major label garage 45s, but you can really tell that the larger record collecting world has not caught on when I've had a NM Jesters of Newport listed for ages at $225 (yeah, I know this crowd thinks that's high given the quantity and what they used to be available for) and one sold on eBay for $395 during that time.
 
I second that. Discogs starts getting interesting both for sellers and buyers after 1977. Found great punk/indie stuff for good prices there and sold off crates of silly indie-45s/LPs I bought in the late 80s/early 90s. It's been a revaltion after doing ebay for years. Discogs is very easy to use for sellers and I dont have a problem with having to look for specific records as a buyer - after all ebay-categories are so crowded with re-listed crap these days that it requires much more patience than I can muster to go through the "garage"-section (or whatever the ebay-clowns have decided to call it these days). It will take a while until it becomes good for older genres, though.
 
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