Vinyl/CD purchases & collections

[wilsdenwhite]

I am Wilsden, I often read their site for information/reviews.

I've never purchased any albums off Discogs, I shall have to investigate further, thanks.

Never had a problem with buying or selling on Discogs but it's always only been buying from or selling to UK folk. I wouldn't hesitate to buy from abroad though if it was something I really wanted at the right price.

[hector]

How much were the Bowie albums, Hector?

7.50 and 9.50

[1964white]

7.50 and 9.50

Wow!

[CUSSIE01]

Hunky Dory takes me back. About a decade or so ago I traded music on Ebay. CD's mainly. I was a DJ in my younger days so always had a decent knowledge of music and I accidentally found a gap in the market to make some money for about a year between jobs. I'm sure you have heard of music magpie. They rely on Joe Bloggs thinking.. I don't want my CD's anymore so I'll sell them to music magpie for peanuts but it's better than nothing. Then music magpie would list them for about 10 times as much and make their lolly that way. But here's the thing. It seemed nobody at MM had any really knowledge of music and certainly not about rarities and whatnot and they would list the majority of decent and rare stuff at a flat rate of £8.25.

Hunky Dory on CD from the 80's was one of the CD's on my list that I could buy at £8.25 and I would easily sell it for around £50. Early On was another Bowie that did very well for me and now and again the idiots would list SACD's at £8.25 too. Bowie's Heathen SACD I got 2 copies of and sold them both for £150.

I basically had a list of around 250/300 titles that I would trade like that for profit and had page refresh software monitoring both Ebay and Amazon so the moment MM listed one of my titles I would hear a ping and go straight to the page listing and buy it.

You couldn't do it nowadays though because I think MM employed someone more knowledegeable at some point and killed off the £8.25 lark haha.

Oh and Ebay report your sales to the taxman these days I hear but back then I got away with all that just as a private seller and never had a business account.

Not sure why I'm telling you all this as it's nothing to do with vinyl and Bowie's not really my cup of tea but I did like a few of his 80's hits

Interesting post though WW, I think if you have over 30 EBay sales or around £1,700 worth of sales sites like EBay/Vinted etc are obliged to report it to HMRC. Just another way to tax the soul out of the public. Btw, if you’d like to offer £150 for my copy of Heathen I could be persuaded

[Orange Box]

Btw, if you’d like to offer £150 for my copy of Heathen I could be persuaded

What about your Bay City Rollers collection?

[CUSSIE01]

What about your Bay City Rollers collection?

Wash your mouth out with soap and water OB, I’d rather cut off my arm than sell that.

[1964white]

Hunky Dory takes me back. About a decade or so ago I traded music on Ebay. CD's mainly. I was a DJ in my younger days so always had a decent knowledge of music and I accidentally found a gap in the market to make some money for about a year between jobs. I'm sure you have heard of music magpie. They rely on Joe Bloggs thinking.. I don't want my CD's anymore so I'll sell them to music magpie for peanuts but it's better than nothing. Then music magpie would list them for about 10 times as much and make their lolly that way. But here's the thing. It seemed nobody at MM had any really knowledge of music and certainly not about rarities and whatnot and they would list the majority of decent and rare stuff at a flat rate of £8.25.

Hunky Dory on CD from the 80's was one of the CD's on my list that I could buy at £8.25 and I would easily sell it for around £50. Early On was another Bowie that did very well for me and now and again the idiots would list SACD's at £8.25 too. Bowie's Heathen SACD I got 2 copies of and sold them both for £150.

I basically had a list of around 250/300 titles that I would trade like that for profit and had page refresh software monitoring both Ebay and Amazon so the moment MM listed one of my titles I would hear a ping and go straight to the page listing and buy it.

You couldn't do it nowadays though because I think MM employed someone more knowledegeable at some point and killed off the £8.25 lark haha.

Oh and Ebay report your sales to the taxman these days I hear but back then I got away with all that just as a private seller and never had a business account.

Not sure why I'm telling you all this as it's nothing to do with vinyl and Bowie's not really my cup of tea but I did like a few of his 80's hits

Interesting read, Wilsden.

[1964white]

Another album purchased for under my £10 limit this morning.

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[hector]

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This one came the other day for £5.00

[1964white]

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This one came the other day for £5.00

My first ever LP I bought in 1970.

Where did buy BOTW album from?

[hector]

My first ever LP I bought in 1970.

Where did buy BOTW album from?

Vinted mate....

[wilsdenwhite]

Interesting post though WW, I think if you have over 30 EBay sales or around £1,700 worth of sales sites like EBay/Vinted etc are obliged to report it to HMRC. Just another way to tax the soul out of the public. Btw, if you’d like to offer £150 for my copy of Heathen I could be persuaded

Yes it is much tougher to get away with dodging the tax now. I haven't sold on there since around 2020 but always buy bits and bats.
£1.50 you say?

[1964white]

Vinted mate....

Thanks mate.

Checking out the site now.

[1964white]

Four albums for £13 purchased this morning

U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Previn Dory - Mythical Kings & Iguanaa
Previn Dory - Mary C Brown & The Hollywood Sign
Eckstine Billy/Vaughan Sarah - Passing Strangers

[BobHirst]

Four albums for £13 purchased this morning

U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Previn Dory - Mythical Kings & Iguanaa
Previn Dory - Mary C Brown & The Hollywood Sign
Eckstine Billy/Vaughan Sarah - Passing Strangers

One of my faves.

[The Subhuman]

https://burningshed.com/index.php?route ... egory=true

[Evan R]

My first ever LP I bought in 1970.

Where did buy BOTW album from?

Proud to have my folks’ copy. Original pressing. Surprisingly still in good shape!

[1964white]

And another classic vinyl album added to the collection.

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[1964white]

One of my faves.

One of the best singer/songwriter albums from the early 70s, Bob

Couldn't believe I picked this album up for £2, that price would apply to the majority of seventies albums.

[1964white]

Four more vinyl to the collection for £23.