Cost of used Records going up

[Made in 1968]

I was looking thru Discogs today as i get alerts to Records i wanting, seems 12" singles are now getting stupid.. Seems that The vinyl thing for me is now getting impossible just when i thought their was a tiny glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel..

[Audio Al]

Vinyl rocks in more than one way , Keep the faith :)

[Pieoftheday]

CDs too, I'm after a copy of A Word To The Wise Guy by The Mighty Wah, cheapest I can find is £27 !! Ooh just found one for £15 plus postage

[Made in 1968]

Vinyl rocks in more than one way , Keep the faith :)

Sorry mate aint feeding greedy piss takes for the sake of rose tinted glasses..

[Made in 1968]

Maybe Discogs is the worse choice to make tbh..But aswell as having only two [Crap] used record shops near me, you just dont see 12" singles in there so im forced to buy online.. I have a short list of about a hundred 12" singles im wanting. Every one clocks in on 45rpm, I was gonna buy a more specialised Turntable as i would not need to fart about manually changing the speed. Going by the silly prices tho, it is a worry & the deciding point as to if im gonna dump Vinyl forever & ever amen..

Shame cos i have chance of a Manticore 'Mantra' TT for £80.

[Jac Hawk]

Luckily i have a great used record store 5 minutes away from where i live, Pete the owner will refund on any record he sells that isn't up to scratch "pardon the pun" to be honest he hasn't sold me a bad one yet, like others i feel discogs prices are on the high side and the quality estimates woefully inaccurate, my general rule is if i can't find it locally then i'll try ebay then if all else fails discogs, personally i don't buy many 12" singles but LP prices i mostly find ok.

[Mike Reed]

I guess 12" singles stretch over many genres, but I've dozens of them lying about; not quite sure what the genre is; maybe 'dance;? They're kind of disco music, though some are vocal. Bequeathed by a neighbour for services rendered,who was moving into lodgings. Although the s.q, is generally very good (and better than standard 33 rpm LPs), I really don't like them for their brevity.

[Made in 1968]

Far superior to LP sound quality basically the nature of them makes it so.. Pretty much all dance music was issued on them for DJ's but they were Prevalant with 80's Chart music for the extended mix or additional Remix 12" erz of the same single..

[Mikeandvan]

CDs too, I'm after a copy of A Word To The Wise Guy by The Mighty Wah, cheapest I can find is £27 !! Ooh just found one for £15 plus postage

Some people are giving away cds, they have no idea that some of us value them, obv not as much as vinyl, but personally I quite like cd, streaming I find a chore!

[Mikeandvan]

Maybe Discogs is the worse choice to make tbh..But aswell as having only two [Crap] used record shops near me, you just dont see 12" singles in there so im forced to buy online.. I have a short list of about a hundred 12" singles im wanting. Every one clocks in on 45rpm, I was gonna buy a more specialised Turntable as i would not need to fart about manually changing the speed. Going by the silly prices tho, it is a worry & the deciding point as to if im gonna dump Vinyl forever & ever amen..

Shame cos i have chance of a Manticore 'Mantra' TT for £80.

What sort of music?

[Made in 1968]

All sorts im missing from the 80's.

This a prime example

https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/1152199?currency=GBP&ev=rb

[Mikeandvan]

All sorts im missing from the 80's.

This a prime example

https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/1152199?currency=GBP&ev=rb

Didn't realise that was worth money, I have the LP with that track on, got a few of his lps, another 80s fave of mine is Soft Cell. If you hang around long on ebay you should find them on there a bit, or a lot, cheaper than discogs.

[Made in 1968]

Trouble with E-Bay is they are mostly not dedicated Record sellers so do not post out in correct mailers hence you basically gonna get a crumpled sleeve, effectivly throwing your money away if you are like me insist on M/NM Records & sleeves....

The Tubeway army 12" is an established asking price, who ever created these prices need a slap :D . Same with the Italy only 12" single release of Simple minds "New Golden Dream" nutty money.. Yeh you can get the LP's with the tracks on but they are not extended & secondly the sound quality sucks in comparison..

Soft Cell were great. They are ok prices. Some of these extended jobbies are now available on CD but the same magical sound is just lacking.

[Gazjam]

Discogs...ouch.
Paid full bhuna for a sealed “limited numbered edition” of Daft Punks 2LP “Tron Legacy”... talking a couple of ton.

a Month before Disney decided to reissue it.
:doh:

[Made in 1968]

Just had to pay £15 + post for a Depeche Mode 12" im missing ffks utter joke.

[AJSki2fly]

Just had to pay £15 + post for a Depeche Mode 12" im missing ffks utter joke.

Have a look on Gumtree there is often big collections of 12" singles up for sale on there. You may get lucky and find one near you or you may need to travel, there was a 1000+collection down my way not long ago. Just have to buy up on average £0.50 to £1 each so about £500 - 750 for a 1000, then you select the ones you want and sell the rest either to cover cost or make a profit for more. Its tricky to get right but not impossible, just can take time, never know you might end up with a small records shop.:)

[scotty38]

Have a look on Gumtree there is often big collections of 12" singles up for sale on there. You may get lucky and find one near you or you may need to travel, there was a 1000+collection down my way not long ago. Just have to buy up on average £0.50 to £1 each so about £500 - 750 for a 1000, then you select the ones you want and sell the rest either to cover cost or make a profit for more. Its tricky to get right but not impossible, just can take time, never know you might end up with a small records shop.:)

Or alternatively you end up with 1000 bits of junk that you can't get rid of just like the last bloke :lol::lol:

[icehockeyboy]

Even the less expensive charity shops (think of Oxfam as Harrods re high pricing) are upping their prices.

There’s one nearby that have upped the price from 50p/£1
To £2.49 minimum.


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[Made in 1968]

Must be a lucky streak, I was watching five 12" single i wanted, one went for over a tenner but the other no more than £2 each. Suppose that is a result, However i cant understand why im buying them as im not bothered about records anymore. I think its just the compulsive illness. But honestly i wont bother playing them..

[Barry]

Even the less expensive charity shops (think of Oxfam as Harrods re high pricing) are upping their prices.

There’s one nearby that have upped the price from 50p/£1
To £2.49 minimum.



Oxfam here always did charge stupid prices. If they had charged more sensible prices for their wares, I would have spent literally hundreds of pounds with them.

Ironically Oxfam have now started to reduce their prices, just as other charity shops have increased theirs.

[RMutt]

I never have any difficulty picking up my James Last and Klaus Wunderlich records. They’re usually pretty cheap too.

[Made in 1968]

As in they pay people to take em away

[RMutt]

As in they pay people to take em away

Ha ha. I don’t think they could pay me to listen to them though.

[Made in 1968]

Well people bought the records in the first place. However there is some right shit these days that make those old albums a more promising purchase in comparison

:eyebrows:

[AJSki2fly]

Well people bought the records in the first place. However there is some right shit these days that make those old albums a more promising purchase in comparison

:eyebrows:

James Last a Go Go is quite a good one, you might like to give it a try, even has a trippy cover.:lol:

[Made in 1968]

I used to have the set of Wunderlich Hammond Pops LP's

Ill get mi coat

[Lawrence001]

I've got Bach goes Bossa somewhere I think. I'm after the follow up Beatles go Bossa but it's become rather rare these days for some reason.