Selling Up

[Winsford Soul]

Question. Is it best to sell records as individual items or as a collection. I think i,ve finally made my mind up to get shut. Cant see my circumstances changing in the foreseeable future. So i think its time for them to go.

Steve

[Guest]

Question. Is it best to sell records as individual items or as a collection. I think i,ve finally made my mind up to get shut. Cant see my circumstances changing in the foreseeable future. So i think its time for them to go.

Steve

if you sell them as a collection it rules a lot of ppl out....why not just give them to me

moldie

[Headsy]

Sorry to hear that Steve,go through the same turmoil from time to time myself as am sure many others do,

My take on it is you will get rid in one go and get the same money as if you sell 60-70% of the collection to people who want individual items but then you have the benefit of keeping 30% of your records to sell slowly and still be able to enjoy them good luck whichever you do as u r one of the good guys !!!

[Winsford Soul]

if you sell them as a collection it rules a lot of ppl out....why not just give them to me

moldie

Ha Ha

Steve

[Pete S]

Also depends on the sort of time scale you're running to. I'm selling a collection now for someone but there's no rush, I do a list every week, this'll happen until the records run out. They could have been sold all in one go but they wouldn't have taken as much money as by doing them individually

[Denbo]

Also depends on the sort of time scale you're running to. I'm selling a collection now for someone but there's no rush, I do a list every week, this'll happen until the records run out. They could have been sold all in one go but they wouldn't have taken as much money as by doing them individually

But I guess you'll always be left with a good proportion of records that either don't sell at all, or take absolutely forever to sell.

[Guest Ste Brazil]

Some stuff, the cheaper records especially seem impossible to get rid of these days.

[Dylan]

Some stuff, the cheaper records especially seem impossible to get rid of these days.

nobody wants cheap records .....

[Steve L]

Some stuff, the cheaper records especially seem impossible to get rid of these days.

I agree, I think most people selling a collection would stuggle to sell a high percentage doing it individually.

obviously depends on the records but if i list 10 records (cheaper end) I'm lucky if I sell one

[KevH]

With the amount of consumerism nowadays,buying stuff with not a cat in hell's chance of recouping your money,why do we think we're going to break even on all our vinyl?

If the arse has well and truly dropped out of the cheaper end,then give em away.!! Either that or keep them as home plays.!!!

[Headsy]

nobody wants cheap records .....

Unfortunately this tells you a lot about the scene these days..........

[Len]

Hi Steve,

I'm in the same boat as I expect many others are - 'Needs must' an' all that. You will sell your 'Cream' pretty fast as there are always a few buyers for the rarer items. After that, I think you will be left with the rest for a good while (If not forever)

If you think about it, that's not a bad thing. If the time does actually come for me to sell, I will sell my rarer items which is obviously where I'd raise most of the cash and keep the rest.

I think it's a real shame to sell everthing 'Job lot' - At least keeping some will give you many more years of pleasure.

All the best,

Len.

[Phild]

nobody wants cheap records .....

Not true.

Everybody wants all records cheap these days

[Dave Moore]

I want cheap records! Doesn't everybody? Feel free to send me a list of your cheaper stuff. Especially any WDJ copies.

Regards,

Dave

[Guest]

I want cheap records! Doesn't everybody? Feel free to send me a list of your cheaper stuff. Especially any WDJ copies.

Regards,

Dave

ditto

[NEV]

nobody wants cheap records .....

Cheap records ? or just the common records that most collectors or dj's already have or have had

[davidwapples]

good idea with the cheapies is to put them in a soul pack

picked up 3 packs recently on here and got some really nice unknown tunes for a nice price that i may not have looked at if they were priced by thebook individually

[Dylan]

Cheap records ? or just the common records that most collectors or dj's already have or have had

I was referring mainly to the great but common records that are easily available.

they get ignored. May be that everybody has them ? or not enough new collectors to buy up the stock still available. Its a whole mix of reasons.

and also its a generalisation probably not true in every case just most.

[claudster]

can you send me a list and prices.....the cheaper the better....I'm not a proud man :-)

[Guest FunKPunK]

Count me in, personally I think most expensive tracks are over inflated much as the egos of the rich who can afford them

[boba]

I was referring mainly to the great but common records that are easily available.

they get ignored. May be that everybody has them ? or not enough new collectors to buy up the stock still available. Its a whole mix of reasons.

and also its a generalisation probably not true in every case just most.

also for some reason new collectors are only into $$$ vinyl. I didn't pay $10 for a record before I found all the ones I could for $5.

[KevH]

Quick formula to work from.....

Desire to own (rare, not rare = real desire) + Happy with price + happy with grade = Buy.

Or for the maths heads.....D (R,-R=rd)+HP+HG=B.

Selling....

Desire to sell (rare,hard to source)+ price negoitable(offers)+Correct grade= Sale.

Or...-D(rhs) +PN(o)+CG =S.

So as you can see,its easier to buy than sell.

Fact.