Pete S

I think people worry too much about feedback - I've got 1886 in total, I think maybe 6 of those are negative, 3 from the same person(!) as a retaliation when I reported him to trading standards, anyway what percentage of 1800 is 6? Bugger all really. On one ocassion the neg was deserved because I didn't pay the person for some reason, and I left them feedback apologising. But when it's not your fault and you've actually tried to sort it, you have to fight fire with fire and tell them whatever feedback they leave you, you'll do the same. As for the thieves and con men, the worst of the lot are the sellers of designer clothing. If you type in Prada or Stone Island or Wranglers, you'll find 95% are "BNWT" (brand new with tags), for s start half of these tags are the wrong colours, the clothes are in designs that the real companies don't make, yet they still ask ££££££ for them. I always read the feedbacks on clothes sellers. Otherwise I wouldn't look as smart as this would I?

Van Dykes - Save my love for a rainy day Reparata - It's waiting there for you both on pale blue labels, vinyl press, some Reparatas on red vinyl

Definitely Russ, early 1974. Brave choice for those times.

Popcorn doesn't really have a lot to do with NS though some of the records cross over into the two scenes, most famously Sam Fletcher - I'd Think It Over. It originated in Belgium and seems to cover all sorts of early 60's pop, from the era when all the male singers were called Bobby. Even I use the expression now because a lot of the records are starting to sound that way, as we go further and further back for our r&b we also find popcorn style records with the right beat - like Larry Trider for example. As for my pet hate, it must be clicking on a record and seeing that the seller is AJ Cabanellas because he must have some kind of machine which makes his records for sale look like they came out of a skip. Oh, and Americans who think that any black music is Northern Soul, or anything by Ketty Lester, Patti Page, Teddy Randazzo and so in is NS because they've seen one record by that artist described as such. People who charge ridiculous amounts for postage. People who try to charge you £2.50 postage because they have to p[ay their mate £1 for taking it to the post office. People who charge you airmail then send your items by surface mail taking up to 6 weeks to arrive. Prisoners on death row who send you their old f*cking slippers and dressing gowns. People in the UK charging £1.50 or £2 for postage then it arrives, not recorded delivery, with 60p postage on it. People who don't accept paypal. People who do accept paypal then charge you a fee more than the true percentage of the charges. People in the rest of Europe paying twice as much for records than they are actually worth. Styrene pressings. Records that hiss. People who say they are going to leave you negative feedback then threaten to tell Ebay when you tell them you know where they live and someone will be round to sort them out. oh..and people who call Ebay "the Bay" must die

No, you just watch a couple of nutters going at it. I'm serious with my bid anyway £425

I think your prices are generally pretty good, but that ketty Lester record is actually very common on UK London...honest

£27, TWO NIECES AND THE CINDI LAUPER 45

£375

Maybe I shouldn't have introduced that smiley to the site after all It gets used hundreds of times on soccerhooligan.com and it's always meant as a laugh

£350

I f*cking knew it would be my fault I was also responsible for that hurricane apparently.

What after you hurt my feeling by calling me an ugly c*nt??

Rich, I actually found Recordfinders the first week I ever went on the net which was january 1997, all the records were out of stock THEN but they deliberately left them on. Their feedback on Gemm used to be shocking but they probably pulled all their stuff off there now. Also, beware of Memory Lane recordings and another one, something like the Record Archive, they are also Recordfinders under another name?

No I didn't really say that, I objected to people who had never made a post in any other part of the forum doing 'hit and run' Ebay postings, I wasn't against them per se. Though I did say we should ban the expression 'the bay'

I'll go £260

Mental

No I do not :angry:

It is a hard record to price though - I think I'd be looking at offers if I had it. It's one of the few instances where the US copy is harder than the UK.

There's been at least 3 on Ebay, Manship's auctioned 2...I've never seen an issue

I don't like soul music much

I bought Matt Lucas' own copy off him - sold it for £600 - I'd add a couple of hundred onto that now I think

Thats not a myth, it's true!

I lied about the nail bit

I did ask her that and she hit me with a baseball bat with a nail stuck through it

It's not that awful Bill Pursell thing on Spar is it?