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Hi Warren, Its a shame you weren't after one of the Candy Reed's earlier this year as I've had 4 through my hands recently but only have 1 now and it isn't for sale. Just to rub it in I've had 2 Little Esther's too - 1 went to Jo and the other went in my box too. None of that is any help though If I find any more I'll give you a shout. Cheers Paul

That's the problem though, if you send it 2nd class and they pay by paypal they can claim the money back off you by saying things haven't turned up. You don't get a say in the refund if you haven't used tracked postage. Paypal/ebay reckon it is the seller's responsibility. Plenty of people will kick the arse out of it.

There's one on ebay [here]

Rare - you're selling Common - you're buying

Manship's 5th guide states the bootleg is vinyl but shows the image of the label with lines as the bootleg example. His bootleg guide simply says all originals are styrene (issues and demos) whilst the bootlegs are vinyl - doesn't mention labels at all. So that's probably where the confusion comes from. I've just sold a styrene with no lines and I was pretty sure it was an original.

You're probably snowed under with pm's but there's another maxine brown [here] There's a handful of artistics on ebay [here] in varying condition and there's a couple of falcons [here]

There's a Gifted Four on ebay [here] - only about a day to go though

There's a couple of copies of this LP on ebay [here]

There's a Barbara Acklin on ebay [here] - only VG though

She's my cousin's daughter. I've only just made contact with that side of the family I'm afraid. There are very few people with the name Thomas-Peter (not more than two dozen) and they are all related to me. After researching my family history I now regret not having kids. We are the last of the Peter of Harlyn family (in Cornwall) to still hold the Peter name I believe. I was going to call my book "Petering Out" (geddit?) Cheers Paul

This is getting as bad as listing on amazon! 49.98 for mine?

Detroit Execututives on Orange pameline is on my site: https://www.paulsrecords.com/northernsoul.html

The ebay Mighty Lovers is [here] - if you ask me the other side is far better

So record prices are dropping are they? You obviously didn't see [this copy] of Jeanette on Ramsel which sold for $823.90 Almost made me sell mine!

There's one on ebay [here]

There's one just gone up on ebay [here] - low start and a good seller

There's a handful of the Simtec & Wylie on ebay [here] - (if that's the right one)

Decided to sell my copy of this: Ernie & Ed - Indication - Jay Boy 58 - Ex The thing is though I have no idea what price to put on it since I've seen it at anything from £50 to £350 in the last year. So if anyone would like it please drop me a pm with an offer. I'd be quite happy to trade it if anyone is interested, I'd rather not have a load of cheap records though as I've already got plenty of them Many thanks Paul

You're even beginning to post like Ian Levine now! Shorley this should be in sales?

It does limit potential buyers if the only way to find out what is included is to pop down to Dorset in the next 10 9 days. Also, it is a lot of money to put together quickly together with transport and storage etc. I would possibly be interested but it is a bit of a punt without a full list and when there may be only a couple of hundred really good records in that 10,000 - you could be left with a few thousand unsaleable records. My missis would kill me too. My advice would be to split them into blocks of 20 or 50, all listed, and then put them on ebay over a few months. More chance of selling, probably more money made and each lot would be postable. Sprinkle the best records in with the lesser ones to give more chance of a sale. Best of luck with the sale though Vince, it would be a nice result if you sell them like that. Cheers Paul

One on ebay [here] -

Paypal charges = cost of sales. Prices should take account of it. I used to take credit cards when I ran my pub but I wouldn't have dreamt of saying to a customer "Ah! that'll be 3% extra if you are paying by credit card". I prefer being paid by paypal anyway so don't charge for it, much rather have paypal than a cheque to be honest as it speeds up the transaction. The only downside is having to charge for insured postage, cos if stuff goes missing paypal always refund the buyer leaving the seller to try and recover from the post office. All just IMHO

I must say I sympathise with you. I will now only send records recorded or special delivery in the UK and depending on value by International signed for or Airsure tracked. These are the only services that provide insurance but you still have to jump through hoops to get it. First class does cover you up to £39 with proof of postage but you have no way of proving an item didn't arrive. The only systems that really work (nearly) all the time are the tracked all the way items, but even they are not always perfect. In London I had an item sent insured and tracked from the states left under my car on the drive! I also came home one day and saw a Special Delivery item leaning against my front door. Unfortunately most of the signed for systems, particularly the international ones don't work. This is because they are tracked until they leave the country of origin and then not tracked at the other end until they are signed for. The receiving country's posties know this and they also know the package contains a valuable item so stuff goes missing - Like my Troy Dodds issue that got sent from the states but didn't arrive in this country (yeah right!). I lost the record and £30 as paypal's refund was in dollars and the exchange rate had changed. Recorded in the UK - a lot of the time these packages just get posted through people's doors without the signature. I have had this happen a few times to me but I am honest and so don't claim that things haven't arrived when they have. I have had two recorded packages go "missing" in the last 6 months, both took over 3 months for the post office to refund and the max refund is now £39 (although at the time it was £37). They also now insist on proof of value ie what you paid for it not what you got paid, so really the person who didn't get it should claim. My worst experience was receiving a Billy Kennedy (special delivery) from Pat Brady that I had seen a week earlier and knew was mint. It had a big boot print on the package and I feared the worst, yep! it had cracks at the edge going into the playing surface. I spoke to Pat and he was brilliant advising me how to claim etc and providing me with proof of value. The PO sent a guy round to my office to view the record and started off by offering me £25 compensation (it had cost me £200). After some "negotiation" I got £175 back and kept the record (which plays both sides). The guy said I could have the full £200 but he would take the record - god knows why. The record plays but I would still rather of had a mint one than paid £25 for a copy that will die a death at some point. The whole thing sucks and not just in the UK.

Jimmy Tig just appeared on ebay [here] Not my cup of rosy to be honest

UK Art Freeman on ebay [here] - not as cheap as you want but not bad. Prefer the Jimmy Hughes LP only version myself, nice bit of hammond jimmy hughes - Slippin' around - A few copies of the LP on ebay [here]