Ged Parker

I, like many others, only use the guides as a guide. I have always viewed the prices as dollars and indeed tended to subtract the VAT when buying. I much prefer the Goldmine and Osbournes guides when buying though . An online guide will be very useful, I assume it will be via subscription John? I'd really like to be able to download the data to a PDA rather than carry a guide about my own excel wants list on my PDA is limited in terms of info and has what I am willing to pay rather than a 'guide' price. Not sure if type of functionality is feasable? I'm sure you would need to make sure it was secure or there would be hooky copies of the data in no time at all but it would be worth buying for sure. In an ideal world price guides wouldn't exist at all but you can't uninvent them mind you in an ideal world it would be $4 to £1 and I would be the only buyer on ebay

See Kev it isn't that difficult. You could just cut and paste the above.

It's usually women that use Dutch Kapps isn't it Nick or are you trying to tell us something?

Sabbs aren't like that are they anyway you would be off this time of year as it's so quiet and cos of all the hours you have worked over the year annualised hours are great aren't they . Anyway I am sure there is a protocol that means I've said enough already

Shameful

I can take or leave the mic to be honest. I use one if its there and if its not I errr don't obviously For some DJ's its their mic technique that lets them down speaking across it rather than into it, holding it too far away and shouting or most often holding it too close. Very few venues except the biggest ones have monitor speakers so you cannot always tell how you sound through the mic anyway. A lot of sets you hear include various styles of soul music, some 60's some 70's and maybe some crossover or R'n'B, so ensuring every record flows into the next is almost impossible otherwise the first record you play may well dictate the tempo / style for the whole set so when switching styles the mic is useful. All IMO of course

Jimmy Delphs Next Question

Gee Baby - The Festivals

Clearing the floor with that tune I wonder does that mean: a) It is a poor record, not soulful or not a dancer b)You are a bad DJ c) Some dancers can and will only dance to what they know. I know the record obviously but don't know you at all; even so my money is firmly on c) every time.

I don't think there is a 'Halfway House' if you are into soul music you are passionate about it. You may express that passion differently to other people but haven't met anyone yet who can just take or leave it.

Two comments from me I think everyone knows my views by now: Boots are pressed as a money making exercise they are overpriced because of it CDs are much better value. Once a record is booted anyone can play it and probably does so the novelty of hearing the sound soon wears off. I used to love Lou Pride I'm just tired of it now whether it is original or not, but I am only tired of it as a result of it being booted. There are records that were favourites of mine years ago that didn't get booted and they still can make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up when I hear them played out.

The second chance offer did come through ebay. The seller as shown above chose to make second chance offer based on the fact that the high bidder had not replied to him and had some negative feedback. One of the problems is there was not a timescale quoted. The seller jumped the gun in my opinion in making the second chance offer but that's not my fault. I paid for the lot on the Thursday and the seller was negotiating with Chris until Sunday before he agreed to ship the lot to me. All that time the seller had my money and it appears from what Chris has said was offering parts of the lot to him. I will think long and hard before accepting any second chance offers in future no matter how much I wan a record.

Chris some detail you may want to consider before accusing me of jerking you out of this lot: LOT OF 200 - R & B - NORTHERN SOUL - BLUES - FUNK 45'S (260013761295) This message was sent while the listing was active.deancourtney is a potential buyer.Can you confirm that all the items within this lot are still available. In particular the Honey and the Bees 45 on Academy. Can you also let me know why the high bidder pulled out. This is a high value transation and I have to be sure that all the pictured items are included. Thank you Ged (deancourtney) Thats is my question after being made the second chance offer. Here is his reply Hello- All the pictured items are included - With Honey & the Bees- The highest bidder did not pull out - he has not contacted me yet after my email to them and I see he has several negitive coments in the past 12 months - Full refund if not satisfied with the purchase and you can see my positive comments. - ( 7-10 days delivery to you ) Thanks and let me know . Eric As you can see from this I did not contact the seller until after the second chance offer had been made. You can see that by the fact that the auctionis live and that the item number has changed. I did contact YOU to see if you wanted to SELL the Honey and the Bees what is wrong with that. The seller chose to contact me to offer the second chance how the hell is that my fault. I paid him what he asked for straight away agin not my fault. It was you that asked him to seperate out items I had already paid for and be sent them free. You clearly did not do anything wrong before that and I accept that. I did not do anything wrong at all but you seem to be suggesting that I made an offer to the seller after the auction had finished. Here for everyone to see is the evidence that I did not. You may or may not choose to believe me or indeed sell items to me in future but my conscience is clear.

To quote the ad "Whether it's Whitesnake, Wham, Spandau or some ancient disc belonging to your dad, the USB Turntable can convert it." which are you using it for Pete? Seriously look good though

I plan on bidding as I do with all auctions based on what it is worth to me so in the case of these records it will be 100% of that value

Could be a line from Saxondale

Hope you're not asking what I'll be bidding

When will people in business in this country, and Kev does see it as a business, realise you can never ever 'win' and arguement with a customer. We know that in reality customers are not always right (speaking generally not about this situation of course) but if you want to stay in business you must treat them as if they are.

Superb

Update: The seller has finally agreed to send the lot to me after giving the high bidder until today to come up with payment. The high bidder did at one point agree to drop out of the deal and not make a fuss if he was sent seven items he had chosen out of the lot (that I had paid for last Thursday don't forget) for FREE. I in no way blame him for this mess but that was a bit of a cheek. All I have to do now is cross my fingers that they actually arrive. I'm not counting my chickens of course. Fingers crossed Thanks for the good luck PMs people

You taste in music does not match your taste in football clubs

When I played it at the Neighbourhood alldayer last year Paul Sadot was keen to get hold of one. I think it is one of those seldom heard tunes that go down well at a 'rare' night but with copies in the right hands will be a staple of 'mainstream' northern nights and if that happens watch the price then. Compare this to Gayle Adams, Ace Spectrum, Bettye Swann, Futures etc and how their prices went stupid and £144 does not seam so bad.

My favourite of all Joe's tunes. In fact I may just put it in my play box for Soul or Nothing next Sat. Thanks for the clip Pete.

It was not rereleased it never got a release first time round. Was scheduled for the release after the Agents on P&L. Des Parker has copies I think contact him through here he's soulinc.

Five stairsteps 'stay close to me' on curtom Cubie is very young on that recording