Phild

I bought a Ronnie Mc Neir - Sitting in My Class advertised as a pressing and it was an original. Result!

I've already signed up now This record is not going to come up again any time soon.

All very complicated. All I know is I didn't win it and I'm gutted, as if I'd been a tiny bit quicker off the mark I would have

Yeah. I just love the last minute manual bidding though, just like a real auction. However, this experience has left a sour taste. So maybe sniping is the way forward.

Exactly! All the other bids I put in 8088, 8188, 8288 etc were all beaten by $100. The $8488 was only bid up to $8500 which tells me that was his max bid

Now I need to get a sniper! I was bidding and rebidding up to the end. Put in $8488 with 13 secs to go. Outbid to $8500 which was obviously the bidders maximum bid, put in $8688 and didn't have time to get my bid in

What looks like ARP in a script type writing on mine

The Georgettes also provided backing vocals on the brilliant previously unreleased Otis Williams tracks from the Emkay stable that I put out on Souyl Intention last year - https://www.soul-intention.co.uk/release.htm Phil

Deffo Princess Suite in Longton

I have a spare if anyone wants to make a serious offer??

Yes, but I like to test initially to see where it goes. Like my inItial $5000 bid on The Combinations

Some very valid points there mate. I used to go to the US record hunting 3-4 times a year from the mid 80's through to the late 90's but eventually ebay and price guides ruined it. There have always been those who can afford to buy whatever they want (not always with their own money ), but those of us who dug deep, trawled through 100's of 1000's of records for hours on end could always get good pieces for our collections. But nowadays if and when we do, the dealer or store owner just logs onto the web and "that'll be $1000 please sir" soon follows. I'm sure that there are those among the collecting fraternity who can and do buy everything they want, do love the music just as much, but it's not just the mega rarities that make a collection is it? The £5/£10/£20 sounds are what make the backbone of a collection IMO

You would have thought so. But to me it's kind of like cheating. I'll carry on as usual. Say I've just been outbid on a record at a little over $50 so I now have to put in $100, $150 and so on. I can't see that by using a sniper I'll ultimately end up paying any less or if so only pennies. However, there would be more chance of me NOT winning the auction by using a sniper. As you have to second guess what people might be willing to pay so there would be a temptation (for me anyway) to put less in the sniper. So, if I put $100 or $150 in and it went for say $170 I would be gutted. I seem to remember this same topic when I, at least to some anyway, paid well over the top for Ray Pollard on Shrine.

I've given up on getting records cheap these days. I'm just glad to get them. I never pay more than I'm prepared to but often more than I'd like to. Just life innit?

Not true. I don't use a sniper yet I regularly bid often, bid early and bid high. I win some, I lose some. I've used this technique since I first went on eBay about 15 years ago. Phil

Les Chansonettes is a right bargain!

Nice clean origonal on Demon Hoy wanted. please PM with price and condition Phil

Nice clean orig on Bombay required. Please PM with price & condition Yjanks Phil

Also Elements version on Saru

Don gardner - Cheatin Kind

I may still have a spare of this. I'll take a look tonight as I can't remember if I sold it last year or not. Cheers Phil

Seems like an age ago now, but was "only" 13 years ago.

I was involved with Soul City at the time. And myself and Chris King licenses it from Weldon. Phil

I have the Melba Moore in EX condition. Don't have a clue what to ask for it though? Phil

Just checked. The other side is a funky thing called "Rudypoot"