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Folks sell rare records on eBay. I purchased some unique BBC World Service transcription discs (12" luckily) from eBay in Sydney at a quite reasonable price. They were of a long discontinued series called Folkweave dated 1976. They arrived perfectly OK. I didn't get the whole series through, however the seller kindly made CDs of all of them, and sent them to me for free. They are now on my Mediafire site for all to enjoy. CJB. 

--- On Tue, 10/1/12, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] eBay records
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, 10 January, 2012, 2:25
> Just so as not to pile on eBay
> sellers, most of them pack LP records very well. 78's are a
> different matter, as I said earlier. In fact, I'll shout out
> about two sellers I've always had good dealings with --
> Starry Night Records and a guy last name Campbell who sells
> classical LPs. Always described honestly, always priced
> fairly, always fair on shipping multiple records for a
> discounted price. Maybe a half-dozen deals with Campbell
> over the years, probably twice that with Starry Night,
> multiple buys each time. I've had happy hunting with Records
> by Mail, I think that started with an eBay auction; what I
> collect is a bit obscure so it's not cult-priced and they
> are completely honest about the condition of what they are
> selling. Also love Irvington Music for classical and
> "audiophile" LPs, fair and honest.
> 
> To be honest, I can't see why anyone would sell records on
> eBay. You clear at best $10-15 on most sales, sometimes less
> and rarely more. It's a pain to pack up those records, and
> supplies cost money. I bet, even if you're buying in bulk
> from garage sales, estates and the like, you are still only
> netting around $5 a record all told. Then you have to deal
> with the post office, which can range from a non-painful
> diversion of time better spent doing something else to a
> hellish endless wait in a line full of
> smelly/rude/ill-behaved semi-humans only to be "served" by
> hostile trolls. I can't see how this is a good business
> venture. The time to list a record, hunt down payment, pack
> and ship the record means you're making somewhere around
> minimum wage. Rare record sales is a different matter, but
> most eBay LP sales are of non-rare records.
> 
> -- Tom Fine
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. Hess" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fine service
> 
> 
> > Hi, Tom,
> > 
> > Hmmm...these stories sound like UPS folding a copy of
> "Joan Baez in San Francisco" semi rare in that Vanguard got
> a cease and desist order against it. Fortunately, I later
> found a better copy for less than the refund from UPS.
> > 
> > This was from a record dealer, not eBay as far as I
> can remember.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Richard
> > 
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