RE: Some LZ Shopping Tips?... And Happy Thanksgiving

[Steve Thomson <stevethomson_mtl@xxxxxxxx>]

Eddie's tips are excellent and I completely concur.
I've been buying vinyl recorded through eBay and other
online auction sites for a year now. Occasionally you
get bad surprises, but most of the time the records
are just as described.

When I say other auction sites, I mean
www.musicstack.com and www.gemm.com. I prefer
musicstack because Gemm has a 15% surcharge in
addition to the prices. In fact, sometimes I've found
LPs on Gemm and then tracked them down on musicstack.
The prices work out to be about the same, but I just
find Musicstack seem to be a bit more seamless and
east to use. The great thing about Musicstack is that
there's no waiting to see if you won a bid. It's as if
everything on eBay were set to Buy It Now. There are a
couple of other similar sites (one from the UK whose
name escapes me comes to mind).

Don't hesitate to check used record stores as well.
I've found some nice Zeppelin vinyl around. For
example, I recently found near mint pressings of II
and HOTH for $5 each.

--- Eddie Lombardi <elombardi70@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Nathan
> 
> Ebay should be fine for buying vinyl if you follow
> some basic tips.  I buy on ebay all the time and the
> only time I make a bad purchase is when I don't
> follow my own rules!
> 
> The biggeest problem with ebay, IMO, is record
> grading.  Not all sellers get it right.  If you just
> follow a few rules you should be ok.
> 
> Before bidding on an lp check what the seller
> actually sells.  If he is a regular seller of lps
> then consider buying.  If not move on.  Why? 
> Because as a regular seller of lps he's more likely
> to know what he's taking about.
> 
> Even if he's a regular seller of lps check to see if
> he's just dumping his Dad's record collection. 
> There are a lot of people on ebay like this.  As
> genuine as they may be they might not really know
> how to grade records.
> 
> Read the description!  Twice.  Then read it again. 
> Check to see if he has play graded (i.e. played the
> record) or just sight graded.  Play graded is always
> better but will probably cost you more - but its
> worth it.   
> 
> Always, always, always check the feed back.  Even if
> its 100% check it anyway to see what comments he's
> getting.  You might get something like, ok but lp
> was vg+ not excellent
> 
> Those tips should help you get the right one.  There
> are a lot of Zep lps on ebay listed in the US so you
> should get a pretty good score.  
> 
> Eddie
> 
> > Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:15:05 -0500
> > From: nhevensone@xxxxxxxxx
> > To: zeppelin@xxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Some LZ Shopping Tips?... And Happy
> Thanksgiving
> >
> > I need to get Zep on vinyl. The stores closest to
> me here in good
> > ole' Georgia have Presence, IV, or Houses
> respectively, but I can't
> > find any more.
> >
> > Where can I go to get Zep vinyl for a (preferably)
> cheap price? What
> > do I mean by cheap? I got Presence, mint condition
> (played only four
> > times... and no scratches or fingerprints or
> anything... checked
> > myself), for $5.00
> >
> > I'll go to $25 per vinyl if it's brand new
> unopened.
> >
> >
> > Also, I keep hearing about these rare releases,
> rare vinyl. vinyl
> > boots, etc, etc, etc, but then I hear "don't buy
> 'em off Ebay." But,
> > Ebay's the only place I've found these things, and
> even there the rare
> > stuff is just a little out of my price range (from
> which others have
> > told me was way over-inflated prices, which
> doesn't surprise me, being
> > Ebay and all that...). So... where else can I find
> some good stuff,
> > then?
> >
> >
>
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