@vv247 Yes, I tell older people who are downsizing their collection to go to Discogs, Popsike, Goldmine to get the FAIR value for their most popular records. I’ll even come over to help sort out the worthless stuff and say: “DO NOT sell this pile of records for any less than 90% - 70% of what they are worth.

@@edwardevans652 90% of what they're worth?? the cost is in the cleaning, grading, posting online, and waiting with time for a buyer to come along...leaving a 10% margin for all that effort doesn't really seem fair

That’s tough. But yeah at least they didn’t go in the trash - I hear that all too often

Totally agree. Collectors hoping to flip their LPs for tons of profit are in for a rude awakening- unless of course they want to spend their own time selling them - otherwise it’s a really bad “investment” like you said.

Absolutely. If you have the expertise, patience, and time to deal with many conversations and appointments it’s a no brainer.

Right on. Appreciate you watching

And some well known or popular record stores sometimes cant take them in but if they have the network they would be able to lead them to who likes that genre or would be interested in taking them. I give mine enough business that one collection was gone through and they told the person there that they could not take anymore roght now. I made a suggestion id take them sight unseen and id take the rick so they wouldnt have to reload them and they could take the ones they wanted. Not only did i spend a 50 at the store... i also saved 100+ records from the goodwill. Found some good sealed ones and worth a few dollars. Im in the process of organizing what i want to keep and start a dollar bin to start my sales. Goona put up some videos on what i got going on. But keep up the great work.

Thanks for watching!

Damn, $250 for 90’s albums. I bet you probably had some rare and really hard to find albums nowadays but just didn’t know it at the time. I know what it’s like to Need money and having to sell stuff at atrocious prices😢.

That sounds tragic. I never see decent records at Good Will .

Thanks again!

Same! Grooming my kids to appreciate them - and they already do at 9 and 13

Glad I could help!

It’s like I said. If you wanna do the leg work you will absolutely make more money when it’s all said and done. Otherwise you’re selling wholesale if you don’t wanna deal with it

@VinylandKicks86 I’m with you. Even if I acquired a bunch of really good / valuable records and a record store offered me ONE dollar for a $10 album, I telling the store owner, NO. If the record is worth $10, I’m asking for $4.00 cash, for an album worth $20 I’m asking for $8. There’s no way I’m taking pennies on the dollar selling to a store. I have GOOD friends who own record stores, they don’t clean, re-sleeve used records. They grade, price and put them in the bins. I’d tell anyone with a fairly large collection to look up the average price for all of their most popular records and ask for HALF the value. If they say: “I’m not going to pay you that,” You should walk! If I have 1,000 Andy Williams, Al Hirt, Mitch Miller, Lawrence Welk, I’ll give you them for FREE. Sure, I need 90% of the value for a Beatles first press “Butcher Cover,” but I suggest people who want to get rid of bulk VALUABLE albums, be patient, don’t settle and go to a buyer who’ll give you THE BEST DEAL!!!

@@edwardevans652 Don't disagree at all. If you have the knowledge, expertise, and time to deal with piecing out your collection you should absolutely do it yourself. Most people don't have those advantages and need the albums gone, sometimes immediately. We get calls al the time from people that literally have them in their car and need to make an appt at that moment to sell, because it's either that or they have to discard them.

@@edwardevans652 exactly, your comment i 100% agree with.

@NTXVinyl I get it. My friends who own record stores, gets adults cleaning out their grandparents and parents home after a death and families that do Estate Sales and live out of town or they are way too busy to categorize and price a vast collection. I agree with you regarding people who don’t have time to price old records and want it done all at once, visiting independent record stores and the merchants give them a flat price per box. If those folks include a “Satanic Majesties” with the hologram cover and neglected to check value, that’s on them for dropping the ball and congrats to your store. My friends have widows or widowers who come in with 100+ records, but I’ve seen these owners be compassionate and pay up for that first press “A Love Supreme,” not wanting to take advantage on the elderly and the grieving. It’s good karma being nice and fair.

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That’s exactly right. Many people just need them gone, asap - so a lesser amount is not an issue. They just need their problem solved immediately

I am going to sell my collection of 1000+ records and 30 - 40 box sets. I'm in Southern CA.

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You clearly took the video to heart 🤣

Correct. Whoever puts in the time and energy to sell individually will make the most money. If you sell in bulk, you take a huge cut for the convenience of unloading it all at once

We have loads of that stuff as well, don't throw 'em out. Donate to a Good Will or some place like that.

@@NTXVinylas an elementary school teacher I might try to figure out some sort of art project.

There are certainly commonalities between stores. But because lots of things differ (e.g. overhead costs, leases, # of employees) there’s no real standard. Some stores can simple afford to pay more, or at least are willing to. So many variables

Some will. Some won’t. I don’t rip off anyone based on the amount of time and work that’s involved to sell a large collection one by one.

There are a lot of people who think they should be able to sell an entire collection to a record store for 100% retail value on each and every record - and that anything less is a "rip off". It's just not realistic. If you want 100% retail value - you have to do the hard work: Clean, grade, sleeve, research, price, photograph, post on eBay/Discogs, package, ship, and deal with buyers. Anyone who has ever tried to sell a large collection of records individually knows that it takes a lot of work!

@@JazzCrazy Amen to all that! Preaching to the choir

Yeah…..I donate hundreds of albums a month. Literally have 40+ boxes in storage right now of all LPs waiting to land at Good Will. Always have to take the unsellable LPs along with the good stuff. But you can’t pay for it.