What people are paying for our records...

http://www.recordsbymail.com/

I was checking out this site just to see how much people are willing to pay for records I got in my collection. Check it:

SHOWBIZ & A.G.: bounce ta this $50.00
POSITIVE K: step up front / nobody move $75.00
MANTRONIX: needle to the groove $45.00
GANG STARR: just to get a rep / who's gonna take the weight $50.00
ERIC B FEAT. RAKIM: eric b. is president w/ my melody $30.00
DA BUSH BABIES: remember we / salaam remi version $30.00
AUDIO TWO: i don't care / instro $30.00
GENE CHANDLER: the duke of earl $100.00
ROY AYERS: freaky deaky $50.00
BAR-KAYS: soul finger $90.00
BLOWFLY: zodiac blowfly $75.00
BROTHERS JOHNSON: strawberry letter 23 / get the funk ma face $60.00
JAMES BROWN: ain't it funky $50.00
JAMES BROWN: get on the good foot $65.00
JAMES BROWN: papa's got a brand new bag $75.00
COASTERS: cool jerk $55.00
GENE CHANDLER: there was a time $55.00
LYN COLLINS: check me out $150.00
CAROLYN CRAWFORD: my smile is just a frown $125.00
DYKE & BLAZERS: the funky broadway $50.00
HEATWAVE: ain't no half steppin' $50.00
METERS: cissy strut $50.00
RUDY RAY MOORE: the turning point $300.00 (A.K.A. Dolemite!)
ONENESS OF JUJU: african rhythms $150.00 (better known for "Every
Way But Loose"... Classic!)
ORIGINALS: down to love town $20.00
PARLET: play me or trade me $60.00
PARLIAMENT: chocolate city $50.00
SOUNDTRACK: shaft in africa $100.00
SOUNDTRACK: shaft's big score $50.00
UNIVERSAL ROBOT BAND: dance and shake your tambourine $150.00
WEEKS & CO.: weeks & co. $70.00
BERNIE WORRELL: all the woo in the world $60.00
ROLLING STONES: miss you $20.00
KRAFTWERK: trans-europe express $40.00
LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY: loleatta holloway $30.00
VARIOUS: trax records acid tracks $25.00


This is stuff I searched for without digging through the crates. On the real though... most of these were listed 45's on the website, but I had them either on 12" or LP.

man i get emails from these fools and they never have anything i want plus there prices seem to overrated but that T.E.E i'll paid 40 for that,
thats the only good deal i seen
how do you check prices everything i punched in was OOS

www.popsike.com
.toon

dj e.d.e wrote:how do you check prices everything i punched in was OOS

I browsed through theirrecord sections then just seached for records that I knew I had. It does seem they are over priced but it's good to see that I didn't pay the prices they asked for my records.

i hear you

ONENESS OF JUJU: african rhythms $150.00 (better known for "Every Way But Loose"... Classic!)

I don't have that track on my copy.

c.toon wrote:www.popsike.com
.toon

YO toon that ^^^^ SITE IS HOT..............................

But Yo these Dudes ARE VERY OVERPRICED.....................
http://www.recordsbymail.com/


C'mon....................

BIZ MARKIE FEAT T.J. SWAN: inhuman orchestra EP $135.00

WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEVER REAL DIGGERZ WOULD NOT PAY THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


It's Good But Not That RARE or Even an Import...............

WDJ wrote:

ONENESS OF JUJU: african rhythms $150.00 (better known for "Every Way But Loose"... Classic!)

I don't have that track on my copy.

I know it's not on there. "Every Way But Loose" was just one of their more popular tracks for the group.

Never heard of that site, but those fool should go down to Lousiana and charge ten dollars per gallon. They need to get out of the game.

Basically, those seem very high.

JUKE 179r wrote:SOUNDTRACK: shaft in africa $100.00

Wow.. neva knew that when i picked it up from a dollar crate

^Owni wrote:

JUKE 179r wrote:SOUNDTRACK: shaft in africa $100.00

Wow.. neva knew that when i picked it up from a dollar crate

An OG copy of that record in nice shape goes for around $20-$40, more for mint/ss. A dollar is always a good deal for a blaxploitation soundtrack!

I do have a point here though. Prices you see on a set sale website for a desirable yet well known record usually only indicate how much is TOO MUCH to pay (99% of the time anyway). Otherwise somebody would have bought it already!

Many people who sell records on the internet know little about the actual value of records, and price them according to web searches of other peoples mistaken and inflated prices. This creates a second inflated value for the record because they are all copying each others pricing. Even worse, some other fool on the internet will eventually pay that ridiculous price (numbers game, law of averages, more dollars than sense, whatever you want to call it), thus reinforcing the idea that the high price is correct and reinforcing the behavior of the ill informed record seller. It's not really a bad strategy on the sellers end because if they can afford to wait they will get stupid money for their record eventually. SO... buyer beware.

Some people say it's worth whatever you're willing to pay for it. Well that's true... until you go to sell or trade it, that is.

GrantB wrote:

^Owni wrote:

JUKE 179r wrote:SOUNDTRACK: shaft in africa $100.00

Wow.. neva knew that when i picked it up from a dollar crate

An OG copy of that record in nice shape goes for around $20-$40, more for mint/ss. A dollar is always a good deal for a blaxploitation soundtrack!

I do have a point here though. Prices you see on a set sale website for a desirable yet well known record usually only indicate how much is TOO MUCH to pay (99% of the time anyway). Otherwise somebody would have bought it already!

Many people who sell records on the internet know little about the actual value of records, and price them according to web searches of other peoples mistaken and inflated prices. This creates a second inflated value for the record because they are all copying each others pricing. Even worse, some other fool on the internet will eventually pay that ridiculous price (numbers game, law of averages, more dollars than sense, whatever you want to call it), thus reinforcing the idea that the high price is correct and reinforcing the behavior of the ill informed record seller. It's not really a bad strategy on the sellers end because if they can afford to wait they will get stupid money for their record eventually. SO... buyer beware.

Some people say it's worth whatever you're willing to pay for it. Well that's true... until you go to sell or trade it, that is.

$20+ for SHAFT IS POSSIBLE BUT IT AINT HARD TO FIND FOR $10, $5 or EVEN $1 IF UR LUCKY...........................I GOT MINE FOR $2.00 GREAT SHAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




REMEMBER SHAFT IS HOT To SAMPLE BUT VERY VERY........COMMON
HONESTLY.............................


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yeah i got two of those too.

shut your mouth........

dj e.d.e wrote:yeah i got two of those too.

shut your mouth........

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but im talking bout shaft.