Has the arse fallen outta the vinyl market ?

[steved]

It swings in roundabouts folks. I remember being in Tracks in Newcastle early 90s and Neon - Dont mess with this beat been on the wall for a £100! Plus it was battered to f*ck!

[anthonyf218]

Originally Posted by steved

It swings in roundabouts folks. I remember being in Tracks in Newcastle early 90s and Neon - Dont mess with this beat been on the wall for a £100! Plus it was battered to f*ck!

fair enough, but i think what is being said here is that you wouldnt see that now (unless you were stood in htf).

[anthonyf218]

Originally Posted by anthonyf218

fair enough, but i think what is being said here is that you wouldnt see that now (unless you were stood in htf).

i think what also not helping this thread is that some of the prices that tunes go for on ebay are not really visible any more, mainly due to auctionsnipers where peeps come in at the last moment and the price shoots up. Unless you 'watch' every auction out there you wouldnt know what prices they go for. Its not like 2 yrs ago where everyone bids against each other for 7 days and where you can do a search for 'highest bids' under 'oldskool' on ebay. The bidding war is done within the final 5-10 seconds so visibility of the end price isnt so obvious. I still think prices have gone down though, but there is this side of things too.

[steved]

I dont know if there is a glut at the moment as people dump there collections on fleabay/Discogs. I remember in the early 90s the Boys Own label was really collectable with the prices to match! But now you cant give it away!

[mr sy1975]

Vinyl market has def gone down over the last few years, TBH I think its because everyone now sells tunes on ebay and discogs, when I started selling on ebay 6 0r 7 years ago, there weren't that many serious sellers...now there are thousands

Also the comment about MP3 is true:

Ive stopped all selling on ebay and now only sell at rock bottom prices on Discogs (SEE BELOW ), just really to get rid of doubles that I have picked up over the years

[Presuming Ed]

Not sure what you mean by not helping the thread Ant...My comment relating to the rabbit city press (ha ha) was mainly to show that hardcore prices are still the highest of the lot, maybe less than once upon a time. I agree that old skool on the whole has become cheaper theres no doubt..i've grabbed loads of bargains recently..thats what i was saying in my original post really. Ed

[anthonyf218]

Originally Posted by presuminged

Not sure what you mean by not helping the thread Ant... Ed

Ed, was referring to Steve D's comment where he said Neon was £100 10 yrs ago. Was just saying that thats the point of the thread ie. generally preice arent like that anymore (at least certainly for a tune like Neon, though tis a tune).

[Presuming Ed]

ahh right i get ya...it is strange also how companies like htfr can still command and get prices for tunes as they ever could...I notice they'll pay £31 for alpha dy which means they'll sell for £150 and no doubt have people waiting to buy it at that price. I know they are a high profile seller, and as a result i guess those who want tunes straight away will go to them. I do know what you mean about ebay, in as much as there is no hard and fast rule regarding prices..they fluctuate wildly...some tunes i guess will bring roughly the same amount each time, but not that many i suppose

[LordFonty]

Originally Posted by anthonyf218

some tunes are dropping as more and more people scratch them off their wants lists, but i think its somat do with summer too, (even though we've not had one this yr). Things go quiet as people save for hols and stuff like that, and no dark nights so people are out doing things in the evening rather than on their decks or sat at their pcs searching for tunes so sales are slow which means sellers drop the prices.

Yeah I know, you are walking about with less 12" sized brown parcels at the mo.

[Presuming Ed]

On the subject of sellers undercutting each other on ebay...Buzz just showed me a tune a ogs..when i looked at the seller list one was at 50p..another seller had undercut him at 49p ha ha

[pauly p]

Originally Posted by presuminged

On the subject of sellers undercutting each other on ebay...Buzz just showed me a tune a ogs..when i looked at the seller list one was at 50p..another seller had undercut him at 49p ha ha

You have to check everyone elses prices before putting yours on

[Shooms]

Originally Posted by pauly p

You have to check everyone elses prices before putting yours on

I've just checked all mine today & undercut by a quid

Watch the panic price war cuts coming now.... fuck Wall Street last week - you'll be able to pick up a copy of Q Words for a quid by the end of the weeks trading

[anthonyf218]

Originally Posted by LordFonty

Yeah I know, you are walking about with less 12" sized brown parcels at the mo.

i know, cos im skint and waiting til late september so i can sell again !! at least its giving reception a break!

[Jonno]

Originally Posted by anthonyf218

fair enough, but i think what is being said here is that you wouldnt see that now (unless you were stood in htf).

You're not wrong there - Hard To Find currently have a copy of Melodies of Passion (on USA import an all) for £75!!

Surely no one's gonna pay that.

[RetroAndy]

Originally Posted by nathan

said it before and I'll say it again. If you've got vinyl to sell. SELL IT NOW!!

That might be me very soon mate