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CPL593H posted:Are you talking about a Kitchen Aid mixer? Because those things cost about 400 bucks. Your mom sounds crazy good at deals. She’s an eagle eye at fb marketplace. And yea it was a kitchen aid. She is very excited about it. Her and my sister are always on it and lookin for deals. She’s trying to find me a new rug right now. Says she missed a deal by an hour for a real nice $35 rug.
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Turbinosamente posted:The numbers I've seen bandied about for Ebay is that they'll send you a 1099 if you make over 200 transactions and over 20k in sales dollars in a year. The reason there's so much squawking is that now EVERYONE wanting to sell on Ebay has to provide the tax info to do so, not just big time sellers and business accounts and the hard deadline for signup just passed. Oh I haven't come anywhere near that. In the last year I think I've made two or three ebay sales. dorium posted:She’s an eagle eye at fb marketplace. And yea it was a kitchen aid. She is very excited about it. Her and my sister are always on it and lookin for deals. She’s trying to find me a new rug right now. Says she missed a deal by an hour for a real nice $35 rug. At least someone is beating the system. There's a town just next to Boston where all the college kids live and the day after they move out of the apartments over there is called "Hobo Christmas" because all these lazy rich kids dump poo poo on the sidewalk they don't feel like hauling back to where ever they came from or are going next. So people will just drive around those neighborhoods with trucks and snag poo poo.
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screaden posted:where is that video of the physical VNYL store that was like, 2 crates on a little table in a giant room? haha I was looking for the VNYL scam videos when I made my little quip up there. Can't seem to find the good ones like the one you mentioned where the guy making fun of their poo poo. There was a bunch of early unboxings where it was just crappy thriftstore records.
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I'm still firm in the belief that LP60 is also perfectly fine for listening to records
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bowmore posted:I'm still firm in the belief that LP60 is also perfectly fine for listening to records 
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sporklift posted:It is true that many of these records are in less than ideal condition. Most of my 90's - 2000's finds were beat up copies in the cheap bins. poo poo plays fine with some pops and crackle but they were priced accordingly. Its when you go to a vintage store and see an absolutely shredded version of a Beatles record for $50. Free shipping, tho
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Feb 11, 2021 02:55
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Everyone knows those Capitol stereo pressings are the most sought after Beatles records! It's not even a real album it's one of the comps compiled from a mix of songs from two or three different LPs.
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screaden posted:where is that video of the physical VNYL store that was like, 2 crates on a little table in a giant room? Took some digging. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25BuARcGqn4&t=15s Article about the whole fiasco https://www.stereogum.com/1801049/vnyl-sliding-why-the-netflix-for-vinyl-service-is-such-a-mess/columns/sounding-board/ #danceparty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCnouXJ2rl4
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sporklift posted:Took some digging. WOOOOOOOOOF That all physically hurt to watch.
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sporklift posted:Took some digging. I never saw that second video. What a loving joke. You know what's worse? THIS loving THING IS STILL AROUND! People are still paying top dollar to have these dickheads mail you beat up Engelbert Humperdinck records. This is the response to asking how to return a record on their FAQ: quote:Every album you receive from VNYL is yours to keep. No sending back. Just you and your sweet, sweet vinyl forever and ever. This is the poo poo I'm talking about. People paying for this garbage. How stupid do you have to be? I can't even begin to comprehend how this has been around for six years. It's a very obvious scam.
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For everyone one person who stumbles upon those vnyl review videos there’s some 13 year old kid signing up with moms CC (or god forbid another 5 adults who just go “I want to listen to vinyl but have zero impetus to look into the best way to do that, Instagram ad tel me what to do”.
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dorium posted:For everyone one person who stumbles upon those vnyl review videos there’s some 13 year old kid signing up with moms CC (or god forbid another 5 adults who just go “I want to listen to vinyl but have zero impetus to look into the best way to do that, Instagram ad tel me what to do”. Yeah but how do you make that a successful long term business? Surely people would only fall for this once or twice, see what's up, and then unsubscribe. This is a perfect example of the "More money than sense." thing I was talking about. I can't wrap my mind around it. At least Vinyl Me Please sends you something that isn't actual garbage which you deliberately picked.
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CPL593H posted:I never saw that second video. What a loving joke. You know what's worse? THIS loving THING IS STILL AROUND! People are still paying top dollar to have these dickheads mail you beat up Engelbert Humperdinck records. This is the response to asking how to return a record on their FAQ: I think they actually send new records now in the VMP style...I dunno though.
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Even Vinyl Me Please got annoying, and their quality control got horrendously bad at the end of 2019. They still have some cool exclusives and if I ever decide to sell some of them I can make a pretty penny, but I ultimately realized it was more fun to take the money and go flipping through bins and buy stuff I really wanted than hope they’d have something interesting that month. E: it’s also not surprising that records got a boom form the pandemic since they were on the rise to begin with, but it’s amazing to see how so many collectibles and different types went up in value. Sports cards went insane with people treating it even more like an investment, Pokémon rode a wave of nostalgia to go nuts on early cards in top condition, and retro video games got even more crazy with people going hard on PS2 and GameCube. Funko pops went way up. Schremp Howard fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Feb 11, 2021 |
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sporklift posted:I think they actually send new records now in the VMP style...I dunno though. They quit sending used records a while back, but otherwise stuck with their "bargain bin garbage for $40/month" business model. Even as hosed up as VMP has been, it feels cruel to suggest VNYL is operating "in the VMP style." 
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Schremp Howard posted:Even Vinyl Me Please got annoying, and their quality control got horrendously bad at the end of 2019. They still have some cool exclusives and if I ever decide to sell some of them I can make a pretty penny, but I ultimately realized it was more fun to take the money and go flipping through bins and buy stuff I really wanted than hope they’d have something interesting that month. Oh I wasn't praising them at all. I remember not too long ago when a lot of people here were talking about their bad experiences with VMP and how the company was a disaster.
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CPL593H posted:Oh I wasn't praising them at all. I remember not too long ago when a lot of people here were talking about their bad experiences with VMP and how the company was a disaster. Yeah that’s totally fair. I’ll at least give them credit for trying to put out quality and having some big names to go along with it (still crazy how they have the only pressing for Fiona Apple’s Tidal). They have a bit more sustainability since you have at least some level of control of what you get, but I’m glad the overall trend of subscription services by mail has died.
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So it turns out Tower Records sent me the wrong records. They were supposed to be yellow and red, instead of red and white. I totally forgot about the colors and I was just happy to have the records to begin with. I just got a email confirming that they are shipping out the right ones. So now I’m going to have four of the same record provided they all arrive safely.
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lol I had no idea VNYL made you send the records you didn't want back, honestly thought it was just "we'll send you 3 thrift store records + the occasional reissue WHEN WE THINK YOU DESERVE IT" I already have a similar service, it's called getting drunk and ordering random poo poo on discogs at 1 AM. Who knows what's going to show up!! I recently got a copy of Virgins and Philistines by The Colourfield that I don't remember ordering! I haven't heard this album in a decade! apparently it was only 6 bucks !??
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Feb 11, 2021 20:56
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Found a whole bunch of really great stuff recently. 
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petit choux posted:Found a whole bunch of really great stuff recently. Dang. Just looked that guy up expecting some space disco but I guess he was "Maybe Elvis" after Elvis died. Weird story.
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sporklift posted:Dang. Just looked that guy up expecting some space disco but I guess he was "Maybe Elvis" after Elvis died. Weird story. quote:He tore off his mask at a performance in 1983, saying that he would not wear it again. However, after failing to retain his popularity using his real name, he returned to performing as Orion in 1987.
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Lol he self banned and came back when his off site failed
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 sporklift posted:Dang. Just looked that guy up expecting some space disco but I guess he was "Maybe Elvis" after Elvis died. Weird story. Yeah, I think then he got murdered so we'll never know now. But he was a pretty good Elvis and here is one I really love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA7aE6qEGPM
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 BTW, if you examine the lettering here closely you can see that it was all drawn and painted with watercolors and other stuff. Here's a semi-random page:  Okay, not a totally random page but it's almost the only one in color. The "Mork" as in Mork & Mindy, with the Robin Williams outfit there, sorta. petit choux fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Feb 12, 2021 |
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Here's something I found in with the records that I just grabbed on impulse. This, today, is how I learn that the Tripods books were made into a PBS miniseries and I never even knew. Anyway it's a double set of laserdiscs.
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My understanding is Bob Zimmerman named himself after this guy: 
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And I guess this is a rendition of Carmen by the the original cast of Hair? At any rate, it has several pages of art on the inside as well as this elaborate cover art:    
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Athanatos posted:sporklift posted: IIRC he was also a convenience store owner and was killed in an armed robbery at his store or something like that.
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I retract my rear end in a top hat statement
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Trevor Hale posted:I retract my rear end in a top hat
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OK my first batch of discogs orders starting to come in and it's supremely evident I need to figure out a way to clean my vinyl. Youtube suggests there's a million ways to do this, but are they all equally meritorious or is there a Thread Sanctioned™ approach? I think mostly I'm dealing with dust so I probably need to start with a brush of some sort but I'm also not sure where to start with that since there appears to be a ton of variety. Unless it's recommended or I'm way overthinking the complexity, I think I'd like to steer clear of liquid cleaning right now -- just looking at the records they're mostly just dusty.
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It’s liquid, but the SpinClean for $80 is an excellent investment. Does a really nice job with dust and debris.
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To be perfectly clear, I'm not opposed to liquid cleaning I'm just not experienced enough to know if it's overkill for most cleaning jobs or not. I'll definitely take a look 
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Martytoof posted:OK my first batch of discogs orders starting to come in and it's supremely evident I need to figure out a way to clean my vinyl. If they’re not like crazy collectible records a little dish soap and water and a soft sponge works. If you have really hard water maybe not, or if you would really throw up if the labels get a little wet.
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I've got a Spin Clean and it's great when you're doing a batch of records, but if I'm only cleaning 1-2 a sponge + dish soap is quick and easy. I use distilled water since our tap is super hard here.
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Ok if it's just that easy then I'll make do with a sponge and dish soap. Definitely hard water here though so I'll buy a jug of the good stuff.
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