Tag: Discogs

  • A Hendrix Discogswhack

    A Hendrix Discogswhack

    Ever buy an album variant that wasn’t already on Discogs?

  • Your Guide To Selling Vinyl On eBay, and More About The Discogs Median Price Myth

    Your Guide To Selling Vinyl On eBay, and More About The Discogs Median Price Myth

    Part 3 of a real-life test to see whether you can make decent money from selling vinyl. (Here’s part 1) Ah, eBay. Perhaps only Sergio Aguero, as he scored with 93:20 on the clock to win Manchester City’s first league title for 44 years has ever experienced a high as euphoric as the feeling you…

  • The Discogs “Median Price” Myth

    The Discogs “Median Price” Myth

    Are records really worth the “Median price” on the world’s biggest record selling platform: Discogs? Based purely on the stories they tell, most record collectors sit firmly in the world’s five or so leading experts in the field. We all have tales of finding things at half their real value, and most collectors will swear…

  • Can You Make Decent Money From Selling Vinyl Records Online? A Challenge…

    Can You Make Decent Money From Selling Vinyl Records Online? A Challenge…

    It’s now difficult even to imagine, but before the world locked down and self-isolated and you could still meet up with other people (ah, remember those halcyon days?), priorities went beyond ensuring we had enough toilet roll and pasta. We would talk about buying luxury items such as chocolate and toothpaste, would think about whether…

  • Is It Cheaper To Buy Vinyl Online Or In Record Fairs And Shops? 

    Is It Cheaper To Buy Vinyl Online Or In Record Fairs And Shops? 

    I thought the answer to this question was self-evident.  “It has to be cheaper buying from used record shops and record fairs.” I somewhat patronisingly advised a friend of mine.  “Buying records online is more expensive.  “eBay is a global marketplace. It is designed to bring together the biggest number of buyers: the more buyers,…

  • Why Listening To Music Now Is So Much Better Than It Was 30 Years Ago

    I was chatting recently with friends about listening habits… “It’s so much better and easier listening to music nowadays” I opined, expecting unanimous consent. None came. A piece of tumbleweed may have rolled across the bar. “I’m not so sure” offered one. “I think it all comes too easily nowadays. Years ago records were pretty…