How Do Folks Come Up With Prices For Records?

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smitharthur wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 10:50 am The thrill of the hunt is not an experience that can be enjoyed on eBay.
LMAO!
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Curt A wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 9:46 am
smitharthur wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 8:22 am I am all set on eBay. But thanks.
George,
I think you just got blown off...
No good deed goes unpunished... :?
Probably dodged a bullet is more like it. :P
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smitharthur wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 10:50 am The thrill of the hunt is not an experience that can be enjoyed on eBay.
I know of at least two people who in the past ~2 years bought 5" Berliners for very little money because the seller had no idea what they were. In the past year, someone sold me an only-known-copy of an Edison advertising record that he bought off Ebay for a few bucks WITH A COPY OF CHARLESTON.
As John Tefteller sometimes posts on Facebook, it takes a huge amount of work, but the deals are out there.

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This does not happen often. The vast majority of the sellers on eBay fall into the "it's so old, it must be worth a billion dollars" category.

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