Where are all the records going???? A question for occasional & professional sellers!!!!!!!

Out of interest, where are the majority of your expensive records (300+) going??

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Did you encounter a change of destinations to where you ship your records within the last 2 years (towards any particular areas) ????

Was there an increase of sales going out to: Eastern Europe, Israel, USA, Asia, Mainland Europe or any other rather odd destinations ….. ???

Did you encounter an increase of sales over the last two years of reissues/pressings & where to ???

im an occasional seller of cheap tunes and most are still going to the north of england...other countries this year seem to be scotland,italy,germany and norway

john mentions it in the forward of the new guide..cant remember exactly but scandinavia asia and australia gets a mention i think...and 6000 new members on his site since the last guide...who said vinyl was dead!!

they are all going to my apartment

the UK, 90% easy.

It sort of depends on what genre of record. I've sold some expensive sweet soul records that have stayed in the US. Classic "northern" records seem to go to the UK or a few buyers in California, and most funk/funky soul records I've sold have gone to Germany or Japan.

Edited November 2, 201212 yr by Nick Soule

im an occasional seller of cheap tunes and most are still going to the north of england...other countries this year seem to be scotland,italy,germany and norway

john mentions it in the forward of the new guide..cant remember exactly but scandinavia asia and australia gets a mention i think...and 6000 new members on his site since the last guide...who said vinyl was dead!!

Scotland,Germany for sure.

ktf tfk

Thanx so much guys!!! I would love to hear from the big boys as well !!!!! Manship, Pat Brady, Tim Brown.....

From my personal experiences the more expensive records seem to go more and more to mainland europe. Reissues seem to go 85 % to the UK.

There are Northern Soul Nighters / Mixed Nighters with Funk & Reggae happening now in Indonesia & Mexico where djs play some original vinyl as well !!! I was also supprised when band members of Men of North Country (Israel) played a few good tunes after the show. Scandinavia & mainland Europe had Northern Soul Events for 30 odd years but the collecting side has increased over the last 15 years. Well, not like in the UK but people prefer now to collect original vinyl !!!

As it seems 80 % of the tunes still go to the UK, but I wonder if that'll change over the next 10 years or so when most old school soulies will pack in their collecting habbit. The younger element of the scene in the UK seem not so much into the ovo collecting & ovo dj'ing but maybe the new film brings a couple of more potential collectors on board.

Some more feedback also from the occasional seller is very appriciated !!!

Edited November 2, 201212 yr by viphitman

Thanx so much guys!!! I would love to hear from the big boys as well !!!!! Manship, Pat Brady, Tim Brown.....

None of them have accounts / post here (Manship used to).

they are all going to my apartment

Gonna need a bigger apartment soon Bob

Gonna need a bigger apartment soon Bob

this is probably much closer to reality than you think

Gonna need a bigger apartment soon Bob

he ho dave, do ya sell mainly to the uk & has it changed over the last two years ???? Did you sell anywhere exotic in the past ??? atb

...other countries this year seem to be scotland,italy,germany and norway.

We've got the referendum to look forward (?) to in 2014 but surely premature to refer to Scotland as a separate country in this context.

Where are all the records going???? A question for occasional & professional sellers!!!!!!!

Out of interest, where are the majority of your expensive records (300+) going??

>> (country/percentage)

Did you encounter a change of destinations to where you ship your records within the last 2 years (towards any particular areas) ????

Was there an increase of sales going out to: Eastern Europe, Israel, USA, Asia, Mainland Europe or any other rather odd destinations ….. ???

Did you encounter an increase of sales over the last two years of reissues/pressings & where to ???

Germany ,Italy , Sweden Switzerland and .Australia are costing me a small fortune in postal costs

Good few of them making their way over here to the Emerald Isle as well

Good few of them making their way over here to the Emerald Isle as well

Indeed mate... How many can you fit under that coat...

Indeed mate... How many can you fit under that coat...

Ha ha, only one way to find out (and it ain't pretty!)

he ho dave, do ya sell mainly to the uk & has it changed over the last two years ???? Did you sell anywhere exotic in the past ??? atb

I'd say 50% is still in the UK, about 25% Europe, 15% back to the U.S./Canada and the rest others, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Peru

A large % of my recent ebay sales have gone back to the USA, Other countries with multiple purchases are the usual suspects; UK, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, & Japan. Sold quite a few 8ts bits to Latvia and Estonia too!

I'm not selling Northern but generally lots of 12" and 7"'s across the spectrum with roughly 35% UK, 35% Europe and 30% Rest of World. Postal charges are a bitch.......

Ian D

Snap em in half Ian, much cheaper that way. I usually lave that to my postman, he makes a better job of it then me :-)

Snap em in half Ian, much cheaper that way. I usually lave that to my postman, he makes a better job of it then me :-)

Yeah, but part of my service is protection and presentation of my humble goods so I can't snap 'em in half as much as I want to on occasion. Single 12" packages to Australia and Canada are a bitch where I lose about £2 a pop so I'd love to snap the bastards in half if I could but common sense and some intact loose morals prevent me from exploring such a ridiculous option....

Ian D

As a buyer I can confirm that plenty of big ticket 45s come to the state capitals of Australia. As an occasional seller I'm finding that USA buyers are more active than before. Majority of my sales seem to end up in Yorkshire!

Cheers.......Pete

they are all going to my apartment

:lol:

I sell on e bay to fund the buying addiction...sent a bit of Latin soul to Japan recently 10 quid signed for postage...ouch.Psych and freakbeat to Spain.Northern reissues to the UK ...recently sent reggae to Sweden.

We've got the referendum to look forward (?) to in 2014 but surely premature to refer to Scotland as a separate country in this context.

thought someone might pick up on that...sorry didnt mean to cause offence though...but have sold a few more north of the border recently..thats all

UK is obviously still the big spender.... i have noticed germany has picked up in recent years, for real.