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Just had a look for the first time in ages.

It's like being at a car boot sale.

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  • Dave Pinch
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    when i looked on ebay uk today it was like shopping at harrods...i put in price highest and couldnt see anything for steve jeffries buy it nows

  • Nocker
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    Here we go for a decent one hour spot, I have just filtered the "buy now" and pulled these out which i believe would be quite a decent one hour spot..At 2; pm they had between 2 and 4 hours s to go t

  • Chalky
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    US site is getting the same now with all the boots and shite getting listed. No wonder loads turning to other means of selling and deserting ebay.

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Just had a look for the first time in ages.

It's like being at a car boot sale.

Its absolutley pants.

US site is getting the same now with all the boots and shite getting listed. No wonder loads turning to other means of selling and deserting ebay.

Just had a look for the first time in ages.

It's like being at a car boot sale.

Apart from the faint smell of dodgy burgers...

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What I would say is, if you had say £2000 spare, you could put together a really good collection of decent sounds, you could buy originals and reissues but there are records on there that a few years ago were 40 or 50 quid and are now 15/25 quid, and it's weird because a lot of pressings I sold for 10/15/20 are on there for a fiver...the overall quality is terrible but if you can read inbetween the cracks and you've got some dosh, I'm sure you could build up a collection. You wouldn't get invited to dj anywhere though :lol:

I put records up every couple of weeks , not rare but £20 - £50 book :wicked: price and start them at £4.99 . Usually sell a few at fook all and they are mainly in great nick.

Then I see some shite/boots etc. getting twice as much as the originals I'm selling. On the other hand I see certain records that I wouldn't dare sell in that condition and they get twice the price I do, WTF ! The other thing is when you search Northern Soul there is probably 2/3rds Boots/Re-Issues?? etc. Does my head in :yes:

Also there is a certain site selling rare soul ! with prices that must be plucked out of the air , do they actually sell ? :huh:

Swifty :thumbsup:

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Also there is a certain site selling rare soul ! with prices that must be plucked out of the air , do they actually sell ? :huh:

Swifty :thumbsup:

I wonder if they even care if they do or not?

I wonder if they even care if they do or not?

Pete , I'm sure you know who I mean :wink: but how can you sell records say as Mint - but has a crack asnd the labels are worn at say £70 when a stone minter would be £40 for example . Pisses me off !

Swifty

However. What I would say is, if you had say £2000 spare, you could put together a really good collection of decent sounds, you could buy originals and reissues but there are records on there that a few years ago were 40 or 50 quid and are now 15/25 quid, and it's weird because a lot of pressings I sold for 10/15/20 are on there for a fiver...the overall quality is terrible but if you can read inbetween the cracks and you've got some dosh, I'm sure you could build up a collection. You wouldn't get invited to dj anywhere though :lol:

If you track the pricing on Popsike, you'll see that trend, I'll do a few next week when I stay over at work, it's quite "frightening" how these 50 quiders have plummeted. :yes:

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Not been on here for a while - good to see that if you spend 2K on cheap records you wont get asked to DJ - same old fekkin dick swinging contest by old men spending there pension - no wonder there is never any new blood in the soul scene.

when i looked on ebay uk today it was like shopping at harrods...i put in price highest and couldnt see anything for steve jeffries buy it nows

when i looked on ebay uk today it was like shopping at harrods...i put in price highest and couldnt see anything for steve jeffries buy it nows

Click "auctions only" at the top of the page and you'll get rid of the buy-it-nows:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Records-/176985/i.html?Genre=R%2526B%252F%2520Soul&_sop=3&_from=R40&_nkw=&_dmpt=UK_Records&Sub%252DGenre=Northern%2520Soul&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1

yeh i know that seb. its just nice to see if theres anything nice up as a buy it now for the right price.............very rare that there is though

Don't look too much these days, tends to be overvalued/priced stuff or a bunch of re-issues or Michael Jackson being called Northern Soul. Good luck :thumbsup:

when i looked on ebay uk today it was like shopping at harrods...i put in price highest and couldnt see anything for steve jeffries buy it nows

I think it has become more common over the last few years for some sellers to list huge amounts of stock as buy-it nows. Steve Jefferies has around 4,000. Same with US eBay - of the 120,000 45s listed there as R&B/Soul almost a third are Craig Moerer BINs. As suggested above, best filter out the BINs if looking for bargains.

Alan

I think it has become more common over the last few years for some sellers to list huge amounts of stock as buy-it nows. Steve Jefferies has around 4,000. Same with US eBay - of the 120,000 45s listed there as R&B/Soul almost a third are Craig Moerer BINs. As suggested above, best filter out the BINs if looking for bargains.

Alan

Yes but some of those BIN's aren't going to sell in a month of Sundays, they are simply entered to take them to the top of the listings in the hope that you visit their shop. They are the ones I tend to ignore because of their tactics.

Ebay with the charges from ebay and paypal and now the increase in postal rates from the US is virtually redundant now.

I think it has become more common over the last few years for some sellers to list huge amounts of stock as buy-it nows. Steve Jefferies has around 4,000. Same with US eBay - of the 120,000 45s listed there as R&B/Soul almost a third are Craig Moerer BINs. As suggested above, best filter out the BINs if looking for bargains.

Alan

Damn right. Ebay is drowning in BINs. Right now german Ebay black music vinyl section (i.e. Soul, Funk, Hip-Hop, etc) has 60.000+ items auction and BIN. Click auction only and you get less than 2.500 hits.

same old fekkin dick swinging contest by old men spending there pension.........

Well I hope I can still do that when I start claiming my pension........................ :rofl:

It seems to be 'scrape the barrel' time generally, judging by my daily scour of auction only, ending soonest(US site,incorporating UK). Compared to approx' 8 years ago it's become pretty tedious, but occasionally a gem turns up to make it worthwhile! Carl.

Here we go for a decent one hour spot, I have just filtered the "buy now" and pulled these out which i believe would be quite a decent one hour spot..At 2; pm they had between 2 and 4 hours s to go to the end of the auction.

Remarkable s Never give up. Audio Art £3.99

Chrisk Clark Head to Toe. Motown £4.99

3rd Time around Soon everything's gonna be al right. Dannine £3.99

Tony Jackson Cause my Baby (French only i believe!) £3.99

David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks I couldnt believe it (RCA) £3.99

Universal Mind Something Fishy going on (Red Coach) £4.99

Fabulous Peps Love looks good on you (D Town) £10

3rd Ave Blues Band Its got to be love (Review) £7.50

The Precisions New York City (ATCO) £3.00

George Tindley Pity the poor boy (Wand) £3.00

Edwin Starr Stop the war now/Gonna keep on trying (Gordy) £4.99

Jackie Thomson Bad women are a dime a dozen (Columbia) £3.00

North by North East Pain of City living (Probe) £3.00

Cecil Shaw What do you want from me (?? forgot??) £3.00

Johnny Moore Walk like a man (Date original only vg) £4.99

Ray Charles Give me number 9 (Atlantic) £0.95

The Vontastics My Baby (St Lawrence) £4.99

Ed Townsend Dont lead me on (Twinight demo) £6.99

For under 90 quid not bad and no pressing in there... Ebay should eith ban pressings or have a sperate section so you could filter the fookers out.

Many regards John

Fabulous Peps Love looks good on you (D Town) £10

You're sure about that one? That would quite a bargain.

Here we go for a decent one hour spot, I have just filtered the "buy now" and pulled these out which i believe would be quite a decent one hour spot..At 2; pm they had between 2 and 4 hours s to go to the end of the auction.

Remarkable s Never give up. Audio Art £3.99

Chrisk Clark Head to Toe. Motown £4.99

3rd Time around Soon everything's gonna be al right. Dannine £3.99

Tony Jackson Cause my Baby (French only i believe!) £3.99

David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks I couldnt believe it (RCA) £3.99

Universal Mind Something Fishy going on (Red Coach) £4.99

Fabulous Peps Love looks good on you (D Town) £10

3rd Ave Blues Band Its got to be love (Review) £7.50

The Precisions New York City (ATCO) £3.00

George Tindley Pity the poor boy (Wand) £3.00

Edwin Starr Stop the war now/Gonna keep on trying (Gordy) £4.99

Jackie Thomson Bad women are a dime a dozen (Columbia) £3.00

North by North East Pain of City living (Probe) £3.00

Cecil Shaw What do you want from me (?? forgot??) £3.00

Johnny Moore Walk like a man (Date original only vg) £4.99

Ray Charles Give me number 9 (Atlantic) £0.95

The Vontastics My Baby (St Lawrence) £4.99

Ed Townsend Dont lead me on (Twinight demo) £6.99

For under 90 quid not bad and no pressing in there... Ebay should eith ban pressings or have a sperate section so you could filter the fookers out.

Many regards John

Just noticed after checking for Benji, most of these are from one eBay seller(Private 0138)

I reckon that if someone had time to do a count, that there would be far more boots on eBay than originals, and that's taking into account the re-presses too. It would be a better idea (but it will never happen in a million years) to have separate sections for Originals and boots/re-presses, that way those that wanted ovo, wouldn't have to trawl through the thousands of illegitimate items.

https://www.ebay.co.u...306c167a&_uhb=1

There's the link Benji, with 59 mins to go, still a tenner, with one bid, must admit only just read the detail, vg with writing on the label. Still at a tenner!!

Cheers John

John, I meant you were talking about "buy it nows". But didn't end much higher any way.

John, I meant you were talking about "buy it nows". But didn't end much higher any way.

Sorry Benj the way I wrote it. I filtered the buy it now away and just left the auction items, never the less as you say not bad at 18 quid. To me it's still worth a hunt on eBay.

Cheers John

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