The scene is awash with record hunting tales of rare records being discovered for peanuts over the years ! 

Sadly I have more often than not had to pay the going rate as these bargains kept eluding me over the years either not bidding enough on eBay or just not being lucky enough ! 

However today all that changed !

Five dollars from an online thrift shop in the states and five dollars postage to the uk - ex con ! Always loved it as a track 

Because I felt as you did about never getting a bargain I promised myself years ago that if I ever had one of those " I paid 50p for a £500 record and it played well, arrived on time, etc" it would be a sign that my collecting career had run its course and it was time to call it a day. The following day I was just about to turn off the computer and I spotted a Livin the Nightlife on Wand, approx £6 including the postage. It had been listed for the other side, which is actually my favourite side. I suppose at the time it would have sold for maybe £250-300. Of course I bought it, and immediately promised myself that I REALLY meant it this time, if I ever had another real bargain I'd quit. Needless to say I've never had another bargain***, so 1 bargain in 53 years proves one thing - I'm not very good at this collecting lark 😉

*** I don't count buying records cheaply in an era prior to them becoming in demand, as bargains. It's not my fault that prices have risen so massively, and still probably doesn't off set all the garbage I bought blind in my lifetime. I'm convinced that if I counted up all the awful 45's, the country, blues, rock'n'roll, pop, etc that I bought hoping they'd be awesome unknown rare soul winners that number would be higher than if I added up my entire collection today

Anybody know the going rate for this ? Been ages since I heard it played out by anybody !

I still refer to it as Mill Evans and The Esquires ! played out by Guy at Tony’s in Blackburn ! 

Edited October 15, 20204 yr by The Tempest

1 minute ago, The Tempest said:

Anybody know the going rate for this ? Been ages since I heard it played out by anybody !

Depends on condition but a minter £200?

Everything I buy off USA eBay I consider a bargain in that much cheaper than I'd pay here.

Maybe 3 months ago I was looking through eBay Buy-it-now and came across Barbara Mills on UK Hickory. $100. Mint. Sold it to a mate for £350. Craig Moerer's list !

Glad I'm not your mate

5 minutes ago, Headsy said:

Glad I'm not your mate

Hey, he's on here!

Funnily enough there is a copy on eBay now for $200 - buy it now 

First I’d seen for ages 

5 minutes ago, The Tempest said:

Funnily enough there is a copy on eBay now for $200 - buy it now 

First I’d seen for ages 

Trashed !

my best bargain was Kenny smith - lord what's happening - GAR issue 10p from tape and disc exchange  Stratford precinct which I took to the Arndale and sold to Rod  (modersoulsucks) and Dave withers at the time thought to be demos only

Edited October 17, 20204 yr by Mark B

I've told this story before - My best bargain is 'Chapter Five - You Can't Mean It' from a car boot sale. The lady said......"It's 50p for the big ones, 20p for the small ones".......(LPs and singles) 

'The Embers' - What a result! One of my all time faves that.

Len 

Years ago in 1970tees I we went to a jumble sale ,if you can remember them .and a stall was selling lots of junk and things ,there was a pile of records that were for sale so I paid 50p for them about 7or 8 tunes I used most of them as frisbees, but one I liked and it was a tune by Carl Douglas, serving a sentence of life .some years later I sold it for a deposit on a cottage for £1200 result eh

Just now Danny Wagner demo at VG [but looks OK] for $1.50 US eBay Buy-it-Now.

 

 

Edited October 24, 20204 yr by Modernsoulsucks

On 17/10/2020 at 13:22, Mark B said:

my best bargain was Kenny smith - lord what's happening - GAR issue 10p from tape and disc exchange  Stratford precinct which I took to the Arndale and sold to Rod  (modersoulsucks) and Dave withers at the time thought to be demos only

You Picked Up The 100th Anniversary Vinyl at the 100 club - Now that was a Bargain For £20.00 Per Ticket ?  , Have you Kept It or Sold it ??  .

38 minutes ago, earlvandykes6 said:

You Picked Up The 100th Anniversary Vinyl at the 100 club - Now that was a Bargain For £20.00 Per Ticket ?  , Have you Kept It or Sold it ??  .

100th Anniversary ..... I know this Covid thing's been dragging on a bit but I'm sure we've only missed the 41st ...