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That's an extremely good point. And this web site is a great place to trial the online version, not as a free for all forum but as a magazine section with selected and edited content. Mike?

Enough to fill a box of these on ebay [here]

Today's conspiracy theory: James Trouble is really part of Ian Levine's publicity machine

Knob waving alert! It sounds like that group of long blond haired kids who were brothers ... bloody alzheimers! HANSON! thats them. Might sound better pitched down? Just a thought.

I could only find one on ebay [here] and it isn't in too good a condition. He wants $49 for it on "buy it now" - given the demand that might be a good price. Mind you Tommy's only went for about $36.

There's about 10 copies of "Fred Hughes - I Can't Take It Away" on ebay [here]

Just over 3 days left on these now.

There's a M- one on ebay "buy it now" [here]

There's a Honey and The Bees "Love Addict" on ebay [here]

Saddest thing is that people are obviously buying them. Can't see the point really, might as well buy a CD with 2 dozen of the tracks on.

Just put a batch on ebay [here]

There's a M- Richard Knight on ebay [here]

I'm not sure anyone "invested money" in records in 1983 or am I missing the point? Nowadays its different though, mind you the record market looks like a similar bubble to the housing market but without a decent asset to back it up. The only reason to put money into records (other than for the love of it) is to hide it from the tax man or for money laundering. On topic: I think Heartache Souvenirs is a pants record, dull and repetitive. For me it is just stamp collecting, train spotting and/or knob waving to waste £3000+ on that particular piece of plasic. ..... Sorry, forgot the IMHO

There's a mint- copy on ebay [here]

There's a Jessie Mae on ebay [here] - the sound file seems wrong though! Craig Moerer also has a M- one "Buy It Now" [here] - but it isn't cheap!

Dropped you a pm I see Vince is stll looking

I'm afraid this gave me a mental image of you stroking a white cat whilst typing .... ..... then I realised you'd need three hands to do that. Errr .. you haven't have you?

I think I'm going to stop posting as whatever I say seems to be taken the wrong way. Just read my post through again and there is only one "don't" and that is somebody else's. Everything else I said I meant sincerely. I thought there was some good advice there like "know what you are buying before starting to buy or you may be soundly ripped off", JM's price & bootleg guide, etc. I wasn't saying your taste in records is not much cop but people expect DJ's to play their own style, something different and/or "big" records. In any case WHATEVER you play you can't please everyone, and you'll never be fully prepared for the shocking things people say to you when you are doing a set. And that isn't just my experience If what I've posted has offended you, wait until someone comes up and says "are you going to play this head-nodding shit all night?" as happened to an aquaintance of mine recently (who had a full dance floor at the time). Even my last comment was completely serious. Somebody mentioned that you were a lot younger than many on here, as most are in their 40's and 50's I thought possibly you were in your 20's. Go for it, best of luck, sorry for trying to help. edit: and another thing! you say; "it's not really the kudos of being a DJ that I'm after" but you're calling yourself "thefantasticmrsC" - is that what you'll want on the flyers?

There's a good few on ebay [here] - some "buy it now" One guy is selling six copies with orig sleeves!

The link I put up was to the UK site, didn't have a look at the US to be honest. They do tend to have different policies for US & UK. For the UK the discounts apply to powersellers (a sliding scale from 20% to 40%) and anyone who qualifies as a powerseller in a 30 day period (flat 20%). £750 sales in 30 days is needed for bronze powerseller status (and being registered as a business on ebay) and that wouldn't be too difficult if you were selling a few good records.

It was me that posted that up, Albertfish just put a smiley on the end. I'm 51 and a half.

Ebay gives discounts to sellers that maintain a high Detailed Seller Rating (DSR). They geared the site towards high volume sellers and tempted them with lower fees for high volume of sales. They then based their DSR on buyer feedback. To get the best discounts on fees you have to maintain a DSR average of 4.6 or better - i.e. get a star rating of 4.6 or better for 30 days (consecutvely I think) to get your discount. The fees increase as the DSR falls. So if you leave 1 star for someone who qualifies for these discounts their fees go up until their DSR average reaches above 4.6 again which is pretty hard to maintain I would imagine. I always leave 5 stars unless I've been really robbed. (I'm not telling you off or being patronising - I'm just explaining). It is well hidden on ebay's web site now but there is more info here: https://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/seller-discounts.html It's worth reading as my explanation is the result of a quick scan so I may not have it exactly correct.

Hope this helps

As I said, I thought I was being courteous. However, I can see your definition of courtesy and mine obviously differ. I do hope you get the records you want at whatever cheapskate prices you expect. If I can ever help you find records you are looking for please do get in touch as it is a pleasure corresponding with you. Cheers Paul

eh? They are not on my want list so it is unlikely that I'll start a thread. They looked like good value to me so I posted up that if you didn't want them I'll have them. What is wrong with that? I thought I was being pretty straight to be honest. Do you want them or not? Next time I'll just PM people an offer on records they have offered you and you'll be none the wiser - would that be preferable? If you don't want people posting just close your thread. Simples (as those pesky meerkats say)