Modernsoulsucks

I must be missing something with that Knox 45. Sounds like a routine Wilson Pickett track to my ears. Other side has a nice lilt but vocal group ? Sounds solo to me. I googled to find it went unsold on UK eBay for £800 just over a month ago from seller Alannealeplumbing. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NORTHERN-SOUL-45-FUNK-45-LEROY-KNOX-THE-MISTAKES-I-MADE-MEGA-RARE-GREAT-DANCER/303842051587

J J Barnes "It's killing me"

Leaving aside whether you'll find a lot or a few, my advice is either to send them to yourself before you come home if too many to carry. Some seller over there will give you an invoice. 100 45s at 10 cents say or whatever amount cutting down charges [if any] at this end. From experience charges can be random. I didn't pay anything on my last lot from USA. Similarly if you bring some back get an invoice too to present to customs at the airport. I'm not sure what value you can bring back without being liable for charges.

£5409 more than I sold a copy to Richard for ! Still he bought Flash McKinley at the same time for £70 so I figured a bit of discount wouldn't go amiss.

All guaranteed refund if not happy VG ++ is still a very nice copy Albums graded cover/vinyl Metros Sweetest One RCA M-/M- [Since I found, I'll never forget you] £75 SOLD Olympics Something old something new MIRWOOD VG++/M- £15 Jackie Lee The Duck SEALED SPARTON [Canada] £20 Linda Jones Hypnotised M- / M- LOMA £40 SOLD Major Lance The Monkey Time OKEH M-/VG++ [couple of light marks] £15 Rita Graham Vibrations SEALED TRC [My cup runneth over] £20 SOLD Rufus Lumley "same" RCA M-/M- [Stronger than me] £20 SOLD Marge Dodson A lovely way to die DECCA VG++/ M- [Be your baby] £15 Roosevelt Grier Soul City M- / M- RIK [In my tenement] £25 SOLD Chuck Jackson Needing you wanting you SEALED ALL PLATINUM [I got the need] £10 Isley Brothers This old heart of mine M-/VG++ TAMLA £15 Frankie Knuckles It's hard sometimes VG+/M- USA VIRGIN DJ 12" [sleeve a bit bobbly due to water damage] £10 7" Singles Soul Merchants Talking about you girl WDJ VG++ TRI-CITY £75 SOLD Jive Five I'm a happy man M- WDJ UA £5 O'Jays I dig your act M- BELL £20 SOLD Jackie Wilson Haunted House M- BRUNSWICK £10 SOLD Artistics Nothing but heartaches YDJ M- BRUNSWICK [date written both sides on label] £15 SOLD Astors Candy M- STAX £15 SOLD Archie Bell I can't stop dancing R/W DJ ATLANTIC M- £10 Sultans I wanna know VG++ ASCOT £75 or near offer SOLD Anthony Raye Give me one more chance VG++ WDJ IMPACT 1030 £20 [one light mark] SOLD Visitors I'm gonna stay M- DAKAR £8 Spidells Hmmm with feeling darling WDJ M- MONZA [nice group Northern] £15 Gifts Lovin' you M- BALLAD £5 Don Gardner & Checkmates Cooking M- SPECTACULAR £12 Intertains Gotta find a girl VG++ UPTOWN £8 SOLD PayPal :- Modrod52@hotmail.co.uk. Gift or add 4% please Postage £3.50 for 1st class recorded 45s £5 for 1st class recorded Albums Please PM me if interested

I'm confused too to be honest. I've got no old packages here so I can't check a declaration where I was charged in the past but I think charges were broken down into VAT, duty and PO fee.

From reading that RM link if the seller doesn't declare under £39 you would be liable for import duty and I guess a fee to collect it. Sometimes of course stuff just gets through without charge. Luck of the draw. There does seem to be import VAT and customs duty. Two different things ?

In this day and age you may as well consult chicken entrails.

Well we are all different. I wouldn't have anything less than EX/M- in my collection. I would go without. And everything I buy is NM /M- so plenty of records around in that condition to buy I haven't got. I take your point about the rarities. At one time I wouldn't have a non-original but I've slowly come around to getting legal re-issues of 45s I'm not likely to find or be able to afford. Not that I wouldn't buy to sell a poor condition rarity if it was really cheap but people are throwing big money at such items now.

Yeah, I don't get it either. I look at his lists and lucky to find a VG+ grade on both 45s and albums and yet people bid as if M-. And as you say more than what you could get them for elsewhere with a little patience.

It's Ebay who had 20% automatically isn't it ? Not the seller although Julian's earlier post does contradict that.

I thought "Silverfox" selection was pretty good. I hardly buy anything from UK dealers but bought a couple off him recently and money permitting made a note of a few more I want.

Via eBay ?

As we're comparing to eBay in what way is Parker's site excellent ? I just checked my recent buys off eBay of common 45s. Tymes WINCHESTER $9.99 Bobby Mac Keep on $5 Astors Candy $5.99 2 x J. Wilson Haunted House $5.98 On Parker list those 4 x 45s come to $110 ! Mine $26.97. And my Tymes and Bobby Mac were both demos not issues and all 4 were M-. Stick to eBay.

Early days yet. I think most people get eBay is adding on 20 % but are not quite sure whether there will then be extra charges from customs and the PO when packages arrive in the UK.

Darryl Menkin ?

Won it. No VAT. Won it. No VAT

Yes I think I'll avoid until actually sent from mate to me. There is a slight downside to my arrangement in that I pay state taxes.

No, a mate. Cheaper postage having US buys collected together and sent in bulk [40+ albums say] than paying USA to UK postage on each individual item.

I think it's more to do with me having a US address for my US buys. Not sure on that but next time I win something I'll see if I'm charged VAT. As it's not going to UK I assume I will not ?

Looking at my UK eBay Summary/Watch list I can see one item that states 20% VAT will be added. That's a currently £13.48 [$18.30] album listed on US eBay. If I link to my Summary via US eBay it doesn't show that.

He'll be listing a bridge next.

Those lines from Fi-dels have always stuck in my head, but then I'm married. If you want poignant then you need to look at country music. The human condition laid bare in such classics as "How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away" and "My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend and I Sure Do Miss Him".

All guaranteed refund if not happy VG ++ is still a very nice copy, and VG+ isn't trashed just odd marks. Albums graded cover/vinyl Edwin Starr 25 Miles GORDY M-/M-[24 hours to see my baby] £12 SOLD Metros Sweetest One RCA VG++/M- [Since I found, I'll never forget you] £60 SOLD Olympics Something old something new MIRWOOD VG++/M- £15 Jackie Lee The Duck SEALED SPARTON [Canada] £20 Esquires Get on up...... BUNKY SEALED £15 SOLD Bunny Sigler Let the good times roll PARKWAY VG++/VG++ [Follow your heart and Girl don't make...] £10 SOLD Major Lance The Monkey Time OKEH M-/VG++ [couple of light marks] £15 Rufus Lumley "same" RCA M-/M- [Stronger than me] £20 Marge Dodson A lovely way to die DECCA VG++/ M- [Be your baby] £15 Baby Washington With you in mind VEEP SEALED £40 SOLD Larry Santos Just a man SEALED [You got me... longer version] £20 SOLD Chuck Jackson Needing you wanting you SEALED ALL PLATINUM [I got the need] £10 Clyde McPhatter Welcome Home DECCA VG+/M- [sleeve rubs but not tatty] £30 SOLD Isley Brothers This old heart of mine M-/VG++ TAMLA £15 Timi Yuro Something bad on my mind LIBERTY M-/M- [It'll never be over for me] £35 SOLD Garland Green Love is what we came here for RCA VG++/M- [Quit running the streets] £18 SOLD Ron Matlock Love City COTILLION M-/M- [You got the best of me, I can't forget about you] £25 SOLD Frankie Knuckles It's hard sometimes VG+/M- USA VIRGIN DJ [sleeve a bit bobbly due to water damage] £15 7" Singles Soul Merchants Talking about you girl WDJ VG++ TRI-CITY £75 or nearest offer Nancy Wilson The end of our love VG++ CAPITOL £12 SOLD Serenade I like the little boy in you M- PHOENIX [nice mid-pace stepper] £15 SOLD Jive Five I'm a happy man M- WDJ UA £5 Artistics Nothing but heartaches YDJ M- BRUNSWICK [date written both sides on label] £15 Symphonics [Feet] dont fail me now YDJ VG+ BRUNSWICK £5 Volumes Gotta give her love M- AM. ARTS £12 SOLD Leroy Hutson Ella Weez VG++ CURTOM £15 SOLD Spidells Hmmm with feeling darling WDJ M- MONZA [nice group Northern] £15 Valentines Gotta get yourself together WDJ M- SOUND STAGE 7 [same song both sides - nice crossover] £10 SOLD Phil Flowers Discontented VG++ DOT £5 SOLD PayPal :- Modrod52@hotmail.co.uk. Gift or add 4% please Postage £3 for 1st class recorded 45s £4.75 for 1st class recorded Albums Please PM me if interested

I know. HNY to you both