Mick Holdsworth

Good example - I think the answer is probably yes. would be adjusted to the amount based on $25. I also suppose, if the record only went for $9.99, the import duty would be scrapped. It would be horrible to win it at $9.99, pay zero import duty, but be stuck with some handling fee to this third party. Trouble is, at the moment it is all guesswork, until a few of us have had to go through the process we don't know fur sure. I have nothing lined up that has this mandatory import duty, but I'll bet a few are in the process, and may have received things. We need to hear from them. Cheers Mick

I've noticed this, but only in the last week. I think it is an option that the seller can click when listing, as some new listings from US don't have it, although the blurb about possible import charges is always there above a certain level (it varies day to day with exchange rate but is about £15). I don't know if anyone yet has had experience in receving a prepaid customs deal - ie. do you STILL get stuck with any charges this end, or is there a delay in receiving parcel? In a way, it has its bad and "not so bad" side. The bad side is that unforunately there will be no doubt. You WILL be paying import duty. This can be additionally frustrating if you know the seller would have normally declared it as low value if they did it manually. The "not so bad" side is that if you knew who the seller was and also knew the parcel would be fully declared, then at least you know up front what the charges are, and can pay in one go, rather than "guessing" how much it will be, waiting for the postie to give you the card, then having to pay again and arranging a redelivery. I suppose when it comes down to it, it's between you and the record, in this case, if you feel that $200 is ok but $250 is too much, then don't buy it. On thing that has just occured to me is that this new feature may be only for "Buy it now", although I haven't checked on auctions with higher starting prices. If it's there on some auctions, it would have to increase with each new bid. sounds messy) Cheers Mick

I ordered a couple yesterday morning, order went through OK - It's still appears to be available to pre-order right now, are you sure you did try to order 2?

PM you in 5 mins.

I bought an acetate of Sam in the early to mid nineties. Think it was hand written title but no artist credited, although I knew it was Maurice Williams. I can't remember the label, but I think it was a well know acetate label in the way that Virtue, Bell Sound or Abtone are well known. Actually, think it may have been Abtone. Cheers Mick Just checked - it's Beltone

Quod mirum esset Mick

Must admit I hadn't considered the point that the value is only speculative until the buyer gets it and is happy, and I agree. We in the UK could buy a record from the US or anywhere outside Eurupe that is either badly graded, a bootleg advertised as original, or it could arrive in pieces. Our customs wouldn't want to know if this were the case. Cheers Mick

I don't think so John, the senders would just rely on you replying to them and arranging a money transfer to their Western Union, and "Not Ady" would say, cheers but can you make it out to my good friend "XXXXX" instead as he/she/it just happens to have their proof of identity all ready to hand. Cheers Mick

I had a very similar problem only last night. I suspect the seller is trying to send you email details and eBay are blocking the mail, he may be just as frustrated as you. Until a only few days ago you could write ... yourname AT domain.com ... and you could work it out (for ages the @ symbol has been zapped. But yesterday even AT had been blocked) so ask him to write is as ... yourname domain com ... and send him yours in the same way. Alternatively ask him to go to the item page, click the bid history and click "view email address" Good luck Mick

Wasn't it AVI who, after SS booted James Bounty, commissioned their own dark version of this song as a message to Soussan ? I refer to "Permanent Injury" by the Bryson Bay Band. Not bad to have a song written about you, even if it doesn't exactly give praise or adulation. Cheers Mick

I joined discogs last year, and was about to list my stuff there, as I do on a few others sites like Musicstack / Gemm etc, until I came to upload my database. It was then I realised you had to either search for your items individually and add them one at a time using discogs unique number for that item, or If it wasn't there, then create a discogs number and add it that way. either way it would be one at a time, fine if you list about 20 items, but I have what I consider a small database, at about 2000. It would take me 6 months solid to retype all that. God knows how sellers with many thousands of items manage. Cheers Mick

No, they were proper vinyl records with a number stamped in the runout - exactly the same as Soul Sounds etc., but with white labels. Can't remember the number but it didn't fit in with the SS numbers, so I don't think it was intended to be a Soul Sounds release. (Could line up with Magic or one of the others though) Cheers Mick

It was actually done twice in the 70's. There's a pink label, where for some reason both sides were mastered even though it was the same song, with A and B matrices. The was then a more purple copy, remastered again but only once, and both sides have the same matrix. That was it until a few weeks ago when the shrunken labels started appearing, from the same place that do all the modern boots etc. These are the three labels, earliest on the left Cheers Mick

There appears to be a brand new press of this boot about - one on eBay now - looks the same but smaller UK style labels.

I thought there was, albeit normal black label with Promo etc in text, but maybe I'm thinking of "She's Gone" ?

Thanks Bob, so I needn't worry then. I suppose if the buying system allows me to buy, whether from eBay, CDBaby,Amazon etc., then it's obviously fine. Cheers Mick

No probs

OK, I think you're right. I was just going on the info in the other thread talking about JM bootleg guide having the series as 1967-1969. I think that must be wrong, as later on someone refers to Sept/August 70 as the first time they appeared. Cheers Mick

I've just been browsing eBay looking for import and customs information and found a page called ... "Importation of goods into the United Kingdom or Ireland policy" Within this page I found this "Types of goods that might be subject to import restrictions" "Here are some examples of potentially infringing imports: Music CDs that were intended for distribution in the United States (even if they are genuine copies)" The full page is here ... https://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/importation.html I suppose the key word is "potentially", but does this mean I could not buy a US import CD if I wanted to, and if I did, would I be breaking any laws, or is this just an eBay policy. Last time I bought a US CD through eBay was about a two years ago, but I have bought US CDs from CDBaby only last year. Can anyone shed any light on this, as there must be dealers who import CDs for sale within this country. Cheers Mick

I have an Earl Van Dyke 6x6 / Dynatones white label that was done at the same place as all the Soul Sounds etc. As it was a double sider as opposed to the proper B side, I wonder if this was before the SS series started in '67 Cheers Mick

Well there is a copy here ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370833653669 Seems very expensive, although it has "Make offer" and also has the B side you want, which, at £350 may be the only things in it's favour Mick

Ethics - Look At Me Now - Vent Lou Courtney - You Ain't Ready - Riverside And the greatest of them all ... Spyder Turner - I Can't Make It Anymore - MGM You can pay more than a fiver, but you shouldn't really have to. Cheers Mick

Dave, certainly the matrix is one way, although from a scan, as in this case, the silver text is a giveaway. My point was not so much the questionable value of said item at £425, but the fact that it wasn't even a real one, and that nobody seemed to have mentioned it. Cheers Mick

Apparently so - must have been upgraded to "original" status earlier this month

Thanks Dazz, thought I might be seeing it wrong as no one else has mentioned it - So this Maurice Williams Silver text is £425 then. So how much for an original Gold text then ??