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Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:36 pm
by Func
OP didn't think this through, the new records that go for stupid money are all unplayed (which is why people get upset) you'll never ever see an ex DJ copy anywhere near £50. Also keep in mind people will avoid ordering from the US if there are other choices.
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:51 pm
by titchbit
Func wrote: OP didn't think this through, the new records that go for stupid money are all unplayed (which is why people get upset) you'll never ever see an ex DJ copy anywhere near £50. Also keep in mind people will avoid ordering from the US if there are other choices.
lol that's why I posted. now i know there's almost no chance of recovering any money if i choose to sell in the future.
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:54 pm
by wolf89
If you don't fuck em up they should hold a fair amount of value though still unless they're tunes that turn out to not be wanted by anyone down the line.
I reckon you should just buy records and enjoy having them. If you need to sell them in the future just see what happens then.
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:28 am
by murky21
dubunked wrote:cloaked_up wrote:also note to OP
if you play your records they are worth nothing, they need to be 'mint' or 'unplayed' to have any value
this true?
think cloaked_up is joking i.e. ridiculing buying records for anything other than playing them i.e. what you're meant to do with them.
If you buy fresh needles on the regs that are weighted correctly, play records carefully and stick em back in sleeves straight away they lose fuck all value if they are sought after/ hard to come buy. Good VG+'s look pretty fresh
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:45 am
by benjam
I wont buy overpriced vinyl on discogs takes the piss when some knob from the internet is making more money off it than the artist prob got for the whole release
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:53 am
by Harkat
I really need to get my own technics turntable
I'm using my parents' shitty automatic one down in the living room now, and I think the needle is majorly fucked up, hasn't been changed since the 80's. I don't end up playing my records too often even though I've got a decent stack of about 37 records.
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:35 pm
by Phigure
if you check ebay you can find old non-sl1200 technics models for really good prices . just stick on a new cartridge and youre good to go
got an sl1900 in perfect working condition for about $40, nice to listen to records on when youre not mixing since its automatic and can repeat
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:58 pm
by mks
Phigure wrote:if you check ebay you can find old non-sl1200 technics models for really good prices . just stick on a new cartridge and youre good to go
got an sl1900 in perfect working condition for about $40, nice to listen to records on when youre not mixing since its automatic and can repeat
Definitely, Technics made many more models than just the industry standard SL-1200/1210. I've had a few very solid turntables that were not 1200's from Technics, one belt, two were direct drives and they were great turntables. I got them for between $20 and 50 bucks. Those are what I learned how to DJ on before I could afford 1200's.
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:08 am
by skimpi
dubunked wrote:So my club got money for Stanton's and I'm thinking it may be time to start buying myself some vinyls. After graduating they wouldn't really be of any use to me, unless I were to buy my own turntables of course, so I may sell all the vinyl in like 2 years. Do you think this would make for a worthwhile expenditure? I see so many ridiculous prices on discogs, but do most records actually sell at good enough prices to actually make your money back and/or make a profit a few years down the road?
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:16 am
by OGLemon
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:09 am
by cloaked_up
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:52 am
by ehbes
dubunked is 100% that guy who will mark a misprinted label on discogs as RARE
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 5:05 am
by titchbit
guilty as charged.
i don't know what that means
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 5:41 am
by rickyarbino
You'll lie about the value of your record to weasel a few bucks out of people.
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 5:47 am
by titchbit
I never lie.
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:39 pm
by Direflow
my guitar teacher makes a decent amount of money buying/selling records, mostly jazz it seems
he sifts through the dollar bins hoping to find an expensive record and he actually finds a lot of good stuff. like when i have a lesson with him he'll be all like "oh i just picked this record up for like 2 bucks and turns out it's worth like 80 on discogs!" his discogs account is ridiculous though, much respect
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:22 pm
by OGLemon
capitalist pig in the making tbh
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:52 pm
by ehbes
OGLemon wrote:capitalist pig in the making tbh
we about to get proletariat on a OP ass
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:13 am
by nobody
dubunked wrote:Yeah I got binders full of women I dunno if collecting vinyl can beat that tbh
what is that from?
Re: Do any ninjas make decent money buying/selling vinyls?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:19 am
by Phigure
romney during the presidential debates where he responded to a question about hiring female staff or something and his answer was i dont discriminate, "ive got binders full of women" (ie, women to hire)