the oddity in pricing on new wave vinyl

[bpdp3]

Right off the bat - - what we (each of us reading this) are willing to pay for vinyl is a personal matter. I've got real "what a STEAL" items in my collection, and plenty of "I'll never admit to anyone what I paid for this" items as well.

As friends of new wave, I hope we all agree we shouldn't ostrasize (sp??) each other for the ridiculous $$ we've laid out for this sick passion we have.

(I should also admit I've NEVER bought an lp on-line. Everything is strictly walking into a used vinyl shop. I'm not an elitist; it's just that I remember that 'record-store' thrill of my youth and going in and finding it is what motivates me. If the hunt's too easy, I lose interst - -and probably too much money, as well).

ANYwaY...

I think our style of music almost stands alone in that you NEVER know what the price will be when you find that gem that's eluded you for months/years. Someone mentioned finding the Trees lp for $2. I might find it for $20 and not be surprised (and pay it if I've looked unsuccessfully long enough)...

How many times have you paid $10 + bucks (even higher) for something you've NEVER seen, only to find it in a $1 bin months later? Recently for me it was Stiv Bators 'Disconnected'.

I knot it all depends on the record-store owner...half of them probably have no idea who Stiv Bators is, anyway.

How much is too much for that copy of the Mekons debut you've never seen before but have always wanted?? I'm at a point now that if I find something I've wanted (or didn't realize I wanted) and I'll still be able to feed my family, I get it. I can't worry I'll find it cheaper later.

I do dwell on records I passed on and then never found again....

[Grunch]

For me, it just depends on how important the record is to me. My first copy of The Trees - Sleep Convention, I paid about $20 at a convention, but could not pass up a $2 mint second copy. I have bought duplicates when they are dirt cheap becuase sometimes

[Ollie Stench]

I hit both Cheapos vinyl store AT LEAST once a week. Grunch, are you living here (Mpls)?

The most I've ever paid for a record is $75, but that was for a David Allen Coe pornographic record I had been lookng for for 20 years and didn't even know existe

[Grunch]

Just heard a great deal about that Cheapos, plus a friend has been there and told me about it. I have wanted to plan a trip there someday. Any other good shops in Minneapolis to hit while there?

[British]

Cheapo Records in St. Paul is the shit. I've bought over $100 in forgotten 80s rekkids there.

Half Price Books on the other hand is strange. Most records are 98 cents..UNLESS it was some 80s local band, where they gouge you for 7-8 bucks/record. Espec

[Grunch]

Typical Half Price Books strategy, or lack thereof. Some stuff so dirt cheap, others way too pricey, and not becuase it is so collectable. I imagine the person back there at the buying desk, figuring what he or she will charge for the stuff they are about

[bpdp3]

I didn't realize Cheapo's is a chain. I went to a 'Cheapos' in Boston a couple years back.

Picked up Alien Sex Fiend "Who's been sleeping in my brain" and "TV Tube Heart" by the Radiators (from space)....

[Grunch]

The best Cheapos I have visited was in Denver, and they had goo dprices and the usual gazillion discs to scour through. There is another great used shop in Denver called Second Spin, tons of stuff, pretty classy store, and when I wa sthere, all along the

[Ollie Stench]

I just got a copy of the first Husker Du 7" for $15. Not in the greatest shape, but this is usually about a $50 record.