He took the big break, and fell flat on his face. We’ve all been there, you have to start somewhere, it’s coming up to Christmas, perhaps he needs the money, so I took pity on him and decided to give him his first big break into the glamorous world of big-time jazz selling: Zero feedback, no reputation score, a newbie. Or this aspiring eBay seller making his first sale. One of the “this puppy would make a happy and lively family pet were it not dead” school of seller. Not this sellers finest moment. He claims to adhere to Record Collector grading standards, sort of. Tubby Hayes “But Beautiful”, complete with needle-stick finale at 5:25 – perfect for repeating breakbeats The damage was fatal, resulting in needle sticks and multiple deep scratches, rendering this previously excellent copy of Tubby Hayes “Down in the Village” worthless. The seller packed the record with the bare unprotected vinyl surface against the surface of an old dirty polythene jacket which had probably an old office metal staple loose in side it. A very rare record just got rarer, with one less in circulation. The inglorious end of a fantastic ebay score, damaged in transit as a result of the seller’s careless packing. You have to admit, its an appropriately named record. UPDATE (15/8/12): Seller issued a full refund on return of the record, but he’s a game lad, it’s gone straight back on eBay with a new photo and quietly amended mis-description that owns up only to light crackling. I really don’t understand why US sellers chance this kind of selling. It prompted me to ponder the meaning of “Does not affect play” and “sounds great”. I fear this one will have to fly all the way home to the US, leaving me out of pocket to the tune of UK-US both ways. 1950s owner with heavy tracking weight radiogram arm and propensity to jogging it, or early onset of Parkinsons at a guess. I think the grade is “FAIR” – significant surface noise and not well cared for. I’ll let you judge for yourself how you would grade and describe this record, after use of the word “RARE!!!” ofcourse. Track One, Side one, “ Scoochie” – what you see above is what you hear below So this morning, the postman knocked twice and moment of truth arrived: The promise of VG+, despite “light scratches that do not affect play” was too strong – note 12 bidders felt the same. But it is very rare and an incredible record. This was the baby – Roy Haynes Cracklin’ on New Jazz (1962 original) – and this was the lure:Ĭonoisseurs of exclamation marks and hype will say: Watch out!. In many ways this has been a good week, but the experimental return to buying records from the US has just crashed and burned. ” Sorry, I don’t know much about art, I’m selling for a friend”. As long as you don’t say whether it is a copy or the original. On the same basis as the Lee Morgan, you could sell a copy of the Mona Lisa. “ Lee Morgan Indeed! Mona Lisa, painted in Florence by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1506, in beautiful condition!” opening bid £10m. They have just omitted to tell you it is a reissue.Įxtraordinarily, Ebay do not consider this misleading or fraud. The seller has not said anything wrong, all factually correct. By the time you have added the postage, you have paid twice more than the shop price of a Scorpio, which is almost certainly what it is: a digital to vinyl transfer. I bet if you were to ask you would get: ” I don’t know much about records, I’m selling it for a friend” Here is the value of auctions for the “real thing”:Īmazingly, three bids, standing at £10, and seven minutes to go. “Its in near mint condition!” And it is “Used” apparently. I’ll use a generic cover photo, trimmed-off edges.” I am also not going to show you anything that would enable you to value it, like letting you see the label or jacket detail. I a NOT going to tell you anything important for buying a record that would allow you to put a value on it, like when it was manufactured and by whom. “I am going to tell you a lot of things that don’t matter, like the track listing, which artists plays on it, where it was recorded, and such like. E bay Seller WLTM naïve buyerĪn Ebay seller is offering a copy of Lee Morgan “Indeed!”: I hesitate to say it but its French. It went back. The surface showed a previous owner who took no care with his records. That deep scratch across the last track clicked loudly for about 3 – 4 minutes.
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