second-hand to boot

I have a friend who keeps offering £75 for my vinyl copy of Morrissey's Vauxhall and I and the Boxers 12" EP. Admittedly one of Mozz's better solo outings, but I'd assumed it would have sold shedloads at the time and hence have no resale value.

... employ experts to valuate their donated records, I presume because they were fed up reading about people buying stuff for 50p and then getting a huge mark-up on Ebay...

I used to work close to a branch near Baker Street in London that was/is basically all records, with a significant amount of their stock being old promos from the vaguely-nearby Capital Radio, and they had a whole section devoted to the more valuable stuff... though that Oasis example seems to be taking the mickey somewhat...

if we get one decent sunny day it'll probably not be flat any more. You should pop in and point that out to them Patrick, Oxfam deserve our help, and it's always good to see an Oasis sale that won't pay for a private eyebrow trainer or a new shell suit for Liam.

I reckon an Oxfam employee typed "Shift 3" for the pound sign, then inadvertently hit the "3" for a second time after lifting their digit from the shift-key, before typing the actual price of 0.99 and stuck the label on the LP without checking it.

Then again, I'm not sure that Be Here Now is even worth £0.99...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000005RUP/ref=dp_olp_1

isn't far off these sort of prices. I think over time Oxfam etc will get cannier and perhaps have better flexible pricing to make sure they balance making money with turning over stock.Using the book prices isn't the total solution but I'm glad the money goes to fighting malaria rather than the sort of record collector who knows the value of everthing and the worth of nothing.

often depend on the musical taste of the pricer from store to store. The one in Reading is clearly a Fabs and Smiths fan as their vinyl is terribly overpriced wheras anything 70's\80's pop or metal is reasonable

Althought relying on the Record Collector or Uk price guides means that Camden record shop owners will pop in, pick up a rare Japanese Floyd issue for a fiver and stick it on his wall for £150. He thought it was funny, i though he was a bit of a Liddle

Fabulous! Beats cnut or see you next tuesday by a mile as the euphemism of choice for a ladies front bottom!

It's a triple CD, available from Target for about $12 in America. HMV are selling it here for £29.99. Alternatively you can buy it from his website but to do that you have to join (admittedly the download is free once you're a member) but membership is a snip at $77.

Is it worth listening to once inside? Not really. Maybe half a dozen good tracks across the three disks (two of the disks are Prince, the other is by a lady called Bria Valente and is pretty poor) but one absolute stunner in the form of "Dreamer", where he's clearly channelling Hendrix. Not worth £30 for it though. Give it a month or two and it'll be in Fopp for a fiver.

Be Here Now isn't as bad as people make out. There are a few decent tunes on it and I think it's better than their last effort. It's just way over produced and stodgy sounding. I wouldn't pay the Oxfam retail price for the vinyl.

Are you back in old blighty then? Welcome back.

Even more bizarre - why do people (not me) pay gazillions for a bloody old stamp, just 'cos it was printed upside down. Even useless for putting on an envelope too...

My motto when selling on ebay "If daft folks are daft enough to pay daft prices then I'm daft enough to sell to them". In the same vein of the comments related to Oxfam I do sell stuff on behalf of a charity to help keep them going. I think I need to look at my vinyl.

Back in the now seemingly quaint days of the mailing list I joined up with the Oasis one & was sent all manner of collectibles including, a couple of years on the trot, an Oasis themed Christmas card. I also got the chance to get limited box-set vinyls of "Be Here Now" & "Masterplan" Finances would only stretch to one so I plumped for "Be Here Now" which I still have & which also houses my ticket from a 1994 Oasis gig signed by the original line up. In dark days I've considered turning to ebay, but when it gets down to it, I just don't think I could.

50,000 Fall fans can't be wrong (39 golden hits) for a quid from a charity shop (on cd) gave them double! because they hadn't noticed it was double cd.

..with Amazon to put ridiculous prices on certain items, using P.T. Barnum's theory as a basis of trade.