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Where to sell vinyls

#41
I took a few milk crates full to Half Price Books one time and accepted whatever they offered. It was mostly punk records, and their eyes got all big when they saw that stuff, but I was tired of storing and lugging around records.
 
#42
All this makes me sad about my long, lost record collection from my misspent youth. 1,000s of great albums with huge selections of Sabbath/Rainbow/Dio, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, and my precious, precious Thin Lizzy albums. I stupidly went off to college and, more stupidly, left the collection at home after a couple years cause carrying an extra ton of records was a drag.

My older brother never moved too far from home so he slogged them around with him all the while amassing more, adding a layer of jazz/disco or anything strange he could find at thrift stores or Goodwill and such when vinyl was down and no one could give records away. Several times he showed me a bunch of gems that he literally found in the garbage.

Suffice it to say, tragedy stuck and my brother could not bear to think about anything he owned and stowed it all away in storage. I periodically ask him about it but the absolute change in his visage quickly made me change to another subject, and, the last time I asked him about it, he had moved several times changing phone numbers along the way. He told me the storage company had tried to contact him about his overdue fees, could not and, ultimately sold all his stuff to compensate. Crushed I was. So I wrote a song about it called "Phil Lynott".

I had moved on to CDs as my format of choice and remain committed:
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My spillover:
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The most recent haul:
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So, the morale of this story is it's good I lost my albums since I'd need another house to store them OR, more likely, I need help.
 
#43
Hounddog409 said:
Yeah, i dont get it. I still hear a new "album" is released, but its a CD.
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Album doesn’t mean record. It doesn’t even automatically imply a sound recording. Photo albums also exist. It’s a presentation style (these works in this order), not a media format.

It started out as a shorthand for record album, but that’s not how most people have used it for decades now.
 
#44
See if you can find a vinyl dork to dig through your collection. If I was close I would dig through it. I would tell you if you had anything of value or just a bunch of commons that aren't worth much.

Good luck. If it's just a bunch of commons and water damage it may not be worth investing much time in resale.
 
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#45
Richland123 said:
Here is another option; especially for the damaged records. I met a craft vendor who makes clocks out of old records. They told me they are always looking for albums. You might want to contact them. They are in western Pennsylvania.
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You know what’s funny? Every photo you showed was a record made into a clock. Great vinyl recordings are a joy to listen to, so don’t get me wrong, but analog clocks (especially kitschy ones) are as much or even more obsolete than LP’s in not great condition. I also didn’t notice anyone using the term LP here.

In the days of records, there were 78rpm, 45rpm singles, and the new 33 rpm Long Play (LP) which could give you roughly 45 minutes on most releases (more than that often meant lesser quality sound as the grooves got too much closer together).

Records could last a long time if played with a good needle/cartridge set at the right balance point, cleaning out any dust or dirt before every play, keeping them in better quality sleeves, and obviously no scratches causing clicks and skips. in other words, very few remained in pristine condition. I treated several special ones I had with kid gloves, but a lot of the bargain store or used ones I picked up already weren’t in great condition, so cleaning the record was more to protect the needle.
 
#46
I have a big record and CD collection with over 5,000 vinyl records and a large amount of CDs. Also, I used to be dealer at record conventions. I have many rare and collectible discs as well as mainstream records.
 
#48
When we moved into our current home years ago, one of the previous owners had left a large box of albums in the basement. Nothing interesting or valuable. My son and I took them to our township trash transfer station--a cavernous building that featured a huge pit into which all the township's trash was dumped before it went to the landfill. My son and I spent about 15 minutes flinging the "vinyls" against the far wall of the pit and enjoyed watching them smash into pieces. Good times!
 

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