Who's bid on shit they aint even heard?

high_c

And how has that worked out for you?I'm lookin at this one record. Potential impulse buy here. Should I dive in blind?However, it's latin and looks like something Reynaldo would post in his weekend USPS deliveries thread so I'll probably get sniped and lose anyway.Please post all and any insight, anecdotes, confessions etc.Thanks,Chad

bull_ox

I'd rather not get into my embarrassing novice collectro moves here, but suffice it to say I made a policy some years ago of not behaving in such a manner

high_c

novice collectro moves

Ya, in my earliest ebay days I remember I bid on this 45 from dallas which was a cover of get out of my life woman by a group called the Soul uh Something or Others and it turned out to be the weakest shit ever. And I think I was out 27 bucks which at time was a lot... not really financially but pyschologically speaking.

Kinetic

Bidding on stuff you haven't heard is different to bidding on something you have no idea at all about and also haven't heard.

Reynaldo

Is it sealed and ending in 17 minutes?

I usually need at least one sound clip or some idea what it sounds like to bid.

high_c

Bidding on stuff you haven't heard is different to bidding on something you have no idea at all about and also haven't heard.

So I shouldn't bid 80 for this Bob McGrath LP?

troubleman

I've bid on some african lp's I've never heard before. They ended up being great. Although I have been unpleasantly surprised by some things I've picked up blind.

Guzzo

Bidding on stuff you haven't heard is different to bidding on something you have no idea at all about and also haven't heard.

So I shouldn't bid 80 for this Bob McGrath LP?

I've heard it before. I wouldn't spend more than $60

high_c

Is it sealed and ending in 17 minutes?

I KNEW IT!!!

Kinetic

Bidding on stuff you haven't heard is different to bidding on something you have no idea at all about and also haven't heard.

So I shouldn't bid 80 for this Bob McGrath LP?

I've heard it before. I wouldn't spend more than $60

Hahaha

nah but seriously, buying blind on the net is no different than buying blind in the field (espeically if you can't listen beforehand), except that you are likely gonna be paying more on-line. I take risks in both arenas, but these days, I am less inclined to do so on-line.

cpeetz

I buy stuff I haven't heard all the time, but with reggae it's kinda different, in that if you
know the year and the producer you should have a good idea of the sound you are gonna get.
Not unlike hip-hop. But even then you end up with a turd now and again.

high_c

oh well, I tried a couple times and my lowball bids didn't do it for me. Who knows this record? Shit looks gangsta:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350049450871

Rey? Can you win this and post it please? Thanks!

Reynaldo

oh well, I tried a couple times and my lowball bids didn't do it for me. Who knows this record? Shit looks gangsta:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350049450871

Rey? Can you win this and post it please? Thanks!

Yeah, I'll throw a snipe in--looks hot. Has only a 5 rating on HYP, though.

high_c

Yeah, I'll throw a snipe in--looks hot.

Ha! 5 out of 10?

Reynaldo

Yeah, I'll throw a snipe in--looks hot.

Ha! 5 out of 10?

They rated Bobby Matos on Philips 6 out of 10 though which is kinda crackheaded.

pickwick33

I don't see why buying records deaf on the Net is a big deal.

Doesn't matter if you haven't heard it, just as long as you have a general outline of what kind of music it is.

Skip Drinkwater

I don't see why buying records deaf on the Net is a big deal.

I do it all the time at record stores.

pickwick33

I don't see why buying records deaf on the Net is a big deal.

I do it all the time at record stores.

Yeah, looking at that thread title you'd think the Strut was full of people who don't trust what they haven't heard on the radio.

bull_ox

I don't see why buying records deaf on the Net is a big deal.

I do it all the time at record stores.

Yeah, looking at that thread title you'd think the Strut was full of people who don't trust what they haven't heard on the radio.

There's actually a colossal difference: while I make a huge number of experiments locally, they're generally $3 or less... which wouldn't cover the shipping on most online purchases. I only bother buying something online when I really want it and don't think there will be much/any opportunity to find it around here.

SoulOnIce

I just bought 5 45's on eBay that I've never heard.

But one was produced by Gary Usher, another was used by
F16C in a mix, another was on Cadet from 1971 and was a
licensed regional D.C. 45, another was a garage band doing
covers of Impressions & Temptations songs, and the last was
on a playlist for local hero PJ's "Galactic Fractures" show.
All this info made the $50 seem like a solid investment.

LP's are a little tougher although you can usually find more
info about them, personnel, etc. On eBay, not so much.

sabadabada

i bid on shit all the time that I've never heard. In fact 90% of it I've never heard. I thought the whole point was to find new things. If I can hear it someplace else, why would I buy it?

funky16corners

I just bought 5 45's on eBay that I've never heard.

But one was produced by Gary Usher, another was used by
F16C in a mix[/b], another was on Cadet from 1971 and was a
licensed regional D.C. 45, another was a garage band doing
covers of Impressions & Temptations songs, and the last was
on a playlist for local hero PJ's "Galactic Fractures" show.
All this info made the $50 seem like a solid investment.

LP's are a little tougher although you can usually find more
info about them, personnel, etc. On eBay, not so much.

Which track, if I may ask???

Deep_Sang

I buy new music I've never heard before all the time, why not do it with used records? I don't really spend more than $20 on a record I've never anything from before.

high_c

I don't see why buying records deaf on the Net is a big deal.

I do it all the time at record stores.

Yeah, looking at that thread title you'd think the Strut was full of people who don't trust what they haven't heard on the radio.

right... i was pretty sure most people on here buy records they haven't heard at record stores - that's just kinda what this record thing is about - but the key word in thread title is "bid."

And there's a difference between gambling with a $7.99 buy it now and bidding nearly $70 on some mysterious record like I just did. I guess it all comes down to your disposable income though.

volumen

I bid on stuff I've never heard, but have "feeling" about. Either someone has told me about it, it's a label/band I already like or there are afro's on the cover.

SoulOnIce

I just bought 5 45's on eBay that I've never heard.

But one was produced by Gary Usher, another was used by
F16C in a mix[/b], another was on Cadet from 1971 and was a
licensed regional D.C. 45, another was a garage band doing
covers of Impressions & Temptations songs, and the last was
on a playlist for local hero PJ's "Galactic Fractures" show.
All this info made the $50 seem like a solid investment.

LP's are a little tougher although you can usually find more
info about them, personnel, etc. On eBay, not so much.

Which track, if I may ask???

A.C. Jones, "Hole In Your Soul" on Imperial

funky16corners

I just bought 5 45's on eBay that I've never heard.

But one was produced by Gary Usher, another was used by
F16C in a mix[/b], another was on Cadet from 1971 and was a
licensed regional D.C. 45, another was a garage band doing
covers of Impressions & Temptations songs, and the last was
on a playlist for local hero PJ's "Galactic Fractures" show.
All this info made the $50 seem like a solid investment.

LP's are a little tougher although you can usually find more
info about them, personnel, etc. On eBay, not so much.

Which track, if I may ask???

A.C. Jones, "Hole In Your Soul" on Imperial

Good one.

The_Hook_Up

I dropped $123 6 years ago on ebay for KPM Afro Rock wihtout hearing it, just bid on it because of its rep as a great record, still only one of three Libraries I own that are any good...

I did buy a terd of an African 45 off of this board around the same time for $25...I believe it was listed as psychedilic Afro-funk, it was on editions makossa, so I figured it would be good..it was some Paul Simon graceland shit with moog squiggles...

the_dL

i do it all the time, you win some you lose some, as much as i love finding records i have been after for years there is nothing better than discovering a new piece that was not even on your radar