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Musicstack/eBay phenomenon

soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
edited July 2006 in Strut Central
Often when I find a record on eBay I'll go to Musicstack to see if I can find it cheaper, or at least guarantee a copy before the auction ends. A slightly interesting thing has happened recently, though. I put an auction in eSnipe, later get a copy off Musicstack before the auction ends, then when I go to check the original auction, it's been removed from eBay. This has happened to about 3-4 items in the past couple of days, all with European dealers, and from a MusicStack seller that doesn't have their own warehouse but instead gets their stock from other dealers.Basically it looks like the Musicstack seller is buying the auction copies off eBay for me. Am I right about this? Does it happen a lot? Have I completely descended into the depths of record collecting nerddom by noticing? And asking about it here?

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  • JLRJLR 3,835 Posts

    Basically it looks like the Musicstack seller is buying the auction copies off eBay for me. Am I right about this? Does it happen a lot? Have I completely descended into the depths of record collecting nerddom by noticing? And asking about it here?


  • Rich45sRich45s 327 Posts
    Isn't it more likely that the seller on musicstack and the ebay seller are the same person, and hes being a bit naughty listing it in both places. If the ebay sale reaches above his musicstack price, he'll pull the musicstack listing, if someone buys the musicstack at set sale, he'll pull the eBay one. Risky game he's playing if that's the case though.
  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    Some big sellers list in multiple places.... (A HREF="http://www.recordsbymail.com/">*COUGH*/A>)

    I don't think there's anything wrong with it, as long as they can keep their stock in order.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Some big sellers list in multiple places.... (A HREF="http://www.recordsbymail.com/">*COUGH*/A>)

    I don't think there's anything wrong with it, as long as they can keep their stock in order.

    If anyone can keep their stock in order it is he.
  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,914 Posts
    Some big sellers list in multiple places.... (A HREF="http://www.recordsbymail.com/">*COUGH*/A>)

    I don't think there's anything wrong with it, as long as they can keep their stock in order.

    If anyone can keep their stock in order it is he and his massive team of minions[/b]
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Some big sellers list in multiple places.... (A HREF="http://www.recordsbymail.com/">*COUGH*/A>)

    I don't think there's anything wrong with it, as long as they can keep their stock in order.

    If anyone can keep their stock in order it is he and his massive team of minions[/b]

    And they have 2 of every record.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Some big sellers list in multiple places.... (A HREF="http://www.recordsbymail.com/">*COUGH*/A>)

    I don't think there's anything wrong with it, as long as they can keep their stock in order.

    If anyone can keep their stock in order it is he and his massive team of minions[/b]

    And they have 17[/b] of every record.
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    and his massive team of minions[/b]

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