Multiple Copies
TheKindCromang
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I just sold a nice copy of Cheech and Chong's "Big Bambu" with the rolling paper on Ebay. The buyer left some positive feedback and just seemed like a mellow dude. I was curious to see what other records this person had bought in the past. It didn't take long to see that they have bought at least 10 or 15 copies of this same LP just within the last month! Now... no offense if that is you reading this, but, what's going on here? I'm just curious! I discovered a similar incident when I sold a Bob Ludwig Led Zep II. The copy I sold was probably the fifth copy this guy had bought. Is anyone else out there actively hoarding 10-15 copies of one album? Is this a pretty common thing?
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I sold the Best Of Bob Dylan with the poster to somebody and noticed that they had bought at least 20 other copies.
I'm not sure if it's hoarding or maybe they are going to use them to to decorate a room or as an art project.
Yeah. I'm thinking maybe dude is actually using the rolling papers to roll oversized joints!
It's more common than you think.
I don't think I have met anyone in person who is hoarding a single title.
Some people can sell a common record for more than the typical price, so they always pick them up.
Some people are constantly up grading, looking for that perfect copy.
Some people are buying endless variations of the same record. :crust
Big Bamboo is one record that people are constantly asking me the value of their copy. There is a belief out there that it is very rare and valuable. Invariably they never have the rolling paper.
Maybe this guy has a smoke shop where he can sell them for $50.
Or OCD.
I know I alone have sold him around 100 copies of each title, so I figure he has at least 500 copies of each, possibly way more.
Hopefully it's this!
I used to buy every cheap copy of Thriller I came across when I started out going to fleas just because it's, like, the greatest album ever...but for no other reason. There's probably still half a crate of Thrillers at my parent's house! (And no, I didn't bother trying to sell any of them when he passed...)
OCD.
It's more common than I thought.
haha, i just sold my copy (w rolling paper) this past week as well...prolly same dude
Just out of curiosity, have you checked the Fania stereos to see if they really are stereo?
We used to have a customer who worked for Fania back in the day and he said a lot of them were just monos with stereo labels and that some titles had no actual stereo pressing.
In all honesty, some are and some aren't. I haven't checked out everything, but I have found that some very early Fania records are panned. And from my experience, the 70s records are mono/stereo.
Disclaimer: I could very well be wrong about this
day asking for as many Bob Dylan records as possible for this exact reason.
Probably the same guy.
peace, stein. . .:)
and I could do with a nice clean copy to jam to with the acid raindrops deck i just ordered ;)
^^^^^^^ This
Sometimes by mistake, sometimes to 'trade or sell' (whichi I usually never do unles it's something $50+) or just because it's there and it's cheap. Just bought another copy of Bob James' Three for less than a dollar. I also pick up mexican issues of stuff I like and I already have on US If I find it cheap while diggin'.
Heavy stack of records!
If you have a mono needle this isn't really a dilemma, no? The mono stuff sounds way better and you can get good money for those stereo records to buy other (mono) records.
On top of that, there are some collectors who really want those records you' re holding on to ;).
I have two copies of many of my favourite records:
The foreign original and a Japanese original press with obi.
This is not mine (honest). I like some Beach Boys songs but do not collect their work. I had seen this photo and thought "okay".
With that said, are there albums where I feel a need to have multiple copies of same album? Sure. There's maybe three or four albums where I want to have as many pressings as possible, but do I go out of my way to buy them? No. Is it foolish, of course.
such a great poast.
probably about 60 or 70....
Then the Quasar Man Coda record, probably like 200 copies...
where the hell did you find 60 copies ???
and 200 copies of Quasar!!!!!! got any left? I've been after that record a while
damn....
The goal of course, must be to have more copies of "Bounce, rock, skate, roll" than it's physically possible to carry at one time.
As the producer dreams waned and record selling took over, this plan turned out to be a little better as I was looking for samples on a lot of local stuff, private records, and carrying the digging motto that "if it's hand drawn, it's on!".
MCF