Keep An Eye On Whos Watching You At Goodwill

[Minrelica]

Too late. A mouse couldn't find a crumb at our Goodwills. I do not believe they do auctions, but they are so overpriced it is beyond crazy.

Yes, they do auctions and here is a link.

shopgoodwill.com - Welcome

Each individual store also holds silent auctions for the "stuff in the case". At least around the midwest they do.

 

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[Minrelica]

I have over 750 L.P.'s Mostly original label Big Band Stereo and mono's. Blues, Jazz, Elvis (yes I do own a pristine) Elvis Blue Hawaii, wife won't let me sell. I have several Edgar Winter Group albums. Also own several thousand 45 rpm's. All my albums are stacked flat in a cool closet with low humidity......nge

Um, sorry but...

[h=5]Do NOT stack vinyl records[/h]Never stack records on top of each other whether in their jackets or not. This is one sure fire way to cause warping, possible cracking of the vinyl record because of the weight and will inevitably produce scuff marks and ring wear on the record's album cover marring the artwork. Records must always be stored upright like books on a shelf.

Read more: 10 Things NOT to do to Your Vinyl Records | DiscoMusic.com

 

[srcdco]

Wow, I didn't realize so many people would comment on record collecting in particular. To answer some questions, condition is everything unless it's ultra rare. A good example are Beatles records. They were generally produced in the millions, but most were played to death and are in bad condition. Those that were treated well and are in pristine (known as Mint or Near Mint) are worth a lot of money. Albums without covers are basically worthless. In the case of 45's, many (not all) came with picture sleeves, which didn't always survive. Many times the picture sleeve is worth more than the record itself.

As far as what is collectable: rock, blues, jazz (these collectors are extremely picky about condition), early country, and their variants are the most collectable. By variants, I mean genres like rockabilly, psychedelic, country rock, etc. Of course, promotional or DJ records typically carry a premium, although there are a few examples where the promo is easier to find than the stock copy. What is not collectable: big band, easy listening (Perry Como, Mantovani, etc.), polkas, etc. Soundtracks can go either way, depending on what it is.

When it comes to local artists, they are typically only collectible in the area that they played. If they became nationally popular, then their local recordings can become collectable to the general public. An example of that is Tommy James & The Shondells "Hanky Panky", which was originally released in Michigan on Snap records, but later released nationally on Roulette.

Now, about Goodwill. What I didn't mention was that I know what's happening because my wife works there, in the donation center. She tells me when something comes in that I may be interested in and what happened to it. So I know what's coming in the door and what's going out on the floor and what's going to "E-comm" as they call it. Some stuff does still slip through, depending on what manager is there and what they see. There are two managers that know me and what I look for. They are the ones that pull the "good" records and put them in E-comm.

Scott

 

[Minrelica]

Shopping at my local store is like picking through a dumpster.

In all honesty, a friend called me the other day and asked if I'd like to go to Goodwill and I said "absolutely not!"

If he would have asked me to go out dumpster diving I would have been all over it.

 

[clovis97]

I've bought and sold several truck loads of records in my life, but I've yet to find many albums worth selling on ebay.

Most of what I get is low end, or that they sold millions of the album, or that it has so much wear that they have no value on ebay. All the records we get are taken to the flea market, and sold for $1 to $3 each.

I'm still looking for Elvis on the Sun label.

BTW, what happened to all the 80's rock and pop on vinyl? I've been buying records for years, but those are the most elusive.

 

[clovis97]

I have a question for you vinyl guys:

I often see vinyl albums that are factory sealed on ebay. Do the buyers of these sealed albums open them and play them, or are there people who just collect factory sealed vinyl?

 

[tims1chap]

I avoid our local Goodwill. I went to donate around 4 bins of clothing right after Katrina hit NO. My wife was helping unload and a hair fell onto the clothign from her head onto one of the suits I was donating. The guy working there saw the hair said we cannot take any of it. I took it over the American Red Cross and they loved me for bringing so much stuff. Plus there are too many places that actually really use the stuff to help those in need.

 

[jerseyben]

I avoid our local Goodwill. I went to donate around 4 bins of clothing right after Katrina hit NO. My wife was helping unload and a hair fell onto the clothign from her head onto one of the suits I was donating. The guy working there saw the hair said we cannot take any of it. I took it over the American Red Cross and they loved me for bringing so much stuff. Plus there are too many places that actually really use the stuff to help those in need.

I can't speak for GW but I know a lot of donated clothing gets cubed up and shipped overseas wholesale by the pound.

 

[jerseyben]

I have a question for you vinyl guys:

I often see vinyl albums that are factory sealed on ebay. Do the buyers of these sealed albums open them and play them, or are there people who just collect factory sealed vinyl?

I have sold several sealed LPs and I always wonder the same thing, especially when there are dozens of copies on the market in various forms of opened/played conditions.

For a short time I thought I had stumbled upon the "answer" to cracking the ebay record sales mystery by dealing in these sealed LPs. I can tell you - I currently have half a dozen sealed LPs that I couldn't give away (on ebay). At the flea market, people couldn't give 2 hoots if a record is sealed or NM.

Still trying to figure out the online record market... Probably never will.

 

[Minrelica]

I have a question for you vinyl guys:

I often see vinyl albums that are factory sealed on ebay. Do the buyers of these sealed albums open them and play them, or are there people who just collect factory sealed vinyl?

Although I owned a lot of vinyl at one point I never truly cared about condition all that much. A dealer friend once told me that if an older album is still factory sealed there's a good chance that the album will be warped due to so many changes of temperature over the years. I guess some people would just keep them sealed and not play them though so it wouldn't be an issue. I'm not sure how much truth there is to his claim but it was an interesting thought.

 

[jerseyben]

Although I owned a lot of vinyl at one point I never truly cared about condition all that much. A dealer friend once told me that if an older album is still factory sealed there's a good chance that the album will be warped due to so many changes of temperature over the years. I guess some people would just keep them sealed and not play them though so it wouldn't be an issue. I'm not sure how much truth there is to his claim but it was an interesting thought.

I have purchased dozens of sealed LPs with 2 notable incidents. 1 was a few years old and was already warped when unwrapped. The other was from the early 90s and it skipped when played for the first time.

 

[Chrystal]

Lol, what in the world is your avatar? Lol

 

[Minrelica]

Lol, what in the world is your avatar? Lol

That was one of the sealed LP's he bought

 

[jerseyben]

1793 "basal state" half cent I dug.

 

[Beans]

In all honesty, a friend called me the other day and asked if I'd like to go to Goodwill and I said "absolutely not!"

If he would have asked me to go out dumpster diving I would have been all over it.

Are they not they same, even tho Dumpster Diving is a little bit more upscale.

 

[FloridaHunter]

Yes, they do auctions and here is a link.

shopgoodwill.com - Welcome

Each individual store also holds silent auctions for the "stuff in the case". At least around the midwest they do.

Correct. I meant I could not find any auctions for my local Goodwills though. Thanks.

 

[Minrelica]

Correct. I meant I could not find any auctions for my local Goodwills though. Thanks.

I was about to suggest this in my own words but I just found this on the shopgoodwill page.

"Participating Goodwill's from across the country offer for auction on the site a wide array of art, antiques and collectibles as well as new and nearly new items pulled from their vast inventories of donated goods."

Goodwill stores from all over the country are sending their cream of the crop donations to California to be auctioned off... The ones that get by the manager on duty and on the clock employees that is

 

[centfladigger]

I wouldn't worry much about that. Goodwill, Salvation Army and every other mom & pop thrift store has access to the Internet, eBay and every other research tool that we have and I guarantee that they use them. I can't tell you how many times I've walked into a thrift store, walked up to an item to see a printout from eBay or Amazon taped to it to show me how much it's worth when in reality they are only asking prices.

I went on a few gold/collectibles buying trips with a local dealer last year and these two 80ish year old women came in with a few things for us to look at. No less than 3 times they referenced eBay's completed auctions and what the item is worth or what it has sold for. My point is that as time goes on, more and more people are becoming eBay conscious and research items before putting a price tag on them and thrift store owners are first in line. Yes, I know there are still deals to be found and there will always be but it's a new game now and time has changed things.

Personally, I was fortunate enough to pull nearly 5,000 near mint, rare, & promo classic rock albums from our local Goodwill & Salvation Army stores over the course of 3 years or so for the whopping price of .50 each. When CD's started getting big, many of the radio stations were bringing in boxes and boxes of awesome albums for donation and I was hauling out boxes and boxes of the same albums to build my super sweet collection. .... then 15 years later my apt flooded and I lost 90% of them

is there any particular album you are lookingfor to replace your wet ones?

 

[Minrelica]

is there any particular album you are lookingfor to replace your wet ones?

Naw, I'm over it... The biggest loss was my collection of over 30 David Bowie albums but the Sound and Vision set made it through. The only thing I keep wondering about is a Eulogy for Bob Stinson's {the Replacements} funeral which was an etching by Chris Mars that I had tucked into an album, forgot about and now it's gone.. Irreplaceable.

Thanks for asking though.

 

[cyberdan]

I just tried to get KAOE in on TuneInRadio but it didn't work

no you couldn't, it is long gone. When I first came aboard that ship it was 6 months old. A few years ago they scrapped it. It was my home for three years. We went to the Phillipines, Viet Nam (a lot), Australia, Japan, Hong Kong.
So all you young guys out there. Join the Navy and see the world. (Oh, also put up with all the BS you can handle)