No more charity shop bin diving for a while, all stores locked down here in NE Florida.
Its getting serious here.
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Looks like our Sally Army stocked up on lps and cds overnight.
Walked in and there larger than life to greet me was Get The Knack.
Well as it contains the very topical "My Sharona" yep I just had to buy it, along with several more choice items of course.
Another good day for me and helps the Sally Army stay afloat.
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Yeah you got me there....
As it is a Federal District.
But good enough for me.... Lol.
Still got all the Looney Tics in it! |
I think Washington D.C would win that comfortably GK..... |
Only one local charity shop still open today.
Soon be pretty much total lockdown here, shopping malls closed.
Hopefully these measures have the required effects.
However still scored 3 LP.
Jaco Pastorius, Al DiMoella and Smokey Robinson.
Cleaning them now.
Be safe out there! |
In my neck of the woods the charity shops are still open so in my enforced downtime still picking em up.
Few more this morning.
Hopeless case I agree! |
I hated every single aspect of London even when I lived there so not surprised at all.
But by inference I was primarily talking about USA charity shops.
That is my present scope of reference.
btw, chazzas must be relatively new slang as nobody ever called them that when I lived there which was right up to about November 2000. |
Oh it is definitely an addiction!
Decided to visit a Goodwill in a slightly different area to my normal haunts and while still not a fantastic selection I did come away with three Concrete Blonde albums.
Had to get two other albums as well because they were a whopping 5 albums for $1...
Hard to handle!
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Now at a major city large charity shop there maybe a person like that who has some ideas on records.
I can tell you now around me they don’t know a record from a cd from a book! |
If that’s the case, you probably never should have mentioned it, but that’s fine Sorry but I fail to see the relevance of what the album is compared to sharing my find and the principle of it? But its no biggie, lets just agree to disagree. Peace! |
Tyray
I also found head hunters in the Sally Army.... lol |
Roxy
There is no big secret but I prefer not to go there for my own good reasons which have nothing to do with profit or anything like that.
Say I disclose it, there will always be those who feel the need to inject snark along the lines of...
its not not worth that, I bought it for $xx, your version not the same, blah blah blah.
Just not going there is all.
No big conspiracy.
And it was not meant to be entertaining, sorry. |
Tallguy.
No the Metallica was CD.
Still for 50 cents...... |
As per usual GK, I have absolutely no idea WTH you are talking about.
Meds worn off?
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Right oh!
Off to the next shop that on Thursday does 55% off for over 55 shoppers.
Let's see $1 down to 45 cents...
I should have waited....
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GK
That would be the knee jerk reaction as per the stock market clowns.
Sell, sell, sell!
I think for my massive investment I can bide my time....
Not that I have any intention of selling it as I already said.
Probably going to play it later today to make sure it sounds as good as it looks as condition is obviously important for potential value.
Just for my own edification of course! |
Very nice Mahgister!
Always nice to hear feel good stories. |
I agree on timing part tablejockey.
The same shop I scored big yesterday had zilch on Monday afternoon.
Luck of the draw. |
GK
Nope, not telling.
And yes I seriously doubt that the asking price would ever be realised, certainly not in today's climate.
But checking recently sold examples shows all into three figures so still a very lucky find whatever.
Not that I am interested in selling,it's a keeper. |
Bob
Just my opinion but you should steer well clear of any pawn shops, you are correct that ANYTHING in there is either way over priced or had a very hard life.... or both.
Goodwill tends to have more knowledgeable staff checking through the donations before offered to the public so sometimes you never see "the good stuff" as they take it out and list on ebay themselves.
However I am not saying we should all run along and see what we can get to resell for a profit from the charity shops.
My main aim was to see what others experience in charity /thrift stores was like.
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I have to say Goodwill are probably the last charity shops I will visit anyway.
The pickings are very slim and the CEO awards himself a huge salary, yes very charitable.
Now The Salvation Army is a total different story.
Better goodies and a CEO that takes a nominal small salary.
Yes I am being hypocritical.... Lol. |
That is highly unusual though, not my normal fare!
$1 albums that are like $2 to $4 in record stores.
So still a good deal but not amazing.
As I first said....today was an outstanding day! |
I have to admit that today I found the album equivalent of a Faberge egg.
I picked an album up in truly mint shape that I had a feeling was rare.
It was not till I got home and added it to my discogs catalogue that I found out how rare.
My cost $1.89.
Only one for sale on discogs in the UK.
Their price ....£1000 Sterling.
My oh my...... |
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Bloody Hell.......
Guess I live in cheap side.......
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Outstanding roberjerman!
I did find an old SOTA table in a store about a year back, was not that good of a bargain but still a nice score.
TBH I have found our local Goodwill stores to be pretty poor for anything music related, we have a couple of independent smaller stores that is where I am having the best luck.
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the records are being US cleaned as we type and cds being ripped.
And that was part of my interest in this matter, are finds like this normal or very unusual in todays age?
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