4,000 records for $750 in CT
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gladiator335
MRTI
Here comes the back injury....
Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
"Selling out collection of records acquired at home clean-outs, auctions and tag sales throughout the last 30 years."
The price might still be a tad on the high side, based on unknown condition and unknown records. $400 might be closer, and even that's a lot for records in unknown condition.
The price might still be a tad on the high side, based on unknown condition and unknown records. $400 might be closer, and even that's a lot for records in unknown condition.
peterfranks
Super Member
My son (musician and fellow vintage stereo/vinyl aficionado) has clear instructions that upon my death, he is curator and final decision maker regarding my audio/music stuff. He'll assure that the majority of my stuff stays in the family. He knows how heart broken I would be to see all my stuff end up at Good Will or an auction site.
Last week I was at the Good Will Outlet and in one of the bins were about 15 briefcase sized storage cases filled with recorded cassettes. Each case held 60 cassettes. All the cassettes were higher end Maxell, TDK, Sony cassettes. Each tape insert was meticulously hand written with all the song track and artist information and each cassette looked like the next. Someone had spent a lot of money in the day just on the blanks and cases let alone the hundreds of hours spend recording and putting together this collection. It was clearly someone's passion and love and here it was all dumped out into a recycling bin. Who knows the circumstances but this was obviously a large part of someone's life that no one wanted. I felt very sad seeing this. I ended up taking abut 10 of the tapes just out of respect for whoever did the work.
Last week I was at the Good Will Outlet and in one of the bins were about 15 briefcase sized storage cases filled with recorded cassettes. Each case held 60 cassettes. All the cassettes were higher end Maxell, TDK, Sony cassettes. Each tape insert was meticulously hand written with all the song track and artist information and each cassette looked like the next. Someone had spent a lot of money in the day just on the blanks and cases let alone the hundreds of hours spend recording and putting together this collection. It was clearly someone's passion and love and here it was all dumped out into a recycling bin. Who knows the circumstances but this was obviously a large part of someone's life that no one wanted. I felt very sad seeing this. I ended up taking abut 10 of the tapes just out of respect for whoever did the work.
Kneedeepinit
Super Member
If you are already dead, how can you be heartbroken? It seems to me that the priority should be the wishes and convenience of the surviving family instead of potentially breaking the heart of the deceased.
We did our will a few months ago and the lawyer expressed this to me. It really changed my POV.
NJguy
Super Member
THose readers digest boxed sets from what I know have little value. So if most of this collection is "Goodwill material"...$750 can be a very high price tag. I do see a beat up Eagles Desperado in there so maybe theres some stuff with value...but $750 seems like a big price to pay. They may be better off selling at $2 per record and let people take what they want. Donate the leftovers.
NJguy
Super Member
I hear you, but like the guy above said. You are dead. You wont know and neither does the guy you described. I went to an estate sale recently that the guy had a music room with tapes carefully labeled, hundreds of them. Records also labeled etc etc etc...well now the house have 50 people storming through it.... well what can you do? The guy is dead and whatever the situation is the family cant deal with 500 Cassette tapes nicely labeled that nobody will pay a penny for.
Its bad enough we dont let go of stuff while alive, even worse when we dont wanna let go once we are dead!
getright99
least likely to succeed
The fact that the readers digest records are mentioned in the ad as a selling point should tell you a lot about that lot.
peterfranks
Super Member
Hmmm. Would appear I have pretty screwed up views on the matter ....
Not sure if you noticed but you can get them all for free IF you have body odor! :lmao:
"First $750 or BO. Any questions, call Ed"
"First $750 or BO. Any questions, call Ed"
Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
I'm in the same boat. When I'm gone, I won't care. I understand sentiment, though. So I see both sides. I'd hate Mrs Wiggy to try to keep some sort of memorial to my pile of crap. Let it all go, to Goodwill, the dump, or whatever.
I've found a few things in thrift stores that were clearly beloved by their former owners, and it's kind of touching and I'm glad to have them myself, even if their families didn't want them, they had no families, or whatever their circumstances might have been.
I have had a few people try to tell me what I can and cannot do with my own property, since it formerly belonged to them or to one of their relatives. Ah, yeah, no. My property now means I get to decide what happens to it. I do not have a responsibility to honor the memory of Joe Blow's great-uncle Persiflage.
Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
I wouldn't say that. Lots of people have Wills for precisely the reason that you gave; to ensure that something you treasured in life is passed on inside the family or to someone specific you wanted to have it.
On the other hand, not everyone wants other people's stuff, even the stuff they cared about. I've got a couple things of my grandad's and my father's, but not much, mostly little mementos and keepsakes. It helps me to remember them. On the other hand, my grandad has a huge amount of woodworking gear and even if he had left it to me, I'd have had no place to keep it when he passed away. So despite what he might have wanted, it would have ended up somewhere else.
jancumps
iRock
I like records that have a personal note from someone, or when the owner marked the pest songs (I even have one where the owner corected the spelling in the lyrics
).I always am slightly saddened when I'm browsing through second hand photo frames and find a photo of a kid from his holy communion, or the photo of someone's grandparents. It's silly that it gets to me, but it happens.
cleonjr
Super Member
wow that brings back memories i had around 4000 at one time sold/selling most off wow. speaking of wills my sister passed with a pioneer 1280 or 1250 cant remember,a naki dragon some kef floor stander model? and a pioneer turntable and about 3 or 4 thou records,
all went to her ole man who i never got along with.i know if she would have done a will i would ha got here audio stuff ., we were always in competition on our gear.
so if you dont want your gear sold cheap or go to the wrong person ,,might wanna think about a will,,me i dont care what happens to minejust me and the wife so she can do what she wants. that is a good deal for those records you could make your money back and cherry pick,..
all went to her ole man who i never got along with.i know if she would have done a will i would ha got here audio stuff ., we were always in competition on our gear.
so if you dont want your gear sold cheap or go to the wrong person ,,might wanna think about a will,,me i dont care what happens to minejust me and the wife so she can do what she wants. that is a good deal for those records you could make your money back and cherry pick,..
NJguy
Super Member
Now stop for a minute and think of all the STUFF that exists in the world today...or just in the USA for that matter.
In 100 Years all thats stuff that exists today...and theres LOTS OF STUFF, all the current owners will be dead. So , where is all that stuff gonna go!! Thats lots of stuff...not to mention the new stuff that will be made over the next 100 years.
So in a nutshell, not everything can be kept...or saved. Not even US! Especially not us.
In 100 Years all thats stuff that exists today...and theres LOTS OF STUFF, all the current owners will be dead. So , where is all that stuff gonna go!! Thats lots of stuff...not to mention the new stuff that will be made over the next 100 years.
So in a nutshell, not everything can be kept...or saved. Not even US! Especially not us.
