Vinyl collectors and resellers are next level though. Youâll see them go straight to the vinyl, check everything quickly and leave. And then thereâs the op shops themselves starting to list things closer to the resale values than the âopportunityâ value.
Comment on Discussion Thread: đťđâ⏠Wednesday 1 October 2025
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
Observation about Op Shops.
for 5 decades Aussies were buying singles and vinyl LPs by the tens of millions a year, millions of the things should be floating around and they should be dirt cheap for an ordinary condition copy.
There are none in Op Shops, record shops have sprung up every where selling old stuff for over $20 at least. Bat out of Hell is not a collectors item. đ
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
Itâs insane when the shops ask prices as if the item they have is rare or pristine
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
Or that that werenât just donated it for $ZERO.
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
Op shops often donât have the foggiest idea what they are dealing with. itâs supposedly too time consuming to look up everything, however I assure you that that ratty looking 1st Ed [whatever] will sell for more than the 18 perfect copies of Twilight that will never move
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
Like the artist signed ewer I bought for $6 last week? or the italian and silver and gemstone chain I bought for $5
unless it has obvious marking they have no clue
tone212_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
I donât even bother looking at record collections at op shops, anyone with money on their mind will take their collections to record stores who pay good $$ and sell for even higher.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
I see huge bags of vintage pop LPs in the donation bins đ¤¨
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
how is a common record that sold by the million and is in average condition valuable?
tone212_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
Well if thereâs lots of copies floating around and no demand then yes, should be cheap. But thereâs a caliber of record that will never sell at a steep discount at an op shop. Thereâs also pressings that come into it; a pressing from the 1980s will always be more valuable than a modern pressing register because of scarcity and older vinyls have that nostalgia factor.