All except one of the record stores in my area have those. The one that doesn't will play the record on the table behind the counter so it plays through the whole store.
Dj record shops; listen everything, socialize (not these days), support a local record shop and take back home some records with with occasional fingerprints
1. Records stuffed wayy too tightly into bins. 2. Rows that go back too far for arms to reach/flip through (I’m a lady so this happens a LOT) or hard to get to bins (under stuff on the floor). I don’t mind digging but sticking my head under a table is weird. Getting up to let people’s by in a cramped area is rough, & squatting with no stool is painful. 3. Mis-grading records 4. Extreme overpricing 5. Putting price stickers ON the jacket 😩
Meh. If i cant reach records with my arms, i just unzip my pants and let my "elephant trunk" do the work. Its awkward for others at first, but i dont mind the staring. After all is said and done, i usually get a standing ovation from people in the store, an offer to sleep with several wives, and i even get to sign a few autographs.
As a record store owner, just wanted to throw out there that we are forever grateful to our customers that support us! Especially through c*vid and quarantine. It was rough and we were fortunate to be able to open our doors back up! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
One of the most annoying things to me is when a record store stuff so much into one little section of with the records so you can barely look through the records. It happens a lot here especially with hip hop sections because they're space is very limited.
$8 AUD in 1985 is worth about $25 AUD in 2020 - I'm not quite sure why people are complaining.. I don't think Ive ever purchased a record in store at double the internet price. obviously you have Postage to consider and the immediacy of in-store being an enticing component as well (that has to be factored in) - I think the discrepancy in vinyl price is valid given the varied aspect of cover grading and overall vinyl rating/condition. for the most part as far as my experience goes record stores have been rather fair, reasonable and meticulous regarding pricing.. I mean at the end of the day it's just common sense otherwise you're out of business before you know it
@@staffcarpenborg $25 for new vinyl is fine. That's the going rate for an album. But used records that are commonly available should not START AT $25.00 and go up from there. That's just highway robbery. I've been to two different stores now that charge those kinds of prices. I have crossed them both off my list. They had tons of albums that I wanted.
are these stores Melbourne based? admittedly I haven't been doing the rounds since I left Melbourne in 2016 - as far as I recall records were usually lumped in the $1- $3 for the crappy ones, easy listening Acker Bilk type shit (t) $5-$10 for those cheesy 80's sounds - $10-$20 for anything that's getting up there in quality.. and then obviously your $20 + records for, well, obviously anything that was worth $20 and more.. the other aspect is that if you have a used record (pre 2000) in excellent condition in a lot of ways it holds more value than the new digitally pressed copies - although having said that the Australian market was renowned for cutting costs with flimsy lightweight vinyl and poor quality covers - there's so many variables I guess.. for me walking into Licoricepie, Roundandround or Northside Records was always like close your eyes, take your pick and you can't go wrong..
i hate how little Hip-Hop is represented in record stores... i cant tell you how many places i've been where they have 1 bin of hip hop and its 7 different MF doom albums, 1 outkast record and 20 12' singles from the late 80's...
In the 80s 90s vynil records were faded out 80 percent of hip hop was on cds my new kids and janet Jackson albums are worth more than my 60 70 albums because they didnt make as many vinyls
Extremely low overhead on newer hip hop vinyl. Sort of phased out of the culture for the most part in the last 20 years for many mainstream hip hop fans, which is wild
I sell records at an open air flea market. Sometimes, though I do have a tent, it’s impossible to avoid some direct sunlight exposure, but just for the first hour or so. Still, it makes me crazy and I’m going to see what I can do about it. I’m innocent of the rest of these transgressions, thank goodness! But the pricing thing… it’s tricky. I want to be fair but when you talk about the internet, it’s ALL OVER THE PLACE, price wise. I end up going with an informed guess based on what I think I’d be willing to pay. And there are times when I feel compelled to price higher than I’d like. But I hear you. Thanks for the feedback. It’s very helpful.
What about when record store owners and employees pick through all of the good shit and put all the Goodwill records out for you to buy, they're usually right behind the register sitting beside them to take home after work.
I have been record shopping since high school in the late sixties. Brand new first press lps were usually 2.99 to 3.99. These are all the classics rock blues and jazz records that are now worth a fortune. Luckily I still have most of mine in very nice condition. I do agree that record prices are and have been insanely high for a good many years now. Seems like everyone is trying to cash in on this. In the nineties I sold records on ebay and it wasfun but man how things have changed. I think you can blame ebay directly for the high vinyl prices. People who did not know what a record was worth just went to ebay and chose a lunatic price to sell their stuff at, and there it starts. I refuse to buy new vinyl for roughly the same price as an original example in descent condition. One thing I did learn from buying used vinyl on line, do not buy records from someone who also sells baby cloths. You make excellent points that have driven me nuts for a long time. See ya.
That price sounds over priced/ same price as today. With inflation from 1968 $4 would be about $32 today. A lot of people don’t think of inflation when saying records were so cheap cause it’s different with inflation included.
One of my pet peeves is record stores only doing new arrivals once a week on Saturday. I usually work that day and all the in demand vintage stuff is picked up and it pushes me to just buy it on discogs instead.
5:46 yeah I think the sticker should be on poly outer sleeve with small description of the album. Some stickers on jackets can easily be removed but some are not.
I miss back in the day when vinyl records was the default music delivery format where you had multiple record stores vying for business and providing good customer service and a descent shopping environment. Nowadays many record stores are crowded and pokey stores servicing people that treat buying records as an esoteric hobby rather than its intention as a music delivery format like CD's, MP3's and streaming...
I'm 66 and sold hi-fi and records back in 1976-1982. Nowadays my biggest pet peeve is record stores owned by some old guy like me who likely has no employees and is a bit of a sourpuss behind the checkout counter. It always makes me think of the title to the song, "The Thrill is gone".
Low bins, no stool - YES! Or even low bins with no room for people to walk around - the constant up and down to let people by is enough to keep me from digging.
“Don’t try to hood with people.” 😆 yeah my local record store has boxes and boxes of records where I’m way to lazy to try and find something good. This is a good list, I agree with all of it!! Hope record stores see this. 😩
My main pet peeve is when record stores don't stock enough albums by Herb Alpert, Al Hirt, Chuck Mangione, Sergio Mendes, Barry Manilow, Nana Mouskouri, Roger Whittaker, Engelbert Humperdinck, Barbara Streisand, and Lawrence Welk. ;)
My biggest pet peeve is how record stores don't think about all collectors and don't take in and sell 78rpm records. I collect them and even if they take them in and sell for only $1 they will sell. Maybe not as much as the majority of records but I know a good few people would.
One pet peeve you forgot that some record stores still do, whether by accident, ignorance, or on purpose, is LAYING THE RECORDS FLAT. It may not do the damages that leaving them in direct sunlight does, but it's still a good way to damage them permanently.
No price on records - really. There is a store in Las Vegas, great selection but the guy must have worked at a gold store before because you have to bring up the record you are interested in, he then looks it up and determines the value for that day. So I left and saying if I want to pay the going price I would just do all my shopping on Discogs! Have the fun of vinyl shopping is getting a good deal.
biggest pet peeve is when you walk into a store, dig through their stuff, ask the owner about a certain artist and they look at you like you don't deserve to shop at their store for buying pop music lol
I haven't tried it, but I'm told if you put some lighter fluid on those price stickers attached to covers, it'll get soaked up by the sticker and make it easier to remove so you don't tear the cover. Unpriced records are my pet peeve. Anytime I go to a shop which looks up every record online to give me a price, I don't go back. I do look up the records I do pick on discogs before going to the counter so I have an idea of what it should cost when in one of these stores and I've made out well in the past. It's just an extra step I'd rather avoid
Interesting video. And I agree with everything you said. Before i get into my comment. A little background: My father worked for both Polydor and Philips Records for years mastering and engineering. Myself I worked in the Music Department of Radio Nederland Wereldomroep (RNW) recording classical, jazz and Dutch pop artists. The music department of RNW would record many special releases, which were sent to radio stations outside the Netherlands. our runs were around 200 to 250 LPs both 12 and 10 inch, cassette, open reel tape and then later CD. Under the agreement radio stations that received our recordings all had notes of when the recordings could be used usually free for 12 months. After the 12 months the recordings had to be destroyed or returned to this. This was because of the agreements we had with the artists and artist label. A number of times when visiting the US I and my colleagues would check out record stores and find Radio Netherlands Transcription Service LPs for sale. When these were discovered we would always ask the owner where he got them and to kindly remove them. if they would refuse to remove them then we had to send a legal letter outlining why the LPs were not allowed to be sold. As we still owned all the rights and they were for broadcast only. We do license the recordings and I still get paid for one I did 20 years ago. A few years back there was an ebay seller we got shut down after we discovered he was selling recordings that we had made in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. The prices he was asking were just a scamming price. This just isn't a challenge for RNW, but also the BBC, CBC, DW and other international broadcasters that had transcription services for overseas radio stations. At RNW because of the agreements we made. If we do license a recording today. We need to get permission from everyone that took part in the session. What I don't get are these selling who don't seem to understand. Each of them is labeled "This Radio Netherlands Transcription Service recording is for broadcast only for 12 months as stated on the label. As the 12 months or broadcast please return the recording to us or destroy it. It is illegal for the sale of and recorded content produced by the Radio Netherlands Transcription Service. Burt they don't seem to get it.
I hope record store owners will heed your great advice! My favorite record store near my hometown violates two of these. They put the price tag on the jacket, which i hate. But more challenging for me, and others who are older, is they put all their used records on the lowest shelf and have no stool. I prefer used records in very good condition so I sat on the floor last time, which is uncomfortable, and looked through some before my legs went numb and i quit. It’s the only record store in the immediate area and they aren’t very customer service friendly.
I collected records from 1968 to 2000. I was lucky I lived through those phenomenal years. Every town had record stores. I was a record rackjobber from 1975-1979. Traveling 1500 miles a week in California. What a wonderful job that was. As far as price tags on the jacket, I have not seen that. 1. Sacramento, Ca “Ed’s Records” was the largest used record store I’d ever been in it but he priced everything at collector’s prices. Then in 1999 I was in Tacoma, Wa and they had a small shop that was phenomenally cheap. I spent $200 and took away 2 boxes. He had PS & DJ 45’s from the 50’s & 60’s in NM condition for $3 to $12. I asked him where he got such great old pieces and he said a couple old DJs decided to part with their collection. 2. The underside of record bins are common but in my collecting years I never found anything worth the agony. But those stores never had room to bin them. It’s also more fun when you have more to look at in those stores instead of taking 5 minutes in the “Just Arrived” section and leaving. 3. My biggest pet peeve is in my hometown of Reno, NV where we have Recycled Records. I haven’t been there in years but they were too lazy to rotate their wall. I love seeing the RAREST OF THE RARE on the wall. But to leave the SOS in the same spots for years is YAWN. 4. Not all but a few stores. Go in and some kid they’ve hired has got some shit playing at max volume. I’ve walked out of stores for that.
Through my years of collecting it has to be seeing a common or often album that is completely worthless being sold for wayyy over it's value!! I've seen it all the time here in the UK, even charity shops have cottoned on that "all vinyl is now collectible" which is just not the case
Agree with all of these. Especially #1. I hate when they put price tags on jackets, labels and even right on the hype sticker. I find that putting several drops of Zippo lighter fluid on the sticker quickly breaks down the glue so you can remove it without damaging the jacket. You can also put some on a paper towel and wipe the glue residue off easily. The lighter fluid works well because it evaporates quickly and does not damage the cardboard. I would say you can get 98% of price tags off labels and jackets this way without any damage
Sam Goody, now out of business, cashiers used to slash the lower rear shrink wrapper open to write some code or price when a buyer was about to pay for an album.I still see used albums with those marks.
My biggest pet peeve is when they fill the crates or bins so tightly that you can’t flip through them. Like I need room to flip them forward to see them correctly!!!
What sucks is stores that have records in IKEA like shelves on a wall. It is the absolute worst way to browse records when compared to bins you can flip through from above.
My pet peeve, when we walk into store they BLAST the music they are playing, my husband and I can’t even hear each other talk Second pet peeve, price stickers on album jacket
My main pet peeve, which is more common at record fairs, is when the records are packed in too tight to flip through them. There is one seller who I see at different record fairs who is famous for this. Very frustrating.
With all the complaints about record stores, one would conclude that no one in their right mind would put themselves through it. Well, I guess one is only young once, so doesn't yet know better.
It's an objective fact that older folks tend to know stuff that young people haven't learned yet. So skepticism of young folks' grasp of facts is warranted. And when it comes to the fad of vinyl -- I had had enough of them by the time CDs were invented. Why would anyone want the attendant headaches?
I completely agree, specially in the "price tag" attached to the jacket !!! No matter how many years (or decades) we pass by, it seems that these habits Don't Change !!! Unbelievable.. neither Freud can explain that 🤷🏻♂️
I hate when record stores sell what I’m looking for to someone else. Also, do cats handle every used record? I feel like every record I buy has at least one whisker on it. Seriously, WTF?
Record stores near me usually do not have anything I'm looking for. 1 store has fucked me over with warped records so many times, i mostly now buy online.
Also there’s a store in my town where the owner sits in the back on a couch, drinking a 12 pack of Miller lite and watches weird music videos on a projector screen. It’s very depressing. The store used to be awesome when it was handled by the original owner before he passed. It had one of the largest used opera and classical collections in the Midwest. Now, there are never any new arrivals and you are lucky to find anything worth buying. And if you do find something cool, it’s priced at max value.
Boy..the New generation of record collectors sound like a bunch of whiners. Back in my day we took a one hour train ride and crawled on the floor for our records. Kids today....yeesh..
Yep. And the only record store within walking distance was 20 miles each way, uphill. And then you had to slice open the cellophane wrapper, and handle it by the edges (and in a pinch, the label) in order to put it on the record player. And the evolution to turntables required even more complications.
I have got a couple of grumbles, heres the first. There was a small chain of shops selling gear and used records in London called the 'Music and Record Exchange', mainly around W11 area. You'd go in there, dig around all afternoon, then bring the sleeves to the bored dropout at the desk who would pull out the vinyl from their stocks. So many times I'd find some rare gem that had lay in the basement for years, forgotten, and I would take the sleeve to the desk and you would see the kid suddenly sit up. They would disappear round the back and then emerge 30 seconds later.... nah mate, we haven't got it... I will just put the sleeve under the counter. Arggghhh! could bloody throttle him!
Being left to browse without ever appearing to look bothered. And crushing the albums into like job lot boxes. How many customers have been pushing and pulling these record sleeves out of shape before someone actually buys these. Never will it be me.
My local record store is always overpriced and the last record I got at port of sound was like $10 more than on discogs. I just wanted to buy something for driving so much out of the way and I kind of regret it. They also had overpriced tool cds which was kinda sad to see, funnily enough they were the ones who leaked the packaging details and images early
There’s a local record store near me called McKays that put the stickers directly on their stuff but the good thing is, the stickers easily come off. They don’t get stuck. They stay pretty organized but still have bins on the floor which is a pain in the ass
Totally agree with your list!! I’d add keeping expensive and collectible records dirty and unprotected. You need to use sleeves to protect both records and jackets before you ask 20€ or whatever.
What I like about Reckless Records is that they store the vinyl discs in the back and just leave the covers in front. They don't get warped and they don't get stolen, either. Also, they stock all their LPs inside plastic outer sleeves and put the price tag on THOSE. And they're peelable, too. No muss no fuss.
@@tyresesmith6799 Same with Reckless. I forgot to mention the budlet LPs - up to $2 a piece are stored on the lower shelves - not arranged in anyway - you just go "crate-digging"
Not necessarily the store's fault, but more a tip: I usually start with New Arrivals bins, but have often found similar or slightly worse condition duplicates of used records in other parts of the store
One of the stores closest to my home town does not even have new arrivals bins. That is actually my biggest pet peeve ever but fortunately most stores don't do this.
Snobby/Hipster staff: They don't listen to anything mainstream, it's beneath them. All they play is in the store is the most obscure, esoteric stuff, without any interest in creating an inviting environment for the customers. Oh, #4, the underbins and no stool. Man, does that piss me off every time. I've actually thought about buying a little folding camping stool to bring on record hunts for just that purpose.
The most aggravating thing in record shops is that they do not police how the vinyl is handled by the other customers on in-store listening stations, most of whom are very careless with their fingers and the playing surface and then how they drop a stylus on a record. DJs buying are the worst. In the UK there is a legal precedent for any record that has been played in a shop being instantly rendered as second hand/used. They are lucky that most customers don't know or care.
When the store is not organized, it doesn't grade their records, or even when they think all records are worth $5 for every record. This is NOT my favorite store. They charge a little more on the higher end of prices, but it's worth it to me for peace of mind knowing I am getting a good pressing.
@@natalie_rose2861 My favorite store is Vinyl Daze Records. They have a cheap room and sometimes there are records for $5 that are pretty decent. They aren't going to be the colored pressings all the time, but if you are looking for covers to use or if the band you are looking for's records aren't the hottest of the sellers you can find some deals. The $5 for everything was a half priced books place and the one store I had issue with was the one that wasn't organized all that well. Example a Loretta Lynn album that is sold for $3 and you just want to hear it.
So after watching this I thought for a couple minutes of my local record store has any of these issues, then I had it! They always price the records for big bands like The Rolling Stones or The Who at like 25 dollars!
Marshallemmet there’s a store like this near me. If someone is stupid enough to pay those prices, then more power to them. At the same store I found Crack The Sky for $3, After The Fire for $2 and Adrian Belew for $4. I’m not looking for played out mainstream shit, anyway.
When record stores use their brick and mortar just to buy records from the public only to put all the "good stuff" on eBay so they can siphon every last penny out of a sale. They leave all the junk in the bins. How about giving your long time customers the opportunity to buy quality records at fair market value. I mean if it doesn't sell in two weeks take it ebay. I have seen several stores go under really fast using this model.
I'm happy I'm not crazy. The price tag on THE JACKET MAKES NO DAMN SENSE! I shop at some vinyl stores that are 'in-the-know', per se, and I would expect them to know better. However at my favorite shop, they were cool and familiar with me as well, in a friendly way I had suggested that the shop stop putting the price tag on the jackets directly and maybe put it on the plastic sleeves they provide for it instead. The owner let me know that they had thought about that before but were afraid that someone could just swap the plastic sleeves. I nodded my head and said, "oh okay." But deep down inside, deep down inside... I face-palmed so hard. Nothing is more annoying than buying a $50 dollar record to take it home and spend 5 minutes praying and meticulously taking the sticker off so it doesn't damage the cover or leave sticky residue.
ive seen several stores fill them so tight but they have custom made bins that have those slanted ends, so the records all lean forward on top of eachother and are def hurting the sleeves and are a pain to browse. why get those if you plan to use them wrong?
With regard to price stickers on the sleeve - my worst annoyance. If this happens, I take the records to the cashier and politely ask if they would remove them before I buy. Mainly, they look at me disbelievingly, and sometimes the sticker rips the sleeve as it’s peeled off. Fine, won’t be paying for that one then. Muppets. Great channel.
Pricing a used recently reissued record for like $1 less than or the same price as a new copy. Price in general as you mentioned is bad at some of these place. I love the record stores that want to sell to you and make theor records reasonably priced.
Great video. I experienced all of the things you mentioned. unfortunately I just realized how quick the sun can warp vinyl. I just moved to a new flat and a few days ago I found out that even the morning sun thru my living room window was strong enough to warp my copy of Run DMCs 'Raising Hell' sitting on the shelf. I should have known this :o( One of the secondhand store I dig put price tags directly on the cover but the owner know what he's doin. He use stickers that can be removed easily without destroying the cover. Thumbs up for him :o)
Totally agree with the price tag comment. I don’t need to be spending an hour diligently trying to figure out how to get the price tag off without ruining the cover. It happened last week where I ruined the cover of a cool 10 in copy of Police regatta de Blanc.. so annoyed
In regards to #1: let’s remember that record stores can’t pass their markup onto more expensive items like big department stores or Amazon. So I’d argue that this is less an issue with stores themselves, but rather the labels and distributors (particularly bad in countries like Australia where there’s little-to-no manufacturing, and we’re at the mercy of the dollar). Pet peeve for me is when big department stores get “exclusives”. Sure, it’s a volume business, but it actually drives more people away from traditional vendors, which will ultimately lead to less choice, and a higher concentrated monopoly, which ultimately will only benefit the major label/corporations anyway...
The stores that overprice will often make underpricing mistakes, as well. The same store that had Anne Murray for $10, Humble Pie for $30, and a $40 Milt Jackson for $100 also sold me Mingus Blues and Routes for $20 and a vg+/vg+ original mono Brubeck "Time Out" for $20. One stroe which was fairly priced had three overpriced Jansch RSD overstocks for $20 and I muttered to myself... a manager was clerking, saw me, and cut the price in half. The disorganized stores also have gems, but you may have to ask where the new stock is.
Wait! What??? I know about bar-record stores... and I love that concept, I believe that combination is amazing. But of course, smoking inside is not allowed. I've never seen or heard of a record store-smoke shop. I don't believe that matches lol. I don't think I would by any record from there...
César Campos right? It was my local store in Colorado. I think it was something else that gave off the bad smell, but in general the store was quite depressing.
Been collecting for almost 20 years. I used to clean house at goodwills and salvation armies in the early 00s. Beatles, zeppelin, Floyd, sabbath, all .99 cents. I probably have 5 copies of magical mystery tour which my local record stores/ half price books are trying to sell for $50+ regardless of condition
Here's a good one because it happened yesterday. Went to a reputable vinyl collectable shop in my town. Owner has the good stuff behind the glass with no pricing. "It's just there. It's just for show. I'm not selling them." .... then why da fk he displays them in the first place. Leave them home or don't display at all.
There is a shop here in San Antonio that basically breaks all of these rules. Overpriced records make me so mad, though. Here in San Antonio, there is a somewhat newer shop that has the most outrageous prices for even used stuff. Any time I am shopping used, I usually compare the price with how much I could get it for new on Amazon - sorry, you have to admit they've got some low prices. EVERY TIME I've found a used record there I've wanted, they've always priced it for about $5 or more over what I could buy it for new online. It's outrageous! I understand needing to turn a profit, but damn.
In the UK some stores just have cardboard with the a picture of the album on it, then give you the album when you take that to the counter, I’m not a fan of it because it doesn’t feel as satisfying when you’re carry round some cardboard while you’re digging. Although it is probably better to protect the records.
I was not a fan of this, until one time I saw kids messing around at a store and knocking vinyl all over the floor. Now I can see the benefits of keeping the vinyl behind the counter.
My record store breaks the seal on EVERY record I buy. Even a 100 dollar Daft Punk record signed by the people THEMSELVES. Since it was sealed when they took the seal OFF the signature was gone and so was the value
Biggest peeve is stores only stocking super common or beat up pre 2000s vinyl and stacking them... This is literally every local store to me and as someone that doesn't listen to much older stuff it means online and HMV are my only choices 😒
A thing I really can't stand is when I go into a charity shop and they have bins or racks literally jam packed full. I like to be able to flick through the records with ease, not have to pull a few out just to get a proper look at them. It really bugs me. The other thing is price stickers on record sleeves. There's nothing more annoying than getting a record home, trying to take the sticker off and it rips a bit of the cover off with it. I think a better idea would be to stick the price sticker just inside the opening of the sleeve, or even on the inner sleeve if it's just a plain paper one. That way it wouldn't be as bad if the label rips part of the sleeve or cover. Why do they not think of doing this?
Go to a yard sale. People put records , cds tapes and dvds in boxes on tables OUT IN THE SUN and HEAT...they might as well toss them out. They need shade or inside the garage.
One thing I LOVE is when a store has a listening station!!!
Haven't seen one of those since Summer, 1969. Listened to the pre-release of The Beatles "Get Back"/"Let it Be".
Jerry's on Murray Ave in Pittsburgh has them. Also the largest stock I've ever seen personally.
All except one of the record stores in my area have those. The one that doesn't will play the record on the table behind the counter so it plays through the whole store.
Dj record shops; listen everything, socialize (not these days), support a local record shop and take back home some records with with occasional fingerprints
1. Records stuffed wayy too tightly into bins.
2. Rows that go back too far for arms to reach/flip through (I’m a lady so this happens a LOT) or hard to get to bins (under stuff on the floor). I don’t mind digging but sticking my head under a table is weird. Getting up to let people’s by in a cramped area is rough, & squatting with no stool is painful.
3. Mis-grading records
4. Extreme overpricing
5. Putting price stickers ON the jacket 😩
That second one can be frustrating even for us tall guys.
Meh. If i cant reach records with my arms, i just unzip my pants and let my "elephant trunk" do the work.
Its awkward for others at first, but i dont mind the staring.
After all is said and done, i usually get a standing ovation from people in the store, an offer to sleep with several wives, and i even get to sign a few autographs.
@Douglas Fisher ive knocked over rows of shelves in stores that allow unsupervised children of age 25 and under.
I do it just to prove a point.
@@skunk12 Yeah: everyone wants the autograph of assholes.
Basically HMV in a nutshell
Charging top dollar for commonly found classic rock albums.
Brennan V Freaking Beatles albums. Soooo many were pressed that most of them should only be a couple of bucks.
Right after Prince died, you couldnt find a copy of Purple Rain for less than 80 bucks.
I saw my record shop price an original abbey road for $200
e.g. $50-60 for a Dark Side or Sgt Pepper ... and they are both one of the top 25 selling albums of all time. They should be $10-15 records.
@@An_average_drummer exactly, and a lot of the Beatles remasters sound terrible aswell
As a record store owner, just wanted to throw out there that we are forever grateful to our customers that support us! Especially through c*vid and quarantine. It was rough and we were fortunate to be able to open our doors back up! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Meanwhile you have schmucks like this youtuber trash talking stores.
Wish my local record store felt this way. They’re assholes.
bro censored covid lmao
One of the most annoying things to me is when a record store stuff so much into one little section of with the records so you can barely look through the records. It happens a lot here especially with hip hop sections because they're space is very limited.
I went to a record store near me that was ALL used vinyl. The cheapest album in the store was $25.00. $25.00 for USED vinyl?
Andy Pastuszak some “used” lps go for 2500 hundred dollars
@@jtaloysius3 Yeah, rare and collectable ones do. But woudl you pay $25.00 for a used copy of Kilroy Was Here by Styx?
$8 AUD in 1985 is worth about $25 AUD in 2020 - I'm not quite sure why people are complaining.. I don't think Ive ever purchased a record in store at double the internet price. obviously you have Postage to consider and the immediacy of in-store being an enticing component as well (that has to be factored in) - I think the discrepancy in vinyl price is valid given the varied aspect of cover grading and overall vinyl rating/condition. for the most part as far as my experience goes record stores have been rather fair, reasonable and meticulous regarding pricing.. I mean at the end of the day it's just common sense otherwise you're out of business before you know it
@@staffcarpenborg $25 for new vinyl is fine. That's the going rate for an album. But used records that are commonly available should not START AT $25.00 and go up from there. That's just highway robbery. I've been to two different stores now that charge those kinds of prices. I have crossed them both off my list. They had tons of albums that I wanted.
are these stores Melbourne based? admittedly I haven't been doing the rounds since I left Melbourne in 2016 - as far as I recall records were usually lumped in the $1- $3 for the crappy ones, easy listening Acker Bilk type shit (t) $5-$10 for those cheesy 80's sounds - $10-$20 for anything that's getting up there in quality.. and then obviously your $20 + records for, well, obviously anything that was worth $20 and more.. the other aspect is that if you have a used record (pre 2000) in excellent condition in a lot of ways it holds more value than the new digitally pressed copies - although having said that the Australian market was renowned for cutting costs with flimsy lightweight vinyl and poor quality covers - there's so many variables I guess.. for me walking into Licoricepie, Roundandround or Northside Records was always like close your eyes, take your pick and you can't go wrong..
i hate how little Hip-Hop is represented in record stores... i cant tell you how many places i've been where they have 1 bin of hip hop and its 7 different MF doom albums, 1 outkast record and 20 12' singles from the late 80's...
In the 80s 90s vynil records were faded out 80 percent of hip hop was on cds my new kids and janet Jackson albums are worth more than my 60 70 albums because they didnt make as many vinyls
First of, MF DOOM is the shit....but I do agree with hip hop being underrepresented. Especially when vinyl is such a huge part of the culture.
My local record store has a 6ix9ine vinyl but absolutely no DOOM, OutKast, ATCQ, Wu-Tang or anything else that is a must have in a record collection.
Extremely low overhead on newer hip hop vinyl. Sort of phased out of the culture for the most part in the last 20 years for many mainstream hip hop fans, which is wild
That's because hip hop sucks
1. Refusing to have sales on albums that has been sitting on the shelves for years.
2. Excuses
3. Taking all my money cause I have no character...
there was one rare record that I was interested in that I knew would be at least £50. i asked the owner how much- he wouldn't answer me!
@@martinfarnworth6659 wow. Some record store owners shouldnt have stores
When you’re checking out of the store and the owner disapproves of the selections you made in his own store.🙄
yeah it happend to me with some waffen ss records, wonder why he sells them in the first place lmao
😂😂😂
Only a jackass would do this
Why DO they do that???
I've never had this happen thank goodness. My friend likes a lot of newer bands and I've been wondering if it would happen
I absolutely despise when record stores stuff the records in the bins. I want to see them not feel i’m gonna break them trying to look.
I sell records at an open air flea market. Sometimes, though I do have a tent, it’s impossible to avoid some direct sunlight exposure, but just for the first hour or so. Still, it makes me crazy and I’m going to see what I can do about it. I’m innocent of the rest of these transgressions, thank goodness! But the pricing thing… it’s tricky. I want to be fair but when you talk about the internet, it’s ALL OVER THE PLACE, price wise. I end up going with an informed guess based on what I think I’d be willing to pay. And there are times when I feel compelled to price higher than I’d like. But I hear you. Thanks for the feedback. It’s very helpful.
What about when record store owners and employees pick through all of the good shit and put all the Goodwill records out for you to buy, they're usually right behind the register sitting beside them to take home after work.
I agree..this is super annoying when they have a shop yet they want to pick and choose to sell on eBay
Lol, yep 😅
Totally that's F'd up, they could at least have the good stuff out of sight.
I have been record shopping since high school in the late sixties. Brand new first press lps were usually 2.99 to 3.99. These are all the classics rock blues and jazz records that are now worth a fortune. Luckily I still have most of mine in very nice condition. I do agree that record prices are and have been insanely high for a good many years now. Seems like everyone is trying to cash in on this. In the nineties I sold records on ebay and it wasfun but man how things have changed. I think you can blame ebay directly for the high vinyl prices. People who did not know what a record was worth just went to ebay and chose a lunatic price to sell their stuff at, and there it starts. I refuse to buy new vinyl for roughly the same price as an original example in descent condition. One thing I did learn from buying used vinyl on line, do not buy records from someone who also sells baby cloths. You make excellent points that have driven me nuts for a long time. See ya.
That price sounds over priced/ same price as today. With inflation from 1968 $4 would be about $32 today. A lot of people don’t think of inflation when saying records were so cheap cause it’s different with inflation included.
One of my pet peeves is record stores only doing new arrivals once a week on Saturday. I usually work that day and all the in demand vintage stuff is picked up and it pushes me to just buy it on discogs instead.
5:46 yeah I think the sticker should be on poly outer sleeve with small description of the album. Some stickers on jackets can easily be removed but some are not.
I miss back in the day when vinyl records was the default music delivery format where you had multiple record stores vying for business and providing good customer service and a descent shopping environment. Nowadays many record stores are crowded and pokey stores servicing people that treat buying records as an esoteric hobby rather than its intention as a music delivery format like CD's, MP3's and streaming...
Finding an album with a near mint cover but a scratched up record or the wrong record inside [Pet Peeve]
I'm 66 and sold hi-fi and records back in 1976-1982. Nowadays my biggest pet peeve is record stores owned by some old guy like me who likely has no employees and is a bit of a sourpuss behind the checkout counter. It always makes me think of the title to the song, "The Thrill is gone".
Absolutely! We’ve met our share of sourpusses. I always want to say to them: If you hate it here so much then close your shop & sell on eBay!
The bins on the floor REALLY upset me. I have spinal stenosis and I can’t even think of looking at those records.☹️
BOY can I relate. I don’t look at books or records on the floor or lowest shelf unless I can tell there’s a reason to do it.
you... replied to your own comment 8 months after you said it.?
@@therenaissanceape, Don’t get old, it ain’t that fun. LMAO
Low bins, no stool - YES! Or even low bins with no room for people to walk around - the constant up and down to let people by is enough to keep me from digging.
“Don’t try to hood with people.” 😆 yeah my local record store has boxes and boxes of records where I’m way to lazy to try and find something good. This is a good list, I agree with all of it!! Hope record stores see this. 😩
pet peeve - owners with bad attitudes towards amazon but also bad attitudes toward customers
My main pet peeve is when record stores don't stock enough albums by Herb Alpert, Al Hirt, Chuck Mangione, Sergio Mendes, Barry Manilow, Nana Mouskouri, Roger Whittaker, Engelbert Humperdinck, Barbara Streisand, and Lawrence Welk. ;)
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Best comment award 🏆
What about Kenny G? I can send you some...
You totally forgot Dan Fogelberg and Pablo Cruise!
Don't forget Ferrante & Teicher, Mantovani, Jim Reeves, and Tennessee Ernie Ford......
Putting these missteps together made me realize that I’ve worked way to hard at record stores.
We don’t even have a shop big enough to utilize the organization you speak of 😂😂😂
My biggest pet peeve is how record stores don't think about all collectors and don't take in and sell 78rpm records. I collect them and even if they take them in and sell for only $1 they will sell. Maybe not as much as the majority of records but I know a good few people would.
Having to bend down just to check bins is not only bad but it makes me sweat very easily when doing that.
One pet peeve you forgot that some record stores still do, whether by accident, ignorance, or on purpose, is LAYING THE RECORDS FLAT. It may not do the damages that leaving them in direct sunlight does, but it's still a good way to damage them permanently.
No price on records - really. There is a store in Las Vegas, great selection but the guy must have worked at a gold store before because you have to bring up the record you are interested in, he then looks it up and determines the value for that day. So I left and saying if I want to pay the going price I would just do all my shopping on Discogs! Have the fun of vinyl shopping is getting a good deal.
Ummm Wax Trax?
biggest pet peeve is when you walk into a store, dig through their stuff, ask the owner about a certain artist and they look at you like you don't deserve to shop at their store for buying pop music lol
I work at a record store and loooove when people come up and ask "ummmmm where's your original Smiths stuff at??"
I haven't tried it, but I'm told if you put some lighter fluid on those price stickers attached to covers, it'll get soaked up by the sticker and make it easier to remove so you don't tear the cover. Unpriced
records are my pet peeve. Anytime I go to a shop which looks up every record online to give me a price, I don't go back. I do look up the records I do pick on discogs before going to the counter so I have an idea of what it should cost when in one of these stores and I've made out well in the past. It's just an extra step I'd rather avoid
Martin Manning this does work, not always, but usually. I have got a number of annoying stickers off without damage this way.
WD40 WORKS
Interesting video. And I agree with everything you said. Before i get into my comment. A little background: My father worked for both Polydor and Philips Records for years mastering and engineering. Myself I worked in the Music Department of Radio Nederland Wereldomroep (RNW) recording classical, jazz and Dutch pop artists. The music department of RNW would record many special releases, which were sent to radio stations outside the Netherlands. our runs were around 200 to 250 LPs both 12 and 10 inch, cassette, open reel tape and then later CD. Under the agreement radio stations that received our recordings all had notes of when the recordings could be used usually free for 12 months. After the 12 months the recordings had to be destroyed or returned to this. This was because of the agreements we had with the artists and artist label.
A number of times when visiting the US I and my colleagues would check out record stores and find Radio Netherlands Transcription Service LPs for sale. When these were discovered we would always ask the owner where he got them and to kindly remove them. if they would refuse to remove them then we had to send a legal letter outlining why the LPs were not allowed to be sold. As we still owned all the rights and they were for broadcast only. We do license the recordings and I still get paid for one I did 20 years ago. A few years back there was an ebay seller we got shut down after we discovered he was selling recordings that we had made in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. The prices he was asking were just a scamming price. This just isn't a challenge for RNW, but also the BBC, CBC, DW and other international broadcasters that had transcription services for overseas radio stations.
At RNW because of the agreements we made. If we do license a recording today. We need to get permission from everyone that took part in the session. What I don't get are these selling who don't seem to understand. Each of them is labeled "This Radio Netherlands Transcription Service recording is for broadcast only for 12 months as stated on the label. As the 12 months or broadcast please return the recording to us or destroy it. It is illegal for the sale of and recorded content produced by the Radio Netherlands Transcription Service. Burt they don't seem to get it.
I hope record store owners will heed your great advice! My favorite record store near my hometown violates two of these. They put the price tag on the jacket, which i hate. But more challenging for me, and others who are older, is they put all their used records on the lowest shelf and have no stool. I prefer used records in very good condition so I sat on the floor last time, which is uncomfortable, and looked through some before my legs went numb and i quit. It’s the only record store in the immediate area and they aren’t very customer service friendly.
I collected records from 1968 to 2000. I was lucky I lived through those phenomenal years. Every town had record stores. I was a record rackjobber from 1975-1979. Traveling 1500 miles a week in California. What a wonderful job that was. As far as price tags on the jacket, I have not seen that.
1. Sacramento, Ca “Ed’s Records” was the largest used record store I’d ever been in it but he priced everything at collector’s prices. Then in 1999 I was in Tacoma, Wa and they had a small shop that was phenomenally cheap. I spent $200 and took away 2 boxes. He had PS & DJ 45’s from the 50’s & 60’s in NM condition for $3 to $12. I asked him where he got such great old pieces and he said a couple old DJs decided to part with their collection.
2. The underside of record bins are common but in my collecting years I never found anything worth the agony. But those stores never had room to bin them. It’s also more fun when you have more to look at in those stores instead of taking 5 minutes in the “Just Arrived” section and leaving.
3. My biggest pet peeve is in my hometown of Reno, NV where we have Recycled Records. I haven’t been there in years but they were too lazy to rotate their wall. I love seeing the RAREST OF THE RARE on the wall. But to leave the SOS in the same spots for years is YAWN.
4. Not all but a few stores. Go in and some kid they’ve hired has got some shit playing at max volume. I’ve walked out of stores for that.
Through my years of collecting it has to be seeing a common or often album that is completely worthless being sold for wayyy over it's value!! I've seen it all the time here in the UK, even charity shops have cottoned on that "all vinyl is now collectible" which is just not the case
Agree with all of these. Especially #1. I hate when they put price tags on jackets, labels and even right on the hype sticker. I find that putting several drops of Zippo lighter fluid on the sticker quickly breaks down the glue so you can remove it without damaging the jacket. You can also put some on a paper towel and wipe the glue residue off easily. The lighter fluid works well because it evaporates quickly and does not damage the cardboard. I would say you can get 98% of price tags off labels and jackets this way without any damage
Woah really? I'll def have to try that that's awesome.
Unless you drop a lit cigarrete on it, lol!! But yea I'll try that!
Sam Goody, now out of business, cashiers used to slash the lower rear shrink wrapper open to write some code or price when a buyer was about to pay for an album.I still see used albums with those marks.
My biggest pet peeve is when they fill the crates or bins so tightly that you can’t flip through them. Like I need room to flip them forward to see them correctly!!!
YES! I’m glad I’m not the only one. That and number 4 kill me!
What sucks is stores that have records in IKEA like shelves on a wall. It is the absolute worst way to browse records when compared to bins you can flip through from above.
The worst is general antique stores. They'll have like 10 crappy compilation records all at 30 bucks a piece
IM GLAD SOMEONE SAID IT! Low bins , with no stool...I’ll have to take a shoe off just cause im not creasing my nice shoes to look through the bin. 😭
My pet peeve, when we walk into store they BLAST the music they are playing, my husband and I can’t even hear each other talk
Second pet peeve, price stickers on album jacket
I walked right back out of a store that was CRANKING death metal so loud I couldn’t concentrate on looking at their inventory.
Agreed! Major pet peeve!
That goes the same with every store especially the rap music with all the cursing
My main pet peeve, which is more common at record fairs, is when the records are packed in too tight to flip through them. There is one seller who I see at different record fairs who is famous for this. Very frustrating.
With all the complaints about record stores, one would conclude that no one in their right mind would put themselves through it.
Well, I guess one is only young once, so doesn't yet know better.
Cramming so many albums into a rack that you can't see any of them. Or that weird judgemental side-eye they sometimes give.
My biggest pet peeve is when an employee (usually an older white dude) will act like I don’t know what I’m doing because I’m a younger person
It's an objective fact that older folks tend to know stuff that young people haven't learned yet. So skepticism of young folks' grasp of facts is warranted.
And when it comes to the fad of vinyl -- I had had enough of them by the time CDs were invented. Why would anyone want the attendant headaches?
I completely agree, specially in the "price tag" attached to the jacket !!! No matter how many years (or decades) we pass by, it seems that these habits Don't Change !!! Unbelievable.. neither Freud can explain that 🤷🏻♂️
I hate when record stores sell what I’m looking for to someone else. Also, do cats handle every used record? I feel like every record I buy has at least one whisker on it. Seriously, WTF?
my local record store has 2 cats that climb all over the bins. I know that feeling with the whiskers. lol
the too tight to dig is definitely a problem at one of my local shops. they cram them in there so tight it's hard to even get one out
I don't like "Record Shop Day".
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Record stores near me usually do not have anything I'm looking for. 1 store has fucked me over with warped records so many times, i mostly now buy online.
A store in my local town tapes the plastic outer sleeve to the inside of the cover and I can’t make any sense out of it.
Also there’s a store in my town where the owner sits in the back on a couch, drinking a 12 pack of Miller lite and watches weird music videos on a projector screen. It’s very depressing. The store used to be awesome when it was handled by the original owner before he passed. It had one of the largest used opera and classical collections in the Midwest. Now, there are never any new arrivals and you are lucky to find anything worth buying. And if you do find something cool, it’s priced at max value.
Boy..the New generation of record collectors sound like a bunch of whiners. Back in my day we took a one hour train ride and crawled on the floor for our records. Kids today....yeesh..
Yep. And the only record store within walking distance was 20 miles each way, uphill.
And then you had to slice open the cellophane wrapper, and handle it by the edges (and in a pinch, the label) in order to put it on the record player. And the evolution to turntables required even more complications.
I have got a couple of grumbles, heres the first. There was a small chain of shops selling gear and used records in London called the 'Music and Record Exchange', mainly around W11 area. You'd go in there, dig around all afternoon, then bring the sleeves to the bored dropout at the desk who would pull out the vinyl from their stocks. So many times I'd find some rare gem that had lay in the basement for years, forgotten, and I would take the sleeve to the desk and you would see the kid suddenly sit up. They would disappear round the back and then emerge 30 seconds later.... nah mate, we haven't got it... I will just put the sleeve under the counter. Arggghhh! could bloody throttle him!
Being left to browse without ever appearing to look bothered. And crushing the albums into like job lot boxes. How many customers have been pushing and pulling these record sleeves out of shape before someone actually buys these. Never will it be me.
My local record store is always overpriced and the last record I got at port of sound was like $10 more than on discogs. I just wanted to buy something for driving so much out of the way and I kind of regret it. They also had overpriced tool cds which was kinda sad to see, funnily enough they were the ones who leaked the packaging details and images early
There’s a local record store near me called McKays that put the stickers directly on their stuff but the good thing is, the stickers easily come off. They don’t get stuck. They stay pretty organized but still have bins on the floor which is a pain in the ass
Totally agree with your list!! I’d add keeping expensive and collectible records dirty and unprotected. You need to use sleeves to protect both records and jackets before you ask 20€ or whatever.
You're asking the store own to invest $$$ in a passing fad.
J Nagarya Are outer sleeves a passing fad? Or vinyl records?
when the shop owner puts 10 boxes of cheap and obscure 3 dollars vinyls but you're not allowed to listen to...
What I like about Reckless Records is that they store the vinyl discs in the back and just leave the covers in front. They don't get warped and they don't get stolen, either. Also, they stock all their LPs inside plastic outer sleeves and put the price tag on THOSE. And they're peelable, too. No muss no fuss.
My record store tallbird records does that with records over a certain price
@@tyresesmith6799 Same with Reckless. I forgot to mention the budlet LPs - up to $2 a piece are stored on the lower shelves - not arranged in anyway - you just go "crate-digging"
One thing that irritates me, CDs and cassettes on the bottom two shelves where you practically have to lay on the floor to see the titles.
Not necessarily the store's fault, but more a tip: I usually start with New Arrivals bins, but have often found similar or slightly worse condition duplicates of used records in other parts of the store
One of the stores closest to my home town does not even have new arrivals bins. That is actually my biggest pet peeve ever but fortunately most stores don't do this.
When they store records upright but without outer sleeves to protect the jackets
Heck I don't even store my own records very tightly due to the weight of the records. I fear a risk of warpage just from too much weight.
Snobby/Hipster staff: They don't listen to anything mainstream, it's beneath them. All they play is in the store is the most obscure, esoteric stuff, without any interest in creating an inviting environment for the customers.
Oh, #4, the underbins and no stool. Man, does that piss me off every time.
I've actually thought about buying a little folding camping stool to bring on record hunts for just that purpose.
I guess record stores are the same everywhere. I've had the same complaints about Mexican stores for a long time (I'm from Mexico).
The most aggravating thing in record shops is that they do not police how the vinyl is handled by the other customers on in-store listening stations, most of whom are very careless with their fingers and the playing surface and then how they drop a stylus on a record. DJs buying are the worst. In the UK there is a legal precedent for any record that has been played in a shop being instantly rendered as second hand/used. They are lucky that most customers don't know or care.
When the store is not organized, it doesn't grade their records, or even when they think all records are worth $5 for every record. This is NOT my favorite store. They charge a little more on the higher end of prices, but it's worth it to me for peace of mind knowing I am getting a good pressing.
What store do you go to that sells records for 5$? I've never seen 1 for less than 15$. But I also like colored pressings of bands from 1995-2021.
@@natalie_rose2861 My favorite store is Vinyl Daze Records. They have a cheap room and sometimes there are records for $5 that are pretty decent. They aren't going to be the colored pressings all the time, but if you are looking for covers to use or if the band you are looking for's records aren't the hottest of the sellers you can find some deals.
The $5 for everything was a half priced books place and the one store I had issue with was the one that wasn't organized all that well.
Example a Loretta Lynn album that is sold for $3 and you just want to hear it.
So after watching this I thought for a couple minutes of my local record store has any of these issues, then I had it! They always price the records for big bands like The Rolling Stones or The Who at like 25 dollars!
Marshallemmet there’s a store like this near me. If someone is stupid enough to pay those prices, then more power to them. At the same store I found Crack The Sky for $3, After The Fire for $2 and Adrian Belew for $4. I’m not looking for played out mainstream shit, anyway.
I can't stand when they pack them so tight into their bins that you can't even see the cover
I truly agree with you on what you are saying about LP Album especially when you have to go to the floor to look at the LP Album
When record stores use their brick and mortar just to buy records from the public only to put all the "good stuff" on eBay so they can siphon every last penny out of a sale. They leave all the junk in the bins. How about giving your long time customers the opportunity to buy quality records at fair market value. I mean if it doesn't sell in two weeks take it ebay. I have seen several stores go under really fast using this model.
anyone who puts adhesive price tags directly on the slipcase is going to hell when they die. slipcase sleeves are like, five cents! christ!
The Beatles sold more albums than any other band.
I'm happy I'm not crazy. The price tag on THE JACKET MAKES NO DAMN SENSE! I shop at some vinyl stores that are 'in-the-know', per se, and I would expect them to know better. However at my favorite shop, they were cool and familiar with me as well, in a friendly way I had suggested that the shop stop putting the price tag on the jackets directly and maybe put it on the plastic sleeves they provide for it instead. The owner let me know that they had thought about that before but were afraid that someone could just swap the plastic sleeves. I nodded my head and said, "oh okay." But deep down inside, deep down inside... I face-palmed so hard. Nothing is more annoying than buying a $50 dollar record to take it home and spend 5 minutes praying and meticulously taking the sticker off so it doesn't damage the cover or leave sticky residue.
The bins being stacked to tight is another one that drives me crazy. I see this at record fairs all the time.
ive seen several stores fill them so tight but they have custom made bins that have those slanted ends, so the records all lean forward on top of eachother and are def hurting the sleeves and are a pain to browse. why get those if you plan to use them wrong?
@@brianl5259 i love to dig, but I have left stores due to the inability to look. It isn't enjoyable at all.
You take a bunch out and dig through. You have to pack tight to carry the crates about, or use fillers either end, then remove.
With regard to price stickers on the sleeve - my worst annoyance. If this happens, I take the records to the cashier and politely ask if they would remove them before I buy. Mainly, they look at me disbelievingly, and sometimes the sticker rips the sleeve as it’s peeled off. Fine, won’t be paying for that one then. Muppets.
Great channel.
Pricing a used recently reissued record for like $1 less than or the same price as a new copy. Price in general as you mentioned is bad at some of these place. I love the record stores that want to sell to you and make theor records reasonably priced.
I have had that problem with price stickers. When you peel them of, you peel some of the jacket cover which can spoil it really
Great video. I experienced all of the things you mentioned. unfortunately I just realized how quick the sun can warp vinyl. I just moved to a new flat and a few days ago I found out that even the morning sun thru my living room window was strong enough to warp my copy of Run DMCs 'Raising Hell' sitting on the shelf. I should have known this :o(
One of the secondhand store I dig put price tags directly on the cover but the owner know what he's doin. He use stickers that can be removed easily without destroying the cover. Thumbs up for him :o)
Totally agree with the price tag comment. I don’t need to be spending an hour diligently trying to figure out how to get the price tag off without ruining the cover. It happened last week where I ruined the cover of a cool 10 in copy of Police regatta de Blanc.. so annoyed
Thrift stores that use black grease pencil on the jacket to price. You can use a clothes iron and a paper towel to remove, but still annoying.
In regards to #1: let’s remember that record stores can’t pass their markup onto more expensive items like big department stores or Amazon. So I’d argue that this is less an issue with stores themselves, but rather the labels and distributors (particularly bad in countries like Australia where there’s little-to-no manufacturing, and we’re at the mercy of the dollar). Pet peeve for me is when big department stores get “exclusives”. Sure, it’s a volume business, but it actually drives more people away from traditional vendors, which will ultimately lead to less choice, and a higher concentrated monopoly, which ultimately will only benefit the major label/corporations anyway...
The stores that overprice will often make underpricing mistakes, as well. The same store that had Anne Murray for $10, Humble Pie for $30, and a $40 Milt Jackson for $100 also sold me Mingus Blues and Routes for $20 and a vg+/vg+ original mono Brubeck "Time Out" for $20.
One stroe which was fairly priced had three overpriced Jansch RSD overstocks for $20 and I muttered to myself... a manager was clerking, saw me, and cut the price in half.
The disorganized stores also have gems, but you may have to ask where the new stock is.
Op shops (aka thrift stores) putting price tags on the covers so it leaves residue after you pull it off, or rips off part of the cover etc
My pet peeve: when the record store is also a smoke shop and smells weird
Wait! What??? I know about bar-record stores... and I love that concept, I believe that combination is amazing. But of course, smoking inside is not allowed. I've never seen or heard of a record store-smoke shop. I don't believe that matches lol. I don't think I would by any record from there...
César Campos right? It was my local store in Colorado. I think it was something else that gave off the bad smell, but in general the store was quite depressing.
Yeah, we have a record store/head shop near me. Strictly used, any condition, and all over-priced. It's an afterthought, just cashing in on a "trend".
@@robinhoodieradio3394 You're talking about Angelo's in Aurora right? LOL
Been collecting for almost 20 years. I used to clean house at goodwills and salvation armies in the early 00s. Beatles, zeppelin, Floyd, sabbath, all .99 cents. I probably have 5 copies of magical mystery tour which my local record stores/ half price books are trying to sell for $50+ regardless of condition
not pricing records, hate this, do not like to "ask"...
Here's a good one because it happened yesterday. Went to a reputable vinyl collectable shop in my town. Owner has the good stuff behind the glass with no pricing. "It's just there. It's just for show. I'm not selling them." .... then why da fk he displays them in the first place. Leave them home or don't display at all.
OR when they put the price tag ON THE RECORD ITSELF...CHEAPO RECORDS IN MINNESOTA.
I just commented the same thing. Right over the groves, here in Wisconsin. Must be a mid West thing.
Damn smh.the disrespect
There is a shop here in San Antonio that basically breaks all of these rules. Overpriced records make me so mad, though. Here in San Antonio, there is a somewhat newer shop that has the most outrageous prices for even used stuff. Any time I am shopping used, I usually compare the price with how much I could get it for new on Amazon - sorry, you have to admit they've got some low prices. EVERY TIME I've found a used record there I've wanted, they've always priced it for about $5 or more over what I could buy it for new online. It's outrageous! I understand needing to turn a profit, but damn.
In the UK some stores just have cardboard with the a picture of the album on it, then give you the album when you take that to the counter, I’m not a fan of it because it doesn’t feel as satisfying when you’re carry round some cardboard while you’re digging.
Although it is probably better to protect the records.
It's to stop people from nipping off with them. Plus there is usually a copy reserved for listening to and the rest are for purchase mint.
I was not a fan of this, until one time I saw kids messing around at a store and knocking vinyl all over the floor. Now I can see the benefits of keeping the vinyl behind the counter.
The old quarter bin at the thrift store is now gone for no apparent reason.
My record store breaks the seal on EVERY record I buy. Even a 100 dollar Daft Punk record signed by the people THEMSELVES. Since it was sealed when they took the seal OFF the signature was gone and so was the value
I can't imagine what you're feeling now
Biggest peeve is stores only stocking super common or beat up pre 2000s vinyl and stacking them... This is literally every local store to me and as someone that doesn't listen to much older stuff it means online and HMV are my only choices 😒
A thing I really can't stand is when I go into a charity shop and they have bins or racks literally jam packed full. I like to be able to flick through the records with ease, not have to pull a few out just to get a proper look at them. It really bugs me. The other thing is price stickers on record sleeves. There's nothing more annoying than getting a record home, trying to take the sticker off and it rips a bit of the cover off with it. I think a better idea would be to stick the price sticker just inside the opening of the sleeve, or even on the inner sleeve if it's just a plain paper one. That way it wouldn't be as bad if the label rips part of the sleeve or cover. Why do they not think of doing this?
spent an hour squat digging today. spent a total of $7 and got 15 items:) good day!
I absolutely hate when the price sticker is directly on the album cover
Go to a yard sale. People put records , cds tapes and dvds in boxes on tables OUT IN THE SUN and HEAT...they might as well toss them out. They need shade or inside the garage.
Store owners pawing the grooves. I've left grails on the counter when they start to pull out each record with grubby fingers
You’re a moron...”left Gail’s” because someone touched it.