I am consistently amazed by people who repeatedly buy from sellers who have a seemingly unending supply of 'rare' cap badges from supposedly old collections. If a seller has sold the same rare Victorian...
A guide by rainbowjam With the sheer amount of CDs for sale on eBay there are always bound to be a fair few which are not what the inexperienced buyer is expecting. So how can you tell and what do the...
FAKE E.L.O. AUTOGRAPHS Well, I can't keep quiet any longer. There are a whole bunch of fakes out there - and a lot of them aren't very good (One guy I reported had a Jeff Lynne autograph in capital letters and...
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS GUIDE.I DO HOPE YOU WILL FIND IT USEFUL. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE TO READ MY COMPANION GUIDE 'BUYING VINYL LP'S - WATCH OUT!' As a regular buyer of vinyl LP's on Ebay I get...
Laserdisc and Laserdisc Player Formats and Features There's a lot of confusion about laserdisc players and the formats that they will or won't accept. This is a brief guide to the formats and what to look for...
Update 07/Nov/2007 - Added Where To Buy (at end)Update 08/Nov/2007 - Added Proof That She Is Scum (near the end)Update 27/Nov/2007 - Added Even Bigger Even Scummier Scum (near the end)Update 27/Nov/2007 -...
Between about 1900 and 1960 the 78rpm record was the main format in which every genre of music, along with speech was recorded. Millions indeed probably billions of such records survive and, for modest cost,...
If you are thinking about purchasing a vintage Akai tape recorder I though a few tips on things to look out for /common faults might be useful. Akai recorders were the very top end of the domestic market in...
For the record collector, eBay is a great resource for buying rare and hard to find LPs, and for getting a good deal on new releases. Unfortunately, a lot of sellers (even those with predominantly good...
Grading The grading system I use when determining the condition of the vinyl is The 'Record Collectors' Grading System, taken from the Rare Record Price Guide book. Mint (M) The record itself is in brand...