Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

MikeH said:
capitalism baby. i'd wager that nearly everything you buy day-to-day has way more than a 40% markup from cost of production.
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I think someone mentioned a while back about the markup on cables. The company I used to work for would throw Ethernet cables on all our data center hardware quotes for $300 a pop. Granted these quotes were usually $50k-$1M in size, so they figured the customers often wouldn't notice and they usually didn't put didn't care. But our cost on each was about $3. When a customer did notice half the time they would complain and then still just buy them from us rather than order a couple off Amazon for $10. It wasn't their personal money, so why go through the whole procurement process again on just a few cables. Total rip off. But I'd make a $10 bonus on each one I sold so I did the dirty work.
 
Hemotep said:
I think someone mentioned a while back about the markup on cables. The company I used to work for would throw Ethernet cables on all our data center hardware quotes for $300 a pop. Granted these quotes were usually $50k-$1M in size, so they figured the customers often wouldn't notice and they usually didn't put didn't care. But our cost on each was about $3. When a customer did notice half the time they would complain and then still just buy them from us rather than order a couple off Amazon for $10. It wasn't their personal money, so why go through the whole procurement process again on just a few cables. Total rip off. But I'd make a $10 bonus on each one I sold so I did the dirty work.
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But... but MY cables are special...

they go to... eleven...
 
Hemotep said:
I think someone mentioned a while back about the markup on cables. The company I used to work for would throw Ethernet cables on all our data center hardware quotes for $300 a pop. Granted these quotes were usually $50k-$1M in size, so they figured the customers often wouldn't notice and they usually didn't put didn't care. But our cost on each was about $3. When a customer did notice half the time they would complain and then still just buy them from us rather than order a couple off Amazon for $10. It wasn't their personal money, so why go through the whole procurement process again on just a few cables. Total rip off. But I'd make a $10 bonus on each one I sold so I did the dirty work.
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Accessory margins are insane!! But then again the margins on the actual hardware that they are used for have much slimmer margins so they make up for it through insanely priced necessities. I know electronic stores used to make like 1-3% on the actual TV, laptop or desktop and often the sale of one USB or HDMI cable would come with more actual profit than the main big ticket item.
 
JonnyH said:
I'm currently selling an item for $20 that cost to produce is just under $5. Shhh.....
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Skalap said:
I had to choose between Cadet and Impulse. Them I remembered VMP is VMP and they can always mess up with Impulse box. At least there are not known issues with Cadet's so I went with this one. Agreed about these two. Harold Land's great too.
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I was more interested in the Cadet box than Impulse, but I did end up ordering Impulse with the code. I can always cancel if I want it. I think that will stick around longer due to a few of those titles getting recent reissues.
 
Jeff Lerner said:
I was dabbling in the Cadet titles this morning. Peace Maker did not make an impression, but maybe I need to give it a closer listen. Would definitely love to have the Etta, Muddy, and Ashby. Thoughts on the others?
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they are all great (well maybe aside from Ramsey Lewis haha), but Peace-Maker was the album that i wanted most. Originals are in the hundreds of dollars. Same with Afro-Harping.

Electric Mud is great--a clear upgrade over the recent Turd Man reissue. Etta is also really really great. Mono copies of that one are hard to find from what I recall.
 
MikeH said:
they are all great (well maybe aside from Ramsey Lewis haha), but Peace-Maker was the album that i wanted most. Originals are in the hundreds of dollars. Same with Afro-Harping.

Electric Mud is great--a clear upgrade over the recent Turd Man reissue. Etta is also really really great. Mono copies of that one are hard to find from what I recall.
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I actually enjoyed Ramsey Lewis album but it was more in the background than really focused on the music. I have been playing the anthology on Spotify quite a lot in the last weeks. Too good to pass with the discount code and the credits.
 
Jeff Lerner said:
I was dabbling in the Cadet titles this morning. Peace Maker did not make an impression, but maybe I need to give it a closer listen. Would definitely love to have the Etta, Muddy, and Ashby. Thoughts on the others?
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The Terry Callier is my favourite in the box, followed by Rotary Connection. To me the only dud is Shades of Brown which left no impression on me
 
MikeH said:
they are all great (well maybe aside from Ramsey Lewis haha), but Peace-Maker was the album that i wanted most. Originals are in the hundreds of dollars. Same with Afro-Harping.

Electric Mud is great--a clear upgrade over the recent Turd Man reissue. Etta is also really really great. Mono copies of that one are hard to find from what I recall.
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Before taking the plunge on anthologies, I price them out with what I can find on Discogs. Here is mine for Cadet that I did this week:

Tell Mama (Mono) - $52 ($25 for stereo)
Afro Harping - $56 for VG or $80+ for a decent copy
The Peace Maker - $33
Electric Mudd - $25 (already have)
Mother Nature's Son - $21 for VG $30+ for a decent copy
Shades of Brown - $110 🤯
Hey, Love - $25
Occasional Rain - $74
Total: At least $344 (took Electric Mudd out because I have it and did stereo Tell Mama). More like $429 if everything is in there + whatever you value the box and extras at.
 
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