That Escalated Quickly (aka Common Records Turned Rare)

Hemotep said:
I'll admit I'm one of the assholes that posted this for sale after I saw what the first couple went for. I had to have an MRI that hit me for $800 that same day. So I figured I'd rather have the money at that point. But no one's bit and I'm not complaining because I do actually want it, it's just definitely not worth $700 to me. Sometimes like with this I'm an unintentional flipper. I never buy to flip, but it's true sometimes something will arrive after a long pre-order and people be paying crazy amounts and I only have so much willpower when these young'uns are waving the Benji's, especially when I can buy more records with that money 😅
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I hear you, and sorry about the need for an MRI. Something about what I perceive as the pre-meditated nature of an immediate flip is what I was reacting to, but it's always more complicated than that, and as with so many things, it takes two (seller and buyer) to make it work. I knew my 10LP Joni Mitchell Archives vol. 2 had been shipped and looked on discogs to see if any had been listed and there are two, starting at $950, when the set is still available from her website for $249! Crazy times.
 
Russ I said:
I hear you, and sorry about the need for an MRI. Something about what I perceive as the pre-meditated nature of an immediate flip is what I was reacting to, but it's always more complicated than that, and as with so many things, it takes two (seller and buyer) to make it work. I knew my 10LP Joni Mitchell Archives vol. 2 had been shipped and looked on discogs to see if any had been listed and there are two, starting at $950, when the set is still available from her website for $249! Crazy times.
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Yeah, that sucks on two levels: one, that people buy to immediately flip, and two, that they’d take advantage of Discogs and potentially sell it for 4x what it’s currently selling for on other sites.
 
I had a bit of spare time this morning and had a look to see if there had been any notable jumps in prices for some of the records I have.

Lee Morgan's debut as lead (technically Indeed! was released first but this was recorded a couple days before) has jumped massively. I bought my copy in 2019 for less than the median back then, including shipping from the US. I think we are going to see a rise in demand for sessions released on less obvious labels (I.e. not Blue Note, Riverside, Prestige, Impulse!, etc)

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Another bump in price for Savoy. This is an album that I was hunting down for years so I'm certainly glad I got a copy when I did.

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Now for some non-jazz releases. I will never not be surprised by the price of Watch The Throne. Yeah its a good album but the pressing is average at best (its a 2LP picture disc). Saba is one of those right time, right place purchases. I hadn't even heard of him when I bought this but saw that he had featured on some of Chance The Rapper's songs, so I paid the £18 retail price for it. And then there is Phoebe Bridgers. A great album for sure and I LOVE the artwork in the booklet, but £158.......

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