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[Eric Dude]

Well, all I can say it Sam Bass is THE SHIT! I don't even like NASCAR, and I'd proudly display either one of those.

[raubhimself]

I NEVER buy records from a thrift store - EVER. Because its always shitty big band, Yes and Uriah Heep albums all in the shittiest condition possible. everything is leaning on eachother getting warped, and tattered by poor care.

yeah I think I might start trying to haggle with the Goodwill store here. they are always $3-4 and exactly as you described. there's always 1 or 2 that I would consider buying cheap though.

[Josiah Tobin]

There's a thrift store up-island here in Parksville called the SOS, my friend/bandmate/longtime music comrade regularly picks up records there. Always been pretty good condition, and they're like 25-50 cents each or something. He scored the Ghostbusters movie soundtrack there the other week.

~Josiah

[Jace]

I remember a flea market outside of Macon, GA that had, amongst other things, piles of old Dreamcast consoles. Heaps of games. Controllers for systems I didn't know existed. At the time, I picked up a replacement NES for $5 (complete with Super C in the bay, cleaning kit, 2 controllers and a Zapper), but in hindsight I should have taken out a loan to buy everything there.

Any Georgian Shizzies should definitely hit that up.

There are probably a billion flea markets "outside of Macon, GA." Can you narrow that down at all?

[Ripplin]

I don't even like NASCAR, and I'd proudly display either one of those.

Same here. ZERO interest in Nascar (rally is another story, though), but I'd put that up.

I've been to a couple of Goodwills in the past month and they charge either $1 or $1.49 for LPs. You're getting gypped, raub.

The worst thing I saw record-wise was a copy of Deep Purple's "Machine Head" (GREAT album) in horrible shape for $20 at a Value Village. Ok, they know it's worth more, but not in that shape. The cover was half white from being so ridiculously scuffed!

[raubhimself]

I've been to a couple of Goodwills in the past month and they charge either $1 or $1.49 for LPs. You're getting gypped, raub.

Oh I know. That's why I rarely buy any records there.

[jmr]

The worst thing I saw record-wise was a copy of Deep Purple's "Machine Head" (GREAT album) in horrible shape for $20 at a Value Village. Ok, they know it's worth more, but not in that shape. The cover was half white from being so ridiculously scuffed!

Jesus. My copy is just about pristine (even has the lyrics poster) and it only cost me $6 at a used music store.
The local value village charges a flat rate of $2.00 per vinyl. Condition / rarity / desirability are not factored in. Granted, I've never seen anything there worth much more than that anyway...

[LuketheXjesse]

Hm. Outside of video games, my best goodwill find was a copy of Dark Side of the Moon in vinyl.

[Ripplin]

The local value village charges a flat rate of $2.00 per vinyl. Condition / rarity / desirability are not factored in. Granted, I've never seen anything there worth much more than that anyway...

Indeed. I've only bought a couple there, mostly for laughs. This is my favorite by far:



Notice the top of the house on the far right is cut off. Ha!

[ShawnPhase]

one time i got a slayer tour shirt at a thrift store in one of those 'bag day' sales...i was like 10, 12, something like that..went in with my mom and i was hoping to find an anthrax shirt, but i got this slayer shirt and just nonchalantly slipped it into our bag. i never saw the shirt again. i can only assume my mom was like 'noweigh' and chucked it. im still pissed to this day about that. pretty sure she took my S.O.D. 'speak english or die' shirt that i got at a yard sale and did the same thing. i doubt i'll ever not be pissed about that.

[raubhimself]

The local value village charges a flat rate of $2.00 per vinyl. Condition / rarity / desirability are not factored in. Granted, I've never seen anything there worth much more than that anyway...

Indeed. I've only bought a couple there, mostly for laughs. This is my favorite by far:



Notice the top of the house on the far right is cut off. Ha!

haha this album was once a staple of ECS parties about 2 years ago. whenever that one time Sherv came down here was. i forget. beer beer smurfin' beer

[ShawnPhase]

i still have a copy of that album. that was my JAM back when i was like four, along with JT and abraxas by santana. NEVR4GET

[Magicalyardgnome]

BEER BEER SMURFIN' BEER
YOU DON'T GET DRUNK AND IT ISN'T DEAR

[Corax]

Ripplin, that Star Wars poster was only one canadian dollar?!?!


You damn lucky bastard.

[Ripplin]

Ripplin, that Star Wars poster was only one canadian dollar?!?!

Yeah, and it may have gone undiscovered for a long, long time if I hadn't bent down to pick up a box of records. Could've been there for months or years already! It had fallen down behind the counter and all I could see were the words 'save' and 'restore.' Because of them being white on a black background, I thought 'could that be something to do with Star Wars?' I grabbed it and started pulling. Had a hard time, as it was wedged in pretty good, but definitely worth the effort.

abraxas by santana.

Nice choice!