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I was looking around on Amazon and came across some surf CDs that seem a bit expensive.

Satan's Pilgrims - Psychsploitation $55.76 (offered for $13 at http://www.satanspilgrims.com/store/ )
Satan's Pilgrims - Soul Pilgrim $242.20
Pollo del Mar - The Golden State $535.98
Double Crown - Seasonal Favorites Vol 2 - $1,267.37

What type of crazy asking prices has people seen for music or gear?

-Darren

Darrenk,
It's a bit like asking $1,000,000.00 for a glass of lemonade; you just need one rube to go for it.
The most I ever spent on a CD was around $35.00 for the first Nebulas CD. It had a few tunes I wanted to learn. That rare event from years back has not since been repeated. Twenty bucks give or take is all a CD is worth.

In other areas, I've met some clowns that spent six figures on the Les Paul '59 "Holy Grail".
Gang - It's just a guitar. It's construction and whoever played it previously isn't going to make it sound any different than how you play at present. And really - what's the big deal??!!
I guess the "mystique" is OK for a collector market. Regardless, I hate overpaying and usually don't. My personal hell on earth would be if I had more money than brains.

All MHO, of course
J Mo'

I think the most I spent on a cd was around 40 for a new from Japan Surf Coasters in a store.
LP, I think around 50 for the Pyramids original Vinyl.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

darrenk wrote:

I was looking around on Amazon and came across some surf CDs that seem a bit expensive.

Satan's Pilgrims - Psychsploitation $55.76 (offered for $13 at http://www.satanspilgrims.com/store/ )
Satan's Pilgrims - Soul Pilgrim $242.20
Pollo del Mar - The Golden State $535.98
Double Crown - Seasonal Favorites Vol 2 - $1,267.37

What type of crazy asking prices has people seen for music or gear?

-Darren

i have all four of those and would most happily let them go if someone offered me those prices :o)

www.surfintheeye.com

Will these asked prices really be paid?
In Germany a few decades ago someone wanted for a vinyl album more than 1000 DM.
But he got no bid on that one.
So lets keep cool and trade or sell records or cds for reasonable prices.
RuediGer

Last edited: Jan 02, 2017 11:35:41

JohnnyMosrite wrote:

Darrenk,
It's a bit like asking $1,000,000.00 for a glass of lemonade; you just need one rube to go for it.

Yup; one born every minute.

Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel

DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.

Records are worth what you're willing to pay. In eBay sold listings Led Zeppelin's 1st album sold for £1,255.55 but at least it was a rarity.

I don't use Amazon for selling, is it cheap to list cd's?

Some theories mentioned in Amazon seller forums:

The price is a "placeholder" because the seller can't locate the item
in his inventory, has already sold the item, or hasn't yet determined the "actual" price.
Software generated price.
Money laundering scheme??

darrenk wrote:

Pollo del Mar - The Golden State $535.98

Seems totally reasonable to me!

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PolloGuitar wrote:

darrenk wrote:

Pollo del Mar - The Golden State $535.98

Seems totally reasonable to me!

It is a really great album.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

bigtikidude wrote:

PolloGuitar wrote:

darrenk wrote:

Pollo del Mar - The Golden State $535.98

Seems totally reasonable to me!

It is a really great album.

It must be made from gold too!

I get the feeling these prices are set by some computer algorithm that tries to weight supply versus perceived demand. When these CD's don't sell, or a human notices, they get adjusted. If you are a CD merchant/reseller and you have 1000's of CD's in your inventory, you aren't going to set the price on each one individually every day... just a guess at what is happening here.

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We'll be making more copies of Seasonal Favorites #2 this September, maybe just 300 copies or so - that will bring the price down to normal. Having said that, volume #3 will likely sell out sometime this year, so if you need a copy I'd get one soon.

Sean
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Surf CD's / Vinyl / Fanzines / DVD's
Aloha Screwdriver - Lunar Wobble CD
The Nebulas - Euphorion LP / CD
Supertubos - The Fourth Drive CD
Continental Magazine - Issue #37 w/17 Song CD

I have most of the CD's listed, could care less about vinyl and find lots of good to great stuff out there for $10 or less, especially digital downloads. Pity the fools, collectors or not, that would even consider these prices.

We have Soul Pilgrim on vinyl! If you're interested email ted@satans-pilgrims.com. I promise they are less than $242.00!

http://www.satanspilgrims.com
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https://satanspilgrims.bandcamp.com/
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