[Leica] (selling vinyl) Two from The Online Photographer

[Geoff Hopkinson]

Wouldn't be the LUG if a thread didn't meander across many maybe unrelated
topics I suppose!

On Friday, December 5, 2014, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:

> I gave up high end stereo systems a decade ago, and have no wish to return
> into that particular pool! I am quite happy with Itunes as of now. I have
> given away to my friends around 1000 cassettes, am in the process of
> copying a similar number of CDs to hard drives (a fair proportion are
> bootlegs, otherwise I would not bother) before disposal, and distributing
> over 5000 books to school/college/club libraries. I have decided that my
> overstuffed house can do without these, as they just seem to take up space
> and serve little other purpose other than a sense of ownership. Far better
> they go out into the wide world and are enjoyed by others!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Wilbur Norman <coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > I do not know where you live but many cities (especially if they are
> > college towns) have buy/sell CD stores that also deal in vinyl.
> >
> > If your records are in normal, well-played but very good condition they
> > don't bring more than a few bucks each (if that.)
> >
> > If they are immaculate with like-new covers it can often be a different
> > story for albums seen as ground-breaking or important for any number of
> > reasons (cover art, 1st album, etc.) There are also arcane issues like an
> > original release vs. a popular album released again (kinda like a book in
> > its 1st vs. later editions). It can get complicated.
> >
> > Best to find a shop you think you an trust or put them on-line for local
> > sale only (shipping is a hassle for breakables.)
> >
> > Alternately, despite your comment, get a good turntable and enjoy them. I
> > have a pretty high-end stereo system and when I compare even master-disc
> > CDs to records in great condition the records have a luxuriance of sound
> > that is unbeatable. Records, as you well know, are a commitment, however,
> > in terms of keeping them clean, getting up to stop the player after each
> > album, etc.!
> >
> > Wilbur
> >
> > ************
> >
> > On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> >
> > > I have a lot of jazz & rock vinyl albums, which I just dusted off last
> > > week. I am definitely not going to invest in a high quality turntable.
> Do
> > > any of you have any idea if there are any reliable ways of selling
> them?
> > > Cheers
> > > Jayanand
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> My typing mistake Jayanand. Sorry Howard and Esther.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >> Geoff
> > >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> > >>
> > >> On 5 December 2014 at 13:13, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Howard Cummer, not Cummings
> > >>> Cheers
> > >>> Jayanand
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:06 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <
> hopsternew at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> "Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:.........As
> for the M8, I'm
> > not
> > >>>> sure
> > >>>> that info was available to those of us not well connected to Leica:
> > not
> > >>>> widely announced for what I recall. Glad to hear
> > >>>> it: Means my M240 may have a useful life longer than 3-5 years,
> though
> > >> my
> > >>>> desire for the next best from Leica may not last that long :-)"
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Hi Bob, I just read the public statement by Stefan Daniel at the
> time
> > >> on
> > >>>> the L Camera Forum. Their archives are searchable. This was nearly 2
> > >> 1/2
> > >>>> years ago. As far as I know the numbers actually involved were small
> > >> and
> > >>> I
> > >>>> have seen nothing new on anyone affected over the last 2 years or
> so.
> > >>>> A couple of the very senior people there are members who post very
> > >>>> occasionally in response to any development like that. Seems like a
> > >> good
> > >>>> idea when any issue becomes magnified by the magic of the internet
> ;-)
> > >> to
> > >>>> respond with the facts or their solution. They have a social media
> > >> person
> > >>>> too and they do follow that forum and the RF one I think, where
> those
> > >>>> conversations on Leica sometimes develop.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I remember that Howard Cummings was one of our folks who had a
> screen
> > >>>> problem. Perhaps there were others.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Cheers
> > >>>> Geoff
> > >>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> > >>>>
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Cheers
Geoff
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