[Leica] (selling vinyl) Overstuffed houses

Fri Dec 5 01:44:43 PST 2014

Jayanand, we seem to be the accumulation generation. Thankfully all my vinyl 
left with my son. I'm currently thinning my place out as I'm moving to a 
smaller house in ten days. Every hour is filled with agonising decisions 
"Will I keep this, or will I throw it away. I might need it, but, then 
again, maybe I won't". You're right though, the sense of ownership is 
overrated, especially if the object is not used.

I'm continually amazed by the sheer volume of stuff that comes into this 
house, and sticks there. Is it something in photographers' personalities 
that makes us want the best and then want to keep it forever? The recent 
documentary "Finding Vivian Maier" also highlighted this aspect of her, but 
then again it could be our age and early conditioning rebelling against the 
current disposability of seemingly everything - even society.

Douglas
Surrounded by boxes, and boxes, and boxes, and gradually losing the will to 
live

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] (selling vinyl) Two from The Online Photographer

>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>
> 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>
>> > 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>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Howard Cummer, not Cummings
>> >>> Cheers
>> >>> Jayanand
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:06 AM, Geoff Hopkinson 
>> >>> <hopsternew at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> "Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> 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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