Hi everyone,

Thank you as always for your interest in The Vinyl Archivist Catalogue Sales, and your attention to these announcements. The first of the Bi-Weekly Friday sale series is set for this Friday, May 5th at 12 pm EST (USA).

All LPs will be listed on the site beginning at that time. The link to the list will appear at the top of the main page: http://www.thevinylarchivist.com/catalogue/

As promised, here is the final reminder for the sale. This is an in-depth explanation, but the instructions are straightforward, and are basically the same if you participated in the first sale:

It is first-come, first-served. Keep this handy before the sale: All transactions will be via e-mail. You can send as many e-mails as you want to catalogue@thevinylarchivist.com and I will go through them as the day goes on. So just like at a record store, you grab a record and it’s yours to buy, or you can put it back. I will determine the reserve based on the time stamp of your e-mail.

You can send an e-mail for each individual title if you are concerned about being first in line – this way you can browse through the whole list and choose records at your leisure, rather than rushing through and hoping at the end that the record will still be available. This is more work for me, but hopefully more rewarding for you.

On that note: You can change your mind during the day. Say you order five things, but later you decide you don’t want two of them. You’ll lose your reserve place in line if someone else ordered those two in the interim. Don’t be the person who reserves 25 records only to weed them out later. I retain the discretion to not make the sale and give them to someone who played fair. Please don’t waste my time or that of the other serious buyers. Be realistic, and don’t reserve anything you don’t actually intend to buy.

If-then-else clause: Have you ever bid on items on eBay from a seller, and the record you really wanted ended later? Do you bid on all items hoping that you win the item you want, and also the add-ons that came before it? Or do you get stuck with only the items you had less interest in?

Basically it works like this: “I will take record X, if record Y is still available, otherwise I don’t want it”. Or any variation thereof.  Remember, I am a collector too. There’s nothing worse than ordering five albums with a $5 throw-in, only to find out that’s all you've won, and you’re stuck with a $5 LP (that you only had mild interest in) and a $20 shipping price. This will protect you. I will watch for this as I tally orders and give you a chance to back out if it doesn’t make sense economically. I want happy customers.

The sale will remain up for a few days after. I will be checking e-mail throughout most of the day, and will update the list if items have been bought and paid for. It would be helpful if you alert me to when you’ve sent your last reserve e-mail and I can begin tallying up for you. This could take a while, so please have patience.

I’d prefer to leave items on the list for a while and allow for further direct purchase. I may then advertise to Facebook groups and other music boards, or begin listing the items on Discogs or eBay. Be warned, these prices will be significantly higher to account for the overhead, and to match the market there. The goal here is to not need Discogs or eBay for any of these items.

Once I've carefully figured out who gets what, I will send you an invoice (payment options are PayPal or Venmo). Payment is due within 24 hours of final invoice with shipping, unless otherwise discussed. For these Friday sales, I will happily hold items for up to four sale cycles (two months) to combine shipping. The records from each sale must be paid for within the same 24 hour period, but final shipping costs will be set at the end. 

For international orders please allow extra time as I determine the best price available. As you can tell from above, it is of the utmost importance that you honor your commitment to buy what you reserved. Please be cognizant of your fellow collectors.

Please ask questions before the sale when possible. I will pay attention to e-mail throughout the day, but I won’t be glued to my computer for eight straight hours. I have provided what I think to be thorough condition reports for each album listed, so I do not anticipate needing to answer questions about specific items.

In addition, I have outlined my grading method here: http://www.thevinylarchivist.com/catalogue/grading/- I have included photos of actual items that best reflect each grade. Please view these before the sale to get an idea of what the condition of the listed grades reflect. My personal method is to always err on the side of grading conservatively. That said, this isn't a sale for mint freaks: these are vintage records that have been played (though there are a handful of sealed and nearly new items), and I've tried to price accordingly.

What can I expect to see on Friday? The list is alphabetical. The header of each entry will list the Artist – Title | Condition (Vinyl/Sleeve) | Price. The next line will list the Label, pressing details and any other information. Below that I will describe the condition of the record and sleeve in greater detail. There will be some photos, mostly for higher value items. These are just to supplement the written descriptions. 

If you're still here, thanks for reading this far. I hope you will all take a look on Friday, and that there are some records that you'll dig.

Thanks,

Mike Prete
The Vinyl Archivist



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