Jim Lesurf said:

No such shops in town. We are now back in the situation where the only
places to buy LPs is the charity shops that sell them second-hand in 'take
it or leave it' condition. They do advertise some in the window which they
think will be trendy and put a higher price on them. But I suspect this is
purely on the basis of what they see on the cover and have no idea about
condition, etc.

I think so. Maybe they vary ... I finally got rid of some of my old vinyl
last year. The first batch, I gave to the local Oxfam. One LP in particular
was so badly knackered I didn't even bother trying to rip it, just paid a
fiver for a cd reissue. The day after I gave it to Oxfam it was in the
window for a tenner. I really hope no-one bought it for the music, they'd
have felt really ripped off.


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