- Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:11 am
#27945
I think it's easy to play the 'flipper' card all the time. I don't care all that much about the value of my records, since I normally don't sell them.
However, when I buy records I will consider the limitations of the record in order to pay a decent price or maybe even buy it overseas. That was the case with some of the Waxwork records.. I think I paid a lot for them because of the shipping costs or the high prices on Discogs related to the number of copies, but I could justify it to myself for the same reasons.
However, when I now hear that there is going to be a repress, I feel ripped-of. Not because I'm not able to sell my copies for a lot, but because I spend too much buying them.
Printing more copies in the first place was an option as well, but when going for the 'limited' approach, then you should stick to it as well. I'm not saying they shouldn't repress it again (that happens all the time), but the same year??
I'm not going to boycot the label, but I won't buy directly from them anymore neither. I just can't justify that to myself (and my budget), eventually those records will turn up in local stores as well...