On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, cameron wrote:
quoted 5 lines And why not? Some of his items are difficult to come by, and are> And why not? Some of his items are difficult to come by, and are
> worth their inflated prices. Most of us will not find sealed J9's or
> Parasights in obscure record stores, because their wasn't very many to
> begin with. However, Tusken Raiders and Spacepimps shouldn't be that
> hard to cough up, and that is the problem I see here.
I would tend to agree that inflated prices for sought after items are
somewhat inevitable although the idm arena has certain dynamics that have
staved off the collector/high price mentality fairly well... but it's only a
matter of time. Look at the prices industrial rarities go for (I don't
mean Wax Trax industrial) but things like NWW's Drunk with the old man of
the mountains which often sees asking prices of $150-200. In looking at
the market value of rare IDM and rare industrial records I've been
suprised at how inexpensive I often see hard to find IDM vinyl selling
for. It's rather refreshing but unfortunately it may not last. Give it a
few more years and the prices for those Black Dog and Global
Communications records will probably regularly be in the range Modern
Music is asking. I can understand the reaction though as the collecters
market for these things is just now started to develop and many people
aren't used to supply and demand dynamics being applied to IDM rarities.
In the end, if it's worth it to you buy it, if not then don't. It's
painful to see things I really want out of my self-imposed price range
though...I can feel the pain, believe me...I'd like some of those records
too but I'm not prepared to pay some of those prices either. There were
some reasonably prices things on the list which I'm buying though.
Tony