Is The Thift Store Officially Dead for Finding Vinyl Records?
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- I THINK WE HAVE A PULSE! Just when I had written off the thrift for finding some decent records, and amidst the shift to moving more good items online, I did run into a few encouraging signs that the thrift may not be entirely void of solid records. Life support, maybe? Click to find out why!
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This video has become one of my all-time favorites! Your storytelling skills are exceptional, and the way you weaved together information and personal anecdotes was brilliant. I found myself feeling motivated and empowered after watching. Your authenticity is refreshing, and it's clear that you genuinely want to make a positive impact on your audience. I'm grateful for this insightful video and can't wait to see more!
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Brother just get an $18 Big Mac before going to the Thrift Store! You won’t be able to buy a record, but at least you’ll have “greasy fingers to smear their shabby clothes!”😉👌
Hahaha. At $18 I’m good with just a Coke and a smile, as Eddie once said 🤣. Great to hear from you Tribemaster! 🤘🏻
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The Goodwill well has completely dried up in Texas. I think you would be super lucky to find even a Croce or Beatles record at a Texas Goodwill. I think people have gotten smart about it and they're more apt to think they have some gold and sell it to a Half Price Books. At least that's the way it is in Houston.
HPB wasn’t even on my radar for records until 2015-ish, but I bet you are into something there; because where someone is getting rid of a lot of their old books, “oh hey, records” probably is part of their purge too.
I’m still counting on you to build that time machine so we can get all the best 1st pressings from the mid century - how’s it coming? 😁
1. Looking/thinking about going through that Goodwill website LITERALLY made my stomach turn. Literally!!
2. You can't use JC as a model for thrift stores. JC has some sort of magical deal made out with the THRIFTING GODS and they give him things out of thrift stores that you would kill to find in your local record store lol. He such a cool dude I think the universe just consistently pays him back 100 fold \m/
LOL - he did go to the crossroads and made a deal one night there to be the last record collector on earth to find GOOD records - regularly - at the thrift. 🤣
Enjoyed your video! It’s harder today to find decent records for a good price in the thrift stores My local Goodwill has nothing but the usual stuff you find but maybe put the best stuff online The best time to buy was probably before the vinyl surge when you could get some fantastic vinyl records for next to nothing!!
So true. I don’t think those big haul + quality records days are coming back (ever). I had written the thrift off for a long time, but old habits clearly die hard! Thanks for stopping by Dave!
It's mostly dead, but as soon as you've completely lost faith, then some gems show up. Found both 2LP and single LP Blue Note Horace Silver comps at one of the most hopeless GWs ever. Nothing like the old days, though.
Sounds like an all-time find! I’ve only found one Blue Note (Jimmy Smith) and it was beat up, big time (and yes I still bought it just in case it was a butterface record - sounds great, looks terrible 😂). Thanks for dropping by!
Great video, just subbed! I started my vinyl record obsession in May of 2022 thanks to a record I found at a local Goodwill store. I started collecting, and even started my channel. But due to the lack of finding anything worthwhile at Goodwill and thrift stores, I have been (happily!) going to record stores and scouring through their bargain bins. I think what really turned me off was what you pointed out, the Shop Goodwill website. Gonna check out your videos
Nice to meet you Mark and welcome! There are still gems in the cheap bins, it just takes more canvassing to find them. Estate sales, flea markets, even bookstores are still places to pull solid records. What kind of genres/artists are you into, and what's been your favorite find so far? I'll go over and check out your channel as well!
@@ConcertBuddie I'll need to explore my local book stores. I think the bubble has been burst here in Philadelphia, as resellers have really taken over. I'm into mostly 80's and early 90's. I am big into 80's Rock and New Wave , with some New Jack Swing thrown in for fun. My favorite find at a thrift store was my Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack.
@valuevinylwithmark big 90’s fan/collector here too. Are you familiar with the channel “Pieces of Vinyl”? Rocco is a Philly guy and talks record shops in that area as well. ✌🏻
@@ConcertBuddie yes, I have been subbed to him, and enjoy his channel. I am really enjoying everyone's videos, and am always looking to check out others in the VC
I started collecting CDs and Cassette Tapes because of what’s happened to Vinyl at the thrift store
I think that’s exactly how a lot of us got started, mainly because it was too cheap not too AND there was good stuff pretty regular. Both a far cry to the thrift of today. Thanks for watching this video (and the other one as well)!
You did well on the Steely Dan Aja. It's on the ABC label. MCA is the reissues. Peg is a great song.
I don't thift in the town I live. We have 1 record store who buys collections. He only accepts records that sell. The rest go to the Goodwill and Bargains Galore. Nothing is VG.
I was lucky 5 years ago. I went on a Sunday morning, right when the Goodwill and found someone donated an 80s CDs collection. I found some great stuff like Erasure, Squeeze, early U2 reissues and others. 2.99 each. I spent $25.
@@catherine6653 you did great! You are so right - timing is super important. Thanks for watching and sharing that Steely Dan info!
So you’re sayin’ there’s a chance…
Hell yeah, man! Nice little hall! Love the Sinatra!
@@spinzvinyl Hahahaha. Excellent movie reference sir! 👏🏻👏🏻
My local Goodwill is still worth a flip for some decent 80's records but often what good stuff they have is in the back of the bins & often the jacket won't contain the record which was put in a dollar polka record. Back in the 90's when I managed a store we had to check every .99 cent cd as people unfortunately would put a top priced used cd in a budget bin cd & now they are doing with vinyl.
Schemers! I can definitely see people being slick, but on CD’s? 🤦🏻♂️ Did you get to hold back any good stuff for you and your pals back in the day?
@ConcertBuddie Definitely a perk of the store was everything was cost to an employee without exception & almost any collectible vinyl or cd was purchased by an employee.
It’s been dead for years now in Michigan, I was in hobby in the 70s, when no one wanted to buy vinyl.
@@donnieodom7844 I bet you scored some great deals back in the day!
It’s been dead here in Chicago for years. I don’t even waste my time.
I feel ya. Up until these recent drop ins, hadn’t stopped at any thrift for at least 6 months. Have a great Fourth Mike! 🇺🇸
Chance, I guess I come here as the voice of reason...which makes sense, as I'm a proud "CD Guy." You know why the thrift stores have raised their prices? One word: "FLIPPERS." I'm sorry the days of buying a record for $1 at Goodwill, then flipping it on Discogs or eBay for $30-50, have come to an end. Knowing that the proceeds from most thrift stores go to charitable causes, I find it very selfish for VC members to complain that these stores are now asking $5-15 dollars for those same titles. TOO F**KIN' BAD! You want cheap records to flip, put in the work that The Waxed does, check out estate and garage sales...but remember, anyone can check prices on Discogs, so don't be surprised as the prices rise there as well. END RANT.
Strong rant Karl. 7/10. More censored profanity would’ve lifted the score (the Albanian judge loves it) 🤣. Kidding aside, no doubt “pricing abuse” blame lays on both sides of the proverbial aisle. Flippers (and sharing online - let’s face it) only made those Goodwill execs aware and wanting more of a cut. Won’t stop me from romanticizing those days back in the day when $20 would need an instant collection for any geek off the street. 😎
@@ConcertBuddie Come to The Dark Side, my friend... CDs are still $1 at Goodwill!!! (Unfortunately, I live in Eugene and the selection here is more like Bakersfield than Los Angeles...how many @#$%ing Buck Owens & George Strait cds did they sell in this town back in the 1990s? )
@@revkarl so many George Strait 😂
My favorite part of this video was your incredibly accurate depiction of thrift stores. A crutch, golf clubs, grandpa's ashes, etc. I have not had luck at local thrift shops for quite some time. There's another vinyl collector in my small town who scours thrift and pawn shops religiously while I am at home sleeping. I don't stand a chance with that kind of go-getter. That Heintje record made me laugh! We know a certain ma'am who would love that! Great video, Chance.
Did I mention sealed feminine products? Forget the local drug store, ladies go to your local thrift for your hygiene needs! 🤣 And yes, Heintje made me laugh thinking of that certain ma’am and her affection for this prodigy. Thanks for checking this out Mark!
Many thanks Buddie. Last record i bought like this was Don Johnson's Heartbeat 😁
What a way to go out! Tied for first with Bruce Willis’ “They Call Me Bruno” for Goodwill Classic!
I score at Savers all the time. Goodwill sucks
You have better luck than I do! I have never had good luck at Goodwill.
@@drop_the_needle_records It’s still pretty much a wasteland. Reminds me of a saying from a friend of mine: even a broken clock is right 2x a day 😁. Hope you had a nice 4th holiday!
Thank you my friend. I had a great 4th and I hope you did too. I have better luck at flea markets it seems.
I constantly find people that have no idea that records are worth anything. I think because we are so into it and it has grown, we think everyone knows they are worth something. Basically, what I am trying to say is that people are just giving away records every day to get rid of them. I just got 16 Uhaul boxes of records donated to me. Although 14 of those are classical albums. But all of them are pristine and some sealed still. Tons of awesome soundtracks. Keep searching. Thrill of the hunt!
The thrill remains, fo ago. Better look up those classical records before moving off them - I recently heard about one being worth 15k 🤑. How’s the new spot coming along?
@@ConcertBuddie The new spot is coming along. Shouldn't be too long. I have my son going through the classical records just to make sure there isn't something valuable.
Let me know if you want to stop by the shop and take a look before I open.
@Axel_Foley1970 yesssssss! Gotta break in the public restroom 😂
@ConcertBuddie too funny!
"The THIFT is gone." - B.B. King (probably)
I've never had much luck with that or garage sales. Same with antique shops.
Im having a hard time finding USED records in VG+/VG+ condition record shops now.
Weird Al parody - tailor made! 🤣 You are spot on re: used…it’s drying up out there in these streets!
Awesome video bro.
Appreciate it amigo! Er, Mr. Savers™️
Los Angeles area. Stopped going a few years ago even before the vid. Out here Good Will was pricing records at almost $5 back then and it was crapola. I mainly go to estate or yard sales but there is still a lot of competition out here and a lolt of flippers/
Curious where you find out about estate sales out there - I was using Estatesales.net and it always seemed to be lacking info. How do you learn about them in your area?
This is a fantastic video Chance. I thrift at least 4 times a week at a Savers & Salvation Army. Savers does raise prices on certain records if they do some research. Salvation Army went through a stage of pricing everything higher when vinyl hit the stage again. Tom Jones was priced at $12.99! I had a long talk with the manager as they know me from going all the time. They know nothing and are just trying to cash in on the game. Consistency is key & you gotta learn from your mistakes. I was buying everything when I first started collecting, now I’m all about condition & have no issue leaving an album if it’s trashed. I left a Sabbath Master of Reality not too long ago, it was destroyed. Keep on going and eventually you will cash in amigo 👊🏻
@@Gmblr812 right on man! You do have some sweet pulls from the thrift on your channel. Does that Savers put the price tag on the inside of the jacket? Mine starting doing that to prevent price swapping I guess. And $5 each album 😬
@@ConcertBuddie Thankfully yes the stickers are placed inside “Mostly!” lol 😝
I was told they started doing this bc lots of us customers were complaining about the stickers destroying the artwork while trying to take them off 🤷🏻♂️ I’m watching the Steiner Brothers Biography, good stuff, check it out 👊🏻
@@Gmblr812 that’s a sensible reason - price sticker removal can be a PIA sometimes! Thanks for the 411 on your end! 🙏🏻
Two of the thrift stores near me regularly have gems in their bins. While the well known names are usually behind the counter, quite often these shops don’t know what they have and lump it with the rest of the usual thrift store records. I’ve been lucky to find some great things in the bins, even some pretty obscure and awesome psych. I haven’t given up on thrift stores yet!
I’m happy to hear someone is still having regular success at the thrift! It’s quite rare for most. And where are these thrifts so I can plan a trip? 🤣
@@ConcertBuddie 🤣 I am in Ontario. I do go pretty regularly to the Value Village locations (the Canadian branch of Savers), and it just depends on when/where you look. Here’s hoping some of that luck comes your way!
The thrifting for me had dried up as well here in the Chicago area. Like you said 10-15 years ago I was picking up hand fulls or LPs for a $1 each at the thrift stores . Those times are gone for good , my record buying has slowed way down this year . I’ve gotten into buying a few cassettes lately to add to my collection.
Funny you mention that, I've bought more cassettes in the past year than I had in the past 5 - combined. Not sure I'll go full into amassing a ton, but still fun nonetheless. Really appreciate you stopping by and sharing! Good vinyl (and cassette) luck!
@@ConcertBuddieyes I’m not going full swing into the cassettes. Just being really selective for the most part.
I find I have better luck with CD’s in thrift stores. Since I’m not into Kate Smith, Andy Williams, or Lawrence Welk, vinyl is a no go😆
Andy Williams will move forever in thrift stores. Probably will be the records the apes find the forbidden zone in 1000 years 🤣. Thanks for checking this one out!
I've never come across that first Dean Martin album Rachel would love Heintje Chance
Exactly who I thought of when I picked it up. It may need to travel north to its true vinyl resting place…
Here someone put Goodwill under contract to get first Dibs on all records donated to their organization
@@SikNic unreal! 🤯
My daughter works at a local Goodwill. There are rarely a good amount of CDs and/or LPs to begin with, but even when there are some, there are a group of "regulars" shall we say that scoop them up as soon as they hit the floor. Anything of good value goes to the online store. How things are priced depends a little bit on the person doing the pricing which is why there is such a variance for example on the prices of CDs. The likelihood of finding a valuable LP at a Goodwill is very, very slim, but as Chance noted, you might just show up at the right time on the right day and find something.
Hit the nail on the head sir - so many other factors involved these days on if something even makes it to the bins for the public, and if so, how much they ask for it. CD’s seem to last a bit longer in my area, but maybe a day or two for the rare/unusual/valuable ones before the “regulars” you mention come pick the meat off the bones. Great to hear from you Buddie! Have a great week ✌🏻
when it comes to thrift stores it just depends, true more people donated records to thrift stores back in the early 1990's, cause thats when i started looking through them,, you can still find some intersting records in thrift stores, and sometimes there are dry spells, true.
You never know unless you go, right?
@@ConcertBuddie exactly
Gave up on records, but finding cds somewhat often.
Also something I’ll look through, especially for local bands and titles only releases on CD. But those prices have been creeping up too - same ok your area(s)?
@@ConcertBuddie Yes, cd prices used to be 99 cents, now 1.99.(Wilmington,NC)
Goodwill has been good-won’t for me for a long time. Maybe you have to be in the ritzie neighborhoods?
Very good point. I knew a girl in LA who would find all kinds of great stuff at the thrifts off Rodeo Dr and the other big name streets. Made a living flipping that stuff even - with the crazy cost of living there to boot!
Matt Damon and Ben Afflect are writing the sequel as they watch this. Goodwill Humping, cuz they screwin’ everybody! It’s offensive what they’re doing. I don’t even give the corporate thrift stores ie. Goodwill, Salvation Army etc the time of day anymore. I still find some great deals at independent thrift stores and dealer antique malls. Great topic, Champ!
I hope they give me a walk-on role then! They owe me for their Sox and the 2004 & 2013 World Series, at least 😂
While it’s so dry now a days yes, “teeny bopper collections” are real. I got Of Monsters And Men, Halsey, and Zeppelin Physical Graffiti nice 2010s reissue for 1$ each. So if you happen to be the first one to see what someone happened to donate that day I mean anything’s possible. I just don’t count on it in any capacity
Timing is the biggest factor, for sure. But I have seen some of the newer reissues hit the thrift and then get priced WAY up and put behind the counter/glass/table like a historical artifact. There’s truly no rhyme or reason (cough, cough) consistency in how they do what they do at the store level.
@@ConcertBuddie ugh yea man. This video was huge for talking about the specific pricing goodwills are starting to do and obviously will be doing more and more until they are just the resellers themselves. And the shop goodwill thing. Ive gotten a couple CDs from various eBay stores of different shop goodwill stores in different states and they do know about some stuff like this Underoath CD I got that should have been 3$ at most being from goodwill but they priced it at the going rate of it which is around 30$. Gah!!!!
@@arzabael $30 for a cd at the thrift? COME ON MAN! haha. That's wild.
@@ConcertBuddie yep. Yet yesterday at a local independent thrift store I paid 25 cents a CD and got a stack including Cocteau Twins, Alanis Morrisette, U2, Paul Simon, Genesis, Dave Brubeck, Neil Young, Christopher Cross, their and each were either their best albums or greatest hits comps. Treasure matey!! Happy hunting Concert Buddy. I got some concerts coming up myself. Thanks again for the highly topical and valuable video dude
@arzabael enjoy those shows sir! And that new stack of cd’s 🤘🏻
Are these Goodwill stores you see selling on eBay part of that online website you showed? They've always been high-priced on the items I've looked at. I've only bought one or two albums from them via eBay and I wasn't really happy in the end. I definitely didn't get a good enough price break but it was more of a condition issue with what I got that left me unhappy
I don't really get the opportunity to check out thrift stores too often due to the lack of transportation where I live. I felt kind of bad about it for a while, but after a lot of the videos I've seen discussing just how bad the stores have gotten, I don't feel so bad nowadays :-)
Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
@@Bootradr not missing much my friend. What good records do show up at the store level are gobbled up quickly; just a matter of “right place, right time”.
I’ve seen some eBay sellers are actual Goodwill stores (ex. Seattle), so I’m not sure how/why they do that as opposed to being forced to use the ShopGoodwill website. Didn’t use to be so sketchy, ya know? Hope this note finds you well Brian! Happy Fourth! 🇺🇸
@@ConcertBuddie yeah I kind of figured it was probably like you described. Thanks for the feedback Chance. I'm doing well and I hope that you and yours have a wonderful 4th of July also buddy 👍
The Goodwill here in Kentucky is depressing. Lol. Maybe Florida will be better. The Sinatra records are worth every penny you paid. ♥️🤗 Take care.
My Goodwill in western KY rarely puts out vinyl anymore, so either they are siphoning them off to sell online or just aren't getting any. A different thrift store associated with a local church gets vinyl that's what you'd expect but sometimes decent CDs at $0.50 or $1.
It will be interesting seeing your vinyl adventures in FL soon! I have stopped on a whim at some rural thrift shops before and WHOA NELLY was it rough. KY might have been one; it was Elizabethtown if memory serves. Have a great holiday week MM! ✌🏻
I gave up on Thrift Stores. In NYC they have essentially records that people put out on the sidewalk on garbage night. If you see a Barry Manilow or Barbra Streisand in one of these stores you’ve struck gold! 😂
Babs is the undisputed queen of the bins no doubt! Leading contender for lead suitor usually involves a face off between Herb Alpert or Bob Goulet. And the smells…musty cologne is back! 😷
How very dare you Chance...flimsy UK sleeves? I'll have you know those are the finest sleeves ever manufactured in the UK 😄. Joking aside, Capitol was part of the EMI group in the UK so sleeves printed by Garrod & Lofthouse also manufactured The Beatles sleeves in the 60s (along with The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Hollies, Manfred Mann, Pink Floyd etc). Admittedly they aren't the heavy pasted card that the US used but with the lovely laminated fronts and flipbacks they don't tend to suffer ringwear or seam splits. The equivalent to Goodwill in the UK would be our charity shops that every town in the UK has multiples of. Like the US the prices can be insane priced by a volunteer who doesn't know anything about records. But people still score, especially if you do them daily. Like you and most normal people I haven't got time to do that but will have a look every few weeks. Keep on looking though mate. You never know when that unassuming private press hard psych rock rarity may go under the radar of the staff and other grippers and awaits you there 🙂. All the best... Nige
Spot on assessment as usual Nige 🫡The laminate looks to be virtually ringwear/seam split impossible. Card stock a little light, yes, but it gives it a unique patina that is not something seen often around these parts. And it’s the “Chairman of The Board” AND Dino? Couldn’t resist!
But yes, time being the most precious of commodities, I bet there are people out there still getting “the good stuff” through sheer frequency; have already heard some great stories along those lines since this aired. Be well my friend!
I’m just not going to do goodwill unless I really have a lot of time to waste. I just hate untidy stores, that is the retailer in me. I have checked out the thrift stores once in awhile more as a joke video. Kind of like an antique shop, no clue on how to price them
Like anything else, some are managed (ie tidiness) better than others, but that mothball smell never leaves the merchandise. So they have that going for them 🤣. Thought of you today when I saw a record with an old Kmart sticker on the shrink.
If you are looking fo vinyl records forr dollar, you cant find that anymore, if you want to collect you have to spend money
And if you can find them, they are generally beat up pretty good & titles no one wants (hello Barbara Streisand). Thanks for watching!
i can't stand goodwill on many levels. one they pay employees dirt, their executives make 2-300 k a year they get all the stuff for nothing and the sale close to retail. they have destoryed themselves in my opinion i no longer go in any of them Salvation army is not as bad if they can avoid the goodwill greed. St Vincent de Paul in the pittsburgh area are very nice and prices are good i have good luck with CD's DVD's not so much with vinyl anymore i used to go to Habitat for Humanity and they were very nice lots of books and records its hit and miss with them
I agree it’s BS that those execs are making BANK on the backs of min wage employees and free inventory. Defeats the messaging of “community first”, methinks. Salvation Army stores are some of the dirtiest and worst stocked thrifts I’ve ever been in.
Pittsburgh you say? How’s Jerry’s Records these days?
@@ConcertBuddie Jerry's is still going, Jerry Weber passed away a few years back and his associate took over the store A German record collector bought his entire 45 department it was 100+ thousand 45s that went to Germany. They have ventured into cassettes and cd's now Every time i went to Jerry's i spent a 100 or so Jerry was a great guy, he would always knock off 5 or 10 bucks on your sale The prices there are very good. There is another good store in Pittsburgh in the mIlevale area of Pittsburgh called Record attic also good, prices a little higher i found tons at both places over the last 25 or so years
@@krwd I came close to making it that way a few years ago when I was in Cleveland, and regret I didn’t bc I think Jerry moved off the business or does not too long after. Had always been a store on my list!