[78-L] "Value" of 78s

[Michael Biel]

Eric Goldberg wrote:
> They probably were in the store for a hundred years considering the asking price.
>
> Eric
>   

We all know what happens to 78s in thrift stores.  The longer they stay 
there the more likely they will be broken.  They can't last a year, let 
alone 100!  Maybe not even a month.  They need to price them low enough 
so that they get in and out as fast as possible.  Better off selling 
them at a buck then not having them last long enough to find a ten buck 
buyer.

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com 

> This is/was my point! Almost all "thrift stores" charge $1 for 78's (on
> the increasingly rare chances they HAVE any! I do/did have one
> annoying exception...a local such emporium had about a dozen 78's
> including one I needed....they had them priced at *$10* apiece...?!
> When I asked, I was told "Oh, no...these are a century old (?!) and
> are VERY valuable antiques!" I have NO idea how long the records
> sat there (or whether some equally disconnected-from-reality idi...er,
> person, bought them intending to put them onto eWotsit for $100 per
> each...?!).
>
> Steven C. Barr 
>