[78-L] eBay rant

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Ahem (he says, mounting his soapbox)...
I still troll the daily 78 offerings on eBay every morning over my 
morning coffee and it seems the idiots have fully taken over. I've never 
seen so much ballast in one place. It looks like any sellers with decent 
and/or interesting material have fled to other venues, and the prices 
for the crap that's there are stunning. And I'm just taking about the 
auctions; I won't even go into the "Buy It Now" stuff.
How about 3 Fritz Kreisler 78s starting at almost $75? Or the relatively 
common - and slightly grayed -  "Mean Old Frisco" by Arthur Crudup on 
Bluebird with a starting bid of a mere $50? It has become rare to see 50 
cent or $1.00 records going for less than $10. How about Dean Martin's 
supposed first record on Diamond for a mere $119? And the floods of 
classical, Indian (today there were around 1000 of these starting at $10 
each!), and overpriced Philippine reissues?
Not only that but some sellers have been double listing material so, 
just in case you may have missed their records on Monday, they'll show 
up again on Thursday or a week later.
Empty sleeves for $12 each and up anyone?
What a bunch of crap. Well at least it's all in one place should one 
need to find some and have money to blow. Used to be eBay was fun. Now 
it's merely tedium.
Bah!
End of rant.
Malcolm