Post by smogquixote on Jul 7, 2021 15:35:09 GMT
Gentlemen and slimeballs, lend me your ears!
I am a veteran record collector (as my man politician2 will corroborate) and I’ve often complained about scalpers and how they cynically profit from the demise of artists or how they shark vinyl drops and then sell them at an insane markup. I don’t have a problem with flipping things for cash but when these people stop actual fans from buying physical copies of the music they love.
Now, Spellling released an album called “The Turning Wheel” to critical acclaim about two weeks ago and the internet’s most famous music reviewer Anthony Fantano (https://youtube.com/c/theneedledrop) gave it a perfect 10/10. Usually when AF gives a perfect score to a project the physical copies instantly sell out everywhere and scalpers are all over the artist’s Bandcamp like fleas and the rarest variant goes up in value significantly. I liked the album, I thought it was good and I was impressed by it but it’s not my favourite thing that’s came out this year. I saw the review drop and I went and had a look at Discogs and saw the rarest variant was being sold but only at a relatively small markup (less than double) so I copped it. When I woke up today every copy was gone, sold out everywhere and people are posting saying they’ll pay several times the shelf price for a copy.
Would I be a hypocrite if I sold my copy?
I am a veteran record collector (as my man politician2 will corroborate) and I’ve often complained about scalpers and how they cynically profit from the demise of artists or how they shark vinyl drops and then sell them at an insane markup. I don’t have a problem with flipping things for cash but when these people stop actual fans from buying physical copies of the music they love.
Now, Spellling released an album called “The Turning Wheel” to critical acclaim about two weeks ago and the internet’s most famous music reviewer Anthony Fantano (https://youtube.com/c/theneedledrop) gave it a perfect 10/10. Usually when AF gives a perfect score to a project the physical copies instantly sell out everywhere and scalpers are all over the artist’s Bandcamp like fleas and the rarest variant goes up in value significantly. I liked the album, I thought it was good and I was impressed by it but it’s not my favourite thing that’s came out this year. I saw the review drop and I went and had a look at Discogs and saw the rarest variant was being sold but only at a relatively small markup (less than double) so I copped it. When I woke up today every copy was gone, sold out everywhere and people are posting saying they’ll pay several times the shelf price for a copy.
Would I be a hypocrite if I sold my copy?
