stl_ben Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I feel like the Goodwills in Portland are pretty badly picked over....now that there is that Goodwill auction site. It seems like all the employees are either savvy to a ton of different markets or perhaps they just auto-google anything media-based, but I live very close to the big one in SE and I've found maybe 3 albums worth spending $4 on in the last year of randomly combing their vinyl bins. I've never seen a turntable there worth even a second look. My assumption is that all that stuff is cherry-picked for employee purchase or auctions before it ever hits the floor. We do go through are donations and sell "the high value" items online, but some times we miss stuff. Just depends on who sorts it. It is not cherry picked for employee purchases though (at least not in this area.) We have very strict rules on that and I have fired people for that in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 We do go through are donations and sell "the high value" items online, but some times we miss stuff. Just depends on who sorts it. It is not cherry picked for employee purchases though (at least not in this area.) We have very strict rules on that and I have fired people for that in the past. At the one I worked at on the otherhand... (and this was about 11 years ago as well) we were definitely allowed to cherry pick. There was also a Danzig tape that I just kept in the back so we could listen to it for a while before I put it out. I get what you're saying though, Ben, and I don't think we were supposed to be allowed to cherry pick, my bosses just didn't really care. If you were going to buy it they made someone else price it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl_ben Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 In this region all items must be on the sales floor for 24 hours before an employee can purchase it. If anyone is in the STL area and thinks this isn't being done then let me know. Other markets however are each ran separately and have a wide array rules. I think it's all about how the company wants to do, and if you want happy / returning customers, you will let them have an opportunity to buy your products, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 In this region all items must be on the sales floor for 24 hours before an employee can purchase it. If anyone is in the STL area and thinks this isn't being done then let me know. Other markets however are each ran separately and have a wide array rules. I think it's all about how the company wants to do, and if you want happy / returning customers, you will let them have an opportunity to buy your products, Truth. I mean...we let a bunch of good stuff get out there obviously, and the customers didn't know that some good stuff was getting snatched up, but I get what you're saying for sure. This was in the Northeast, so it was a very different market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentclouds Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I've had a lot of luck finding good records at thrift stores in Los Angeles over the last few years. Recent notable finds include Francoise Hardy's Maid in Paris and acid archives listed folk obscurity Propinquity. However, my best score ever has to be the stack of signed vinyl I pulled out of a thrift store at $5 a pop. Here's some highlights of the 20+ signed records I got that day: mssskat184, openupyourskull, kjkenney and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agua Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Is that a fucking signed queen lp Klefki 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Is that a fucking signed queen lp Sure looks like it...::adjusts glasses:: Yup. Freddie fuckin' Mercury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentclouds Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Is that a fucking signed queen lp Yeah. They had a signed copy of A Night at the Opera as well, but some other dude beat me to it. I should probably get Mercury's autograph authenticated at some point just to make sure it's legit, if I ever decide to part ways with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarondltd Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Don't believe any of that. Wow! Found this today but passed it up, might go back for it though if its still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirensongofra Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Wicked jealous of that Rodney Dangerfield album. Great find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza face Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Went to goodwill late on the 4th of July and picked these up. $1 each, I think they are all originals too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agua Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Fucking Thursday, really? God damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza face Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Yeah, I was stoked when I found that...my girlfriend on the other hand was not thrilled at me inspecting everything. Usually this specific goodwill location has jack shit for records (meaning they have the usual goodwill bs) The Who is on Decca and all the Stones are on London Records I believe Haven't had time to clean them, but I listened to the 45s already because they are semi-new and they were all fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza face Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Happy I finally came across nevermind by Nirvana on tape.. the cassette looks like it was in a battle but it plays fine.. I went to this store at a good time. They received bunch of 70s funk stuff about ten minutes before I got there... Not really familiar with this genre but the Otis redding record goes for about the price I paid for everything ($30).. there were a bunch of German presses as well. They were all in mint condition too which is why I bought them. emacs and kamika215 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Good score on the Funky Nassau and the James Brown- Revolution especially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Hope you got all the funky stuff there was. I know a bit about the genre and I'm wondering what you might have left there. This is the type of find I would never see from a Goodwill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza face Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 What other artists should I look for? This was at savers, kinda like a goodwill but they sell records at $2 I had about 20 in my hand but put back some stuff because I'm running out of room lol From what I remember there were some Issac Hayes, Marvin Gaye, Ohio players, silver connection, herbie Mann, Ben e king, the family, King Floyd, blackbyrds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron666monkey Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Go back and buy it all. emacs, kamika215 and soundofsilver 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundofsilver Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Ummm, all of what you just wrote. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Happy I finally came across nevermind by Nirvana on tape.. the cassette looks like it was in a battle but it plays fine.. I went to this store at a good time. They received bunch of 70s funk stuff about ten minutes before I got there... Not really familiar with this genre but the Otis redding record goes for about the price I paid for everything ($30).. there were a bunch of German presses as well. They were all in mint condition too which is why I bought them. That best of Curtis Mayfield would never leave my platter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza face Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Damn... You guys are making me want to go back... Well if I don't go and someone here lives by the Savers in Nashua, NH... You will have a field day because there are about 50 more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron666monkey Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I think you probably bought most of the cream of the crop. That Funky Nassau is a solid $60-$80 record and that Canned Heat, assuming it's an original is $30ish, plus that top center JB record is $20-$30. You did well, my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Mike Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Without rereading this thread, I think you're in the top 3 finalists to date. For my tastes, you've won it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 What other artists should I look for? This was at savers, kinda like a goodwill but they sell records at $2 I had about 20 in my hand but put back some stuff because I'm running out of room lol From what I remember there were some Issac Hayes, Marvin Gaye, Ohio players, silver connection, herbie Mann, Ben e king, the family, King Floyd, blackbyrds The ones in the pic are for the most part better than what you just mentioned, as far as rarity goes. You should look for bands that you've never heard of that are possibly on private labels or labels you've never heard of. If they have anything by the J.B.'s (Brown's band), or Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd, Lyn Collins, pretty much anything on the People label, The Pharaohs, The Meters, Earth Wind and Fire S/T, Kaygees, Nite-Liters, and on and on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsalemon Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Damn... You guys are making me want to go back... Well if I don't go and someone here lives by the Savers in Nashua, NH... You will have a field day because there are about 50 more Good score...I was there Monday night and there wasn't much there. Barry Manilow, some K-Tel type compilations, stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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