One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 The selling part I don’t have the time for. But the investment part would be very simple for me. I would do it all on a google doc to do that every can see exactly what has been sold and what they are due. They would be periodic amounts sent back so that you start to see return faster. say every 10 records sold you get your percentage due back. doing to in google docs would be my best way to be completely transparent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryalan Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 @Tidal Wave I'm working on a Google Doc now. Will share once I have some content in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevy8 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 This is quite the interesting auction... I live in Baltimore, so from a pickup / selling perspective, I cant really help there. To answer the question of "what's in it for me" to invest, I'm really just interested in tests from BTBAM, TBS, and Silverstein. Possibly some others at a stretch, but really just those bands. From that perspective, I'm open to buying those post auction (depending on whats there) if this goes through as that seems the easiest from my perspective, but would be willing to invest some up front to help with the purchase coming through if needed. That would likely be a few hundred (let's say $150-$250ish), as I'm less interested in making profit longterm than just getting some tests from some bands I always come back to with the thought of cashing out from that perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryalan Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) (Google Doc link available for select VC members) Start of a Google Doc with currently known records (on pallet) and "Investors," which is just a list of everyone who has replied to this thread. Note that not everyone wants to throw in money. I am just keeping track of everyone. Edited December 8, 2020 by angryalan smailtronic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) . Edited December 8, 2020 by smailtronic missed a quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, angryalan said: Start of a Google Doc with currently known records (on pallet) and "Investors," which is just a list of everyone who has replied to this thread. Note that not everyone wants to throw in money. I am just keeping track of everyone. Alan, can I ask that you only grant access to established board members who PM you about it first? If there're any potential bidders watching this thread remotely (and this is the second Google result for victory records auction), I don't want to be doing their work for them. Edited December 8, 2020 by smailtronic removed url Buffbloom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookups96 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 If I wasn't in NY I would say I would handle it, but I feel like shipping the pallet to NY would cost a lost. My thought was almost like a fantasy draft. Someone would have to inventory all records (Bands, Titles, Quantity). We generate random picking orders. Then basically run a draft one night picking records. The person who cataloged everything would then need to ship out the records. It would be up to that person to then decide what they keep, and what they try to flip for profit. Buy in would have to be even across everyone who wanted in. I personally know I would keep a bunch of these. It also doesn't just flood the market all at once with these test, as people could put them up for sale when and where they wanted too. Even that trunk of records at $4k (currently I think at $2100) if there are 250 records in it, it would be $16 a pop. I would be interested in on that too if anyone was also interested. Like I said, if we can get them to NY I would be able to use my garage and get these organized and back out to people if we want to work this draft style. I plan on taking a staycation in January anyways because I'm maxed out on PTO time at my job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryalan Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) I think that we really need to answer the following questions: - Who will officially bid on the auction(s)? - Will that person be able to pay for the auction in full upon winning? (The last thing I would want to do here is have someone stuck with a $5,000 invoice with no way to pay for it) - Will that person be able to pick up an entire pallet of boxes? (Do they have a truck, van, car? The pick up date is Thursday the 10th, starting at 8am and must be fully claimed by 12/31. There is info about rigging/removal to presumably take the pallet from the 5th floor to a loading dock.) - How long will it take to sort through all of the boxes? (Hell, I could possibly host a video chat while the person opens the boxes and shouts out the items, catalog numbers to me and I put them in the Google Doc.) Edited December 8, 2020 by angryalan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shenanigans Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 3 hours ago, Tidal Wave said: I think we are kind of on the same page. the collective model would be kind of a hybrid of collector and reseller. Investors would have the opportunity to purchase records before any are sold. Any records they want are deducted from their investment amount. once the investors have bought, the rest are sold off until everyone getting their initial investment back. Once that happens all the records are split up and the investor has the opportunity to keep or reinvest their allotment. I like this idea. Google spreadsheet of what's available. Let people who bought in bid against each other (using their buy in money) for tests they want to keep. Then we'd sell whatever's leftover. This could take time, but we could divvy up any profits every ~4 months or so. I'd be happy to throw some $$ in and do some of the selling/shipping. Also agree with @smailtronicmaybe we should take this to a group PM with those who have said they were interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shenanigans Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I'd also add if we're going to do it we should grab both the pallet and the trunk, but looking at the picture of the trunk the tests may not be labeled and that could make figuring out what each one is time consuming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Mike Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 26 minutes ago, shenanigans said: ...looking at the picture of the trunk the tests may not be labeled and that could make figuring out what each one is time consuming I almost find the trunk more interesting as I wonder if it could be earlier stuff rather than new stuff where test presses seem to be pressed by the box. More of a mystery. I'm sort of tempted by all of this, but I'd only be interested in Integrity, and I think that's unlikely. That being said, I could be convinced to throw some coin this way. shenanigans and smailtronic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 1 hour ago, angryalan said: I think that we really need to answer the following questions: - Who will officially bid on the auction(s)? - Will that person be able to pay for the auction in full upon winning? (The last thing I would want to do here is have someone stuck with a $5,000 invoice with no way to pay for it) - Will that person be able to pick up an entire pallet of boxes? (Do they have a truck, van, car? The pick up date is Thursday the 10th, starting at 8am and must be fully claimed by 12/31. There is info about rigging/removal to presumably take the pallet from the 5th floor to a loading dock.) - How long will it take to sort through all of the boxes? (Hell, I could possibly host a video chat while the person opens the boxes and shouts out the items, catalog numbers to me and I put them in the Google Doc.) Based on what I find out later today (and where the prices go tomorrow), I'm still planning to bid, and can pay in full (full payment is required w/in 48 hours). I'd rent a small moving van and a jack to get it out, but boy would I love some help carrying it all up the four flight of stairs into my place! If I win, I'd look to move it out either this Friday the 11th, or next Friday. I'd most likely be limited to nights/weekends for sorting/organizing, but video chatting would definitely help move it along. It's a huge effort just to identify and reorganize the physical items, let alone digitize the records too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrd Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 To me the trunk seems more interesting than the pallet. The older tests are probably the good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryalan Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, rrd said: To me the trunk seems more interesting than the pallet. The older tests are probably the good stuff. I'm thinking the same thing. @smailtronic I wonder if you can paw through a few of those to see if they have any writing on them. I know some Victory Records test presses have "VR---" written in pen in an upper corner of the sleeve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 1 minute ago, angryalan said: I'm thinking the same thing. @smailtronic I wonder if you can paw through a few of those to see if they have any writing on them. I know some Victory Records test presses have "VR---" written in pen in an upper corner of the sleeve. For sure, I'm also more intrigued by the trunk, and am going to try and look through it a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScorpio Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Sounds like a s*it show, but good luck everyone! mitchard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, ROVVLES said: Sounds like a s*it show, but good luck everyone! It's the Tony Victory way! MyckelJay, MrScorpio and Metal Mike 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Mike Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, smailtronic said: It's the Tony Victory way! If this happens and you're caught listening to any non-Victory bands while sorting, you can get your shit and get the fuck out of here! smailtronic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Watch that chest be completely full of just some racist ass One Life Crew pressings. Metal Mike and smailtronic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewnmouth Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I'd toss some money in, all I really want is Deadguy - Fixation On A Coworker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffbloom Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, smailtronic said: Based on what I find out later today (and where the prices go tomorrow), I'm still planning to bid, and can pay in full (full payment is required w/in 48 hours). I'd rent a small moving van and a jack to get it out, but boy would I love some help carrying it all up the four flight of stairs into my place! If I win, I'd look to move it out either this Friday the 11th, or next Friday. I'd most likely be limited to nights/weekends for sorting/organizing, but video chatting would definitely help move it along. It's a huge effort just to identify and reorganize the physical items, let alone digitize the records too. I would come to Chicago just to help with this is if hadn't just broken my foot. Stairs and organizing are my jam. Edited December 8, 2020 by Buffbloom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffbloom Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Also, how fun would this be to watch unboxed on a live stream?! angryalan, shenanigans, chevy8 and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linksisfromcanada Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Will buy any The Forecast test pressings at a premium price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agua Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 I literally would just want any Silverstein. Whatever we work out to be the best with profit margins in terms ofnthe investment side of things you guys seem to have under control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agua Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Buffbloom said: Also, how fun would this be to watch unboxed on a live stream?! Id be down to do that. Ill do all the youtuber tropes We paid xxxx dollars, that's right only xxxx dollars for this pallet If you want a piece of this action there will be a link in the description where you can look to see if what you are looking for is still available This is brought to you by raid shadow legends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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