degausser Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 just wondering, will vinyl's lose their value if opened? what are you thoughts forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefwahoo Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I have little to no use for a sealed record. But for resale, they will lose value if opened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 most rare recent records are based on color... gotta open it to confirm it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 most rare recent records are based on color... gotta open it to confirm it What he said. Unless you know it's only on black and pretty limited. But what good is a record if you can't play it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degausser Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 most rare recent records are based on color... gotta open it to confirm it yeah true! i just opened a record tonight that i had sitting on my shelf for about a year thinking it was just black vinyl, i opened it and it turns out to be a awesome cloudy sky blue colour and its looks so cool!!. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scriptedrain Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Open. - Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarondanger Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 i like the plastic sleeves more then any shrink rap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 records with shrink wrap but opened are weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scriptedrain Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 i like the plastic sleeves more then any shrink rap Me too, but he's asking about whether a record loses its value if you open it. Not what you store it in after you've opened it. (That's a whole other huge thread we had before.) - Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I buy music to listen to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 you gotta let the vinyl breathe, dude. fuck collectability and "value". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 This reminds me of comic books in the early 90's buting 2 issues of any sealed issue and all of that. I say rip it open. More times then often im more amped on the performance i am going to hear on the color wax, not the other way around, and to me thats kind of the way it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakland Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Shrink wrap is bad for records. And they are called records, not vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Yeah. I remove the shrink wrap and poly-sleeve all my records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admin Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 we tend to open shrinkwrap if we are uncertain about the color. We try our best to let all of you know what colored vinyl we actually have instead of leaving it to guess work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfedaykinx Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 i prefer when labels and distros take the records out of the sleeves to prevent seam splits during shipping. id say over 80% of all records ive received from Hydra Head have had seam splits because they dont take the time to take the records out of the sleeves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambomb Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 . And they are called records, not vinyl. YES! it drives me fuckin nuts when people say vinyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadetapplesauce Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 . And they are called records, not vinyl. YES! it drives me fuckin nuts when people say vinyl if they're new at it, OK. i'd cut them some slack. if they've been in the collecting game for awhile, then shame on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 to me also, it's kind of a waste...well on the level i'm working at...it's just that much less garbage created...i guess if you're a huge label and pressing 5000 copies of something it makes sense, but i say why bother. what REALLY bugs me is when you order LPs and the label doesn't put the records in sleeves. fuck you rivalry records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmonkey Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 If you store your records in the plastic sleeves (Reasealable or not) is it better to keep the vinyl out of the cover or inside it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystic84 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 i keep them outside the cover in a poly sleeve. keepin them inside the cover could damage the cover itself i guess. you know that circle mark you see on many covers...? that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 if youre looking for resale value on records ive seen some box sets on ebay sell for higher because they were opened... people like to see pictures of everything theyre getting and not just an empty box... case in point a sounds of science box set on ebay opened went for 300 bucks and a sealed one went for 200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murdercityvinyl Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 i am sort of torn here. as much as i love fondling my records, there's something awesome about having a sealed copy of a record you know is rare. For example if there is a sticker on the shrink letting you know it's a color, so few of those will stay sealed that it adds some allure. But having said that, I ultimately prefer having full access to the record, sleeve, etc., so unless I have two of something, I open 99% of my records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenontheradio Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I buy music to listen to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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