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29th Jul 2014, 6:02 PM
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3761 Points Moderator	Oddly enough... or perhaps not, Perry Como albums were at both ends of the crate of vinyl they had. Either end of a fat wedge of acker bilk, frank sinatra and the ever present al martino... he's not even considered worthy enough to be amongst that lot! ...being used as what are effectively bookends. I didn't actually ask the price at the time, I'm getting back into practicing my record store/bootfair/charity shop poker face, and I've already found with some Charity shops (Oxfam just ain't the same anymore... don't go in there now, as they price like a rare vinyl store, undermining the whole allure of charity shops!) that you now only have to pick up an item for the shop person to register this as interest, and therefore licence to jack the price up... When I said I shot over to the record player... I did so inside, but tried to walk languidly over, in a disinterested way! It was on a microwave, under an umbrella with a car stereo (cassette) on top, it had a lot of dust on it, but seems in one piece, and cosmetically undamaged at least, so I'm going to try to buy it for a fiver, maybe ten. ... Iknow waht everyone's thinking right now too... What kind of a scumbag quibbles over a couple of quid from a CHARITY SHOP? I can only say that it is the oddest thing, that I don't mind giving them money for free, as a donation, whenever the opportunity presents (and I do), it's just the value-for-money consumer bargain hunter in me that kicks in when buying anything from them. I suppose if I can get it for this kind of price, it shouldn't really matter if it's tip-top or not, but still, I don't want to be lumbered with a lemon at any price, or something I'd have to spend a fortune on fixing up, when I can get a new one (with a USB hole) for around 50 pounds on amazon. But even here I wondered about comparative quality between a new 50 pound deck, and an old one from a charity shop that's a better brand, and possibly a better product for less(if that last point proceeds from the other). If it were a technics sl 1200 mkII, rest assured I would be asking your advice, but sitting with my new deck right now.