Anyway, if i had this LP, firstly, i wouldn't sell it and if i really had to, i think i wouldn't put a reserve price.
I can feel a bit of irony at the end, meaning i'm also part of the system i criticize and you're right. No, i don't live a simple life as i live in Paris and my work pays well, i'm a consumer yes, but i try to feed what i called earlier babylon system the less i can, I use Linux only (excerpt at work where i'm forced to use MS), i don't have TV, don't have a car and go to McDonald maybe twice a year, i never buy CDs in megastores and never pay more than 20 euros for a LP (very rarely more than 10€), that wasn't really well chosen examples but i'm far from being countryman in others aspects of my life.
I love old records, especially early Trojan or Pama presses and deep 70's roots, it's been maybe 3 years i'm collecting them but I'd rather spend years looking for it at a cheap price than paying a lot on ebay for it, even if i were rich enough. I guess i think that i deserve them because of the time i spend looking for those records, not thanks to my bank account but i have the chance to live in a place where it's not too hard to find (i didn't say easy
). Anyway, that's just my point of view and i respect yours .I read a post by you where your proposal was to let someone win a bid without overbidding him to lower the price, that's a good idea, even if it may be hard to set up. That's the first step for stopping speculation.
Cheers,