Advice on bulk record pricing?

Hey Bassface

If your idea about the stall at a record fair doesn't work maybe selling your records online and mailing them out won't be so bad if you can get a Media Mail rate from the USPS website. Sending books, CDs, records etc via Media mail is a lot cheaper than USPS 1st class but it is slower. Also I believe the USPS also has pick up that you can arrange too.

Photok mentioned popsike. Here's another very fine site that's free:

collectorsfrenzy.com

Selling at a record fair sucks. if you have never done it, do not bother.
First, you have to pay a HUGE cost for the space right up front. ($40 to $100) So the first hours of sales is only going to cover that cost. maybe. ( most buyers like to check out folks they know. as a new person, you are less likely to get crowds..)
Then you have to drag all of it there and set it up. and take it all back later.
So after you sell a pile just to pay for the table, you have to actually sit there all day long. BORING.
It sucks.
Maybe if you are young, and like doing odd stuff..
IMO forget it.

I think Elizabeth nailed it, as far as record shows go. I go to a local show, in Springfield, NJ, each quarter, and usually pay between $1 and $3 for decent condition LPs. IIRC, tables at this show cost $60 each. It is well attended, but the dealers do not leave with empty milk crates. The ones that sell cheap move the most records, of course, but I see the same guys with the same LPs there year after year. Even for a buck, there are some LPs that people just don't want. IMHO, the hiring a kid to sell LPs on Ebay idea is the best idea. People without access to record stores or shows will pay up for vinyl.