About Albums and Collectables on eBay
>>Final Comments on Grading: First, let me say that I was hesitant to use this eBay "tool" ("hot button", device… whatever) for these many months of my eBay activity (date of this writing is 11/5/99). This was due to what I thought was the nature of the thing. I thought that the genesis was probably well intentioned and useful to some folks, but also I felt (still feel) that it's sort of a "lonely hearts" come-on or like a constantly up-dated "New Year's letter". You know, the kind of thing that people send to family and acquaintances about how the family's previous year went and their hopes and dreams for the coming year. My intent is more commercial in nature, if not just as self-serving or self-centered.
With my eBay auction items, I do my best, and try to be careful to offer accurate information about all of the items that I list. With most albums, this includes complete, or at least important, side-players, instrumentation, recording dates (if possible or appropriate) and often a sense of the material performed. When I know, and when I think it would make a difference, I disclose previous issues of the material or original album label and/or title. Occasionally I may offer up opinions on the album's players, performances, material or history. It may be my own conceit, but it's also "my dime" - or quarter, as it were. If you don't like it, just try to ignore it.