Social media reacts to Rough Trade’s “ill-advised” vinyl selling scheme: “Genuinely insulting”

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pic.twitter.com/xcJuKDgX46— Memorial Device (@memorialdevice) August 3, 2024If you want to sell your records, do not use this serviceGenuine record dealers care about giving you a fair price (while making a fair profit themselves) and care about finding your records a good homeThe prices Rough Trade are offering here are exploitatively low https://t.co/F1Wtu6NjNu— Cheap Indie Vinyl (@CheapIndieVinyl) August 2, 2024This is a potentially fatal own goal for @RoughTrade What on earth were they thinking?— Phil S (@BigDerbyMan) August 3, 2024I read about this last night.

Utter disaster for them.— Steve Robertson (@ScotsBear1973) August 3, 2024Absolutely disgraceful prices and you should be ashamed to have partnered with them.

Just put my 10 most valuable records in there worth over 4k (median) and it’s not even offering me £100 for the lot. Grim profiteering.— SFS (@shitsocials) August 2, 2024Back in January, Rough Trade announced it would be opening a new store in Liverpool, marking the sixth branch in the UK for Rough Trade – following stores in Bristol, Nottingham and three shops in London..