I Charged for LP Record Albums

debodun

debodun

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way upstate in New York, USA
When my late uncle went into assisted care, I cleaned out his apartment. He had a lot of vintage CW records albums - the old stuff - Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Acuff, etc. I brought them to my house - almost 100 albums. After my uncle passed, a friend of his contacted me and asked if I knew what happened to my uncle's records. I told him that I had them. He said he was interested in getting them. I agreed and to get them out of the way, I said he could have them all for $50. He wanted to come and look at them, but since he doesn't drive, I had to go and pick him up and bring him to my house on top of it.

He did give me $50 and we were all satisfied. He has asthma and had to use his inhaler several times. Just walking from the car to the back door made him breathless (he is a huge man), so after all this, I had to carry the boxes of records out to my car, take him home, then carry the boxes into his house.

I was telling a friend what happened and she said, "You made him pay? Why didn't you just give him the records?" Apparently she though it was very money-grubbing of me to charge him for the records.

Any opinions?
 

I think you did quite enough to accommodate him. Actually, some of those older records could have been worth quite a bit of money. My Brother in law does this for a hobby, just country and western albums, buying and selling. A lot of folks enjoy listening to those old albums, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he didn't sell them individually. I wouldn't give it a second thought.
 
I agree with Ruth, if they were in good condition you could have sold them for a lot more than he paid. He also got transportation and delivery for free, something he wouldn't have received elsewhere. Not sure where you "friend" is coming from Deb. :confused:
 

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