Joe is out looking at some records in the trunk of a guys car. That is a prefered method of dealing with the near constant bombardment of product we deal with on a daily basis.
You start to get a feeling, you read people, judge what they say about the records, and decide what the prospects are before you even see the records themselves.
Ideally, you make the decision over the phone. A few questions usually give illuminating answers, and create a mental picture. My mothers old vinyls=Readers Digest sets. A lot of classical = Vol. 1 of the Funk & Wagnels classical music collection (Beethoven)
The object is to keep this stuff from making it in the front door. Because once it makes it past the front door, it's usually left with us, and that is the problem. It increases the cost of everything. Nothing is free. Nothing. Every second that you spend thinking about a record, handling it, boxing it up, pushing it around, costs you money. Even on 99 cent records, even taking things out to the dumpster. Not all treasure is created equal.
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