In this video I tell the story of my very first real “bulk haul” of used vinyl: a Kijiji ad in Quebec for “1,000 records for $250.” On paper it sounded like a no-brainer (a quarter per record), and the photos showed the kind of rock staples that usually cost way more here in Montreal—Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, the usual suspects. But when I got to the guy’s place, he was in a hurry and didn’t want me digging through everything properly, and the records from the photos were mysteriously gone because other people had already cherry-picked the best stuff. That’s a huge red flag, and it’s exactly why I ended up negotiating the price down to $100. Once I got the pile home (closer to ~800 records), I did the real work: going through it multiple times, checking condition, and then looking up pressings on Discogs to understand what I actually had. I kept roughly 100–120 records for my collection (some to listen to, some to potentially resell), and I flipped the remaining 600+ as one lot for about $120–$130—so I basically got my keepers “for free.” My big takeaways: insist on time to inspect titles and condition, treat “someone already picked through it” as bargaining power, and use Discogs smartly (sold history matters—don’t get fooled by fantasy asking prices).