Southern Fried Vinyl Records / Media Mania of Helen — Local services in Helen

Decent selection of vinyl, but you better come in with deep pockets. Real deep. Any record most people would find as desirable ranges anywhere from $100-$500. Most of the reviews you see here are right. Vinyls that are still in print are $100, vinyls that are worth $75 are sold for $250. Someone will pay it, and someone has, but not many record collectors will WANT to spend $250. In all honesty, it would be a 5-Star store if the prices weren’t marked up 200% but because of the prices it feels like it’s just a tourist trap. Either that, or just a bad case of flipping. For example, they had a Slipknot Self Titled 2009 US Pressing in there for $250. I understand profit, but when the most it’s ever sold for anywhere is $150, and the average selling price is $60, you can’t help but think it’s being scalped. Not asking for things to be priced to resell because that’s not my goal and it’s not the goal of most record collectors. I and so many others are just asking for a reasonable price. The biggest issue is, given the prices, these guys aren’t in it because they truly love vinyl, but because they...

Great selection of records however they are extremely overpriced. As someone who actively buys and sells records the prices were astronomical. Even records that are still in print are being sold for about $20 above retail value. The used records are sold way above the secondary market value as well.

Edit: I’m not a flipper by any stretch of the imagination. Just a person who loves collecting records. Also, the store does not stick to their own hours. I arrived at 11:30am and I saw a sign on the door saying they changed the store hours to 2pm-7pm for the day. Not a big deal so I came back at 3pm and it was still closed. Did some more walking around town and came back after 4pm to which the store was finally open. Was not worth the wait all day for the prices they charge. Even saw a bootleg Smashing Pumpkins album being sold for $250 that they were claiming...

Very cool selection and had some rare stuff I’ve not seen in a physical store before. Prices are insane. I’m sure they will come back and say they did their research, but some examples are a $600 Animal Crossing Switch (Retailed at $300 I believe and still plentiful on aftermarket), $150 for a Kid Rock Record, some stuff rated as VG that I would not call VG by any stretch and a $400 Pikachu N64 without the box ($250-300 typically with box)

I had a feeling the vinyl prices were high so I compared on Discogs, even used the runout numbers to be sure I was checking the right versions and some of these records were $100 over the highest price ever sold on Discogs.

Very shiny and attractive Tourist...