2020 Vinyl Shops

Have only been shopping online since the lockdown. Have moved on to discogs because over grading on eBay is a bloody epidemic. Of the dozen or so LPs that I ordered, half went back. Cnuts. (Not that discogs is always 100% either). I miss Freebird and Spindizzy in Dublin.

Charity shops in Belfast much better for records. Or were last time I checked.
Very poor down here; same battered selection in most places and many volunteers don't know how to price the format. 12"s listed for the same price as LPs is one example.
Occasionally you'll get lucky but would need to be calling in daily / weekly to get the decent finds.

Ireland was a poor country in the '60s and '70s and people played their records hard and often.
Import tax until early 90s didn't help either. I remember indie 12"s costing an eye-watering £5.99 in 1988/1989
Markets can be hit and miss.
Record fairs tend to have the same sellers (some UK who offer sh*t conversion rates).

Recommend saving up and hitting the Utrecht fair (held twice yearly on a Saturday & Sunday). If you pay a bit more, you can get in on the Friday when dealers are setting up. Last time I went I arrived late Thursday, up at 7.00am Friday and spent 3 full days (10/11 hours each time) digging. Knocked a lot off the want list and European sellers have unbelievable selection of 7"s (many with picture sleeves - were plain in UK / Ireland). Portable turntable essential as you will see a lot of records that look interesting but you won't know them.