17 minutes ago, bannork said:

No, no, BusyB. No maybe. How could you ever conceive of selling such a classic?

When I moved to Thailand in 1992 I left all my LPs in my sister's loft, quite a few classics of late 60s, early 70s.

Some of the LP covers were great, one of the Welsh band Man's inside opened out into a glorious map of Wales and the hometowns of the band's members.

The trouble was LP covers were the perfect size and depth for rolling out herbal medicinal products of the time with the results they lost their shiny new look, as did the records with constant playing, and occasional lifting of the needle to catch that track/ riff again.

And now we can listen to all that music free on YouTube, incredible really.

Well, nobody's made an offer yet - my mate doesn't know I've got it. I tend to be tight lipped about my collection with him 555

And yes, LP covers were works of art in themselves. That was the main downside of CDs, even if they did start to include pamphlets.

I can remember the first time I heard CD, at the IFA Radio and TV Expo in Berlin, in I think 85. I knew instantly that vinyl was as good as dead.

I mainly use Apple Music nowadays. Oh, and YouTube of course. Some real gems there as well.

58 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

the first I ever bought was Ernie the milkman by benny hill, I'm open to offers

Why don't we play cards for it? And, just to make it interesting, we'll have a shilling on the side.

On 6/5/2026 at 5:35 PM, Explorator en Action said:

The price of Record Ablums just went down, Flash Sale just around the corner. Agree Insurance, Locks and Video Cameras should have been in place. All kidding aside, I know what its like to lose the things you valued, feel sorry for him. Hopefully some of it will be recovered. Peace

I Thank those who gave me a Thumbs Down from the bottom of my heart, it just proves what I am saying is correct and positive. I changed my avatar especially just for you - in your face positivity. Peace

39 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

Why don't we play cards for it? And, just to make it interesting, we'll have a shilling on the side.

Gambling is a punishable offense in Thailand! However, state gambling is mandatory!

1 hour ago, wil iam not said:

But look for the shop specialising in Yodelling music. 5555

its quite catchy actually i cant get it out of my head now

46 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

its quite catchy actually i cant get it out of my head now

Drat! I also watched that video and now it's stuck in my head too :)

4 hours ago, Sigmund said:

A bit of jealousy in various comments towards the victim.

Jealous of what? No need as most people went digital years ago. Saves space, saves time, more convenient.

That's what insurance is for.

On 6/5/2026 at 7:55 PM, Georgealbert said:

1,000 vinyl records and 400 CDs

On 6/5/2026 at 7:55 PM, Georgealbert said:

a former female caregiver leaving the property on a motorcycle carrying plastic bags

That would weigh around 270Kg which is an awfully lot for a woman to take away in a few plastic bags.

On 6/5/2026 at 7:55 PM, Georgealbert said:

Wochenblitz reported that he plans to return to Switzerland long-term due to leg complaints, where he expects better treatment

Sounds like there might be an insurance claim coming up. Easier to take money back to Switzerland than 270Kg or vinyl and CDs.

21 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Many CDs will be hanging on cotton or fishing line as ornaments outside various shops!

Or elephant tails

8 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Jealous of what? No need as most people went digital years ago. Saves space, saves time, more convenient.

Not the same sound

20 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Shoulda hoarded collectables rather than crap!

I had nightclubs, I doubt my target audience would have appreciated Mozart.

16 hours ago, Beat666 said:

Tell me, what is so funny about it? How has this anything to do with Swiss Man Reports 12.5m Music Collection Theft in Hua Hin???

You obviously haven't watched that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer takes an old man's record collection into a record store to make some money

And the guy at the store thumbs through them quickly and says these are worthless I can't sell them

In case you are too young to ever have owned an actual long playing record the condition of the record also is a factor

You could have the most rare piece of vinyl ever, but if it's all scratched up it's virtually unlistenable

Then we have warping

Then we have improper storage in high humidity which can cause the sleeves to records to get moldy and well...smell like mold.

Also undesirable on the collector market.

I'm going out on a limb and say THERE'S NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE FROM A QUALIFIED APPRAISER THAT THE VALUE IS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER

I would not pay one satang for a warped scratched record with a moldy sleeve.

It's worthless 🤣

You have no clue what the value of that old man's collection was, sir

[NEEDS EVIDENCE OF VALUE]

On 6/5/2026 at 4:55 PM, Georgealbert said:

1,000 vinyl records and 400 CDs

Somebody is not good at math.

Usually simple algebra and looking things up on Google for 10 seconds easily debunks all bullsh$t claims

Assume initially (until proven otherwise) all pieces have equal value

So 12.5 million baht/(1000+400=1400) =

12,500,000/1400 = 8,928.57 per piece

That's $275USD per piece

He bought these records in Hua Hin? Or he transported them in a CARGO HOLD OF AN AIRPLANE THAT HAS NO TEMPERATURE OR HUMIDITY CONTROL

What a maroon living in Fantasy Land, 5555

[NEEDS CREDIBLE APPRAISAL]

Wasn’t there a poster on here claiming his music collection is worth US$500k and he is planning to ship it to Texas when he leaves Thailand.

I don’t own a cd, dvd, vinyl or cassette but still manage to feed my music and movie/series tastes adequately.

If i have any regrets about relinquishing my music collection over the years it would boil down to 2 items.

My 1972 version of Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick in vinyl for the album cover alone, spent many hours reading that cover as a teenager.

A bootleg cd i bought in South Korea in 1992 just for the spelling mistakes alone.

It was The Best of Eric Crapton ! With Crapton named several times and some songs co-written with Steve Winwood written as Crapton/Windows.

5 hours ago, baansgr said:

Not the same sound

Unless the listener has an expensive sound system and speakers, the sound quality is not noticeable. Most people rely on earbuds or basic quality headphones. Even with top end headphones one has to have excellent hearing to pick up the difference. Your Swiss national, if he is anything like other males age 40+, his hearing will have already deteriorated.

12.5 million.

Reckon that is his valuation.

And not current market valuation.

2 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I don’t own a cd,

I bought hundreds of CDs in the 80-90s

Almost all are completely unplayable

They're worse than records.

Absolutely worthless to me.

I wouldn't even buy rare Japanese releases for fear of them getting scratched up and unplayable.

And yes, I know the audiophile quality of streaming sucks*

*Exactly the same thing they said about CDs vs vinyl

I'm not an "audiophile" saving me apparently millions of baht buying that worthless junk that can only get stolen or damaged, degraded with humidity and heat or scratched.

Problem solved. 💲

I'd didn't take long for the cassettes I brought over from the UK way back to streeeetch in the humidity. Soon unplayable.

Thailand is more a live music place.

By musicians willing to put on a lot of clothes and sweat while they play outside at some bar.

And don't mind 3 different kinds of mosquitos, culex day shift, tigers nightshift and the other kind that carries dengue, indoors.

These vinyls are mainly English music. I don't see what a Thai could do with that stuff.

The estimated value given by the Swiss is largely exaggerated. An vinyl would be worth around 50€. Which makes total value excluding the cd's around 50.000€ or something like 1.900.000 bath. My guess is that some western people organised this theft. You ship it by container to Europ and sell it there. It would generate a nice profit and you won't have the same risks as you would have with narcotic business. If controled you could claim it's your private collection. In conclusion, I am practically certain that the culprits are Westerners who knew the Swiss man and were aware of his collection. He should investigate within his circle of acquaintances. This, of course, assumes the collection is not insured; in that case, it could be an attempt to defraud the insurers. What could also explain why he overrated the value.

Things you own end up owning you.

Buy experiences, not tings.

Never had anything stolen here in Thailand

Nobody has broke into my home in America in over 20 years

But things have changed in America

Since COVID-19 criminals have gotten much more brazen wrt theft, both retail and home break-ins.

Someone broke into my house and stole my shotgun value $150

Thankfully it ended up in the hands of LEO ("asset forfeiture") thanks to the ineptitude of the thieves and is now safe in some vault somewhere waiting to be sold at auction so they can buy more militarized goodies for themselves.

One of my neighbors told me that it's been quiet since "Squiggly" and "Yo-yo" got arrested (not their real names, obviously) so I presume these were small time drug addicts burgularizing homes of the "elite" (me), 555

Welcome to Reality! Not going to affect me that much, stupid methheads ain't gonna change my way of life.

However it could get interesting if I have to evict some lazy bums who don't want to work, I mean ingenious individuals making use of unused housing resources.

You know, "squatters" 😃

18 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Wasn’t there a poster on here claiming his music collection is worth US$500k and he is planning to ship it to Texas when he leaves Thailand.

I don’t own a cd, dvd, vinyl or cassette but still manage to feed my music and movie/series tastes adequately.

If i have any regrets about relinquishing my music collection over the years it would boil down to 2 items.

My 1972 version of Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick in vinyl for the album cover alone, spent many hours reading that cover as a teenager.

A bootleg cd i bought in South Korea in 1992 just for the spelling mistakes alone.

It was The Best of Eric Crapton ! With Crapton named several times and some songs co-written with Steve Winwood written as Crapton/Windows.

That would be me. I put that price on the CD's worth being $10 USD each average. Many of them are burned, which costs about that much, and many CD's I bought, which cost up to twice that or more.

They are only worth it as a collection to myself, as you would have to find another collector to pay more than a dollar or two, which is what Half Price Book stores would pay you, and resell them for $6 or so. Many are out of print now, and a few rare, so they would bring a higher price, again to a collector. All the CD's I've listened to have worked fine, including the older ones.

I will put them in a boat and ship them back to Texas when we're ready to leave, as they are a collection I like to listen to, old school I guess you could say. That's how I brought them here. I actually sold an 11K cassette collection before I moved here, and I should have kept those, even though they aren't really used anymore.

This man likely was robbed by westerners, like another mentioned, so they could ship them somewhere to sell, or locals who thought they could sell them here, which would be impossible.

On 6/5/2026 at 5:58 PM, save the frogs said:

the value of his collection seems exaggerated except if he a ton of rare collectibles maybe? value seems crazy to me.

I agree although they are coming back tough to imigine, I have this guy here in Thailand he left behind boxes of albums placed in an environmental friendly storage 30,000 baht a month, his family haul a few boxes to a dealer to have them examined out of one box 50 albums 1, was worth something.

Here, he shipped over 30 metal cases of CD now in storage in my house I've yet to open remove them and check if if millions of baht I might take time?

But even the they are worth something curious in Thailand who is going to buy?

Also here in Thailand, he has an music system, speaker 3 feet high, I took photos of equipment, make, consignment noted 900,000 baht year and a half yet to hear the phone ring LOL!

At time value? Up to you LOL

Maybe that is what he paid for it in the days that vinyl and CDs were a thing, but that is certainly not what it is worth in the digital age. Nobody is going to give him even 1 million for that archaic junk.

UPDATE

Thai Caretaker Arrested Over Record Theft in Hua Hin

If - only if - the collection was of Northern Soul, its value is under-estimated. Classics of the genre easily fetch USD 200 per disc. The highest price paid at auction is GBP 25,742 for an unreleased 1965 Motown single.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8028719.stm

On 6/6/2026 at 8:48 AM, Purdey said:

I have a collection of vinyl records but playing them is difficult as the heat stretches the rubber turntable band.

There is a lot of heartache when they are there but unplayed. I guess seeing someone walking off with them feels worse.

My turntable is a TEAC direct drive, no bands, pricey but worth it in long run. Peace

On 6/13/2026 at 12:29 PM, yang123 said:

If - only if - the collection was of Northern Soul, its value is under-estimated. Classics of the genre easily fetch USD 200 per disc. The highest price paid at auction is GBP 25,742 for an unreleased 1965 Motown single.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8028719.stm

First, your link isn't working but I'm guessing you are referring to Frank Wilson? if so there was only ever two copies made of that record, My record collection is worth an absolute fortune it is all back in the UK, my daughter has it,

My first LP was Stevie Wonder "Place in the Sun" it was mono, I saw him at the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and Belle Vue back i the 60'S, then were the days,