I'm very pleased to have sold some of the records to you and happy in the knowledge that they will get played.I was very impressed with your buying skills. You were extremely professional and courteous and gave me exactly the right information on pricing that I needed in order to decide whether to go ahead with the sale. I would highly recommend you to anyone wanting to sell a record collection.

Good to see my Punk and New Wave records going to a good home. From a personal perspective, I was extremely impressed with your professionalism, honesty and knowledge and was more than pleased that we agreed on a fair price with the minimum of hassle. The fact that you were prepared to visit me at home and collect from there was a big plus for me. My dealings with Rat Records was a pleasure. All the best and I can wholeheartedly recommend your services to anyone and will do so at every opportunity.

I got a very speedy response from Tom post my initial enquiry and from start to finish the whole process was conducted in a highly professional manner. He was very straight as far as prices were concerned and took considerable trouble to explain the vinyl marketplace and put it all into context. I was happy with his valuation and feel my Hip Hop collection departed in safe and knowledgeable hands. All in all a very nice guy and would recommend you contact if you ever consider parting with your vinyl.

Just to say that I will not hesitate to recommend Rat Records to any of my friends who may wish to part with some or all of their record collections.Thank you for being so straight forward and pleasant in the way in which you went about the business of valuing my stock of Soul and Funk LPs.Best wishes for your business - long may you prosper.

My beloved collection of early 80s Soul and Dance music had been sitting around unplayed for years. I was in I dilemma - I couldn't bring myself to part with them, but on the other hand - think of the pleasure they could bring to others if I sold them. After much soul-searching, I spoke to Tom at Rat Records. Here was somebody that knew his music and I knew would find my records another loving home. It was still a sad sight to see them disappearing up the road in his car, but I know somewhere in South London, someone is enjoying my records just as much as I did.

Tom bought all of my vinyl and pretty much all of my CD collection. I initially contacted him via email and he was fast and thorough in his response, outlining the pitfalls and conditions of his business succinctly.When he came to view my collection he was again thorough and also sincere. I had done a little research about the Psych and Progressive titles before he visited and armed with this information I felt that the prices he offered me were perfectly reasonable. He made what was essentially a painful process as easy as it could be in the circumstances. I have no hesitation in recommending him as an honest businessman and believe him to be a genuine music lover.

My thanks to Tom who made the painful process of selling my entire vinyl collection a lot more manageable. I also knew the Funk and Disco vinyl would be going to not only a great record shop but eventually to a good home. Tom was also very accommodating, driving down to Canterbury on a Sunday and picking up my record collection and giving me a fair price. It was also nice to speak to someone who knew their records and was genuine with it. I would recommend Tom to anyone else who wishes to sell their vinyl.

Tom and his team were helpful from the first email. I had checked out a few other shops and websites, but the hassle factor seemed significant. Tom made it easy, and the price was fair and we agreed a deal without lots of needless haggling or any feeling of being ripped off.

Thanks for making the process of letting go of my vinyl records a pain free experience. In fact, it was quite good fun! It had taken me a long time to decide that my vinyl and me needed to part ways. Right from the start, I was impressed with your friendly and professional approach. It was easy to sort out a date for your visit and the actual buying process was smooth. I really do believe that you gave me a good price for the collection and I'm really chuffed that you took away the "duds" as well.If more people did business like you do then the world would be a better place.Thanks once again.

It was a surprisingly pleasant experience to sell my collection to Tom at Rat Records.  He responded promptly and fairly to my initial enquiry and made life easy for me with his knowledgeable advice and a willingness to take my whole Reggae collection, including non resale items. The icing on the cake came with an unprompted increase in his offer after inspecting my collection - ten out of ten for integrity!

Tom makes the process of selling a record collection very painless!!! He very fairly explains the process of the pricing into their different bands and then systematically goes through the whole process until the front room is covered in piles of records. My collection numbered about 1000 so there were quite a few piles!!! He then boxes them up, hands over money for them, loads them, somehow, in his car and drives them off to Rat Records in the sunny South of England!!! This was my second dealing with Tom and both were very fair transactions.

We had records sitting in a cupboard for over 10 years but moving house forced us to do something with them. After several negative responses from buyers, whose headlines were that they needed the records we owned, we discovered Rat Records. From my initial contact with Tom it was such an easy and stress free transaction. He was helpful by responding to my emails quickly, giving me prices up front and being honest about the record market. I probably could have got more cash by spending weeks using eBay, going to car boot sales and still having loads left over but that was not an option for me. Having been given a price for the 2 collections we visited the store one Saturday. Unfortunately Tom was not there, however his partner, Philippe, knew we were visiting and was up to speed on the transaction. With a quick check on condition we received our cash and left with an empty trolley! Brilliant! We hope the buyers enjoy the records as much as we did in the past. The store is also worth a visit if you are buying, it is a very calm environment where you are welcome to spend time browsing.Thank you Tom and Philippe, we wish you every success with your store. It was an absolute pleasure doing business with you, a very positive experience with fantastic customer care.

I thank you for the following:- providing a comprehensive background to the current market in vinyl- analysing the 750+ albums I listed for sale and pricing the 120+ items of interest individually- bearing with me when I seemed to not have the time to prepare items for you to check and collect (I appreciated the fact that you bothered to write and express your continuing interest, when things had slowed down at my end)- payment as agreed (albeit with a slight variation in my favour) without hassle.It's been a pleasure doing business with you. I'm pleased if the albums go on to give others pleasure. (Can't think of another word for pleasure, so I've used it twice!)

I had a large Jazz collection, which had become surplus to requirements. I had several offers from other dealers, which were not a patch on what Tom offered. It was a quick and easy transaction. I would not hesitate to deal with Tom again, in future.

I was very pleased with your services overall, you gave me a good, detailed quote which put everything in perspective from both our points of view and I was pleased with the amount of money I received for the Indie records too. I appreciate the difficulty of selling on all these items you're accumulating so I'm thankful for the time you took travelling here and I will definitely take some records off your hands when I'm next in the area!

Hi Tom,Sorry for the delay in responding- the aforementioned baby that prompted my vinyl pruning arrived last week, since then everything has been a blur! You record buying and selling skills are exemplary, especially given the marketplace you are in! To put it in perspective: days after you had already quoted, collected and probably started selling my vinyl, another shop got in touch to tell me they could not quote me without seeing the records but would be interested in more than half, and invited me to bring them in. A week later another place contacted me with the same message. Of course I understand the challenges of dealing in secondhand vinyl but I think this puts you head and shoulders above the competition in terms of buying a couple of crates of wax! As far as selling goes- my days of milling around Camberwell are sadly passed since I stopped studying at the art school, but I always loved checking in at Rat Records for the reasons you have given yourself: your stock is priced to sell rather than to hang around for someone who is willing to fork out for the top price. Also you have a great selection! I picked up some really nice 80s boogie records, a D'Angelo 12", probably some nice Hip Hop I was already too old to play in public and a lovely Bruce Springsteen single with a ticket stub in the sleeve! A bit of everything but with a sense that people are putting thought into what goes on the shelf. Definitely worth a trip south of the river!  Thanks again for picking up the records- I hope they sell for you.