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The great vinyl rip off

FR181798FR181798 Posts: 2,166
edited April 2023 in Other Music
I've been collecting vinyl for years but some days I just feel like selling every record I own and packing it in. It seems to me that labels/management etc. are just thinking of new ways to squeeze more money from music lovers and collectors all of the time. I know no one forces me to buy records but come on.

Don't even get me started on the monster that RSD has quickly become. Eventually the bubble will burst.
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  • 63schoefflin63schoefflin Posts: 2,581
    As someone who just started collecting vinyl about two years ago, I have learned to finally control myself and really only buy what I know for a fact I will spin more than just twice. This is why I limit myself to buying up my favorite albums and other live box sets or something special like that. I don't need to go out and buy different color whatevers just to put on and spin.

    I do agree though that it's getting a little insane, but at the same time I'm really happy because hopefully some albums will finally be put on wax or reissued.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,455
    My dad had a huge vinyl collection. I started my collection when I was 18. So, I've been collecting for 1/2 my life...wow.

    I agree that the bubble will burst, but vinyl will never fade out completely. I will continue to buy records after the bubble bursts & look forward to sharing them with my kids.
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    Long live physical media. At least until I'm dead, then whatever afterwards! B-)
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    edited April 2014
    The thing about it....it's not really limited to vinyl. It's just how releases are done these days to squeeze every penny from studio work. There are always iTunes exclusives and CDs reissue within a year of initial releases with a bonus disc.


    I think RSD has definitely jumped the shark. I got into the first couple, but since then it's just been a bunch of iffy releases, a couple real cool pieces, and a race to get the rare stuff. Got even worse when they added the Black Friday RSD.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,060
    For the last several years I've felt the same way, that record prices are over inflated. I found this on the internet:

    "$1 worth of 1965 dollars is now [2014] worth $7.41 "

    The first records I bought with my own money was, if I remember correctly, about $5.00 for two records in 1965- The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Are You Experienced" and Cream, "Fresh Cream". That $2.50 per record. Therefore, in today's money, a record should run around $18.52 Looking around on the internet the least expensive copy of Fresh Cream I can find runs $20.70 including shipping (probably more in most stores, if you can find one). The least expensive new copy of "Are You Experienced" I found was $20.28 shipping included. Both are only about two dollars over what they should be. But these are re-issues. There are a very few new releases out there that run for around 20 bucks but most go for much more than that.

    Yep, it's pretty much a rip off. :-(
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  • FR181798FR181798 Posts: 2,166
    My local Record Shop was selling 7 inch singles on RSD for £15, thats just short of $25. Yet another reason I bought the 4 releases I wanted online.
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