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michaelicious:
I was in a bad mood for days when I missed out on buying a copy of the repressing of Q and Not U's "X-Ploynation/Book of Flags" single on clear vinyl the other week. The money made it into my paypal account less than an hour after they sold out. I've got money queued up to buy the repressing of No Kill No Beep Beep on white vinyl and the "Hot and Informed" 7". White vinyl is awesome.

I bid over $50 on ebay for the original vinyl of Cap'n Jazz's only full-length LP but I was outbid. Also, there was a copy of Owls' self-titled on blue vinyl up there the other day for upwards of $30 but I am already dedicated to these Q and Not U repressings and the Algernon Cadwallader 7" coming out in April so I couldn't bid on it.

rynne:

--- Quote from: Dark Flame on 25 Mar 2009, 22:14 ---I love my records, and feel like I get a nice little bonus when there's extras included with the packaging.  Things like coloured vinyl, signed album covers, and gatefold packages are all awesome, but not essential.

I have trouble buying an expensive record.  $2000 is far, far beyond what I could justify spending.  A lot of Current 93 albums are pretty pricey, and I always have trouble deciding if I want to spend the $30 or so on them.  A record store near my house has Sun City Girls "Grotto Of Miracles" for $45 dollars.  It's a record I really, really want, but I can't decide if it's really worth paying that much for it.

Basically, I like collecting, but I'm not too crazy about it.  Or at least, I try not to be.

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That's basically how I buy things, too.  Unless it's a record by an artist I *really* like, I balk at the idea of paying more than $18-20 for a record.  Even for my favorite bands, i don’t like going higher than $35 (and I only go that high when I chance onto a record in a store that I'm unlikely to ever see again). 

For the most part, I like finding rare music in used shops, where it's likely the owners don't realize that obscure CD in the dollar bin retails for $20+.

michaelicious:
That is always fun. I bought this record Well Cut by a band called Jenghiz Khan at a flea market for like $1.50 because I liked the cover and I found out that it is actually a pretty highly sought after collector's item.

sean:

--- Quote from: michaelicious on 26 Mar 2009, 06:57 --- Algernon Cadwallader 7" coming out in April so I couldn't bid on it.

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Fun fact: I have two copies of the Algernon Cadwallader 7" demo. Why? One is warped out if its fucking mind (it shipped that way :c (oooooh jacked what?))

MusicScribbles:
I like to think that I have a collection of sorts, but I wouldn't say that it's indulgent, which is the lengths that I think we're talking about.
I mean, I have a few out-of-print cds, but I never spent too much for them. I have Brainiac's Bonsai Superstar, but I got it two years ago on Amazon for ten dollars. Now it sells for much higher. I guess, since I have to pay my way through college I have an excuse for why I don't spend too much to get the items I want, but I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't spend too much collecting anyway.
The point where owning the music is less important than listening to it becomes too much for me.
But at the same time, I still buy a lot of cds. At the point where I can fill three bookshelves and three drawers with them, it's hard to be modest. So maybe it is just the income.

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