Yeah my collection isn’t an investment, I try to view it instead as a labour of love! I want it to be full of things that have some kind of meaning to me and that I’ll spin above all else. Also buying an album I’m not sure on as an investment makes me feel more that I’m robbing that from someone who’d love it than anything else, I know how gutted I have been in the past when I’ve missed out on something I’ve wanted.
Definitive Audiophile pressings
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Yeah my collection isn’t an investment, I try to view it instead as a labour of love! I want it to be full of things that have some kind of meaning to me and that I’ll spin above all else. Also buying an album I’m not sure on as an investment makes me feel more that I’m robbing that from someone who’d love it than anything else, I know how gutted I have been in the past when I’ve missed out on something I’ve wanted.
MikeH
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I need to get back to that philosophy. Also need to weed out my collection at some point!
Russ I
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Today I found a really nice MoFi of Sports by Huey Lewis and the News that was priced well below the lowest current price on discogs and after walking around with it the whole time I was in the shop, decided to pass on it since I just didn’t think it was a record I needed to own in that format. But that tension is always there!
100% agree/relate.
Crabbers
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Oooh I was just looking at this the other day
dansomeone
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MikeH
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jamieanderson1968
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@Mather needs that for the murder dungeon
Poor @Mather! I always viewed @Mather less as Patrick Bateman and more @Mather/@NightMather as Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde!
jamieanderson1968
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ITS SPELLED DEBONAIR
TenderLovingKiller®
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FIFYITS SPELLED DEBONAIR
But also thank you for the compliment even though it's patently untrue I WILL TAKE IT
Mine definitely isn't an investment, but I do like to discover music & albums through vinyl, I won't just go for what I know so to speak. I never used to but any MofIs or AP's, I looked at them loads but always thought they were too expensive until I bought that one album that I always loved, not sure how my mental model changed so drastically over the course of the pandemic.
I do get too tempted sometimes if I see something as cheap, I really shouldn't & definitely should weed out what I don't like. problem is that I'm lazy and it's like working on the forth bridge.
Yeah I mean I buy new releases that I hadn’t heard speculatively too. Generally it’s based off a strong review from a trusted site/publication or a recommendation from someone who knows my taste so it’s not a complete shot in the dark but still. Before the pandemic I got better at streaming 2/3 times first but the loss of the commute has led to that happening less often.
I do also love the AP and MoFi end of things but they rarely press something that genuinely excites me to be honest, but when they do I’m all over it.
I suppose what I was getting at was that if I saw an AP or a MoFi or a limited press of something I wasn’t keen on, or was at best lukewarm/unsure on, I’d not buy it just because it was a “good investment”, I’d leave it for someone else to love it instead.
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Definitely. I don't have enough funds to buy the ones I like (or think I will like), I won't start buying ones I don't like anytime soon
AnthonyI
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A good annual, bi-annual purge is a good thing
"Collecting" on price is a really deep hole, you're always going to find that deal, especially lately with how Cogs is inflating AAA and audiophile pressings, but the effort and time it takes to go the flipping route if that's your intention isn't very appealing to me, I really do hate the selling process, lol.
I'm with @Joe Mac, over the years I've changed my mentality of what and why I buy anything, I've said it a million times, Quality over Quantity, and even then It needs to be something I would listen to or have some deep connection with. I still enjoy crate digging and buying used over scouring Cogs for something, don't get me wrong, I still buy on Cogs and eBay, but I'm usually looking for something specific. New releases are always a crap shoot and I tend to see what others who enjoy the same type of music think before pulling the trigger, or sample it streaming, but I'm in no way ever looking to jump on the variant just in case it ends up being valuable...........good ole' black vinyl is just fine and if I get lucky, I get lucky.
The biggest plus in my opinion is that I spend more time listening and less time shopping
Colonel4Bin
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A good annual, bi-annual purge is a good thing
"Collecting" on price is a really deep hole, you're always going to find that deal, especially lately with how Cogs is inflating AAA and audiophile pressings, but the effort and time it takes to go the flipping route if that's your intention isn't very appealing to me, I really do hate the selling process, lol.
I'm with @Joe Mac, over the years I've changed my mentality of what and why I buy anything, I've said it a million times, Quality over Quantity, and even then It needs to be something I would listen to or have some deep connection with. I still enjoy crate digging and buying used over scouring Cogs for something, don't get me wrong, I still buy on Cogs and eBay, but I'm usually looking for something specific. New releases are always a crap shoot and I tend to see what others who enjoy the same type of music think before pulling the trigger, or sample it streaming, but I'm in no way ever looking to jump on the variant just in case it ends up being valuable...........good ole' black vinyl is just fine and if I get lucky, I get lucky.
The biggest plus in my opinion is that I spend more time listening and less time shopping
