Needles & Grooves

I've cut back drastically. I'm not subscribed to VMP anymore and I probably only buy one album a month on average.

@Jonathan Y that's about where I'm at. I want to cut back so much, but FOMO absolutely kills me.

@Bohnjaggs How did you overcome the FOMO? I constantly cave and beat myself up over it.

$50-$75 a month. I realized that FOMO is too expensive... lol

depends on the month

I am at about $75-100 a month but I am currently listening to my collection and deciding what to get rid of. I have been a variant collector of so many artists but think I will eventually sell all those off. Stuff I want to fix on my house and pay off debt seem like they should be bigger priorities.

@Twentytwo last month I spent about 150 on records but sold records and made about 170, so yeah I'm a bit happy to say the least

I struggled with FOMO too. Try asking yourself what you want your collection to be. Super-rare crate-digger stuff? Your favorite albums? Audiophile versions that show off a system? You can almost always listen to the music in some form or another (streaming, cd, youtube, whatever), so what do YOU want your collection to be? And then...do that

@duke86fan well what did you spend last month?

@supahypeag I think I'd want my collection to be a mix between my favorites and some rare variants of said albums. Maybe I should only focus on albums I'd REALLY listen to

probably like $50-$75/month on average with pre-orders and new releases bumping that up significantly

$100-150 a month

One arm usually. Sometimes and arm and a leg.

@tonythegamer I've never really been too affected by FOMO ... There are probably a few titles that would get me to resubscribe to VMP though... Fiona or Stakes Is High... It also doesn't help that I don't have a chance to listen to more than a few albums a week so I have a box of stuff that has never been played

@Bohnjaggs I wish I had as strong a willpower as you when it comes to FOMO

I'm under 100 a month now, unless it's RSD or something. Since quitting VMP I pretty much stick to pre-orders and deals, and the occasional trip to a local store. FOMO was easy to get past for me, I found I had quite a few records I wasn't listening to very much. Now I aim for favorite artists, genres and labels. Plus I am just about out of space.

Currently, I am at $100-175/month. My work/OT allows for this. I am not counting VMP in this estimate (I am on annual until end of the year, and only getting one RotM per month until membership expires).

I will scale back to $50-100 next year as a goal. Students loans, and other bills need to be attended to soon, although I am making good progress.

@Rip_City yeah, at the moment I am trying to start dialing back due to college being an absolute money vacuum

I was at 300-400/mo at one point but that got ridiculous. I could/can afford it but I'd rather redirect that money and so now I'm at 50-100/mo.

@TheMythOfSisyphus I think the highest I've ever spent in one month is like 275ish and that was because it was RSD month

Honestly it's not the money. I mean, the money is nice to have back. But really, getting records showing up everyday became overwhelming and took the joy out of the hobby.