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RoundTheBend

I miss the comfort in being sad

Location: Ground Control

I got bored and joined discogs today and decided to see what my lightweight collection is worth (88 records)

Min: $941
Max: $2809
Highest min value: Nirvana's Unplugged @ $40

5 Albums excluded as there's no data on their worth yet.

Too bad these three pressings weren't taken care of otherwise they'd be worth quite a bit:

I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin

Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

The Velvet Underground And Nico by The Velvet Underground And Nico

Romanelli

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Location: Broomfield, Colorado

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I'm up to the letter R. $14,115.22 so far.
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RoundTheBend

I miss the comfort in being sad

Location: Ground Control

Romanelli wrote:

I'm up to the letter R. $14,115.22 so far.

So here's where I'm at... do I spend the $30 for a record I want on amazon (seems kinda dumb, although sometimes there's good deals), hope something shows up on discogs reasonably priced, or keep going to Randy's records and pickup used records that I only mostly like (usually can't find my favorites for cheap/used). The latter is what I did last time I bought records, and then I noticed zooropa is no longer on Amazon reasonably priced, and so I bought Pop and Achtung Baby at a somewhat reasonable price (I think more than $10 a pressing is too expensive, but I end up doing it anyway). Over $20 better be worth it.

Anyway, just thinking out loud.

Lachapelle

Gender: Male

sethmadsen wrote:

do I spend the $30 for a record I want on amazon (seems kinda dumb, although sometimes there's good deals), hope something shows up on discogs reasonably priced, or keep going to Randy's records and pickup used records that I only mostly like (usually can't find my favorites for cheap/used).

I try my best to not browse on amazon because it can get dangerous for my wallet..

However if my local shop cannot get something in for a good price (they are usually really good at ordering stuff in for me if I ask) then sometimes I'll order from amazon. I do have prime too which usually means free 2 day shipping which is great.

Overall I prefer to buy used when I can, but as far as new releases go amazon can be a good place to start.

Lachapelle

Gender: Male

I posted this topic to keep track of my collection growth so I'm going to post this here without the intention of boasting.. simply for my own collecting pleasure.

Original post:
Min: $4,889.97 Med: $7,439.78 Max: $12,335.33 (CAD). [05/11/2018]

I'm now up to:
Min: $7,554.34 Med: $11,480.84 Max: $19,110.25 (CAD)

Cool to see how fast it grows!

RoundTheBend

I miss the comfort in being sad

Location: Ground Control

Lachapelle wrote:

I posted this topic to keep track of my collection growth so I'm going to post this here without the intention of boasting.. simply for my own collecting pleasure.

Original post:
Min: $4,889.97 Med: $7,439.78 Max: $12,335.33 (CAD). [05/11/2018]

I'm now up to:
Min: $7,554.34 Med: $11,480.84 Max: $19,110.25 (CAD)

Cool to see how fast it grows!

Hot Damn.

RoundTheBend

I miss the comfort in being sad

Location: Ground Control

Lachapelle wrote:

I try my best to not browse on amazon because it can get dangerous for my wallet..

However if my local shop cannot get something in for a good price (they are usually really good at ordering stuff in for me if I ask) then sometimes I'll order from amazon. I do have prime too which usually means free 2 day shipping which is great.

Overall I prefer to buy used when I can, but as far as new releases go amazon can be a good place to start.

My record shop nearby closed down, so it's a 80 minute roundtrip drive... only get up there about 2x a year and I suppose I'm more interested in specific releases, but feel like I'm getting gouged buying new. My record shop often isn't better than Amazon. But sometimes have really good finds used or sometimes a unique pressing for good price.

20 years ago I would have laughed at myself now, buying a record for $20. Perhaps it's payback because if it weren't for those BMG music group deals, I would have bought everything used.