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I know you’ve all been dying to hear my 2 cents so here it goes… I’ve curbed on buying a lot of new releases and focused on grabbing 1st presses of my favorite records. Early rev stuff, first presses of some equal vision releases. I feel like I kinda hit the wall with new music and not many new hardcore bands do it for me. But I’ll find out about some old band and go after that collection like most recently Unwound and codeine, which thanks to numero isn’t too hard! The price of records hasn’t really dissuaded me from buying infact it’s encouraged me. I’m an independent contractor and we have a record player at work so I write off all my record purchases. I understand this is 100% not ok, but I don’t give a shit. And if anyone on here works for the IRS I’m just kidding.

I mean, the price makes much more sense once it's in your hand. Flimsy box, no-frills plain single sleeves, all black and white ink, no inserts, lyrics, or track listings. At least they opted for clear plastic inners instead of sandpaper. Only listened to 2x of them so far but sounded good to me. Still, super glad to have these at an affordable price in a playable format.

I'm a Danzig fan. You won't get me to spend $12 and risk getting this record.

they dont do a subscription anymore. they basically operate the opposite way of how any business-minded retailer would operate lol... they're customer service is perfect tho.

The Redditors got the Danzig to #1 lol

Like eveyone else in this thread my buying habits are at an all time low. I probably only bought maybe 6 records total last year, but still spent as much as I would've if I were buying 20 in 2015. I will only preorder albums from bands I trust to put out quality releases. I'll only buy represses of things I don't own in any capacity (for example the repress of Further Seems Forever - How To Start A Fire), but I always go for the cheaper indie release variant or if a holiday is near I'll wait for the label to do a sale and get whatever is available. Variants don't matter to me at all anymore. My biggest gripe with the wildly inflated prices is that even small DIY bands have followed suit. In the early 2010s and late 2000s buying records was my primary way of checking out new bands and artists. Figured since I wasn't going to shows as often it was a fair way for me to support smaller artist, and these boards specifically pointed me in the direction of some killer acts that have become lifelong favorites, but I just can't afford to do that anymore. I pay $25/month for YouTube Premium (family plan), and it's worth it for the music streaming and video features, but I definitely have a much harder time finding new bands to check out. I need to start putting whatever I would've spent on records into stock piling ammo. Clearly Mexico is finally taking back the South West and I have to be prepared to become a nomad when the shit hits the fan 🤣

2023 was the year I realized I was buying records just for the sake of buying records. Blind purchases of new albums from bands that released one great album in their career. Band released a new album I really like? Go buy their entire back catalog. Just really dumb purchases overall of albums I may listen to once and never touch again. I looked at my collection and thought to myself, "There's probably only a couple hundred records here that I would realistically ever sit down with and critically listen to." So unless I am able to listen to the full album first, and can envision myself ever taking the time to sit down and put the record on and critically listen to it, I don't purchase anymore. Additionally, I realized my music tastes have vastly changed. I've been going through my collection and re-listening to everything to determine what is really worth keeping. So I've also begun selling records as well. Pretty much just echoing the sentiments of many others that posted in this thread already.

Snagged Hatchie and Thalia. At $7.49 each, why not?

Picked up the Backstreet Boys Christmas album lol

Yeah they routinely split orders. I have a 5-6 record order from their Earth Day sale where any blue or green record was around $10 a piece. I've gotten 4 of them so far, all shipped separately.

With my luck I’d be the one who actually gets the Danzig record. Not worth the risk.

B&N https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ohio-players/40879018?ean=0075597900293

Vinyl Records + Cassette Tapes on Sale | Urban Outfitters UO is having a sale for 50% off on clearance vinyl (price in cart.) I just got 6 albums for $7.49 each. Recommended including some albums already posted here before: Anna of the North, Ashe, G Flip, Hatchie, K.Flay, Roosevelt, Sylvan Esso, Tessa Violet.

Sounds like a win-win situation to me.

My record buying habits have changed drastically. For one, there is a tiny number of bands/artists that I will preorder a new record from without needing to hear it first. New records not only have to be amazing, but I must legitimately see myself listening to them regularly. No buying records just for the sake of collecting or completing a discography. No duplicates of albums. If a better/nicer pressing comes out, I will sell my old one. My number one new rule: be patient. Wait for sales and scoop up whatever variant is the least popular. I could not care less what color the record is. The only color I care about is green.

I the year 2023 just quit bying records completely. The prices were just too much + all the super limited variants just started to get annoying. Sometimes I'm sad about it, but mostly I'm happy that I have more money to spend for other hobbies and life in general. I will continue to support bands I like via bandcamp and going to the shows.

Someone post some pics. Mine is moving thru the shipping process at a snails pace