Random Thoughts Thread

[darsparx]

Do the kids who eat flintstones gummies or the pebbles cereal actually know who the flintstones are or anything? (seriously wondering this after watching the gummy vitamin commercial ha ha)

[Hobie-wan]

Cowa-bungle!

[darsparx]

Is it bad that I saw a commercial about smokey and thought of this:




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[BoneSnapDeez]

Think I'm going to purge about half of my CD collection.

I don't collect CDs in the same way I collect video games... And I have so many discs I haven't listened to since college. Not to mention those I've listened to once, said "meh", and then tossed on the shelf to never be touched again.

[Ack]

Think I'm going to purge about half of my CD collection.

I don't collect CDs in the same way I collect video games... And I have so many discs I haven't listened to since college. Not to mention those I've listened to once, said "meh", and then tossed on the shelf to never be touched again.

I can understand this. I followed aaron's advice and got Spotify...and now I have little need for my CDs beyond a backup for if my phone is dead or something.

[Hobie-wan]

If that's what you feel the need to do, then so be it. You going to list here, or just unload locally?

[BoneSnapDeez]

You going to list here, or just unload locally?

Am I allowed to list 'em on BST here? If so, I shall. Local record stores seem to be buying less and less from sellers lately. Lack of inventory space + they don't want things that are gonna sit and collect dust for years either. I'd probably get 25-50 cents per CD at my local shop, so I'd rather sell online.

I can understand this. I followed aaron's advice and got Spotify...and now I have little need for my CDs beyond a backup for if my phone is dead or something.

I'm not familiar with Spotify but I have become a digital music junkie myself. Since 2010 or so I've only purchased about 5 CDs per year, and even when I do I typically just rip them to iTunes and use the actual discs as backup.

[Ack]

You going to list here, or just unload locally?

Am I allowed to list 'em on BST here? If so, I shall. Local record stores seem to be buying less and less from sellers lately. Lack of inventory space + they don't want things that are gonna sit and collect dust for years either. I'd probably get 25-50 cents per CD at my local shop, so I'd rather sell online.

Yeah, several other folks on here have sold music CDs via the BST. I don't know how successful you'll be though, considering I expect your collection is mostly comprised of black metal.

I can understand this. I followed aaron's advice and got Spotify...and now I have little need for my CDs beyond a backup for if my phone is dead or something.

I'm not familiar with Spotify but I have become a digital music junkie myself. Since 2010 or so I've only purchased about 5 CDs per year, and even when I do I typically just rip them to iTunes and use the actual discs as backup.

For years I didn't purchase CDs at all, and then when I got this job, I had a brief renaissance in the novelty of it...and now that has passed. Spotify has been ok, with about 95% of what I want being on there(sadly no Sodom's M-16). I use an Android phone and was never much of a Mac user, so I can't say how well iTunes works with my setup.

[Luke]

I'd probably get 25-50 cents per CD at my local shop, so I'd rather sell online.

Whoa. That's not bad. Usually you're lucky to get 50 cents for a used DVD.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Yeah, several other folks on here have sold music CDs via the BST. I don't know how successful you'll be though, considering I expect your collection is mostly comprised of black metal.

And the unholy Racketboy hordes want to buy some black metal, right?

Seriously though, I like black metal... So I'm keeping all the black metal. What I'm dumping is mostly punk/metalcore/emo. I'll have it all listed in a couple of weeks, it's all in boxes now.

I'd probably get 25-50 cents per CD at my local shop, so I'd rather sell online.

Whoa. That's not bad. Usually you're lucky to get 50 cents for a used DVD.

My taste in music tends to be on the obscure (but not too obscure) side (ie: low print runs). So whatever I sell to the shops can be flipped and resold like $5 or so.

But yeah, good luck selling any mass-produced 90s/00s-era pop/rock to these shops. The other week my wife had me bring in a bunch of Korn/Limp Bizkit/Marilyn Manson type CDs. The clerk looked at me and said, "Bro, if you want to get rid of this stuff you're going to just have to donate it." I think they end up selling those CDs for 97 cents a pop.