tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35098225.post4199307320128004452..comments2023-09-17T00:23:29.033+02:00Comments on heartfirst records: Vinyl record hunting equipped with smartphone intelligenceheartfirsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288160165082497306noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35098225.post-51141569119581375392023-09-17T00:23:29.033+02:002023-09-17T00:23:29.033+02:00"Good deals get constantly harder to find&quo..."Good deals get constantly harder to find" ist aber auch so, seit dem Shop-Besitzer sich an den (idR Höchst-)Preisen von Discogs orientieren...Robi_Wanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272331385037687263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35098225.post-22864710304827465912018-04-03T11:44:16.630+02:002018-04-03T11:44:16.630+02:00I totally agree with you, this is very much killin...I totally agree with you, this is very much killing the fun of crate digging. <br /><br />I stopped buying from some store, e.g. Optimal in Munich, where I actually did find a good deal about two years ago, but at the register the shop clerk doubled-checked on Discogs, Popsike, and eBay (which took for what seemed like forever), and then told me that the price tag was no longer valid and that the record would now be € 50 instead of the € 5 it was prized. When I told him that this was even above the Discogs prize level, he responded that he added what I would save on postage to the new prize as this would be their standard. I bought about one album per month at Optimal for the past years, but ever since I did not return to their store. <br /><br />Plus I am pretty sure that economically it is smarter to sell a record at a fair price rather than sitting on it for 10+ years before it sells as storage costs must be calculated into the price. American stores seem to understand this principle much better, e.g. Academy Annex in Brooklyn.<br /><br />Yes, and screw those "fans" that only buy records to re-sell them at a higher price. This is another nail in the coffin of punk culture. <br /><br />Anyways, the current vinyl hype is taking the fun out collecting punk records.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117485201368976295noreply@blogger.com