chrisp65 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I don't get buying CD's and DVD's (especially the latter). You buy it, watch it, then pop it on a shelf for 50 years. You can't sell them as they are worth naff all second hand. Nah, don't see the attraction at all. so how do you get hold of new releases by Mountain of Love? how do you get hold of multiple remixes of 'techno' by Alabama 3? where are you finding your Jack Brett fix? it's all horses for courses, if we all liked the same thing, my taste wouldn't be considered superior 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I tend to buy very few Cd's nowadays and even converted all my CDs to MP3 before stashing them in the loft out the way Just my book addiction to cure now ... I must have about 60 to read and I've still added about another 30 to my Amazon wish list that I'll end up purchasing in the coming weeks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I tend to buy very few Cd's nowadays and even converted all my CDs to MP3 before stashing them in the loft out the way Just my book addiction to cure now ... I must have about 60 to read and I've still added about another 30 to my Amazon wish list that I'll end up purchasing in the coming weeks I had a book delivered the other day that I had never heard of, I checked my amazon account and I had drunk ordered 5 books whilst pissed on Sunday, they all sound pretty good though so I'm not bothered 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 The only CD's I've purchased in the last 5 years have been as a gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I still get my most hardcore porn put onto a CD for me because it's difficult to find online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I still get my most hardcore porn put onto a CD for me because it's difficult to find online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) oddly, this year is the first time I've bought CD's in a long time ( in a decent number ) but I admit, right now after transferring them to my computer and music thingy I don't go back to them. I do like the sleeves to read through the lyrics occasionally though. As for books, I've realised using libraries is the way forward, since working in one I get to enjoy the thrill of browsing, selecting and temporarily owning a billion new books to read without the foreboding sense of guilt and futility that I'll just forget half of them. No money wasted. Edited October 10, 2014 by Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I still get my most hardcore porn put onto a CD for me because it's difficult to find online. The staged rape and heavily pregnant stuff is impossible to find. Don't know where my mate gets it from...one of those don't ask a silly question situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chrisp65 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 it's taken me years to get the horse to even do half the stuff, once it's on the web I've lost financial control over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I reckon I've spent upwards of twenty thousand quid on recorded music. It is quite impressive until you do the maths. If you are 60 and have been buying your own records since you were 15, it only comes to £8.50 a week. In today's money - one packet of 20 cigarettes. So quite abstemious by anyone's judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Risso Posted October 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2014 I reckon I've spent upwards of twenty thousand quid on recorded music. It is quite impressive until you do the maths. If you are 60 and have been buying your own records since you were 15, it only comes to £8.50 a week. In today's money - one packet of 20 cigarettes. So quite abstemious by anyone's judgement. I think we need the inflation adjusted values on both sides to be able to assess the situation accurately. £8.50 was the GDP of Birmingham when Mike was a lad. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I don't get buying CD's and DVD's (especially the latter). You buy it, watch it, then pop it on a shelf for 50 years. You can't sell them as they are worth naff all second hand. Nah, don't see the attraction at all. I love buying CD's, especially if it's direct from the artist at a gig or whatnot. I like having something tangible, especially if the artwork/packaging is cool. Plus I'm the type of pedantic/sad bastard who considers a couple of hours alphabetising my CD shelves to be time well spent. As for selling 'em off, since I started getting rid of my now decade-old trance CD collection on Discogs (that I don't listen too and has just been gathering dust in a loft), I must have made just under £400. One man's rubbish and all that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 my first proper job was in a hotel half way up a hill I'd get paid from the till on a Saturday morning, walk to the bottom of the hill and spend the money on singles (50p each). It was quite interesting to see the money physically come out of one till, be clutched in my hand and within 10 minutes be deposited into another till. I know this sounds sad, but at the age of 14 / 15 I could see the obvious commerce generated in a High Street by interdependence. If the hotel isn't there, I don't get my fiver, the record shop doesn't sell his singles, the pub doesn't get his lunchtime pint. Circle of life, man, circle of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Wow, deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stevo985 Posted October 11, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted October 11, 2014 I'd say 90% of the albums I listen to I purchase legitimately. But singles I nearly always download (rip from YouTube these days) Don't know why. Morally I seem to think it is not ok to "steal" albums. But singles are a free for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 11, 2014 Author VT Supporter Share Posted October 11, 2014 I reckon I've spent upwards of twenty thousand quid on recorded music. It is quite impressive until you do the maths. If you are 60 and have been buying your own records since you were 15, it only comes to £8.50 a week. In today's money - one packet of 20 cigarettes. So quite abstemious by anyone's judgement. Perhaps you would care to explain that to my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I just spent the last 2 hours tidying up my cd collection, felt sick when i opened the copy of the offsprings 'splinter' album and realised when I brought it, it cost me £12.99 from hmv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 11, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted October 11, 2014 I just spent the last 2 hours tidying up my cd collection, felt sick when i opened the copy of the offsprings 'splinter' album and realised when I brought it, it cost me £12.99 from hmv. *bought sorry. Massive pet hate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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