MYKE found the laughing ignorant, even at 12 years old.

I don't.

I just try to figure out "how" to pay the my bills...later:winkgrin:

Some months are more merciful on the wallet .......... than others:(

This post best mirrors my own experiences since 1964, when my sister gave me my first record ever, as a birthday present. I was 6 years old. I still have it, by the way.

Up until the mid 80s, they were all cash purchases. After that, it was plastic, and the interest that accrues. Also, in person, until 2007, when I discovered online shopping.

In 2010, I discovered this place. When I got access to the classifieds, I literally learned what it's like to be an addict.
Alcoholics, junkies, compulsive shoppers, all the same if you ask me.
I wasn't buying to impress anyone, I was buying because I was hearing the difference between a so-so mastering, and a superior mastering, and I wanted to own them all.

In 2012, I inherited 96k, that helped me pay off all of my debts, and have a fresh start.
In 2013, I retired with a pension, and had to slow waaaaaaaay down on recreational spending.
In late 2018, I had to move, to escape the gentrification-caused crime. This caused my rent to increase by 24%. Next lease, I've been told to expect another 12% increase, so self-control really has to be exercised.

When an album I want was put out FS in our classifieds Thursday night, I agonized over it for 5 hours, before allowing myself to buy it. It was my first buy in 35 days.
Discogs says my collection is worth 90k, in top condition. My son has pointed out that since he didn't spend a penny building the collection ( short of gifts here, and there ), he can sell for half that, still make a profit, and make the buyer, or buyers extremely happy, as I keep my collection in the best condition possible.

Btw, if anyone thinks I'm exaggerating about losing control, and it being an addiction...
only once in 42 years, has my rent ever been late, and it was because of my classifieds buying here.
I have charged well over $1,000.00 per month in recordings.

I've bought and sold so many different copies of this favorite.

Christmas, 1971 - My grandmother gives me a W1 / W1. How she knew what she had, with a sealed album, I'll never know !

Then there's the The Who - Who's Next , which also sounds great of course.

We also have the The Who - Who's Next , which isn't as ballsy as the other two.

I'll not go into the digital, esp. with the SHM SACD already being endorsed by others. I of course, agree.

I'm down to 7 copies total.

Used to work with this jackass who gave the following rhetoric on the elevator one OT Saturday :

Him : " You got your wife up to make you breakfast on a Saturday morning ? "
Me : " No, I made it. "
Him : " You cook ? "

Eternally 12 years old, always looking for a fight. :laugh: