Buying Records

I find it best to not buy any new as much as possible.

Far more cost effective to play the stuff l already have more often.

Replaying a record more times brings down the cost per hour ratio.

Makes perfect sense to try and buy the best and more often happily revisit, versus buying everything.

Possibly boredom with the collection sets in, and this fuels the need to constantly buy more?  
There must be a balancing influence when a collection becomes so big, there is less compulsion to buy.

Buying from good record shops is OK, but you can't expect perfection. Five Buck Bin is a very good source. The eBay shops are also OK, as the ratings mean something. But the real fun is at discount stores. I find that classical records are in better shape than rock and other popular records - but you never know. Happy Hunting!

I buy new ones from Amazon and used ones from a local shop, Discogs and sometime eBay. I've had good luck and bad luck with buying used online, but sometimes it's the only option you have for hard to find pressings.

@mambacfa “l find classical records are in better shape….”

Be afraid…. Be very afraid!

The debate goes on with the MONEY v BRAINS record collecting, and  CARE v BRUTE FORCE mentality of owners.

Seriously, there has been the snob element that has crept into an innocent hobby, and over the years battle lines drawn between the two camps, CLASSICAL v ROCK lovers.

In the past (from memory and personal experiences) some people prejudged and drew conclusions that classically minded collectors had more money, bought better systems, lived in much cleaner plush environments, and were generally high brow and more intelligent. Rock collectors were considered more working class, lived lower down the property chain, butch and brawny, often down the pub spending the money there, not on equipment, and generally less educated. 

Of course pure nonsense to assume what a class of person would listen too, but those stereotypes above may well indicate why @mambacfa has personally experienced the fact, “classical records are in better shape”

@mylogic That's quite the bit of diatribe and quite the leap from a simple observation to a soliloquy on the presumptions of others (real or imagined.) On the bright side, this reminds me to avoid commenting on this forum.