Are We Spending More These Days Or Less?

[Guest ShaneH]

We have discussed lots of stuff regarding the prices of 45s etc but I think it would be interesting to know if you lot are spending more these days or are most of you cutting back?

Obviously you are paying more for 45s but is a bigger bulk of your spare cash being used?

Maybe you are just buying the big stuff infrequently or are you snapping up lots of cheapies?

Maybe from this we can determine the current buying trend of rare soul collectors.

Cheers

Shane

[Guest dundeedavie]

We have discussed lots of stuff regarding the prices of 45s etc but I think it would be interesting to know if you lot are spending more these days or are most of you cutting back?

Obviously you are paying more for 45s but is a bigger bulk of your spare cash being used?

Maybe you are just buying the big stuff infrequently or are you snapping up lots of cheapies?

Maybe from this we can determine the current buying trend of rare soul collectors.

Cheers

Shane

hmm personally more ..... but i'm doin both ... buying big occasionally and cheapies if like them

[Reg]

Spending less as saving up to get married..but probably buying more volume wise...picking up lots of cheapie 45s recently...(btw Shane you still haven't sent me that list????)

[Ged Parker]

Spending less as saving up to get married..but probably buying more volume wise...picking up lots of cheapie 45s recently...(btw Shane you still haven't sent me that list????)

Spending more buying less

(btw Reg how's the writing lessons coming on )

[Guest]

Spending less as saving up to get married..

Congratulations BTW, you should take a look at the Stockport Town Hall as an idea for a venue... it's bloody massive and beautiful

Edited November 1, 2005 by Soulgirl

[Reg]

Congratulations BTW, you should take a look at the Stockport Town Hall as an idea for a venue... it's bloody massive and beautiful

Thanks Stockport Town Hall, very nice I agree..but don't I'm saving that much on records

[SteveM]

We have discussed lots of stuff regarding the prices of 45s etc but I think it would be interesting to know if you lot are spending more these days or are most of you cutting back?

Obviously you are paying more for 45s but is a bigger bulk of your spare cash being used?

Maybe you are just buying the big stuff infrequently or are you snapping up lots of cheapies?

Maybe from this we can determine the current buying trend of rare soul collectors.

Maybe you've given all the possible answers to your questions in your post.

[Simon T]

In a nut shell, I can’t be arsed anymore.

As the prices have gone up exponentially over the last 20 years, I would say that obviously much more money is being spent on records; it’s gone a bit like house prices. However, if I was to look at the amount (%) of my disposable income spent on records I would say much less, particularly in the last year (though I did have a blip in January when 3 of my top 5 wants all came up for sale within 10 days of each other). Apart from the fact that the prices of the all time big ticket items has just gone ballistic and I just am not gonna pay the prices for most of them, I’ve found that the ‘cheap’ records e.g. you would buy blind for a £5 and not worry about if it’s not to your taste have really started to suffer from over pricing (probably eBay to blame). For instance, I was looking to pick up some record worth about £5, might get for £8 on eBay and probably about £10 nowadays from a dealer; therefore £50 spent vinyl-addiction ‘fix’ sorted for a week or two. But oh no, peruse the site and the first one I search for is £40 and the damn thing not even e+ or better, so bolleaux to that, I’ll go cold turkey! Same apathy has also rubbed off on eBay etc, I used to look most days but now can’t be arsed to plough through umpteen lots of Bill Bush, Fredderick Hymes, Kenny Shepperd, Royal Esquires, etc etc. I'm sure dealers like Pete S can confirm that most people's spending patterns have changed recently and there's been a general down turn in speding on vinyl.

[Supercorsa]

I won't be spending anything for a little while, possibly until next year! Am totally skint, plus now I've got to save up for Prestatyn.

[Guest taylormadesoul]

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