throwing away records?
noz
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anybody ever do it? i've always said it's against my general believes. but right now i'm at my parents house and knee deep in absolute shit (condition wise and/or quality wise). i was thinking of taking it all to the flea market or something, but really, i wonder if it's even worth the effort.
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Goodwill + tax writeoff.... so i hear. I've never given any records away. Nor thrown them away.
If they're not exciting condition or quality-wise, then throw them out. Unless it's obscure, what's the point of having more beat-up records hanging about?
Yeah man, I'm with graf on this one. Don't just dump them out on the curb, look into whether a goodwill spot will write you a nice receipt for the goods then claim it on your taxes. Bring some old clothes too, to pad the dollar amount plus the more you bring the more generous they are on the receipt amount.
Then again, I don't know how many records you're getting rid of, if it's only a few it might not be worth the time.
Good point.
2 A dumpster diver will pull them out and sell them to pawn shop.
3 A guy will buy them from pawn shop.
4 He will then sell them to the record store he works at.
5 Then he will return different records to pawn shop.
6 A friend will buy them from the record store.
7 You will do a big trade with friend and end up with them again
8 You will throw out all your useless records
LOL!!!!
doesn't stop me from throwing away grips of neil diamond though
private pressed country 45s
drum machine backed tejano racheramania LPs
shite highschool records that have no redeemable qualities/potential flippage appeal
trashed ass rock LPs that I didn't realize contained a number one single
educational activities/melody house/kimbo strikeouts
xian gambles gone bad
and if they don't fall in the above categories or end up on ebay I take em to 1/2 price books for minimal $.
Just make sure to take them to a thrift store you don't go to very often so you don't end up digging through your own castoffs for the next few months.
this is key... nothin worse than diggin through your own former turds (literally and figuratively).
and in other news, anybody seen Phil Spector's hair lately:
oh guess so
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i'm saying. why throw out/destroy records when they can be recirculated?
because some of them truly suck
'one mans trash is another mans treasure'
good music is subjective.
like others said...donate them, get a receipt, and take a tax writeoff.
I generally agree with that sentiment and rarely do I throw them out (maybe a dozen or 2), but for real, some shit is worthy of la basura. I also donate a GRIP so it more than evens out.
whats that?