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  • Re: the vinyl comeback..

    From Nigel Reed@1:124/5016 to August Abolins on Sunday, August 30, 2026 04:27:39
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:48:00 -0400
    "August Abolins" (2:221/1.58) <[email protected]t>
    wrote:

    Hello MATTHEW!

    ** On Friday 28.08.26 - 12:17, you wrote to me:

    This is precisely what i thought was *really* happening..
    people collecting vinyl for the "art":

    If it was more for Art, id have frames and put them up on walls.
    But I have over 80 vinyl records bought over the last four
    years.

    Just recently, I was in a small town about 88km west from me, and the
    local thrift shop warehouse had LPs for sale at $2 ea. I'd say there
    was the equivalnet of about 60 milk crates of LPs. Most of them were
    filed spine out
    - akin to books on a shelf - and that made looking for something
    specifice pretty hard. They weren't even sorted in any particular
    way. I wouldn't get very far looking at them before I would quit
    browsing.

    If it was me, I'd have flipped them around so it was easier to browse.
    Grab all those you want and stick them in crate and offer them half the
    value so they can just "get rid of it".
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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Nigel Reed on Sunday, August 30, 2026 08:05:00
    Hello Nigel!

    ** On Sunday 30.08.26 - 04:27, you wrote to me:

    If it was me, I'd have flipped them around so it was easier to browse. Grab all those you want and stick them in crate and offer them half the value so they can just "get rid of it".

    I don't remember the exact situation, but I think the crates (and any space to manipulate them) wasn't very much.

    The next time I'm there, I'll consider your suggestion to flip a crate, one at a time. Or.. maybe, just take a picture of the spines and feed that to AI to print out a list.
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  • From MATTHEW MUNSON@3:712/1321.3 to August Abolins on Friday, August 28, 2026 12:17:32
    August Abolins wrote to All <=-

    This is precisely what i thought was *really* happening..
    people collecting vinyl for the "art":

    If it was more for Art, id have frames and put them up on walls.
    But I have over 80 vinyl records bought over the last four years.


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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to MATTHEW MUNSON on Saturday, August 29, 2026 19:48:00
    Hello MATTHEW!

    ** On Friday 28.08.26 - 12:17, you wrote to me:

    This is precisely what i thought was *really* happening..
    people collecting vinyl for the "art":

    If it was more for Art, id have frames and put them up on walls.
    But I have over 80 vinyl records bought over the last four years.

    Just recently, I was in a small town about 88km west from me, and the local thrift shop warehouse had LPs for sale at $2 ea. I'd say there was the equivalnet of about 60 milk crates of LPs. Most of them were filed spine out - akin to books on a shelf - and that made looking for something specifice pretty hard. They weren't even sorted in any particular way. I wouldn't get very far looking at them before I would quit browsing.
    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.64
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