No Buy Vinyl Support Thread

I think I'm now substituting books for vinyl...I guess I just need to collect something. I have about four books queued up to read, and yet have another four in my B&N cart waiting to press buy. I realize I could e-read for way cheaper but I just really love books as items too.
So for 2024 so far I'm at
Vinyl - 0
Books - probably 4
 
ranbalam said:
I think I'm now substituting books for vinyl...I guess I just need to collect something. I have about four books queued up to read, and yet have another four in my B&N cart waiting to press buy. I realize I could e-read for way cheaper but I just really love books as items too.
So for 2024 so far I'm at
Vinyl - 0
Books - probably 4
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I have hundreds of books to read, so I’m just gonna try to start, you know, reading them. (I have hundreds of records that ain’t been listened to either, but um… ADDICT)
 
ranbalam said:
I think I'm now substituting books for vinyl...I guess I just need to collect something. I have about four books queued up to read, and yet have another four in my B&N cart waiting to press buy. I realize I could e-read for way cheaper but I just really love books as items too.
So for 2024 so far I'm at
Vinyl - 0
Books - probably 4
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Technically I ordered half of then at the very end of December, but I've had 26 books arrive so far this year (25 of them picked up on a deep discount), and have a pre-order waiting after my local bookseller for me to pick up next week 😶‍🌫️
 
avecigrec said:
Technically I ordered half of then at the very end of December, but I've had 26 books arrive so far this year (25 of them picked up on a deep discount), and have a pre-order waiting after my local bookseller for me to pick up next week 😶‍🌫️
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Funny, I just checked Deep Discount for any of the books I want to get and didn't find them.
Then re-read your reply and you said on A deep discount.
 
ranbalam said:
Funny, I just checked Deep Discount for any of the books I want to get and didn't find them.
Then re-read your reply and you said on A deep discount.
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Oh, shit. Sorry! 😂
Bookoutlet.ca is my spot. I've found some crazy good stuff at fantastic prices - but being a blowout spot, there's no guarantee as to what they will or won't get (I've definitely groaned a few times at dirt cheap copies of books I paid full price for! But then also been frustrated that they'll have something lime vols. 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 or whatever, of a series and not the first ones etc.) I've picked up a nice mix of music and non-music related non-fiction as well as plays, poetry, graphic novels, Star Wars novels and a couple books for the kids.
 
avecigrec said:
Oh, shit. Sorry! 😂
Bookoutlet.ca is my spot. I've found some crazy good stuff at fantastic prices - but being a blowout spot, there's no guarantee as to what they will or won't get (I've definitely groaned a few times at dirt cheap copies of books I paid full price for! But then also been frustrated that they'll have something lime vols. 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 or whatever, of a series and not the first ones etc.) I've picked up a nice mix of music and non-music related non-fiction as well as plays, poetry, graphic novels, Star Wars novels and a couple books for the kids.
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haha, no need to apologize, that was all me.
 
Rip_City said:
Going for a strict no-buy Q1 for this year; no exceptions. I only have four pending items from last year; a PIF that should arrive this morning, a prize from the monthly vinyl challenge in November, a BandCamp pledge that ships around March, and a backordered item from DeepDiscount.
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All of the above arrived other than the BC pledge preorder.

I haven't had an urge to buy or preorder any records at all in the past few weeks. This challenge has been a cinch so far. During mid-March or so, I might extend it depending on impressions on modern releases in genres that I am interested in using for DJ sets.
 
Rip_City said:
I haven't had an urge to buy or preorder any records at all in the past few weeks.
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Other than learning about my friend's album (which he's gonna make sure I get one when I see him this summer, which saves shipping too) my only urge was when I spotted one of my whales at a ridiculously good price... besides that it has felt pretty easy so far, thankfully.
 
£129 VMP sub
£75 amazon preorder
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£204 plus
£29 first actual 2024 order
——

£233 in Jan - that’s the lowest total 4 ages and ages - and just shows the dangers of preorders as I would have thought of counting the VMP or amazon order as part of my jab expense if it wasn’t for this thread
 
So now Jan is done …. I did quite well but reckon I can do better in feb as no VMP sub or pre orders .. and only 29 days !

Running total for 2024 is £233 plus a sale induced moment of weakness of £32 (3 albums for that price was too good to ignore )
So £265 ……


That’s a MASSIVE drop on normal

So aim to go lower again for faultless Feb
 
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