No Buy Vinyl Support Thread

Mtcvinyl said:
Bought into Joyful Noise early bird again for 25 after I really dug their 24 run. Otherwise I am going to try to buckle down and go no buy for a bit. There is a realistic shot at getting my mortgage and home equity paid off this year!
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I've got a ton of pre-orders in the queue, plus my PIFsgiving haul all slated to arrive in the first couple/few months of the new year. Gonna try keep a pretty tight Q1 over here.*

*Birthday money meant for records doesn't count, and my usual Sun Ra Clause will be in place
 
Feel like I really fell off the wagon for the 2nd half of the year. I have 4 pre-paid pre-orders but nothing else in the pipeline for 2025 so hopefully I can do a no-buy for at least the first couple of months.

Looking back on 2024, at least I did not overall increase my vinyl collection this year. Got rid of just over 50 records and added 48.
 
Rip_City said:
Back in to participating for the rest of 2024.

Made one online order of 5 LPs yesterday from a new favorite brick & mortar in Washington I had a great experience with, which will be my last order of the year. Just that and one lone preorder from the Target B2G1 sale a few weeks ago remains.
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Have stuck to this. The aforementioned brick & mortar and Target orders arrived in early November. Haven't purchased a record since October and won't until April next year; midway through upcoming Japan vacation. Nothing pending/en route, either. Only additions I've made since October are a pair of Christmas gifts from my younger brother.

Hopefully there will be a local record convention early next year; I would like to participate as an in-person seller for the first time. I could probably set aside 150-250 records to lighten the collection count.

EDIT: Adjusted second sentence to include mention of Target.
 
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ngower said:
Probably in for a Q1 no buy again. I’ve bought a billion records recently so plenty to go through, while also paying off some recent big buys (and saving for future big buys)
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Yeah these 50% off sales have been killing me so it'll be a lean Q1 here as well. Only preorder is the Eddie Hazel Rhino Reserve.

Might try to offload some records I don't spin much and use that money to buy a few things I've had my eye on though. That counts right?
 
Agaetisbyrjun22 said:
Yeah these 50% off sales have been killing me so it'll be a lean Q1 here as well. Only preorder is the Eddie Hazel Rhino Reserve.

Might try to offload some records I don't spin much and use that money to buy a few things I've had my eye on though. That counts right?
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My rule last year was no cash spent on records for Q1 but I could spend trade-in/sale money or gift cards (I get some from a health insurance incentive).
 
No Buy (OK, less buying) 2024 Report:

4 records - Used up the last of my VMP Subscription & Credits.
8 records - Finally received the VMP Impulse! Anthology...that I ordered in 2023.
1 record - From the @Yer Ol' Uncle D Record Club! He's the best!
3 records - Bought at Road Dogs Records (my local brick and mortar store) on Record Store Day.
3 records - Bought at Ditch Records on a trip to Victoria, BC for nostalgia.

So 19 records acquired, but only actually spent money on 6 records in 2024. Not bad.
 
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Definitely didn’t have a no buy year but…

Up to December 17th I had only bought 6 records. Then knowing starting in January a benefit at my work is a lifestyle spending account. Lucky for me records are included. So I went nuts with pp pay in 4. Bought 9 since for a total of 15. This was mostly making up for albums I didn’t buy this year and some preorders for next year. I also pif’d 9 and received 10 pifs. Last but not least I sold 93 records on Discogs or to friends.😢 I had to thin out my collection and money wise it was a tuff year and I’m glad it’s over. Hope to keep this year about the same on purchases.
 
Thank you @Dirtbag Auntie for pointing me to this thread! Boy do I need it right now. I've got some money burning a hole in my pocket, and a million ideas of what to do with it. And I'm looking at things many people will find somewhat silly honestly.

Things that are tempting me:
- AQ Hurricane power cable for the phonostage (don't know why I'm trying to rush it. I haven't even tested it using the cables I have at home)
- Cardas Clear Beyond phono cable (Don't know why I'm rushing it, I don't even know yet if it will fit on my phonostage yet)
- Wireworld Silver Eclipse interconnects or speaker cables (don't even know why I'm looking at it, I should be saving for the cables I know I actually want)
- New cartridge: this is probably the wisest choice in the mix. I really don't need to wait for a new TT to get a new cart. But sometimes I see a deal and I get tempted 😬

Deep down I know if I save for a few more months, I can more easily jump into the stuff I REALLY want. But man, I just have the itch right now and it's been getting at me badly. I also know I shouldn't be spending anything until after Southwest Audio Fest because there could be a deal there that I'll want to jump on. It's only 8 weeks away but if feels like an eternity!
Someone talk me off the ledge!
 
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displayname said:
Thank you @Dirtbag Auntie for pointing me to this thread! Boy do I need it right now. I've got some money burning a hole in my pocket, and a million ideas of what to do with it. And I'm looking at things many people will find somewhat silly honestly.
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Its hard, especially when you get a bit of $ when you are not expecting it. Our provincial government sent $200 cost of living cheques this week. For some reason I thought I did not qualify but got it. I immediately deposited it into my retirement account so it was like I never had the money. If it ended up sitting in regular bank account even for a couple of days, I would have spent it on something.
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
Its hard, especially when you get a bit of $ when you are not expecting it. Our provincial government sent $200 cost of living cheques this week. For some reason I thought I did not qualify but got it. I immediately deposited it into my retirement account so it was like I never had the money. If it ended up sitting in regular bank account even for a couple of days, I would have spent it on something.
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Yeah, this isn't quite that lucky. I knew it was coming. Just closed in on a few other things first and now I'm more trying to prioritize what's next.
 
displayname said:
- New cartridge: this is probably the wisest choice in the mix. I really don't need to wait for a new TT to get a new cart. But sometimes I see a deal and I get tempted 😬
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Welp, I failed. Got a great offer on a NIB Hana ML. So either I just got scammed, or I've got a cartridge upgrade on the way.

But now it's seriously back to saving. I just discovered the RigidRack line of racks from butcher block acoustics and I am in love!
We have been working on making the music room more "cozy" by my wife's definition, while also not taking away from my technical audio desires. I think this piece would work perfectly, and really dress things up nicely!
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