We have a problem

[Fent Plates]

http://fentplates.blogspot.co.uk/2014/0 ... oblem.html

[jrkhnds]

synopsis: "stop spending money on stuff and buy more records instead."


the people buying vinyl already spend as much money on records as they reasonably can afford. the people not buying vinyl won't start doing so because an industry they have no connection to is slowly failing. this argument is dumb.

[Muncey]

There is a problem. Rising prices and falling demand is always a problem in a struggling industry but you can't expect people to act counter-intuitive to price rises.

I've not been buying records that long but even I've seen a pretty big increase in prices.

[RKM]

same muncey 8 quid seems to now be a standard price, its steep

[test_recordings]

8 quid for a vinyl wow, that's single A/B yeah?

[wub]

8 quid for a vinyl wow, that's single A/B yeah?

Yep.


The issue isn't that people aren't buying vinyl, it's that vinyl is expensive so not so many people are able to release on it or buy as much of it.

[jrkhnds]

just look at beneath's new ep. 10quid for a single 140g 12" disc. getting out of hand really.

[funkywhisky]

Or £8 for the new single-sided Killa Sound...

[b0red]

I'm just glad that redeye has the reserve function. Us folks in the USA would be breaking the bank if we couldn't reserve.

[rorz9992]

Yep prices are taking the piss. £10 will be the new standard price for a 12" soon, mark my words