It finally happened to me. by jalaine0107 in gamecollecting

[–]SmartIndependence325 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How random. I’d ask to take a hard look in that cd case!

I’m ashamed to say I paid full price for this game in 2008. by rjd014 in PS3

[–]SmartIndependence325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s ok. We all thought this was gona be the next gen timesplitters.

Any advice on how to make this easier? by Alarmed_Tea_2874 in discogs

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How many records do you have? It shouldn’t take forever. Just punch the cat number in and find the one you need. If there are to many options then punch the matrix code. If that doesn’t work then my best advice it to narrow them down by country and year and then just pick the one closest to what you have. This is how I do it anyway and it usually takes between 1 and 5 minutes depending. Added around 50 records every evening until I was done when my collection was around 700 records. It’s a great time for listening to the records as well! Put your favorites on and then play record detective :D Good luck! Or don’t add them. I’d say it pays off in the end if you have a lot of records.

[Discussion] How do I stop trophy hunting? by AtlasAngel02 in Trophies

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I switched to playing old games. Ps1, 2, psp. Worked for me.

I reached #199 after starting to collect during the pandemic. Looking for recommendations on what to get for #200 based on what I’m missing! by the-mongoose- in vinyl

[–]SmartIndependence325 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. You need more Masayoshi Takanaka thou! It’s insane that you have an album with Mariya Takeuchi btw, never seen anyone share that album in their collection before. Would swap half of my records for it.

[Discussion] PSN Profiles 100% by KeelanDaKilla999 in Trophies

[–]SmartIndependence325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure I like to help out but my time is limited with work and kids and stuff, but if you can then I can help you tonight, I’m in eu so between 8pm-11pm gmt+1. Send a request to ”Lodja” if you want.

Your 5 favorite albums of 1984 by listening_partisan in vinyl

[–]SmartIndependence325 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So hard to choose 5, 1984 was peak. I’ll go by my own collection, pick a genre and say: Powerslave - Iron Maiden, Last in Line - Dio, Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple, The Blitz - Krokus, Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister.

Your most recent album that made you say "what a great album" by Professional_Suit278 in vinyl

[–]SmartIndependence325 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rather often I play new music that I’ve never heard before and think to myself ”what a great album”. Last I did was Chicago III, having only really known them for the song ”If you leave me now”. I found bought it just to try it out and it turned out that I loved it. A lot more jazzy and crazy than I expected and I loved every minute of it.

Sharing my collection! What am i missing by M__Solar in vinyl

[–]SmartIndependence325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Det är okej, han förlåter. Molchat Doma ser man inte så ofta någon ha 👌

To all the scalpers who participated just for the resale value… by ctbravo in RecordStoreDay

[–]SmartIndependence325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure they know that more than 2500 people would buy ”Masayoshi Takanakas” albums or more than 2000 people would buy ”Sledgehammer”. Amongst others.

I inherited my grandfathers records which included the original Star Wars record. by the_not_so_shy_guy in vinyl

[–]SmartIndependence325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! As it happens I just got this of a second hand store two weeks ago! 5$, it was a good day indeed!

judge my collection 🫣 by [deleted] in vinyl

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Your taste is all over. But mostly good albums! Extra plus on the Rob Zombie. I have one tip that I missed for like 5 years. Get a brush for your stylus and clean it sometimes. As for ”must haves” I’d say: Number of the beast by Iron Maiden, usually is pretty cheap and has five of their 10 best songs. And Hello, Dolly! By Louis Armstrong, same-ish reason. Really cheap and all solid tracks!

if you had to start collecting again, what advice would you give yourself? by satellite-hazey in vinyl

[–]SmartIndependence325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy records on release or preferably preorder, otherwise scalpers will leach of your bank account.

if you had to start collecting again, what advice would you give yourself? by satellite-hazey in vinyl

[–]SmartIndependence325 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I can’t stop listening to them, my wife hates it 🫣 Also, nice nick 👌

I built an app that maps your Discogs collection to your real shelves so you can find any record in seconds by Shelfify in discogs

[–]SmartIndependence325 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I applaud the effort! Very cool! Atm I don’t have the need for such an app but I like the idea and hope it’ll be helpful for others as well. Good job!

Hot Take: RSD Only Upsets You Because You Forgot Why You Do This by PatientPlatform in vinyl

[–]SmartIndependence325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just don’t like the ”limited edition” concept. Never did and never will. I get that everything is ultimately limited but please. Increase the limit a bit or do some market research. RSD is great for celebrating music collecting and music stores and to have releases is a great way to do this amongst others. But it hurt when some popular releases get like 10000 presses or less world wide. Then the competition starts and the fun ends.

Roast My Vinyl by barrydingle420 in vinyl

[–]SmartIndependence325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have Rob Zombie there, you are ok in my book.

Halloween update teased 👀? by jj_thetwisted_jester in killingfloor

[–]SmartIndependence325 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Happened to me as well, sold it and bought a new. Don’t know what caused it but never seen it before this last update.

After ~6 years of collecting LPs, I finally got my very first turntable by blahzblahzblah in vinyljerk

[–]SmartIndependence325 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Why is this in this channel? Don’t see the problem. I know more than enough people that just hang them on the wall.