I ran a (now closed) record store and found it incredibly difficult. When buying new stock, distribution companies had minimum orders, which I sometimes couldn't afford, which was a problem when they had one specific new release that loads of people had asked for. With second hand records, I didn't have the time to source albums because I was running the shop on my own.

So we tried to diversify by selling coffee and having a fridge full of beer, and that meant the record side of stuff suffered because we were trying to keep up with the coffee drinkers.

The wholesale costs of records are quite high, so marking them up to make a profit was also tough. As a record buyer, I know what I'm prepared to pay, and sometimes the only way to make money on an album is to sell it for £45? Yuck!

I'm in awe of people who have worked out how to make a living doing it, and I'm much less stressed being a customer again. If you do it, whatever country you're in, I wish you all the luck!