Logo
DiS Needs You: Save our site »
  • Logo_home2
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • In Photos
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Search
  • Community
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • Blog
  • Community

THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED.

Please join the conversation over on our new forums »

If you really want to read this, try using The Internet Archive.

Boards

Music Social More…

Music Magpie

hip_young_gunslinger [Edit] [Delete] 15:41, 1 February '16

I'll be moving in a couple of months, and I think the time has come to get ride of my CD collection. I lugged it all with me on my last move (two Ikea Benno towers - probably about 400 CDs), and invariably, 90%+ have never been touched. In the desire for a simpler, more clutter free life, I think I should get rid. So, a couple of questions:

1. I haven't got any backed up. I did have a load on a old laptop but I never copied it over, and I'm pretty sure I can't be arsed to start ripping them now (plus I'd probably have to buy a separate hard drive etc. Bleurgh). Given the availability of Apple Music / Spotify etc, I'm not going to miss them though, am I?

2. How do I justify to myself getting rid of what's been something like 15 years collecting these fucking things (though I've probably not bought a new one in the past couple of years). If I think about I've paid for them, it's terrifying, but I accept I'll get barely anything if I flog them. But that's how it works. Depreciation, right?

3. Is Music Magpie good? Is it easy? Do I have to go get boxes to post them off?

4. Is there something else I can do for books, or is that even worse?

5. The other option is to ditch all the cases and just store the discs in a folder case. I did this with my DVDs already before the last move... and have barely ever looked at them. So that's a non-starter, right?

6. Should I just go on a flytipping spree?


Drowned in Sound
  • DROWNED IN SOUND
  • HOME
  • SITE MAP
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • IN PHOTOS
  • RECORDS
  • RECOMMENDED RECORDS
  • ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
  • FESTIVAL COVERAGE
  • COMMUNITY
  • MUSIC FORUM
  • SOCIAL BOARD
  • REPORT ERRORS
  • CONTACT US
  • JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
  • FOLLOW DiS
  • GOOGLE+
  • FACEBOOK
  • TWITTER
  • SHUFFLER
  • TUMBLR
  • YOUTUBE
  • RSS FEED
  • RSS EMAIL SUBSCRIBE
  • MISC
  • TERM OF USE
  • PRIVACY
  • ADVERTISING
  • OUR WIKIPEDIA
© 2000-2025 DROWNED IN SOUND