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nothingleftinside  ·  3451 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Comical Mess that is VNYL—the “Netflix For Vinyl” Service

Check out the hilarious store this dude bought with all the kickstarter money:

Who knows how many of the subscribers even know they're getting dollar bin garbage. I'd be willing to bet the majority of the people who signed up for this are just following the vinyl "trend" that's crept its way back into mainstream culture, since anyone who already buys records knows that they can get "hand curation" for free at their local record store. Apparently the store is in a very chic shops district in LA. Ingorant people are just buying this crap as a "prestige good" or something. They're selling turntables that are already overpriced at $180 (their normal retail value) for $299 on their instagram for crying out loud.

"A fool and his money are soon parted."