Not too long ago I returned to collecting again after selling my previous collection for peanuts back in the 80s.  I`m finding it just as addictive now as I did way back, with must have tunes that I want NOW but my current strict budget dictates what I can buy as I go along. 

 

I`ve been amazed at the prices stuff goes for these days which led me to wonder if anyone has got into really deep financial trouble as a result of buying sounds ??  Personally, I lived from one week`s wages to the next back in the 70s but I could see how easily guys could get into real financial straits because the scene took over our lives.

 

Just a thought...??

 

 

Interesting thread because people can be excessive and even addictive with many things - from alcohol, drugs, gambling or sex to buying things they can't really afford and often don't need. 

Paul

 

.......Um, 'just out of interest', how many of those 5 things listed is normal to be 'excessive and even addicted' to?.........just wondered......    

 

Len  

.......Um, 'just out of interest', how many of those 5 things listed is normal to be 'excessive and even addicted' to?.........just wondered......    

 

Len  

 4 , don't do Gambling

 4 , don't do Gambling

 

PHEW! - 'Snap'!..........Well, I have watched that roulette wheel on the telly go round at some ridiculous time before, but that's as far as I've got  

 

'Same wavelength'  

 

Len  

Ian made a brilliant point there just more I want to do with my spare cash nowadays, I still buy, but I'm not obsessed anymore, maybe I'm cured! 

Ian made a brilliant point there just more I want to do with my spare cash nowadays, I still buy, but I'm not obsessed anymore, maybe I'm cured! 

 

Well done that man!  

 

I'm still going to meetings, but I am now at least hopeful - My defence being, that no one told me that my Children would need feeding every day!  

 

Len  

Edited September 3, 201311 yr by LEN

 

 

I've had people I knew try and nick records from my house and I know Tim Brown's had similar problems with people he'd known for 20+ years and previously trusted. In these cases obviously people lost their integrity in their greed to own a record and that's arguably far worse than any financial loss.

 

Anything that can push relatively normal people into such lengths to obtain a piece of plastic can't be healthy can it? Beware obsessiveness in any form. It distorts reality.

 

Ian D 

 

 

 When people start to resort to this,then it`s time to get help,this is when you`ve  hit rock bottom  .  . Sorry but records are great and that but stealing to fund a habit is a no no.

 

By the way i think this is a good thread  .

 

I know people(no names) who have bought on a hugh scale and got themselves into a financial mess,some are still paying  off there debts now. It does become obsessive and an addiction  ,it`s trying to balance between keeping family etc sweet and having an hobby  .I remember when i started collecting,used to go £30 max for everything then stepped up for a big want paying £40 for Gloria  Scott lp/£50 Starvue and thinking i`m barking mad. It`s when i got Timeless Legend for £200 that things went downhill  .

My best advice would be to spend your way through the addiction ...............................

 

Hopefully helps..................... 

 

I know people(no names) who have bought on a huge scale and got themselves into a financial mess,some are still paying  off there debts now.

 

Me too. The last time I had a meaningful conversation with a guy in this position, he admitted the kind of amounts he was spending and that he had a major problem. Haven't seen him since. He seems to have completely disappeared. I hope he's OK......

 

Ian D 

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