EXPERIENCE Collecting Cassettes without wasting money!
This quarter, I’ ve started expanding my physical music collection even more, adding cassette tapes to my CD’ s & vinyls. At the moment, I currently have about 15 tapes, with only 5 of those being new tapes. Needless to say, I’ ve been trying to figure out how to expand my music collection without going broke, but I’ ve failed. What can be really aggravating is the desire to get tapes immediately fighting with the fact that there aren’ t that many places to get them. Hands down, Amazon is going to be the goat if you want to get the lowest price and the widest variety, so try to stay away from stores like Urban Outfitters who are going to make you go broke. But what is really dope about cassette tapes, is how fun it is to thrift for them. However, don’ t be fooled. It can be really hard. I’ ve wasted money( not much because of how cheap they are at thrift stores) because I made beginners mistakes, so I want to share my experiences with you so that you get some heat for your boom box( without going broke)!
FAIL! FAIL!
I was crushed when I realized that“ Can You Stand The Rain,”“ Poison,” and“ Baby Baby Baby” were all broken( and I was out of $ 5). So here are some tips when you go thrifting for cassette tapes:
Try Goodwill first! They’ re bound to have a good tape section.
Bring your boom box, if it’ s portable, so you can test tapes. Bring your headphones as well if you don’ t want to look like a creep.