The Death of the Record Collection

i have heard dozens of stories of people getting their binders stolen. Also, I see dudes on the street of New York selling shit out stolen binders like every day.

There are dozens of us. Dozens!

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I mean, i'd love to go up to them individually and tell them than John D thinks they're stupid, but i think it's just safer to keep my jewel cases

whiney has a really bizarre idea of how stupid thieves are
I don't know where you live, J0hn, but people will really steal stupid shit. I'd probably have to think about a bit and talk to the bf to refresh my memory, but we've had plenty of wtf moments at some of the obviously stolen shit people have tried to sell us.

pick up any newspaper, every day a story about a home invasion by thieves targeting soft target cd binders

going out on a limb here, but i'd wager J0hn d. has way more valuable stuff in his house to steal than a binder of cd's

his porcelain mountain g0at collection for example

I'm still getting past the mental image of thieves browsing ILM threads looking for things to steal, coming across J0hn's post and shouting "EUREKA! Quick, buy a plane ticket, we got some bindered CDs to steal!"

yeah when a thief sees jewel cases he's like "shit! if these were more conveniently organized, I would boost them, but these cases are inconvenient as fuck. guess this house is unrobbable!"

xp que: hummel or precious moments?

"That's the place to hit, the owner keeps his CDs in BINDERS"
"JACKPOT!" *high-fives*

sarahel: goats come in all sorts of flavors

jewel cases too noisy/bulky

got a hot tip on shelf full of binders, suspect that's the fucking goldmine, we'll all eat good once we unload these sublime frequencies discs without any cover art

yeah when a thief sees jewel cases he's like "shit! if these were more conveniently organized, I would boost them, but these cases are inconvenient as fuck. guess this house is unrobbable!"

No, it would just make them less likely to take them along with any guitars, laptops, or small appliances.

maybe, john d, you shouldn't take the box of empty cd cases outside and place it down on the curb right next to the hoodlums sitting there, let alone explain to them that now your cds are all in a single binder somewhere in your house and whaddya know, it's time for my next tour.

"wow, i hate cover art and pesky jewel cases. but i love music! is there a NYC sidewalk CD dealer who can help me?"

"they call him Spotify"

― Four-TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN! (HI DERE), Monday, July 27, 2009 3:06 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'm not saying that because of the post, dipshit. I'm saying that because of the CD binder in general.

so i've heard

i have heard
dozens of stories
of people
getting their binders stolen.

Also, I see dudes on the street
of New York
selling shit out
stolen binders
like every day.

Also, I see dudes on the street of New York selling shit out stolen binders like every day.

Serious question since I've never seen this: Do they reassemble them with jewel cases or do they sell just the CD (sometimes with booklet)? If the latter, how much does something like that go for?

It's so hard to find stuff in binders.

I don't understand this. I have hundreds of DVDs in binders and just like my CDs with jewel cases, they're all in alphabetical order. Very easy to find stuff.

ftr i still love cds too (because as i'm sure i've said i do a lot of music listening in the car and ipod hookups can blow me) but will go to vinyl + download before i go to anything else if cds die. i have a small (< 100) but thoughtfully selected lp collection.

yeah when a thief sees jewel cases he's like "shit! if these were more conveniently organized, I would boost them, but these cases are inconvenient as fuck. guess this house is unrobbable!"

John, you're so stupid sometimes I can't believe you can put chords together.

To go back to the thread idea, I fucking love CDs. I'm not stopping buying them any time soon.

"I was going to grab this vintage gibson, but it hardly weighs anything. those binders on the bookshelf, though...those've gotta be worth money. it's hard to hear with the alarm system going off so loud, but there could be a copy of the crop circle hoax cd in there...I have to risk it, my indie cred is at stake"

will you guys stfu about whether or not cds can be stolen?

All those CD binders for sale on the street must have just grown from the ground! Or came from houses/cars where there was literally nothing more of value!

CD BINDERS: AMERICAS SILENT KILLER

I don't understand this. I have hundreds of DVDs in binders and just like my CDs with jewel cases, they're all in alphabetical order. Very easy to find stuff.

I imagine it is if you make the effort to always put them back properly.

WONT ANYONE THINK OF THE CD BINDERS

what happens if you buy a new DVD, kebin? do you have to take them all out of the pockets and move them over?

chris hansen should do a dateline sting where he posts ads online looking for cd binders full of cds

seriously whiney if your scaredy dream of somebody robbing my house & my huge concern ends up being "oh no my cd collection which I have backed up in two different place" instead of "fuck, it sucks to get robbed & messes with your everyday feeling of safety" then I will rebuild the collection & give it to you

have you never been robbed? I have. I didn't give a shit about what they took, still don't. nobody who gets in here is going to give a shit about blank binders in a side room. they'll take the guitars, because I haven't put cannonballs in the soundholes the way you, I guess, would.

just stopping by to register my outrage at JD's method of media storage. OUTRAGE I TELL YOU

sir i hope you know that i will no longer frequenting any of your chain of mountainous goating establishments.

harummph

whiney can I recommend taping your jewelboxes to the floor, then covering them with dry grass. then they will be safe from robbers. I can set this up for you, I only charge for the at-cost price of the dry grass & the tape.

what happens if you buy a new DVD, kebin? do you have to take them all out of the pockets and move them over?

WONT ANYONE THINK OF THE POCKETS????

lol

what happens if you buy a new DVD, kebin? do you have to take them all out of the pockets and move them over?

Seriously! It just sounds like too much effort, unless you live in a really small place.

sarahel knows whats up

i know, and DVD's are SO HEAVY!!!!!!

my jewel cases are made of platinum btw

you guys really have no idea how theft works, huh?

NO IDEA TELL US O MASTER THIEF

break it down for us

Oh shit, I love watching J0hn D. rile up Whiney.

twitter style

lol @ u guys gettin mad over this

In New York, ppl just grab what they can take in one armload, Mr. Que also you are a dumbass tbh

So, know they are not going to take k3vin k3ller's prize collection of animes if he still had them in cases