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nowaypablo  ·  2996 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: January 13, 2016  ·  

You're right. I felt pretty bad about it. The reason I followed through was because these records clearly hadn't been touched or moved for long enough that there was dust and dusty-webby-stringy stuff coating the stacks. I had to cover my face from the dust that kicked up from flipping through the collection. There wasn't even a record player in his home.

But you're right. I'll think about sending them back.





kleinbl00  ·  2996 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Listened to or not, he hadn't gotten rid of them. Ponder that for a minute.

To steal someone's music is to steal their past. I had ave rats rip off my CD collection in '96 and ever since, when I remember snippets of songs I wonder if I own it or if it's one of the lost ones.

mk  ·  2996 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have a couple of crates of old records in my basement. Sweet old Detroit techno from the early 90's. Any given record gets pulled out once every decade. But, they would be missed. There was a several year span when I didn't have a record player.

rezzeJ  ·  2996 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I concur with klein that you should send them back. My dad has his old drum set packed away and getting all dusty in his storage room. He hasn't played it for years and maybe never will again. But there's a lot of good memories that go along with it for him. Not to mention the potential of an appreciation in value. I could imagine he'd be pretty bummed/annoyed if someone stole it, regardless of how the perpetrator justified their actions.

Sure, a drum set is arguably a bigger 'thing' than a few records, but in principle it's the same. Just because someone doesn't actively use something, it doesn't mean it's not of value to them.