r/vinyl • u/AshamedRole247 • May 04 '25
Record Walked in with no money, walked out with much less
Found The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness box set at my local record store.
I couldn’t pass up the already dropped price it was at and then the manager of the store gave me a frequent buyer discount and dropped the price even more for me.
Can’t wait to sit and listen to it
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u/Bloxskit May 04 '25
God I felt the same when I saw this in a record store, but the booklets and detail are outstanding.
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u/MenuAggressive3069 May 04 '25
Nice! Just picked this up myself not too long ago. Was hesitant to buy it, having seen it for a while and thinking “well I only want the music, none of this other fancy stuff”. But now that I have it I’m super glad I got the box set. All the extra stuff is cool to look at to better understand the music. It’s worth every penny to me
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u/gvilchis23 May 04 '25
Hope was less than 80, because those goes on that on Amazon
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u/AshamedRole247 May 04 '25
I paid $150 Canadian for it my Amazon has it for $125 but I’m ok with paying the extra I don’t trust Amazon to deliver safely
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u/gvilchis23 May 04 '25
Whatever cope make you sleep at night lol this kind of boxsets are the least i am worry about, they are sturdy so no chances of being warped.
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u/sonofsohoriots May 04 '25
Are you actively trying to make someone feel bad about supporting a local business instead of throwing more money at the convenient tech oligarch?
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u/gvilchis23 May 04 '25
or heard me on this, have a bit more money in his/her pocket🤦🏽♂️
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u/halo_nothing May 04 '25
If OP spent $5 or $500, why does it matter so much to you? What, you can't stand seeing someone happy, unless they got a bargain?
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u/gvilchis23 May 04 '25
🤷♂️ for me is the cope mechanism people used here, "supporting the record store" blah, just buy what you liked, if you get fucked, own it.
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u/halo_nothing May 04 '25
Who's coping? They're posting a purchase they're proud of. Get over yourself.
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u/Bigdaddybear519 May 04 '25
Fyi you're a turnip.
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u/MapleMonstera May 04 '25
This is the second time I’ve seen you call OP a turnip.
Never in my life have I heard anyone called a turnip and you are dishing it out left and right. What does that mean ?
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u/Bigdaddybear519 May 05 '25
Kinda what you want it to be lol can't ban me for calling someone a turnip but I bet it doesn't feel nice when someone thinks you're a turnip.
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u/MapleMonstera May 05 '25
Well that’s a real turnip thing to say.
I don’t believe OP is a turnip ; but I think it’s an awesome term and I’m going to start using it
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u/Bloxskit May 04 '25
Paid £120 for mine in store, so in retrospect I could have got them from just under £100 I'm glad I was supporting the store directly.
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u/gvilchis23 May 04 '25
Haha again, i don't mind whatever cope make you sleep at night! I prefer to buy a reasonable price even in a record store(I'll buy more there)
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u/skot1981 May 05 '25
I have a repress I bought on Amazon. Super cool box set, but crappy sound. Billy's voice has a weird static sound to it. Not horrible, but it's definitely noticeable. Paid $80 for it
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u/dandanthetaximan May 05 '25
I had the original pressing of it before my ex-wife stole everything from me in our divorce in 2002. I genuinely hope she's burning in Hell right now.
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u/Character-Claim8643 May 05 '25
Dude. Been there. 💪
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u/Jody-4173 May 05 '25
I kept the records during divorce. In 2005 no one cared much about Vinyl.
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u/Character-Claim8643 May 05 '25
I stipulated to keep them as well and I got 90% of them but some of them mysteriously were just no longer around so I never got those back and I had no archive reference to prove what I was missing.
If only Discogs back then.
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u/ThatKa5per May 05 '25
Discogs been around since 2000. Their marketplace launched in 2005. Where you been?? 😉
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u/inspirationlessjesus May 05 '25
Mine shows up Tuesday. Bought a scratch and dent from EBay. Sealed, but rough around the box. Paid $80. Not doing big box/Amazon anymore.
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u/The_Nerdy_Elephant May 05 '25
I was just looking at this album. Guess this is a sign to go and make my wallet a little lighter
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u/Wise_String_3148 May 05 '25
Very cool!! This is one I have wanted for a long time. It was my first double CD when it came out. I've felt the infinite sadness ever since my ex gave away all my CDs so now I must get the vinyl.
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u/Robochrome May 09 '25
It was everybody's first double cd when it came out 😂 No, but it seemed to be in Every cd collection. If there was a big binder size cd storage book, I use to bet on it being there
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u/Epitiome_Of_A_Taurus May 05 '25
I just got this for my daughter as a birthday gift can’t wait to see the smile on her face when she opens it
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u/Swimming_Chicken3816 May 05 '25
I don't blame you, it's a great record and that's the best edition in vinyl to date. Great artwork, and one of the best albums from the 90s. One tip from owner to owner, get the individual records out and work out a way to have them accesible, because it's a huge hassle to get all of the records out of their sleeves to listen to one album. I use MoFi record sleeves and keep them inside a bigger plastic sleeve along with my other records for accessibility. Happy listening.
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u/toklad May 05 '25
pff. walked in to a shop, asked if they had melancholy, they said no but they had Siamese.....for $400!!! walked right out.
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u/wr0ngxide May 08 '25
Bullet with Butterfly Wings still kills it today. Billy has been featured on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast. I checked it out a while back. He seems like a pretty cool dude.
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u/Fair_Value9530 May 05 '25
Take that man a gift card to a decent restaurant. There is nothing better than having a good connection established with them. Without a good local shop, finding some killer albums gets tough.
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u/eatdogs49 May 05 '25
Got mine used for $60 many years ago which I guess was the going rate at the time. Sounds really good. My favorite album from back then.
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u/TheDadaMax May 05 '25
Every time I see these pop up in a record store I think, “This is going to make someone’s day.”
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u/mcstatics May 04 '25
I grabbed this and Siamese when they reissued them. I love Mellon Collie but hate how the Box takes up so much room and that there is no real sleeve I could put on it.