Media: Should we start hoarding?

Had this situation when my Dad died. He had several boxes of LPs from the 50s and 60s. He also had a ton of 78s.

Through happenstance I was connected to the director of the Symphony of San Bernardino. They took them all. They sell them at fundraising auctions.

My collection of 400 or so vinyl will go to an audio store in Vegas.

Elizabeth, that's a stupendous number of records you've disposed of. It's none of my business, but I'm curious what what kind of stuff you longer wanted and got rid of.

I've nowhere near what you had, maybe 1500 records and cd's tops. I gave away an additional 300 records to my brother I probably shouldn't have, that subsequently disappeared. Also six more to help support a local used record store that has since gone out of business. I still miss some of those 300, and replaced many if not the majority of them with better copies. Maybe I'm too much a hoarder. Books, records, and tools are all my addictions. 

Mike

When the zombie apocalypse comes, the man with a DVD collection and portable player will rule the world.

I highly treasure my 2,000 or so LP’s, and I kinda like going “shopping” through them and realizing I forgot I owned this or that one. Hmm, I think I’ll give it a listen. I’d say maybe 300-400 of em could go to the dumpster, which are usually ones in a take em all or nothing situation when taking a collection someone’s trying to get rid of. If at least 20-30%ish aren’t worth taking, I’ll leave em there.
I certainly don’t worry about not being able to find an original copy. Worst case scenario, I can get a high quality CD copy of a copy if I’ve gotta.