It rarely, if ever, gets mentioned that buying used vinyl can be a disappointing venture since the vinyl only sounds as good as the condition of the last stylus that traversed those grooves.
I gave up on used vinyl for that reason after springing for ostensibly pristine LPs that were sonically a mess.
In the late 80’s, before she was my ex, I was “persuaded” to sell my collection of 600-700 albums that I faithfully weeded through to eliminate the chaff.
Not one of those albums is currently unavailable so I’m fine with my decision.
if you’re into the ritual then $pend the bucks to go back to vinyl, but if it’s the music that really matters why not stream your music?