Want to Start vinyl

"Be thankul, it's the Taters out there that make one less person searching for the same albums you are"

You should also be thankful that people like myself support Acoustic Sounds, Music Direct and Elusive Disc. Otherwise there would be no new vinyl out there to buy!

Go for it, you will enjoy it. Lots of great LPs still out there if you want to dig for them.

Skclarey, I'm kind of doing the same thing now. It is easy to get discouraged by some of the answers here on this thread, I know, but to me trying something different is fun. So whoever supports the idea here, thanks!!!!

I'm still trying to figure out which table to get, but in the mean time I've bought few good records already.
I ordered a Technics SL-1200Mk2 in black, but it is backordered, so I am still trying to figure out to wait for SL or should I go for another table. Don't know yet.
For me buying used LPs would be OK. I live in NYC and here we have a lot of garage sales, Chelsea and Columbis ave flea markets, etc. I think it would be fun to hunt for some good used vinyl once in a while during this summer.
Never know what you can find there.

If Techincs that I ordered does not become available in the next week or so, I am thinking to cancel the SL1200 and try buying a good used table that is easy to re-sell if for some reason I decide vinyl isn't for me.
If you buy used, you can get out easy with minimal $ loss.

hopefully the kid will grow up wanting to play an insrument and not a stereo.

I have to chime in on the thrill of the hunt which for whatever reason is definitely gratifying for me. I live in a small midwestern town and I still run into numerous oportunities that seem to come my way unsolicited. That moment when you find a known gem or when you discover an unknown one are magic. Even when they don't turn out to be so pristine and aren't exactly musical Mona Lisas it can be very fun especially when you've picked them up for 50 cents at a yard sale. After twenty some years of actively collecting my enthusiasm for wading through endless boxes of disorganized dreck has definitely slowed but it hasn't stopped completely yet. Have a blast and don't look back.