I used to drive to Princeton back in the day for vinyl. Now i just buy online. Interestingly, I've have had fewer problems with used records on places like e-bay than I have had buying reissues from the usual online sources- lot's of crappy re-repressings- no fill, stitching, etc. Today, got a brand new copy of a record from one of the usual online sources and the cover was bent. I'm not going to send it back, because I bought it to listen to, not as a collector's item. But, even when paying for new stuff and often expensive 'audiophile' vinyl from established suppliers online, it's iffy. Real record stores are great. I wish there were more. I haven't gone record shopping in Manhattan in years, but used to haunt all of them.
