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What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by plactagonic@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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[–] ji88aja88a@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Vinyl records... 25 years ago you could hardly buy them . I listen to punk and they never gave up on the format and so it was cheap and collectible because print runs were small.. from 2010 onwards, they came back in fashion and the major labels started clogging up the pressing plants and then pre-orders became a thing and the price started creeping up...now, in my country a vinyl that used to be $20 is now pushing $55 and mainstream artists are pushing $70 ...my desire has really waned.. I'm priced out of finding new artists because I can't buy everything all the time like I used to.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Speaking of which, DJing too.

You start off with just your computer and a free copy of Virtual DJ Home; next thing you know you're spending $1300 on just a single turntable, and as we know you need at least two, plus a mixer, plus the $400 software needed to run it all.

Or you could go the vinyl route as a DJ and end up spending $70 on a single record as you've stated. Either way, you're spending thousands.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I can appreciate the appeal of physical copies, but if it's hindering your enjoyment then why not just listen to digital copies? The vinyl records are probably being scribed from a digital version, anyway.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

jesus christ, where are you living? 70USD for an LP???