The WORST Things Record Stores Do

Leave a comment with your picks for the worst things record stores do. Vinyl record nightmares! These are my least favorite things a record store can do, and they all drive me absolutely crazy. I'd love to hear if you agree!

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NOTE: The store in the thumbnail is Olympic Records in Rhode Island - they are not an offender of these issues and I just used a random record store image for the thumbnail. If you’re near them, give em a visit!!

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[brennanv]

Charging top dollar for commonly found classic rock albums.

[ke]

One thing I LOVE is when a store has a listening station!!!

[trurock]

Man. The price on the jacket. That’s literally the worst.

[thephantomwire]

1. Records stuffed wayy too tightly into bins.

2. Rows that go back too far for arms to reach/flip through (I’m a lady so this happens a LOT) or hard to get to bins (under stuff on the floor). I don’t mind digging but sticking my head under a table is weird. Getting up to let people’s by in a cramped area is rough, & squatting with no stool is painful.

3. Mis-grading records

4. Extreme overpricing

5. Putting price stickers ON the jacket 😩

[BacktotheMedia]

As a record store owner, just wanted to throw out there that we are forever grateful to our customers that support us! Especially through c*vid and quarantine. It was rough and we were fortunate to be able to open our doors back up! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

[GroovyLisa]

The overpriced records yes. The thrift stores seem to do this too. It's annoying if a record is beat up and used its shouldn't be around $20.

[andreashildebrandt]

One of the most annoying things to me is when a record store stuff so much into one little section of with the records so you can barely look through the records. It happens a lot here especially with hip hop sections because they're space is very limited.

[Justinmeatybonds]

When the record store clerks don't acknowledge your existence, but if an attractive girl comes in they immediately become employee of the month

[darenhayes]

i hate how little Hip-Hop is represented in record stores... i cant tell you how many places i've been where they have 1 bin of hip hop and its 7 different MF doom albums, 1 outkast record and 20 12' singles from the late 80's...

[justinparkman]

even charity shops are charging too much for scratched records .

[AndyP]

I went to a record store near me that was ALL used vinyl. The cheapest album in the store was $25.00. $25.00 for USED vinyl?

[lauher]

I really like when the store owner is friendly and answers all of your questions. If they aren’t friendly makes record shopping suck

[angelodiplacido]

When you’re checking out of the store and the owner disapproves of the selections you made in his own store.🙄

[VeneratorDrifter]

good thing my local record store actually puts in the effort to avoid these mistakes. i love the guys that run it, they are so nice

[Bryanvernon]

I absolutely despise when record stores stuff the records in the bins. I want to see them not feel i’m gonna break them trying to look.

[carvinblack]

Store in Delaware just getting into the "vinyl craze" pricing dollar bin stuff at $25! I should have known when they had a sign in front...."Yes, we have Vinyls!" 🤣

[janetowens]

I have been record shopping since high school in the late sixties. Brand new first press lps were usually 2.99 to 3.99. These are all the classics rock blues and jazz records that are now worth a fortune. Luckily I still have most of mine in very nice condition. I do agree that record prices are and have been insanely high for a good many years now. Seems like everyone is trying to cash in on this. In the nineties I sold records on ebay and it wasfun but man how things have changed. I think you can blame ebay directly for the high vinyl prices. People who did not know what a record was worth just went to ebay and chose a lunatic price to sell their stuff at, and there it starts. I refuse to buy new vinyl for roughly the same price as an original example in descent condition. One thing I did learn from buying used vinyl on line, do not buy records from someone who also sells baby cloths. You make excellent points that have driven me nuts for a long time. See ya.

[joechisten]

The worst is general antique stores. They'll have like 10 crappy compilation records all at 30 bucks a piece

[kristoffer]

1. Refusing to have sales on albums that has been sitting on the shelves for years.
2. Excuses
3. Taking all my money cause I have no character...

[bradfordlewis]

One pet peeve you forgot that some record stores still do, whether by accident, ignorance, or on purpose, is LAYING THE RECORDS FLAT. It may not do the damages that leaving them in direct sunlight does, but it's still a good way to damage them permanently.