Cassette walkmans prices skyrocket.

I remember a few years back I could go down Argos and get a cassette walkman by Alba for £3.

Why is it now that the prices have more than trippled? Is there something I'm missing?

Had a look on ebay and the cheapest one I saw was £8. And in the listing:-

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No headphones included. Radio works fine. Cassette mechanism makes a noise but doesn't turn tape.

WTF?

Just waiting for minidiscs to increase tenfold to sell a spare 10 pack of recordables.

Anyway I'm thinking of converting my old tapes to mp3 now as I haven't the facility to listen to them. Is this a good idea or will I get bored easily?

I believe this is all apart of the hipster movement. Its ironic to still listen to tapes, which makes it cool.

Beware of anyone who wears women pants and has huge hair. These are the people who are messing up the walkman economy.

Just hit up some car boot sales; you'll find loads of them. Probably in better condition and cheaper, too!

Why do you want a Walkman anyway? I have plenty of them.

  On 9/30/2010 at 9:22 PM, vasio said:

Why do you want a Walkman anyway? I have plenty of them.

It's alright for some. I expect they're your little nest egg for later in life.

  On 9/30/2010 at 9:22 PM, vasio said:

Why do you want a Walkman anyway?

TO LISTEN TO ON MY FIXIE DUDE

i chickened out and didn't buy this walkman at the second hand store. i def should have, i mena, just LOOK at it.

  On 9/30/2010 at 9:24 PM, spratters said:

  On 9/30/2010 at 9:22 PM, vasio said:

Why do you want a Walkman anyway? I have plenty of them.

 

It's alright for some. I expect they're your little nest egg for later in life.

It's all about the Mega-Bass.

  On 9/30/2010 at 9:33 PM, yek said:

i chickened out and didn't buy this walkman at the second hand store. i def should have, i mena, just LOOK at it.

 

Woah childhood flashback, i had one of these :D Didn't have a fancy fm radio on it though, very swish!

Everyone needs a walkman anyway... how else are they going to listen to ceephax' ceeland

  On 9/30/2010 at 9:00 PM, spratters said:

I remember a few years back I could go down Argos and get a cassette walkman by Alba for £3.

 

Why is it now that the prices have more than trippled? Is there something I'm missing?

 

Had a look on ebay and the cheapest one I saw was £8. And in the listing:-

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No headphones included. Radio works fine. Cassette mechanism makes a noise but doesn't turn tape.

WTF?

 

Just waiting for minidiscs to increase tenfold to sell a spare 10 pack of recordables.

 

Anyway I'm thinking of converting my old tapes to mp3 now as I haven't the facility to listen to them. Is this a good idea or will I get bored easily?

WTF indeed, walkman prices are the same as they always were here in Seattle. The goodwill always has a few of them for around 2-7 bucks depending on how fancy the shit looks. The $2 ones work fine.

I like cassettes. They're cheap as shit, disposable, and I can find loads of bizarre old home-recorded stuff to sample on them. Vinyl is way too expensive and nobody puts their sermons, telephone calls, or weird childhood raps on wax anyway. Tapes fulfill my audio voyeurism needs.

edit: Also, I've been recording on cassettes since I was five. No need to stop now.

I had one of these in high school

so you hipsters can suck my big dick

i realized this exact same thing last week when i wanted to buy a walkman because i've started buying tapes from a cassette-only ambient / drone label. i didn't want to spend money on a good tape deck if i'm only gonna have 10 - 15 tapes. ironically, best buy had the lowest price on a decent sony walkman.

I miss my walkman

i like to pronounce it "walkmun"

  On 9/30/2010 at 11:16 PM, Charles Nelson Reilly said:

i realized this exact same thing last week when i wanted to buy a walkman because i've started buying tapes from a cassette-only ambient / drone label. i didn't want to spend money on a good tape deck if i'm only gonna have 10 - 15 tapes. ironically, best buy had the lowest price on a decent sony walkman.

thast not ironic there called best buy

i think i had that my first sony too

  On 10/1/2010 at 1:53 AM, tht tne said:

i like to pronounce it "walkmun"

lol

  On 10/1/2010 at 2:18 AM, sup said:

  On 9/30/2010 at 11:16 PM, Charles Nelson Reilly said:

i realized this exact same thing last week when i wanted to buy a walkman because i've started buying tapes from a cassette-only ambient / drone label. i didn't want to spend money on a good tape deck if i'm only gonna have 10 - 15 tapes. ironically, best buy had the lowest price on a decent sony walkman.

thast not ironic there called best buy

lol

i have a couple of walkmans. i don't know why anyone would want one. tapes sound like shit. i guess if you really need to hear some cassette only forty minute drone release that requires the fetishism of a collectible to be worth buying, maybe. it's just really odd when people argue all day about mp3 files degrading music and then turn around and release on a medium with really low fidelity because it's trendy and creates immediate demand.

  On 10/1/2010 at 2:32 AM, remy marathe said:

i have a couple of walkmans. i don't know why anyone would want one. tapes sound like shit. i guess if you really need to hear some cassette only forty minute drone release that requires the fetishism of a collectible to be worth buying, maybe. it's just really odd when people argue all day about mp3 files degrading music and then turn around and release on a medium with really low fidelity because it's trendy and creates immediate demand.

ok thanks

  On 10/1/2010 at 2:35 AM, Charles Nelson Reilly said:

  On 10/1/2010 at 2:32 AM, remy marathe said:

i have a couple of walkmans. i don't know why anyone would want one. tapes sound like shit. i guess if you really need to hear some cassette only forty minute drone release that requires the fetishism of a collectible to be worth buying, maybe. it's just really odd when people argue all day about mp3 files degrading music and then turn around and release on a medium with really low fidelity because it's trendy and creates immediate demand.

 

 

ok thanks

lol

  On 9/30/2010 at 9:33 PM, yek said:

i chickened out and didn't buy this walkman at the second hand store. i def should have, i mena, just LOOK at it.

 

  On 9/30/2010 at 9:33 PM, yek said:

i chickened out and didn't buy this walkman at the second hand store. i def should have, i mena, just LOOK at it.

 

I have one of these.

bastard!!

what are these

  On 10/1/2010 at 3:44 AM, yek said:

bastard!!

I bumped my Rugrats Movie soundtrack on that bastard all the time.