Do you impulse buy or plan?

gmku · 07.14.2006, 11:11 AM

I do a little of both, but I probably most enjoy the impulse buy. You go in with no preconceived ideas of what you're gonna get and, wham, there it is, that LP you never thought you'd see in the racks again. Those are the best.

screamingskull · 07.14.2006, 11:27 AM

sometimes i plan to get a certain album, but most of the time i just see something and go "ooooh that looks good" and if i can afford it i will get it.

k-krack · 07.14.2006, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by screamingskull

sometimes i plan to get a certain album, but most of the time i just see something and go "ooooh that looks good" and if i can afford it i will get it.

i do the exact exact same thing. heres an example. wanting to get Thurston Moore's album for many days, walk in, see Modest Mouse's Sad Sappy Sucker. Buy SSS. i always end up wanting to get ________, and end up buying _____else...

gmku · 07.14.2006, 11:37 AM

My trouble is, I start out wanting to get _____, and end up buying ______, but ALSO end up buying that new something else I walk in and see.

afterthefact · 07.14.2006, 12:33 PM

I do both, I plan to get something, and then I always pick up an impulse buy while I am there... I always get 2 cd's just in case I don't really like one, hopefully I will like the other...

Savage Clone · 07.14.2006, 12:44 PM

I only really plan when it's a new release that I know is about to come out, or with really expensive collectables or box sets. Otherwise it's browse and grab...

Hip Priest · 07.14.2006, 12:52 PM

Both. I deliberately build collections by certain bands, but sometimes in cool record shops I'll hear a nice piece that I'm unfamiliar with and buy that. I also like to check used record dealers, and it's nice when they have something in.

h8kurdt · 07.14.2006, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

My trouble is, I start out wanting to get _____, and end up buying ______, but ALSO end up buying that new something else I walk in and see.

Yep that one happens to me. Especially in the sales. Damn you sales!

Glice · 07.14.2006, 01:16 PM

Impulse. I spend a lot of weekends in record stores. Some of them are good enough to have personal recommendations. Some of them are patient enough to let me listen to things I haven't heard.

Sound323, as I've said a gizillion times, is an absolute godsend. Really helpful, they'll always have something I want in stock, and are always really good at finding something I haven't heard of for me to listen to. They are responsible for most of the really good avant-y stuff in my collection.

If planned, I buy online so I don't get distracted (although I still get distracted...)

Fox · 07.14.2006, 01:36 PM

I do the both, but most times I plan ; except for Sonic Youth. I would not like to buy a record I don't like...

touch me i'm sick · 07.14.2006, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

I only really plan when it's a new release that I know is about to come out, or with really expensive collectables or box sets. Otherwise it's browse and grab...

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Tokolosh · 07.14.2006, 02:03 PM

Both, but impulse is more fun.

jon boy · 07.14.2006, 02:07 PM

i do both but i have been known to have to be restrained in some instances. this however ked to me being in massive debt. infact i have gone the other way and become a real scrooge ha ha. i am not one for buying things near the checkout at the supermarket and only buy something if i really need it.

drrrtyboots · 07.14.2006, 02:11 PM

I had a dream last night that i was in a record store and there was a copy of Return to Cookie Mountain but it was 40 dollars..and i fucking bought it!! This import price shit is killing me.

Rob Instigator · 07.14.2006, 02:14 PM

I do both but when it is something I heard and know I want (like the new TV On The Radio for example) it is like a quick fuck with no joy. I go in, get it, pay and get out. it sucks ass.
I much prefer to know "OK, I have $60 to spend" and just go to the record stores and see what you find. that is my all time fave. I prefer that.

Secret Boys · 07.14.2006, 02:24 PM

ususlly htings occur to me but when it comes to sy it's impulse all the way.

Alex's Trip · 07.14.2006, 02:50 PM

Not both...but a combination....

I plan on buying things from so and so bands, and when I walk into the store I see albums from those bands and go on impulse from there.

m^a(t)h · 07.14.2006, 03:21 PM

Plan. Only the essentials. you never come to a period of being totally satisfied with music, so I quit buying music pretty much altogether.

Now other media such as literature I will sometimes impulse buy if I like the first couple of pages, partially because I find its just better to really get into a book than a cd.

Cantankerous · 07.14.2006, 04:09 PM

mostly impulse but logically i guess both, if i know i need something like TAAAAAAMPONS.

acousticrock87 · 07.14.2006, 04:34 PM

I'll usually go to the store to get a certain CD, and end up getting that plus another one I'm not sure about. Or I'll just go and hope to find something that I forgot I wanted.

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07.14.2006, 11:11 AM	#1
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I do a little of both, but I probably most enjoy the impulse buy. You go in with no preconceived ideas of what you're gonna get and, wham, there it is, that LP you never thought you'd see in the racks again. Those are the best.
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07.14.2006, 11:27 AM	#2
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	sometimes i plan to get a certain album, but most of the time i just see something and go "ooooh that looks good" and if i can afford it i will get it.
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07.14.2006, 11:37 AM	#4
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	My trouble is, I start out wanting to get _____, and end up buying ______, but ALSO end up buying that new something else I walk in and see.
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07.14.2006, 12:33 PM	#5
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	I do both, I plan to get something, and then I always pick up an impulse buy while I am there... I always get 2 cd's just in case I don't really like one, hopefully I will like the other... __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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07.14.2006, 12:44 PM	#6
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,286	I only really plan when it's a new release that I know is about to come out, or with really expensive collectables or box sets. Otherwise it's browse and grab...
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07.14.2006, 12:52 PM	#7
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Both. I deliberately build collections by certain bands, but sometimes in cool record shops I'll hear a nice piece that I'm unfamiliar with and buy that. I also like to check used record dealers, and it's nice when they have something in. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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07.14.2006, 01:36 PM	#10
Fox the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 599	I do the both, but most times I plan ; except for Sonic Youth. I would not like to buy a record I don't like... __________________ #green_light_chat Myspace => Fox Noisejob
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07.14.2006, 02:03 PM	#12
Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	Both, but impulse is more fun. __________________ Anything you can /imagine is real
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07.14.2006, 02:07 PM	#13
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	i do both but i have been known to have to be restrained in some instances. this however ked to me being in massive debt. infact i have gone the other way and become a real scrooge ha ha. i am not one for buying things near the checkout at the supermarket and only buy something if i really need it.
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07.14.2006, 02:11 PM	#14
drrrtyboots invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in the forest(s) Posts: 2,946	I had a dream last night that i was in a record store and there was a copy of Return to Cookie Mountain but it was 40 dollars..and i fucking bought it!! This import price shit is killing me. __________________
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07.14.2006, 02:14 PM	#15
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	I do both but when it is something I heard and know I want (like the new TV On The Radio for example) it is like a quick fuck with no joy. I go in, get it, pay and get out. it sucks ass. I much prefer to know "OK, I have $60 to spend" and just go to the record stores and see what you find. that is my all time fave. I prefer that. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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07.14.2006, 02:24 PM	#16
Secret Boys bad moon rising Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 185	ususlly htings occur to me but when it comes to sy it's impulse all the way.
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07.14.2006, 02:50 PM	#17
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	Not both...but a combination.... I plan on buying things from so and so bands, and when I walk into the store I see albums from those bands and go on impulse from there. __________________ KALOPSIA
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07.14.2006, 03:21 PM	#18
m^a(t)h expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,204	Plan. Only the essentials. you never come to a period of being totally satisfied with music, so I quit buying music pretty much altogether. Now other media such as literature I will sometimes impulse buy if I like the first couple of pages, partially because I find its just better to really get into a book than a cd.
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07.14.2006, 04:09 PM	#19
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	mostly impulse but logically i guess both, if i know i need something like TAAAAAAMPONS. __________________ RETIRED
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07.14.2006, 04:34 PM	#20
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I'll usually go to the store to get a certain CD, and end up getting that plus another one I'm not sure about. Or I'll just go and hope to find something that I forgot I wanted.
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