Compulsive Disassociative CD Collecting Disease (CDCDCD)

[Gurn Blanston]

You guys are GREAT! "See Dear, look how much that 16 foot pile of CDs saved me."

It just takes a little practice, Ken. Well, that, and the ability to shake off a few blows to the head... 

[Moonfish]

Each day, I'm getting more comfortable with what I already have--I mean relatively.

Yeah, I am following your route too. It is a feeling that slows down the impulse purchases...     
Hmm, but the Ricercar label is interesting.... and if there is a sale at BRO....  hmmmm...

[Moonfish]

It just takes a little practice, Ken. Well, that, and the ability to shake off a few blows to the head... 

So one should wear a helmet when the mailman arrives..?

[Ken B]

So one should wear a helmet when the mailman arrives..?

I think Gurn meant, when the wife notices a particularly extravagent failure of restraint ...

[springrite]

My wife encourages me to purchase CDs.

I think she needs me to buy some CDs to justify or to feel less guilty about her far more expensive wardrobe outlay.

[Karl Henning]

Wait . . . I saw on another forum last week . . . .

My husband encourages me to go shopping.

I think he needs me to buy new shoes and outfits to justify or to feel less guilty about his far more expensive CD outlay . . . .

[Gurn Blanston]

I think Gurn meant, when the wife notices a particularly extravagant failure of restraint ...

  Yes, that. In a figurative sort of way, of course. Damn, those books hurt! 

[Ken B]

  Yes, that. In a figurative sort of way, of course. Damn, those books hurt! 

"To the moon, Gurn, to the moon!"

[Mookalafalas]

I've been very un-compulsive lately, perhaps because I am in debt up to my ears after taking my family on a transcontinental vacation.
   BUT: couldn't resist the deals at Amazon.de -- I broke down last night and ordered both the Green Beethoven Box and the Scott Ross Scarlatti box.  This breaks two of my only rules: don't buy two boxes at once and don't buy anything I already have on my hard-drive (I actually have the Ross, and a good complete Beethoven (DG) in lossless form...) Oh, and I bought a baby Argerich box 3 days ago--but that was only 8 CDs, so kinda doesn't count as anything...

[Ken B]

I've been very un-compulsive lately, perhaps because I am in debt up to my ears after taking my family on a transcontinental vacation.
   BUT: couldn't resist the deals at Amazon.de -- I broke down last night and ordered both the Green Beethoven Box and the Scott Ross Scarlatti box.  This breaks two of my only rules: don't buy two boxes at once and don't buy anything I already have on my hard-drive (I actually have the Ross, and a good complete Beethoven (DG) in lossless form...) Oh, and I bought a baby Argerich box 3 days ago--but that was only 8 CDs, so kinda doesn't count as anything...

A billion here, a billion there, soon you're talking real money.

The Ross is a great set and you got a great price.

[Mookalafalas]

A billion here, a billion there, soon you're talking real money.

The Ross is a great set and you got a great price.

  Yeah, you're right...I guess.  Actually, another key rule is: if it's top-drawer and under $2 a disc, it's worth buying.

[Ken B]

  Yeah, you're right...I guess.  Actually, another key rule is: if it's top-drawer and under $2 a disc, it's worth buying.

Yes. I just got 78 superb discs from Abeille for 100 shipped. Too good to pass up, and kick myself for not buying later. I still regret not buyin the Sony Lenny box cheap.

[springrite]

We could save ourselves a lot of unnecessary trouble by merging this thread with the Super-Duper Bargain thread, don't you think? 

[Mookalafalas]

We could save ourselves a lot of unnecessary trouble by merging this thread with the Super-Duper Bargain thread, don't you think? 

  Actually, we kind of tried by starting the "box blather" thread, but soon after there was a dearth of boxes, and it kind of fell by the wayside...

[Que]

We could save ourselves a lot of unnecessary trouble by merging this thread with the Super-Duper Bargain thread, don't you think? 

What would be your professional opinion on this irresistible urge to hunt hoard?

Just a result of human evolution or a sublimation of other - unfulfilled - desires?    

Or are we just killling time in a pleasant way?

Q

[The new erato]

What would be your professional opinion on this irresistible urge to hunt hoard?

Just a result of human evolution or a sublimation of other - unfulfilled - desires?    

Or are we just killling time in a pleasant way?

Q

Better hoarding CDs than lots of other stuff one see people hoarding, including power, influence, land, etc.....

A quite basic human instinct unfortunately.

[prémont]

Or are we just killling time in a pleasant way?

Living our time in a pleasant way, I would say.

We are all in shortage of time, so there is no need for us to "kill" time.

[Ken B]

157

This past week, 157.

Discs. 1.5.7.

SDCBT made me do it.

Only 160 bucks though.

Assuming my Bach Brats Box order holds up.

[Mookalafalas]

I got 172 this week, 164 of them after posting I am becoming un-compulsive lately

   About Q's question above, I don't think it's some knee-jerk psychological hoarding instinct--most of the time.  I listen to music for most of my waking hours, and with great joy.  I'm definitely not a "completist"--I only buy things I would really like to listen to, that I know is of the highest caliber, and is ridiculously cheap.  The problem is that there is soooo much music out there right now that meets these criteria.   

[mc ukrneal]

0

Z E R O

That is the number of discs I have bought the past two months! Don't worry - I'll jump off the wagon. I always do.