Digital World Has Vinyl!

I had some time to kill before picking my wife up after work so I decided to stop in to Digital World and look around. The last time I was in, they did have some vinyl but it was very unorganized, and the selection wasn't very good. And I found the prices to be a tad high for the offering.

To my surprise, the vinyl had all been re-arranged, and there was a lot more of it. Great! I thought. Well, hold on a second.

$30 for ELO's Greatest Hits? I bought my near mint copy a couple of years ago for $2. This isn't a rare punk LP in great condition, it's a common greatest hits collection from 1979 that sold over 4 million copies in the US alone.

Did I get a $30 LP for $2?

$25 for Deep Purple's Perfect Strangers? I got mine for $6 at Spin It in Moncton. ZZ Top's Eliminator....$15? Really? I overpaid for mine at $5. Supertramp's Crime of the Century...$20. The Grease Soundtrack...$20. Where are these prices coming from? And better yet, is anybody paying these inflated prices? Even if I did find something I really wanted, the sticker shock was going to prevent me from breaking the bank.

I realize vinyl has gotten really popular over the last couple of years, but c'mon guys. Ridiculous. I understand you need to make a little bit of profit on each sale, but I'm afraid you're not going to be moving too many LPs with outrageous prices like that.