October 26, 2011

Why I Ordered The New Shabazz Palaces CD From My Local Record Shop Instead Of Amazon

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Yeah, that's right, even though I'm an Amazon Prime customer, I ordered a CD from a record store. 

Then, after the owner called me to say it had arrived, I stopped at the store to pay him and get my product.  Hassle?  Maybe.  Paid a little more? Sure thing.  Sorry? Nope, made me feel great to support Freakbeat Records. 

I think we all need to do more of this, especially for the record stores that struggle to stay open, watching their best customers download records on their iPhone (really!).  

I still listen to CDs in my car for several reasons: My iPod was recently lifted by either a valet guy or the cash wash crew.  Even then, it was a real hassle to dial up albums in the console (most cars don't yet have the iPod functionality worked out well, yet).  I like to listen to entire CDs, not just playlists, and my iPod was detracting me from that.  

Freakbeat deserves my loyalty because they merchandise indie-records to me, bring in hard-to-find records (Funk, Regional Blues, etc.) AND they buy back my CDs, as well as sell me used ones at a discount to even iTunes.  Likely your local record/book/magazine shop does too.  If you aren't 100% digitized, don't resort to the online Wal-Mart solution (AKA Amazon) when you could support a local merchant that slogs into work everyday to add some value to your life. 

 

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