My CD is cheaper than your mp3

In previous posts I have reasoned that buying CD’s should be dispensed with and that buying music digitally really is the best way forward. And yet I find myself continually buying CDs at a steady rate. So why? Well here is one reason why:

Today I realised a big hole had appeared in my music collection. I’m not 100% sure if I ever bought Massive Attacks “Mezzanine” or if I have lost it; either way, I don’t seem to own it at present. To remedy the situation I went straight to my chosen retailer (always amazon.co.uk as I’m lazy) and searched for the album. Just before I clicked on buy mp3 for a reasonable £2.49 I saw the price of a second hand CD.

A small light bulb lit above my head and I clicked on "used". Why would I buy a collection of mp3's when the cheaper option is to buy a CD for 1p? That's right 1p. 

I have bought a few books on amazon for this price before, but never CDs. Most people are just trying to have a clear out and figure they will make some money on postage I think, but you really do get the item for 1p. Yes, the postage is £1.20 or something, but it still works out cheaper to buy a CD than buy a digital copy. 

So all of my rhetoric about buying music in digital form has been undermined and my CD collection keeps expanding not shrinking. I will have to live with the headache of where to store all of these CDs; but with a few more pounds in my pocket.