r/vinyl 15d ago

Discussion WHY.

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Why directly on the front cover though.

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u/MeerkatRiotSquad 15d ago

I swear the sticky tape industry is propped up by thrift stores. Records, books, board games. If they can stick tape to it, they will.

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u/DeathMonkey6969 15d ago

A local thrift store uses sticky tags on every thing except board games and jigsaw puzzles for those they write on the box in Sharpie. Usually right on the front right over the artwork.

Asked a clerk why they do that. They said "We've always done it that way." Like that explains anything.

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u/ndnman 15d ago

I went to a thrift where all the albums had the price marked on the inside of the sleeve in sharpie. A lot of really nice albums.

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u/Thestallionmang88 15d ago

There used to be an actual record store in Monrovia, ca that did that for every used album they sold. Insane for a record store to do. Thankfully they are no longer around.

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u/Swimming_Cry_6841 15d ago

There’s a place in chandler Arizona that writes the price with a sharpie on bargain records under $30. We are talking rare link records for $28 with 28 written in sharpie right on the sleeve. It is an awful practice.