
However, despite such challenges the convenience of buying online is indisputable, so here are some tips to make your online experience more successful. It’s tougher to smuggle records in the house without your partner noticing when buying online, especially when the postman asks you to sign for huge record-shaped parcels every day. There are also intangible things you may miss from not visiting your local record shop – new music tips, the chance to dig through bargain bins or crates marked “New Arrivals” before anyone else. No one need ever know you collect both Slayer and Westlife records.ĭisadvantages include additional postage costs, risk of damage from poor packaging or rogue couriers apparently training for national frisbee tournaments. The advantages of buying records online are many.


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