Gen Z Loves Cassettes. But Wait, How Do These Things Work?

OnlyGround
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A coworker’s husband owns a record shop in my town and he mentioned a huge influx of teens wanting cassettes and CDs. He’s been selling vinyl for about 10 years and has never had either in his shop and now he’s planning a whole section.

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There was a real art to hearing the DJ announce the song coming up and then pressing the record button at just the right time. Also borrowing friends’ CDs and then recording them onto my cassette tape using the same boom box was my original peer 2 peer sharing

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When dual tape decks came out…whoa!!! In 9th grade me and a buddy would go to the mall on Fridays, each would buy a tape and a blank tape if we didn’t have any, and make a copy to exchange Monday in school.

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I wouldn’t worry. My dog, cat, pet hamster, and several imaginary friends had Columbia House accounts. 8 cd’s or 12 cassettes for a penny was hard to pass up at my house…

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I could see cassettes coming back to make screw tapes again.

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Lol, I think every kid of the 80s/90s did this. I had every pet in my house signed up for Columbia House and BMG. The best part is I would a get referral bonus each time.

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i had the exact same model

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I think columbia house and BMG are probably still chasing every landlord i ever had after high school through college.
And their kids

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I get the whole vinyl thing, and CDs may be the best sound of them all, but cassettes? We talkin’ bout cassettes?

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Yup. We would by a tape from the second hand store, record it then just keep trading back in for different ones. Cheap cheap.

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Worst of both worlds. Shitty artwork and sound!

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Yeah columbia house took me to a collection agency and I still never paid. It had no effect on credit rating. Like the financial institution was bombarded with non payments to columbia house.

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Even better!!!

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I cant understand how they existed for so long.

I think there was a similar thing for magazines that a roommate of mine exploited a few times

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These kids wont have the patience to unwind an entire tape just to get a twisted part out, then use a pencil to reel it all back in.

Which most often didn’t solve the problem

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