Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by Doug McClasky

****in' hell that's terrible. I ain't tellin' you how to do your business since you're the one who has to live off it but I'd be giving that dude's friend mad discounts on those records.

Originally Posted by Exo

We've had this dude about my age coming in over the last two months selling his record collection piece by piece. Metal, punk, grindcore, hardcore, darkwave, indie...all sorts of great f*cking stuff. We had our suspicions that drugs were involved because he was very remorseful about selling them and also vague as to why he needed the money. Either way, he sort of became a friend of the store.

One of his friends who shops here pretty much guessed that the influx of awesome records that we've been getting have been coming from him. He asked us to call him next time he comes in because he'd like to buy them. Now, I thought this was just a dude that wanted to get his friends records on the sly. Was wrong about that. Turns out he wanted to buy them because he knows how much they mean to him and he pretty much told us about the dudes drug issues without outright saying it. My guess is that he's paying off a dealer with the proceeds. We have paid him close to ten thousand dollars for the collection so you can guess how good these records are. Original presses. Took a long time to collect these.

I know they're just records but it makes me very sad that he's had to resort to selling his possessions, albeit for more than fair prices, to get out of trouble. It's been hard to buy these knowing what I thought I knew, and now, basically being told my assumptions were correct.

He just left. He gave me a hug and said thanks. Now I'm all sad.

Don't do drugs peoples.

Originally Posted by Doug McClasky

****in' hell that's terrible. I ain't tellin' you how to do your business since you're the one who has to live off it but I'd be giving that dude's friend mad discounts on those records.

Originally Posted by Mindfulness

thats a sad story, and wow at how much the collection was worth. you are enabling his addiction a little maybe start further conversation since hes a regular and tell him that you're worried. thats a hard scenario to move further on with.. sucks you're in that situation also :/

edit: OH's idea of slipping him a idea of NA would probably help ya EXO because you can say you tried to help atleast.

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I wonder if he knew about addiction before he started.

I get that it’s really sad but sometimes I’m just like ffs. Instead of selling your record collection go get help. Get the number for NA and the next time he comes in tell him to go there. It’s not just meetings. They always know the best mental health options and addiction treatments.

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

If the junky gets them back he’ll just sell them again. You gotta kick and you gotta deal with it for the rest of your life.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by Exo

He couldn't afford what we even paid for them. It's sad. We found out way too late. We even gave him a lot of opportunity to keep stuff. He never admitted to us he had an issue. Just that he was out of work.



We didn't know until just now. See the above response. I have a vast family history with drugs. Had I known about this, I'd have tried to help him. Plus, I don't know what kind of trouble he is in. He might be in a dealers pocket for all I know and this ten grand IS helping him. I know for sure other stores wouldn't have paid him as well as us.

Originally Posted by Doug McClasky

I'm sure, but maybe the friend will keep them in his basement until the other guy gets clean.