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By Chris Cowperthwaite, NBC17
RALEIGH — As the recession continues, a lot of people are looking for ways to cut costs.
Many times that means backing off of what they might want, and focusing on what they need instead.
At a record and CD convention held in Raleigh on Sunday at the Holiday Inn at Crabtree Valley Mall, vendors and spenders talked about what they’re seeing.
Vinyl enthusiasts will spend hours at a time flipping through boxes for those gems that make records so addictive.
“It looks like its brand new,” vendor Jonathan Clark, showing off one of his rarest records, said. “It’s from the 1930s and it’s like going back in time.”
“I mean, the covers are gorgeous,” vendor Paul O’Boyle said. “It’s also the sound: it sounds warmer, it sounds tighter, it sounds better on a good system.”
Because of the economy over the last six months, some of the best finds have gotten a little easier to afford.
“It’s maybe that people have sat on their stuff and it’s not moving,” vinyl enthusiast Jon Heames said. “So they’re just offering it for a little bit lower prices than they did before.”
Many vendors say they’ve noticed a drop.
“About half — probably — of what we used to do at a show,” O’Boyle said. “I see the same people, but they’re not spending as much. A lot of window shopping, just like everywhere.”
Others contend it hasn’t changed much.
“People spend a lot more time looking around, maybe, before they decide what they’re going to buy,” Clark said. “But they’re still buying.”
Many folks are still willing to pay top dollar, and Clark says he sees that trend playing on.
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