OK, this isn't that big a deal, but I am slightly bewildered, confused and a bit dissatisfied about this. I don't understand, basically.
Background first. For years I've been saying to dh that we need to get something which will allow us to transfer all our music on cassette and vinyl onto cd. For years he has been saying he has something which does that and he will dig it out, and for years he hasn't (I'm used to this waiting and have the patience of Job).
Anyway, this morning I was looking through one of those crap catalogues which have lots of incontinence underwear and old lady shoes and occasionally something vaguely interesting. Today it had a gadget which was exactly what we needed to transfer our music... So I pointed it out to dh, wo wandered into the sitting room and came back with a brand new, boxed, never-opened gadget for exactly this! He then said that it had come with his new computer which I had had built for him last year for his birthday. So he'd had this thing for nearly a year. So I asked about the other gadget which apparently did the same thing which he had been going to dig out for me for at least the last 5 years or so. He didn't know what I was talking about.
So now I think that for years he's been pretending that he had this gadget when he hadn't.
Why? Why would you do that? Why would anyone do that? It wasn't important or urgent, it was just a thing we could get sometime to do this long boring job with sometime. Why pretend he had the means? What was the point?
Any ideas?
AIBU?
To feel confused about this
Jux · 02/06/2012 12:19
Just be very careful about copyright, I only realised recently that you are not allowed to copy cd's onto mp3 players, officially that is! 
Really, Ithink? I thought you were allowed to make copies onto different media if it was just for your use 
Have just read the instructions and it only seems to output to MP3, which is not really what I want.
I think I'll ask dh for his other one - the one he's been about to dig out for me for years! (Or is that a bit mean? )
No, do it!
Thanks for the link - I need it to be transferable to CD though, not MP3 (don't have an MP3 player) so might have to continue my other search.
Although of course I'll only be using it for non-copyright stuff
we have a usb turntable DH bought it he used to deejaaaaaaay years ago so we have loads of records , I think your DH looked at it thought oh i cant be bothered faffing with that then hid it ,
IIRC, it was also illegal to copy music onto cassettes and then to burn CDs. I really wouldn't worry about it
oh back in the day thats how we got music especially as teenagers taping the charts on a sunday was the norm
Mrsjay but you had to keep stopping the tape so that you didn't get any speaking on it never worked though
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Madonna, thank you for remembering the initial point of my thread! I'd nearly forgotten it myself 
He's not exactly a liar, but he seems to do this, but not on important things, just silly things like this. I just don't see the point. He doesn't gain anything at all from it. Except mild bemusement from me once in a while which doesn't last long as these things are so unimportant.
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