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...to take our LPs to the tip

43 replies

Littlepleasures · 25/07/2017 19:06

When we moved to our house 20 years ago we put all our LPs from the 1970s ( Think Free, Led Zep, Cat Stevens, Yes to name but a few) straight in to the huge shed. There must be around 100 of them. We didn't use them any more but DH didn't want to part with them. They weren't even stored in a box or covered, just dumped on a high shelf.

Having a massive clear out of the shed this week and being ruthless about getting rid of things. DH wants to buy a record player, bring the LPs in to the house and start using them again. I'm totally against it. After 20 years in the shed, I'm sure the vinyl must have warped, certainly they stink, from years of damp, mice pee etc and some of the covers are bloated and encrusted with dust and god knows what else. I can't bear the thought of bringing them in to the house, and I'm sure the charity shop wouldn't want them in this state.

Am I being selfish to veto his wishes and take them down the tip? After all, he hasn't needed them or used them in the last 20 years and if they were so precious in the first place, he should have stored them more carefully. I'm not BU am I?

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MsSusanStoHelit · 25/07/2017 19:09

Nope, you're not - but if you just tip them it's going to cause a row. Why not ask your husband to inspect a selection first and perhaps take them to a mate's to play to see if they're OK? Then he'll see for himself that it's hopeless.

You might also accidentally ensure that many some of them are damaged first.... tip water over them, smash a few, secrete a small skeleton among them, shred the covers

Lostbeyondwords · 25/07/2017 19:11

Your reasoning is sound, if they were yours. But belonging to both of you I'd say the same thing you've said here to your dh, but add that if he wants to keep them he needs to clean them by whatever date, and chuck the ones beyond saving.

So no yanbu in your thinking but yabu if you don't give him a date to do it by before binning them, now that it's come up. And make sure he cleans them before buying a player!

Notknownatthisaddress · 25/07/2017 19:13

Oh hell no.

NO NO NO NO NO!

Don't scrap your vinyl. Shock Especially 60's and 70's vinyl!

100 is not that many. Me and DH have 550 between us.

Violetcharlotte · 25/07/2017 19:20

Noooo... don't chuck out vinyl! If there's some you don't want them sell them.

Rubyslippers7780 · 25/07/2017 19:23

ebay...sold mine, made a fortune...lots of photos of damage but was a bidding war.... not sure they even played but they were wanted!!

pigsDOfly · 25/07/2017 19:26

There are shops that specialize in vinyl and might be interested in buying them. Wouldn't just chuck them out.

Mycarsmellsoflavender · 25/07/2017 19:34

No, that would be really mean. If you really wanted you could take out the ones that belong to you ( assuming that they don't all belong to both of you) and bulk-sell them on eBay being honest about their condition. It's up to him what he does with the ones he bought.

WaspsAreBastards · 25/07/2017 19:36

YABU, keep them for the zombie apocalypse Grin

noeffingidea · 25/07/2017 19:51

Of course you would be unreasonable to dump things that belong or partly belong to your husband. Why do you even need to ask?

JuicyNectarine · 25/07/2017 19:51

BAD BAD BAD

NO NO NO

NAUGHTY OP!

Seriously! Vinyl is valuable, maybe not to you but don't be a savage, find a new home that means cherishing and love not the dump FFS!

JuicyNectarine · 25/07/2017 19:52

www.vinyl-villains.co.uk/

ParadiseCity · 25/07/2017 19:53

My parents sold theirs on eBay and one went for over £300!

serialtester · 25/07/2017 19:54

Give them to me!

JustKeepDancing · 25/07/2017 20:01

No! Don't take them to the tip! If you don't want them, then take them to a charity shop - the Oxfam near me does specialist vinyl, so if you can't be bothered with eBay then at least they'll go somewhere useful.

Bumdishcloths · 25/07/2017 20:01

Jesus we'll have them lol, don't take them to the tip that's awful! Sad

brightlightceiling · 25/07/2017 20:02

Sell them on ebay. Lot's of people collect yhem.

specialsubject · 25/07/2017 20:20

Stop! Some of those will be worth something!

YoungBritishPissArtist · 25/07/2017 20:41

Sell or donate them, don't send them to landfill.

bellabelly · 25/07/2017 20:48

We got rid of all our vinyl about 20 years ago and really regret it!

chipsandpeas · 25/07/2017 21:10

sell them they could be worth a small fortune

i couldhave killed my parent for getting rid of all thir vinyl when they movd house about 20 years ago, shitloads of stuff from the 60s and 70s

Littlepleasures · 25/07/2017 21:12

Thanks so much for all your replies and advice. Feel guilty now and starting to get flashbacks to how much rock music meant to me in the 70s when I was at school with no responsibilities.
Anyway, I've got a plan of attack now. Set a time limit for DH to try a couple out and if still ok, choose what he wants to keep, clean them up and get rid of the smell. Deep down, I know he's so unmotivated and such a procrastinator that that will never happen. So will research eBay and vinyl villains - thanks Juicy- and take a few to a charity shop to see if they're acceptable.
Bum and serial - I might get in touch down the line if plans a and b don't work out.
Now I've got to decide what to do with all the beach toys and paddling pool. Keep them in case we have grandchildren or leave them out side our gate with a notice to help yourself? Very traumatic this clearing out malarkey!

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serialtester · 25/07/2017 21:14

So glad you've had a rethink! Hope the vinyl is ok and that you can have a rock revival!

serialtester · 25/07/2017 21:15

Beach toys and paddling pool - bin!!

Littlepleasures · 25/07/2017 21:18

Serial - nothing like a bit of rock music to lift the spirits and feed the soul!

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MsSusanStoHelit · 25/07/2017 21:30

Write, I had no Idea vinyl was still such a thing! Definitely don't trash it then, my advice was clearly daft!!