The waiting game

[petronius]

 

[Tuna]

 

[petronius]

Rollei 35, Polypan F

 

[petronius]

Lumix G1, Olympus BCL15mm/8

 

[Out to Lunch]

Saigon. a Honda Om or 'Honda hug' rider waiting for customers. Canon 5DMII - EF L 2.8/24-70.

 

[nikon_sam]

Waiting for the light...

 

[Arnold Layne]

M8 | Canon 50 1.2

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Akayu Onsen Train Station - Waiting for the train​

Fujifilm X-S20 camera
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f4 lens
December 2023 - Yamagata Prefecture, Japan​

 

[Arnold Layne]

M8 | Canon 50 1.2

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (color skopar 50mm f2.5) leica lll

Amsterdam, 2020

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

I’m waiting for a delivery man to come to my house and pick-up two boxes containing a total of 200 music CDs. He’s supposed to be here between 0900 and 1200 today. Of course he’ll most likely be here at 11:59 am.

Background information: Over the years I bought far too many CDs. I bought them like there was no tomorrow. Well there is a tomorrow and it’s here today. I’m 68 years old and the time has come to thin out the herd. Not just CDs, lots of “stuff” needs to go away while I’m healthy enough to haul it out the door. The problem is that getting rid of unwanted things can be costly. Disposal comes at a price here in Japan so the best thing is to find somebody that wants your junk.

Anyway, back to the 2 boxes of CDs. There's a chain of used CD and vinyl LP shops here in Japan that will buy your used CDs and LPs. The process is to contact them via their website, they send you empty boxes and paper work. You fill the boxes with your CDs, and they send a guy to pick them up. After they receive the CDs they evaluate them (rarity of the CD, condition of the disk, case, paper insert, etc…) then they tell you what they’ll pay for the lot. If you agree with the price then they transfer the money to your bank account… A detailed invoice will follow.

I won’t get rich doing this (I know, I’ve done it before) but it’s better than throwing them away or giving them away for free.

BTW, I'll be selling more boxes full of CDs in the future. What was I thinking when I bought all these CDs?

All the best,
Mike

 

[ellisson]

Metro Station, Washington D.C.
Olympus XA

 

[gb hill]

 

[x-ray]

“Got a ticket to ride”.

 

[x-ray]

Decisions

 

[ellisson]

Not too hard to accumulate CDs over decades, Mike. Technology - streaming, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music make it easy to ignore those CDs. I have no problem giving mine away: I got the enjoyment listening over the years, and others will too. So I donate to Goodwill Donation Centers here in the states, one close to where I live. Goodwill employs many disabled and disadvantaged persons.

 

[Dogman]

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