Discogs - Complete Collection Entered

[77clash]

Anyone use Discogs to keep track of their music collection? I started putting some things on there, but have a lot to go. I like how it gives you a value of your collection. This may be good for my insurance records should something ever happen.

[dave123]

I haven't used Discogs for my own collection. I didn't know that they offered that valuation feature.

I wouldn't rely on that for insurance purposes though. It would be one form of proof of your collection, but I would check with your insurance company on how they handle insuring collectables such as vinyl. My regular insurance would only give me yard sale value for an LP which is like 25 cents or something ridiculous. However, they had separate collectable items insurance which would cover the actual value, but you have to have the collection valued by a reputable person. That probably doesn't include a punk kid down at the local record store. In the Southeast, the guy for the job is the owner of Bananas records in St. Pete, FL. He will take a trip out to your house and value the collection and is familiar with proving his credentials to the insurance company. Unfortunately, he doesn't specialize in punk, so I have never used the guy. If you have a lot of '60s and '70s stuff, he would be good and isn't super pricey. First, I would call your insurance company to see how they handle this sort of thing.

[Gary]

I have most of mine listed,it's handy if I see something and I don't remember if I have it.

[version sound]

How do you guys have time to list all your records?

[Gary]

I just started listing them as I buy them or listen to them. Just takes a few seconds to check.

[version sound]

I just started listing them as I buy them or listen to them. Just takes a few seconds to check.

That makes sense. I envisioned hovering around my record shelves for three hours taking stock, then sitting down another three to list it.

[Gary]

Sometimes I'll list all of a certain band,just lift out all the records and do them in one go. I must be getting close now. Occasionally I list the odd thing foe sale too,so it helps me clear out just a little.

[matt]

My recently reignited interest in vinyl has made me totally addicted to Discogs. I've started cataloging my collection, beginning with my cds (because they're down in the basement with me, where I work, so I can grab a stack of discs and enter them when I have a spare minute). So far, I've input 2 of my 14 shelves of cds. Time consuming, but kind of fun.

I downloaded an app for my tablet that lets me scan the barcodes on my cds and upload them directly to Discogs, but it can't match about half of what I scan, so it ends up wasting more time. I really wish it worked better.

[MXV]

It would take me years to enter it all in there!

[MikeD]

I have some of my collection up there.. I do use it to buy a significant amount of things though... I keep track of releases I have played on as well..

[yourenotevil]

i started ,but i got bored after awhile. i use it more for stuff i want to get. i used another site to list my vinyl, but it was strictly for cataloging purposes and eventually i got too lazy to update it.

[captain2man]

I just started cataloging my stuff through Discogs.

I had actually purchased some record inventory software, but, honestly, I found Discogs way easier to use.

It is a cool feature that you can see what people are selling records for, how many people "have" it compared to how many people "want" it, how many times it's sold and for what price.

[Michele]

some friends suggested to me this site to check vinyl value: http://www.popsike.com/
not too much into evaluating them btw, so used it just in pair of opportunities

[JGJR]

some friends suggested to me this site to check vinyl value: http://www.popsike.com/
not too much into evaluating them btw, so used it just in pair of opportunities

I use this one and http://collectorsfrenzy.com/ to assess value of stuff I've sold on eBay and what not and to look up values in general. Discogs is a pretty great resource for that sort of stuff, too.

[77clash]

How do you guys have time to list all your records?

Since I am moving in 6 months or so and I don't need my CDs or LPs since i have them in mp3 format already, I have started to log them into discogs as I am boxing them up for my wife to drive back to PA on each of her trips. I have about 1500 releases entered so far. All of my vinyl has been entered (only a few hundred pieces). I have about 4+ CD cabinets to go yet though. The amount of money I have spent on CD's is staggering though.

[earthdog70]

I am just starting, I'm a long haul away from being done. "Get 'er done" as Larry The Cable Guy would say

[lewdd]

>2500 items entered to date. Boxed up some more stuff this weekend. I have 1/2 a cd cabinet of punk releases and a cd cabinet full of blues releases to enter yet. I need to finish in the next 2 weeks or so in order to get them ready to go on the next truck back East.

I started a separate spreadsheet on Google Drive for the items that I can't find on Discogs.

Once I get settled in PA and start to unpack, I will finish ripping the CDs to mp3 that are not on my digital jukebox yet.

[earthdog70]

900+ items, on the letter "H"

[77clash]

3002 items and all of my collection is now entered into Discogs. There are about 400+ items they don't have that I put into Google Sheets doc. If anyone wants my user ID to browse the physical collection of music I have, send me a PM.