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New cd's are like way cooler dude. Ya man they are way way cooler. Surley the mods will get a cick outa this.

Used is the only way to go when it's out of print. If the disc has been properly taken care of, it's perfect sound forever!

Nowhere near the "risk" of buying used vinyl. And, why not? Somebody else's trash CAN be your treasure at a fraction of the cost.

WHY PAY FOR A NEW ONE IF YOU CAN FIND A USED ONE.

Sure. If I see something that catches my eye, I'll buy it. The outlay is negligible ($5 and under, otherwise I'd buy it new). I give it a close inspection, take it home and clean it before playing. Why not?

I enjoy purchasing used CDs. The record companies have already gotten more than their share for original purchase, so I have no problem with purchasing someone's used CD.

Some times its the only way to get a copy of a recording, albeit one that has probably been re-mastered to death

Don't want some one else's greasy hands all over it first.

I have recently installed a cd burner in my kit pc.I have noticed some older cd's also are not burnable. Of course you can't find anything about encoding on the new non-recordable disc's. The prices of most cd's in the specialty music stores is still $16-$18. So, you look for discs on the used racks and pay $6. What we really need to get are hard drives capable of storing 1000 cd's. I don't know the life on hard drives but, I suspect it to outlast a cd. Does anyone know? You can buy a 120 gig drive now for $120 online. How about software that gets around encoded cd's.

I dont care about the plastic wrap all I want is the sound & the disc is not scrath or in bad condition to afected the sound.

Just started to recently and only from commercial co. like Tower.

Especially if your local music store sells mostly new release CDs and has only a few back catalogue CDs. Also, I'm more willing to buy a CD at $6 or $8 just for one or two songs than if I had to pay full price of $15 or more.

Occasionally, I purchase used CDs but 95% are new. Used CDs sound fine but the selection is generally limited unless you constantly browse the bins. Although I purchase new CDs/vinyl in lots of 8 to 12/ visit, I only have enough free time to shop for music once or twice a month. Online purchase is generally too expensive and too slow after factoring in shipment costs.

Many of the CDs that I seek are out of print, or just out of stock. I take them as I find them.

Used CDs are great! I live in NY City and there are dozens of good used CD shops here, which means lots of variety, and a constant source of fresh CDs to browse for a decent price. Used CDs are also great because you can usually spot defects right away so you won't get ripped off with a scratched disc—the quality is almost always as good as a brand new disc.

Until prices for new CDs drops significantly, I will continue to purchase used CDs. I've saved a fortune.

Why buy anything when you can go to the library and burn baby burn!!

Best way to go by far.

not only do I buy used CDs, I buy them online through sites like gemm.com. What a way to shop the world!

I have no problem buying used, for three simple reasons: First, to do so does not deny the artist any meaningful sum of money, considering how little an individual/group gets per unit sold at retail; second, the handful of record stores I really care about keeping alive all stand to do much better financially selling used, given the incredibly thin margin between wholesale and retail cost for brand-new CDs. Last,but not least, I save some money, which I can then spend on more music. Therefore, as long as the disc is in great condition, I'm as happy to buy it used as I am to buy it new. And one more thing: those of us looking for anything non-mainstream or off the beaten path do well to shop the used bins, where lots of out-of-print and more obscure gems lie (albeit adrift in seas of crap) waiting to be discovered ... I'm tired of the music industry bitching about this, and hope it realizes that the more attempts it makes to restrict the access of the public to the musiic ir wants to hear and perhaps own, the more difficult it will get to control the "problem," because the first thing any good tech-head wants to do is take things apart and subvert any and all purposeful obstacles that lie in his/her path. Watching Big Brother/Big Business crippled by hackers should be fun.

There nothing better that buying that brand new peice of plastic. Call me stupid, but it sounds better!

Only when its not scratched and is of original-make. Also, if it is "to die for".

When I get "buy 1 get 3 free" offers from my CD club, the new price is under $8 per new CD delivered to my door. I will look at "previously played" CDs for titles not available through the club.

Used CDs are a way to get CDs at reduced cost, get out of print CDs, and sample works by artists you are not sure that merit inclusion in your collection.

Only if they have green painted edges, and they never do.

Three for twenty bucks.... can't beat it!

Unless you go to those shops often, you don't find much that's good. The good stuff goes quick.

I have trouble with new CDs playing on my Rega Jupiter. A spec of dust is all it takes to make this puppy skip. I must clean about one of every four new discs to keep it from skipping. Used CDs—what would that be like?

it's challenging and fun to have rare audiophile cd's for 1/4 price

I've gotten burned a few times , but overall I've saved quite a bit of money!