ViniVault/Hunting
Keep a record want list
Write down the records you would buy if you saw them. ViniVault keeps that wishlist off the shelf of records you already own.
Write it down before the fair
Memory drops the B-sides and keeps the famous titles. A list you made at home is the one to trust in a noisy room, because you made it when you could think.
Keep the list short enough to scan. A hundred wants is another catalogue. Ten wants is a shopping list. You can store more, but the ones you would buy today should be obvious.
A want list only works if it is not mixed into the records you own. Otherwise you cannot tell a target from a duplicate, and the value of the shelf includes records that are not in the house.
Write the copy, not just the song
Artist and title are the start. A particular pressing belongs in the note: the label, the catalogue number, the country, the price you will not go past. 'The album' is how people buy the reissue they did not want.
Check Do I own it? before you add a want, and again while you are holding the record. The check looks at the shelf and the wishlist, which is the difference between 'I have it' and 'I meant to find it'.
How this works in ViniVault
Add titles to the wishlist. Statistics shows how many you are still hunting. When you bring a record home, collect it onto the shelf so it stops being a want.
Vinyl Hunter can watch for a copy you name. An alert does not buy it. You still decide if the pressing and the grade are right.
Questions
- Can the want list include records I might already own?
- Check with Do I own it? before you add a want, or while you are holding the record. Take it off the wishlist if it is already on the shelf.
- Does the want list count towards the value of the collection?
- No. Wanted records stay out of the total until you own them.