*sigh* tape trading

[Stephen Swann]

Karl Hiller writes:
>
> I just wanted to confirm an impression that I've gotten.  Namely, that
> there is a sort of Catch-22 situation surrounding tape trading.
>
> A while back on Usenet, I was looking for tapes of Pixies concerts, and
> every single person who I corresponded with was only interested in
> trading for other concert tapes.  I understand that part of the reason
> for this is to avoid getting in trouble for selling tapes (although I'm
> not sure that trading is any more legal...)  However, it seems that the
> only way to get tapes is to already have them.

Some more sympathetic traders will help a newbie "break in" by trading
concerts for (sometimes double the number of) blanks.  Identify
yourself as a beginner, and almost certainly someone will help you
out.

Steve
swann at panix.com