I feel like one of the big flaws in this whole cassette comeback thing is that sooner or later (probably sooner), the supply of new old-stock blank tapes is going to dry up and only a few weirdo companies are still producing new ones. Already, the price of Type-II high-bias tapes like TDK SA90s or Maxell XLII 90s is routinely up around $15 per tape on eBay and Amazon.

It’s the same thing that has happened with used comic books and records. It would be happening with used CDs as well, except the hipsters have decided (fortunately) that those aren’t cool enough.

So now you have jerks likes me scouring the listings and buying whatever I’m able, driving the prices up further.

I wish that we could have nice things and not have them always turned to shit by the market.