1. "Hit up a corner store for milkcrates" In response to Reply # 0
usually they don't care if you take them but ask before you get them from beside a building and load them in your car. Or if there's milk processing plant in your city, ask them if they ahve any extras they could give or sell you.
This is 2006. You still carry around records?!? What a joke. You, my friend, need to get a laptop computer and sample your songs to your hard drive. I can send you a brief tutorial if you need one. Even dudes like DJ Jazzy Jeff and DJ Premier don't carry records around anymore. But to each his own.
11. "Yes, I do. So what?" In response to Reply # 9
See, I don't do DJ gigs, so I don't want or need the portabilty. If I was going overseas or on a plane, then I'd go with the hard drive (thanks, but I know how to put info on a hard drive) but for just carrying them from place to place the crates do just fine. Like I said, milkcrates work just fine for everyday storing.
5. "They aren't worth it w/ the smaller sizes" In response to Reply # 0
The best thing would be to just get some shelves/bookcases.
Now, if you want to move alot of records, like your moving out, go behind any Hess Station...they got these giant bins that records fit into perfectly. They're heavy as shit when they're full, but you can move mass amounts of records with them.
they sell 12" x 12" crates at Target. They keep tons of them around during the end of summer / beginning of school season. Supposed to be a dorm room essential or some shit. But i've never seen anyone except DJs buy them.
10. "tip about jacking crates" In response to Reply # 0
some are just small enough to where your records won't fit in them. i mean barely, like 1 centimeter too small. i jacked 4 of these and i was mad as fuck when i couldn't even use 'em.
June 06, 2006 MILKING VALUE Commodity arbitrage spreads into plastics. Ilan Brat reports in the Wall Street Journal on the case of the missing milk crates:
"Missing milk crates used to wind up in college dormitories as bins for clothes, books and CDs. Today pilfered crates -- as well as pallets, bakery trays and other containers made from a pricey high-density plastic resin -- are going into grinders in recycling plants, say dairy and soft-drink industry loss-prevention officials and police. As oil prices have climbed, so too have prices for the petroleum-based resin used in milk crates, pallets and other such items. Prices of the resin jumped more than 40% after Hurricane Katrina, rising to 87.50 cents per pound in November, according to Plastics News. Today prices are hovering in the 70 cents-per-pound range, nearly double the price just three years ago. Dairy and soft-drink industry people cite mounting evidence that the thieves are either plastic recyclers or bandits who sell to recyclers, who then grind up the plastic and sell it to toy makers or other manufacturers who may not know that they are buying stolen goods. Recyclers have been arrested in southern California and Detroit for grinding up stolen plastic, and dairy and soft-drink industry officials and police suspect recyclers in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Florida are doing the same.
Some companies are staking out recycling plants, hiring private investigators and asking lawmakers to help curb the losses. A bill in the California Assembly would require recyclers to request proof of ownership for any bakery trays and milk crates they buy. A Florida dairy group is considering supporting legislation that would require grocery retailers to pay deposit fees on milk crates.
12. "RE: Quick Question for the diggers..." In response to Reply # 0
>Where in the hell do y'all find crates for your records, I >got maybe a couple hundred but nowhere to put them shits, >help!
Go to Wally World get the big ass grey tubes. This way you can close em and stack em'! Hell make a coffee table. Put some clothe over that shit and put your latest issue of Scratch Mag up there!! Bang your good!
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