Living With LaLa - The Good And The Bad
Somewhere in the world, there are coffee tables that have tops made of sandpaper. The people that own these sandpaper topped coffee tables use CDs for coasters. Then they try to trade those CDs on lala.
I've been trading pretty heavily, sending and receiving CDs. A majority of the discs have been fine, but a few have come in scratched beyond hope. Outside of coaster or Frisbee use, I can't figure out how you can get a disc that scratched up. They're in worse shape than the ones lent out by the library for a couple of years! Such is the ugly side of trading on lala. Granted you just tell lala that the CD is no good and they cancel the transaction. However, it's disappointing to wait for a disc that you have wanted and it comes it horribly scratched and unplayable.
But there are some cool things going on that balance out the bad. I've exchanged some great messages with fellow traders that have similar tastes in music. I received a terrific added bonus with an old Georgia Satellites disc I requested (their third and final studio album - 'In The Land Of Salvation And Sin'
