Ivan, I still buy them also, but (much) less than before.
First, I already own so much of those silver discs.
And second, I do stream a lot nowadays, and the quality of the streams of the music I mostly listen to is decent to excellent.
CD sales are falling rapidly, even in Germany now (CD won from streaming until last year).
So I guess the cost of printing them now is relatively higher then a couple of years ago, hence the rising prices.
But like you, I observe that also second hand prices are going up.
CDs might be a good investment after all...
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