I was just browsing the site (as you do) and clicked "add to cart" on a CD, and the item was added to my cart (not the shocking part), but it was done dynamically... 
(by which I mean, it didn't load up the cart page, it just had a pop-up window I could close and I got to stay on the item page, which is something I've wanted ever since the cart was introduced).
Is this new? If so, good job, eBay, it only took a few years to get a much-requested function implemented. If not... I'll just celebrate over in the corner on my own, cause I'm happy, if but behind the times.
*I lied, or at least was a bit hyperbolic. Sorry if this post is anticlimactic.
@digital*ghost wrote:I prefer CDs in most cases [...] and I value CDs more).
Yes!!
A few times I purchased downloads from Hyperion or Naxos or other specialist sites. In all but one case, I subsequently bought the CD. A CD is able to be looked at and oohed over and listened to on any device (since I can - as you say - rip tracks from it to be saved as .wav or .mp3, etc.), without the risk of e-loss. A friend of mine converted all of his recordings to digital files and stored them on a hard drive before selling the CDs. I would be terrified of doing that (quite apart from the issue of the rights once he sold the discs). That's all quite apart from the huge benefit of having CD booklets with full translations/librettos; PDFs just do not compare.
The most wonderful thing about music today is its portability. I can save millions of tracks on my iPod, and create individual playlists for each professional situation. I can save music onto USB sticks. I can play CDs on various setups, from my car to my home. I can play music on the computer from various media. And all of it is mine.
I have a lot of nostaligia for the physical format, to be honest. I grew up with analogue media and downloading something will never touch the experience of excitedly waiting for a release date, going to the local music store on the day, and then taking the bus home, poring over every last mm of the booklet (it was such a welcome treat to have the lyrics and read them on the way home), and then pop it into the stereo and just listen from track 1 to track X - skipping and setting a disc to play in random order eventually became a thing, but before that you just had to listento the whole thing and experience it as the artist designed. Anticipation, and not having billions of songs readily available at the touch of a keyboard, really does make you value something a bit more (JMHO).
I support a lot of indie artists as well, and some of the packaging that they come up with for self-released stuff is really worth treasuring. Some of them can take a while to explore, so you get a visual, audio and tactile experience all at the same time ^_^ - I have one that is a field recording of a few musicians camping out in the woods, singing in turn around a campfire etc and the packaging was this lovingly crafted envelope filled with things like unique photos from the trip, a map to where they were and so on. It's just so lovely. I will also buy the vinyl releases from a select few artists - can't play 'em, cause I don't have a record player, but some labels / artists just know how to design a music release, and they come with downloads. 
(I've also bought cassettes, not much nostalgia for them, but some artists just like putting out limited run, on difficult to use or obscure formats).
I download a lot more than I used to, and it's partly the fault of briefly writing reviews for an online 'zine (almost everything for review purposes was sent digitally so having a digital librarry + good speakers and headphoneswas just necessary, though doing it kinda changed how I listen to music a bit, which is regretful but if I hadn't set off the chain of events that got me into that, I wouldn't have my business. I have 2 back-ups of my digital library, and though I rareley do much but admire the several shelves full of CDs that are lining my walls, I'll only be parted with them one way.
@digital*ghost wrote:[...] though I rareley do much but admire the several shelves full of CDs that are lining my walls, I'll only be parted with them one way.
Not even that way. The term death grip comes into its own here...
@davewil1964 wrote:There was a bloke like that on The Living Room tonight. The technical term is 'collector'.
Fixed that for you. 
For it to be considered hoarding, the objects need to be causing problems in some way. They don't cause any financial stress, as I don't overspend, they are neatly stored, don't get in the way, and maintain practical use.
The couple of boxes I have full of HK action movies on VHS that are taking up space in my bedroom, on the other hand....
