does anyone own & use cassette tapes still? where do you listen to them?

It's strange to hear that people still have these and still use them after all this technology we have now. very surprising. I was curious to know because things seem to be getting phased out quickly in the "music" department...i-pod's are the hot new item.

Shipping costs for the US are pretty high. I'm not a major music buff so it doesn't concern me. What really bothers me is all my vinyls sitting in a box in the basement. I would love to be able to transfer those onto CD. A machine to do that (turntable with burner) costs a couple of hundred dollars.

Patgalca, believe it or not cassettes are still out there and about 1/3 of the cost of CDs, but you need to know where to look. I get mine from e-bay and a place called The Music Locator. You can get good deals on e-bay, but sometimes they are in sad shape, so you have to be prepared to gamble a little. You should check out The Music Locator's list of cassettes. They sell new and used tapes that are in great shape for as little as $3.99 plus S&H. http://www.themusiclocator.com their cassette list is at http://www.angelfire.com/biz/musicsale/cassette.html

I asked cause my husband use to DJ back in the day :) and we came across a TON of tapes he had in boxes over 300 of them! we gave them away cause we have no use for them now-a-days, I wonder if the woman I gave them to kept them or kept passing them along :)