Idaho, UT, WA Cassette Tape Owners Are Making Bank Online

It's funny how nostalgia comes full circle every few years.

Many people who grew up in the seventies, eighties, and nineties long for a return to when times were much simpler. In recent years, certain items that were considered 'dead technology' back then are now making a comeback thanks to websites like eBay.

Most households these days don't have tape players or boom boxes sitting around. If you would have mentioned cassettes 10 years ago, you'd have probably gotten some strange looks, especially from those born after 2000.

Well, guess what.

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Cassette tapes are once again a hot commodity among music lovers. A recent Reddit post from earlier in September inspired close to 400 people to profess their fondness for what was once a preferred method of listening to bands.

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I actually miss re-feeding my cassette tapes with the use of a pencil when the ribbon would seep out; it was just part of the charm. My 23-year-old daughter recently started buying cassettes.

You wouldn't believe what cassettes are fetching online these days. There's a current trend of companies producing combination sound systems that include CD, cassette, Bluetooth, and vinyl playing capabilities, which doesn't look like it's going to end anytime soon.

I recently started my cassette collection back up again so that I can pass them down to my young son someday. I bought a boom box also.

My first purchase was Metallica's 'Kill em All', which I snagged for $18 on eBay. I now have over a dozen and am really enjoying playing them again.

Maybe it's time to head up to the attic. You might be sitting on a forgotten fortune of tapes.