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Waiting Room Records
4.7 ★★★★★ 187 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Normal, Illinois
Independent record store buying and selling new and used LPs, CDs, and cassettes.
Plan your visit
- Buys & trades used gear they buy, trade, or consign used instruments — bring the case and any original parts, and expect trade credit to beat the cash offer
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (309) 452-4222
- Website waitingroomrecords.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Sunday | 12–5 PM |
What's on the wall
“I purchased on eBay Imprints 40th anniversary collection edition of The Neverending Story huge collectible.”
What players say again and again
“Friendly staff with an excellent selection of pop, rock, jazz, and many more on vinyl and CD.”
From the reviews
On a break from working my wife's tent at the Sugar Creek Arts Festival during an unseasonably hot October Sunday afternoon, I decided to drop in this shop to check out the stock, and to be honest, take in some free air conditioning. I was met immediately with a "Howdy!
Waiting Room is a fantastic place. The selection is a great blend of new and classic music. They are always more than willing to order an album for you as well and will call you when it comes in! The store is clean and very inviting. The staff is helpful and very customer-friendly.
A fantastic record shop, the perfect place to get new releases! Love the atmosphere and the staff are always kind and accommodating, especially the shop cat Murph. They'll always try and track down what you're looking for, and have found quite a few harder records I was looking for.
I love Waiting Room - it’s my first stop every time I come to town! Kind & knowledgeable staff, great selection, and always great music bumpin in the shop. Plus, Murph the cat! You just can’t beat it.
Selling or trading gear at Waiting Room Records
Waiting Room Records comes up for buying and trading used gear — confirmed on their own site. Two things make the trip go better. First, bring the whole package: the case or gig bag, the original tremolo arm or bridge parts, the paperwork if you have it — a complete rig is worth real money more than a bare instrument, and it saves the back-and-forth of "can you bring the case in?" Second, know that trade credit almost always beats the cash offer, usually by a healthy margin — if you're upgrading anyway, price your old gear as a trade against the new one before you take cash. Either way, expect the offer to be below what the gear sells for on the wall; the gap is the store's margin for setup, warranty, and sitting on it until the right buyer walks in.
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