"...the beauty of taking your allowance money and making a decision based on the jacket, not knowing what the record sounded like, and looking at a couple of st

"...the beauty of taking your allowance money and making a decision based on the jacket, not knowing what the record sounded like, and looking at a couple of still pictures and imagining it." I think he's saying kids today don't get to experience disappointment and strong feelings of buyers remorse.