The dirt cheap vinyl of the late 1990s is what got me into vinyl. At that time, I could typically pick up 2-3 used vinyl for the price of a new CD.
There was an excellent record shop (Sound Exchange) right across the street from campus, so an excellent place to go peruse between classes on a Friday. That shop isn't there any more, it was the building with the alien frog artwork on it (Hi how are you frog) in Austin. The Houston Sound Exchange is still in business.