cpt_paranoia
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Speech to text involved here I suspect.
Or 'substances'...
I like the 'atmospheric' pictures.
Speech to text involved here I suspect.
Or 'substances'....
Mixed bag here. I've had some great transactions, and I've had some LPs graded "NM" that were VG at best. Lately I've been buying primarily sealed new old stock LPs and have mostly good luck. I cracked open one this morning that was sealed but had terrible inner groove distortion; strangely, I have a used copy with the exact same distortion. I am now thinking it's just a really bad pressing. The record is brand new--absolutely no marks on it, and only dirt on it from the pressing plant. It's just the luck of the draw with sealed records, and I can't blame a Discogs seller for that.^^^ Interesting stuff here. I've yet to buy anything off of discogs, and have been wondering about others' experiences.
On eBay, everything is "rare"! And everything older than five years old is "vintage."Today I learned what 'rare' means.
Today I learned what 'rare' means.
https://columbus.craigslist.org/ele/d/rare-catv-switcher-two/6721384652.html
I do have to agree with that--we're buying something blind, without inspection. It is up to the seller if they want to take back defective sealed items that are decades old. I suppose if I ordered enough from any one seller and had a relationship, they'd probably take it back with no problem. On the other hand, since many of these guys sell via PayPal, we can simply report that the item was defective, and get a refund. The only thing is we can't do is claim the item is "not as described"--the seller has told us it's sealed and we know there is no way to tell condition of a sealed product. (So I guess we'd be working a loophole there...yes, it was "sealed" as described, yet the item inside the sealed package was defective.)"No returns for sealed items as I have no way of verifying the condition within the sealed package."
Kind of why I almost never buy "used" sealed LPs. I have from known sellers only or if found in a pile I bought. I have never received an incorrect Lp but I have received noisy, dished LPs. I just think it is funny that the seller uses a reason for not taking returns that would easily apply for not buying them in first place. After I looked again there is only one sale. They may be FOS. Figure I will put a $200 record on discogs for $850 with no return and if someone is stupid enough to buy it.......I do have to agree with that--we're buying something blind, without inspection. It is up to the seller if they want to take back defective sealed items that are decades old. I suppose if I ordered enough from any one seller and had a relationship, they'd probably take it back with no problem. On the other hand, since many of these guys sell via PayPal, we can simply report that the item was defective, and get a refund. The only thing is we can't do is claim the item is "not as described"--the seller has told us it's sealed and we know there is no way to tell condition of a sealed product. (So I guess we'd be working a loophole there...yes, it was "sealed" as described, yet the item inside the sealed package was defective.)
Tricky call there. Knowing how some buyers are today, I'd probably refund it and be done with it.
Mixed bag here. I've had some great transactions, and I've had some LPs graded "NM" that were VG at best. Lately I've been buying primarily sealed new old stock LPs and have mostly good luck. I cracked open one this morning that was sealed but had terrible inner groove distortion; strangely, I have a used copy with the exact same distortion. I am now thinking it's just a really bad pressing. The record is brand new--absolutely no marks on it, and only dirt on it from the pressing plant. It's just the luck of the draw with sealed records, and I can't blame a Discogs seller for that.
On eBay, everything is "rare"! And everything older than five years old is "vintage."
The original Tower Records price sticker kind of gave away that it wasn't a reseal. One could arguably clone the price stickers, but that's a lot of work just to sell a $3.99 sealed LP.I like to shrink-wrap used vinyl, ...
JK, but it would be pretty simple to do.
...and they also think that all records have some tremendous value because they're popular again. Even the estate sales are nuts these days, putting price tags on records that should be thrown in the dumpster. Who's going to pay $2-$3 for a record that is clearly beaten to snot and dirt from being returned to its jacket maybe once every year or two? Only a sucker. (These are copies that a record store would never take in.) I figure I'm safe because like our other fellow AK members, I know what I'm buying and know what it's really worth, and in my own case, I'm not afraid to wait a while for the right deal to come along, and I'm a cheapskate.Yep, pays to know what you're looking at. Too many predators out there who think that collectors are all suckers.
<<snip>>I'm not afraid to wait a while for the right deal to come along<<snip>>
Just as overused and tired sounding as "vintage" and "rare" IMHO.SO TIRED of "my loss is your gain". Really?
SO TIRED of "my loss is your gain". Really?