TFP Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I only really get disappointed with seam splits. But I do not request refunds or replacements over it. The seam splits just annoy me. Rip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) It's annoying but I wouldn't cry about it. Fuck a spine split tho Edited January 27, 2017 by Shlebs vinyl addict and Rip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl addict Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) I don't freak out about it, but I can see why others do. As someone else mentioned. It's like buying a new car with a dent in it. NM obviously sells for more than a VG+ with a ding in the corner. The evidence is all over Discogs. So, people are willing to pay extra for the NM jacket. If they pay extra for it, I would imagine they expect it to arrive in NM condition. Edited January 27, 2017 by vinyl addict pizza face 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivions Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I'm ok with dings. I'm ok with people who aren't ok with dings. We're all ok. hammertime, ghost and vinyl addict 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedumb Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, richardsurf said: I'm ok with dings. I'm ok with people who aren't ok with dings. We're all ok. daegor, vinyl addict, patty_d_27 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 10 minutes ago, vinyl addict said: Would you want a brand new car with a dent in it? avery, ditc586, daegor and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy_raygun Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 In my experience, people who are new to records and young. Also scammers. freedumb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Fungi said: ::wank wank wank:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl addict Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 17 minutes ago, Derek™ said: You wouldn't download a record either. daegor and brandy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Mike Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Bladewillisisdead said: Life is full of dinged corners. And as soon as I remember how to update my signature, that's it. niblips 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecayToDeath Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Depends how much I spent on the record. I spent around $50 on an album and specifically asked for it to be packed with record separate from jacket. They ignored that and it showed up with a huge split on both the top and the bottom. I think the price tag made that hard to swallow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungi Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 38 minutes ago, The Ghost of Randy Savage said: ::wank wank wank:: i can PM you more pics if you need more material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheriver Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Just keep every record you buy no matter what. Then one day you will have more records than space and never have time to listen to 99.9% of them. Problem with buyers whining about dumb shit solved! niblips 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown pleasures Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Dings matter to people for the same reason they do to sports card, coin or comic book collectors. Ask a baseball card or currency collector how much difference a ding makes to the value of a card or note - probably like 75% on an in-demand one. People who collect anything are weird. People who collect anything involving printer matter are even weirder. It's like they need some way to rank one copy of something over the next so they'll look for the slightest noticeable markings and use them as benchmarks. I don't think it's that hard to understand. If you're only interested in the tunes, then be happy with your copy of an album dug from the bargain bin and be done with it. If you're an obsessive "collector" then you'll probably spend the rest of your adult life searching for the most pristine copy of "Dark Side of the Moon" imaginable, and when you finally find that mint sealed OG you'll wake up each morning paranoid that this will be the day it'll fall on the ground and get a corner ding. I don't think one is right and one is wrong. Just two sides of the vinyl appreciation coin. Hairy Potter, hammertime, allenh and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Every record I buy I make sure I drop it on it's top left corner, that way all of them look the same when I look at them on the shelf. kannibal, mcpherson123, Hairy Potter and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 A few years ago I bought a boxset at full price from Interpunk that arrived with a giant slash across the back of it and promptly sent an email to [email protected], cause who cares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFP Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, DOMAN127 said: Depends how much I spent on the record. I spent around $50 on an album and specifically asked for it to be packed with record separate from jacket. They ignored that and it showed up with a huge split on both the top and the bottom. I think the price tag made that hard to swallow. Exactly, totally agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFP Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 28 minutes ago, Shitty Rambo said: A few years ago I bought a boxset at full price from Interpunk that arrived with a giant slash across the back of it and promptly sent an email to [email protected], cause who cares? I'm getting an intermittent loading icon between clips, anybody else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewOldStock Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 4 hours ago, thefavoriteplay said: I'm getting an intermittent loading icon between clips, anybody else? Part of the joke I believe. Seam splits are a pain, but ultimately as long as the record is good I'm happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKaye Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I've been collecting since the late 80s. And though record and cover condition have always been a factor, and graded according to Record Collector/Goldmine standards, I think in recent times with a wave of new collectors and vinyl becoming fashionable again, it's become more intense. And small imperfections are not tolerated. When you used to have to actually buy records from a shop, they weren't sealed most of the time, and there was obviously some minor dings from an object being carried around. In this brave new world, I think people want them to be unblemished. That said, to avoid all this, I photograph everything I am selling in hi-res and from all angles so nobody has any surprises when it turns up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) 8 hours ago, Derek™ said: Detracts from that optimal resale value, of course. 7 hours ago, Fungi said: exactly. a bad corner ding can bring the grade of a jacket from NM to VG+. this, of course, lowers the optimal resale value and, in turn, reduces the investment gains we could hope to achieve from our vinyl portfolios. Edited January 27, 2017 by Eliminator Jr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaleTheInferno Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 This reminds me of a Tool bootleg I sold to a guy on eBay. Graded it as VG+ because of corner dings. A german guy won the auction about 2/3rd what I paid, so it was a loss from the get-go, but then he had the audacity to raise a dispute/refund because my photos didn't show how bad the corner dings were claimed the listing misleading. (they weren't, that's why you couldn't see them without an effing zoom lens) I told him the grading reflected minor dings but he wouldn't budge. Never had a buyer dispute raised in my life, I pride myself on accurate gradings. Gave him a discount and called it a day. But next time I'm not putting up with that baloney. Fungi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stress On The Sky Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) I mostly buy new items, in transit shit does happen and occasionally I get a mangled corner or a split seam. I'm relying on the postal service and the label/distributor to safely transport me something that is essentially made of card so it doesn't really surprise me when it happens now, I'm too far into the hobby to lose sleep over it. The only time I'm really bummed about cover creases, dings or splits is in the very few cases that it becomes difficult to remove the actual record without causing further damage but even then that's more just frustrating than anything else. I'd obviously prefer everything made it to me in pristine condition but most of that is out of my control and unless the record itself is trashed I won't do anything about it. Edited January 27, 2017 by Stress On The Sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl addict Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, ScaleTheInferno said: This reminds me of a Tool bootleg I sold to a guy on eBay. Graded it as VG+ because of corner dings. A german guy won the auction about 2/3rd what I paid, so it was a loss from the get-go, but then he had the audacity to raise a dispute/refund because my photos didn't show how bad the corner dings were claimed the listing misleading. (they weren't, that's why you couldn't see them without an effing zoom lens) I told him the grading reflected minor dings but he wouldn't budge. Never had a buyer dispute raised in my life, I pride myself on accurate gradings. Gave him a discount and called it a day. But next time I'm not putting up with that baloney. With eBay, you really don't have much of a choice, unfortunately. It's designed in favor of the buyer. The seller gets screwed everytime. Anytime a buyer complains, the seller needs to do there best, otherwise it's the threat of Neg feedback (buyers can't be given Neg feedback) Edited January 27, 2017 by vinyl addict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Are people really still selling records on eBay? What a gruelfest. niblips and vinyl addict 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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