just a normal guy kevin

They are all in Germany and surrounding countries. About €8 plus €15 shipping. Not a must buy so I've passed on the $30 price tag and international shipping trip.

Will trade whatever LPs I end up getting for: - John Vanderslice & John Darnielle - Moon Colony Bloodbath - The entire Nada Surf discography - The Stereo - Rewind + Record - $1,000 dollars

Go to the Turntable and Equipment forum and read the $100 Record Cleaner thread. A little more expensive than a Spin Clean but not by much and it works a lot better.

Other than the Kind of Like Spitting reissue from normal RSD, I haven't read any titles that excited me this year. /endexcitingpersonalstory

I ordered a bundle the day this thread was posted and my order is still in New Jersey. What gives.

If I owned a label I would just press 50 copies of each variant and then sell them for $400 each. Also both sides would be a limited edition etching. No music to get in the way of the 'by.

Yeah. Imagine how annoying it would be to sell some over-graded records to a friend and then have the friend ask for their money back. It's like, is this a community of record lovers who never bug sellers ever or a soul-less corporation that only cares about money and grading and commerce???

BUMP

eBay and Discogs policy is that you can't leave negative feedback if a seller accepts a return?

I got mine a few days ago. Works pretty good. I use the Mobile Fidelity Super Record Wash and a Mobile Fidelity brush to spread it around. Don't have any fancy pre or post-wash solutions other than a little distilled water. Nothing crazy. I'm happy with it!

Im hoping for 5 Starkweather LPs. I want to sell them for $2.99 each on Discogs and make $3 profit for 4-18 months of work/time.

You open a claim with PayPal. The seller has a few days or so to respond/settle the issue with you amicably OR he can ask PayPal to escalate the claim. If he doesn't respond at all, it will automatically escalate after a few days of no contact or decision on his end. After the claim is escalated, the seller is given three options: refund your money immediately with no return, agree to refund your money after a return, or (I think) they can choose to refuse the refund and provide a reason why (and I think PayPal can look into it further). Usually, the seller will choose #2. That immediately notifies you to pack your order, purchase a tracked shipping label through PayPal (or supply a tracking number purchased at the post office), and ship the item. Once the item's tracking shows "Delivered", the seller is given the option to process the refund. I believe he can, at this point, say the items were tampered with or are not the same items if he wanted to and report this to PayPal instead of processing the refund- which is what I think your main concern would be when talking to PayPal. Unless the person is insane or crazy, they will approve the refund at that step and you'll get your money. Either way, you should be OK if you reach out to PayPal first and ask them for advice on how to avoid that potential scenario that he hinted at (saying the records better be in EX condition). They should have some sort of safeguard that favors the buyer that will protect you from that kind of retaliatory feet dragging. Be calm and ask questions and the person on the phone should be more than happy to give you a road map of what to do to be most protected. They've always been super nice and helpful with me in the past.

I would call PayPal and calmly and clearly explain your situation- items not as described, seller has mildly threatened to not approve a refund if the items aren't as he originally described. Your main point should be "How do I avoid a situation where the seller claims that the items are switched out or not in their original condition?" I'd avoid eBay altogether as their customer support is almost all outsourced and there is a language barrier. I'd also make peace with you having to pay return shipping. I don't know any method of forcing the seller to pay return shipping if they don't want to. Next time, don't buy if the price is too good to be true. Just save up for good quality copies from reputable sellers at appropriate prices. Good luck and update us here.

YES! Also, just saw that Heatwave is on Amazon as a pre-order with a release date of October 2nd (only $10.99 prime).

It's actually a cover of Virgil's signature done by his lawyer friend.

Update? bump!

40% or 30%? If it is 40% for you, would you mind PMing me the code? Tyty.

Lowered prices! And added a Green Day color LP!

I believe the band's Facebook page posted about it within a comment thread on their page. Might have been in the long comment thread for the first announcement of the live album.

I think they just wanted to put together a package that felt like a rare, special, limited edition set. It's a call back to a simpler time, when infomercials would peddle unnecessary collector's items to music fans as rare limited artifacts; like if Time/Life released a never-before-seen book of Beatles photos in an over-sized, super-thick hard cover even though it only has 15 pages. This is Nada Surf's steel lunch box with a limited edition All is Love window decal and Inside of Love coin, except it's just a live album of 21 songs bundled into something expensive.

It seems like some bands are a bit out of touch with their own business' media formats. I think there are musicians who look at vinyl the same way some consumers do: as fancy collector's items that are worth extra rather than as another format to listen to their music on. It's a bummer. $55 seems arbitrary too unless Pledgemusic takes a 15-20% cut for every order. How much would a 3 LP album cost per unit to be pressed? Less than $30 per unit, right?

VCers over 65 and under 21 are stoked!

Nate Ruess shirt is SOLD! So, you can stop all the PM offers!!!

It was supposed to be for those of us who earned it.

You all ruined it.