derby625

I used to have a sweet one from 1985 with topography. Just like the USSR it didn't survive a fall.

There are quite a few times I've left no feedback for a transaction that wasn't awesome. I leave negative for those ones that really suck; when both the product and interactions with the seller are really bad. I give the other party multiple chances to make it right but when they fail every single opportunity, then they get tagged with negative.
I've worked my fair share of customer service; I know that either party can be the culprit of a crap situation. I always make myself the one trying to be fair.

Long story short, I recently left neutral feedback for a transaction where the LP was over-graded and eventually refunded by eBay via a courtesy refund (eBay refunds you, tells you to just keep the item, etc).  
 
I was super mild with the neutral feedback too, just writing "LP condition not as described. Seller was quick & helpful with refund. Thanks."  At the time I wrote it, I felt weird about getting an over-graded record and not mentioning it for future buyers to consider.  Not to ruin the seller's business but so buyers can at least double-check the condition before they buy and not have a similar experience as I did.  Not my job at all to give that heads up to other buyers but I figured "Hey, eBay is giving me blinking notices in my dashboard about leaving feedback so I might as well..."
 
Anyway, the next day, I received a 3+ paragraph long manifesto from the seller about how I was a scammer and liar (which he knew all along) and that I somehow conned eBay into giving me a courtesy refund, so that I wouldn't have to return the LP and reveal that I was lying about the condition being not as described.
 
As dumb and obviously silly as the message was (he said I suspiciously waited weeks to ask for a refund, when he was the one who originally offered me a refund 8 days after the auction closed, and the refund was completed less than 14 days after the auction ended   ), it still spikes my anxiety a bit to have e-confrontation and wildly inaccurate dates and conspiracy theories against me fired into my consciousness.  I just want to be chill and listen to records, you know.  Not in my bathroom at midnight wondering if I should reply and politely clear my name of the top serious accusations or not reply and be the cool, unflinching man I wish I could be (or whether I should start taking Paxil again  ).
 
With that said, the main purpose of my own little manifesto here is to solicit your experiences with buyers or sellers who have accused you of being Leonardo DiCaprio from "Catch Me If You Can" (but with $20 records instead of millions of dollars).  It would help me, and perhaps others, to hear how common and silly and not a big deal being harassed over vinyl transactions is.  Share your stories and spread some good, humorous vibes.
 
Thanks.

There should be a feedback score (for sellers) about all buyers.   Every buyer starts at 0 and every time they complain about a transaction, get an item credited, leave negative or neutral feedback, the number should go up to warn sellers that this buyer has the potential for trouble.  As a seller if I saw the buyer had a buyer feedback of (2) or greater I would cancel the transaction and immediately block that bidder from all future transactions.     Can anyone write an app for that?  
 
The problem with ebay is they protect, and hide, the complaint history of buyers.   Right now the only chance a seller has of finding (and blocking) a consistently bad buyer is through "feedback left for others" which I now check for every sale.  
 
Will the OP please post his ebay name.  

So that means if a seller is really an asshole and just does everything wrong and the buyer leaves negative feedback for it, they're dinged too? So dumb

There are quite a few times I've left no feedback for a transaction that wasn't awesome. I leave negative for those ones that really suck; when both the product and interactions with the seller are really bad. I give the other party multiple chances to make it right but when they fail every single opportunity, then they get tagged with negative.
I've worked my fair share of customer service; I know that either party can be the culprit of a crap situation. I always make myself the one trying to be fair.

Along with a BFF joke.

Along with a BFF joke.

I'll sell you Fantastic Planet for 50 bucks.... well, not really, but it seemed like a good deal, right?
 

My advice is, even if the genre isn't your cup of tea here, enjoy the ride and stick it out. You can be the vocal 1950's vocal genre that this forum needs.

MOV Twitter just posted this:
 
#StoneTemplePilots - No.4 on white #vinyl #record with die-cut jacket available soon #vi...      Official site     Looks like it is coming out late January and limited to 2,000 on 180 gram white vinyl   Pre-Order links:   Amazon US ($36.99 & PRIME-Eligible) [No color listed and keeps bouncing between $33-$37] Amazon UK (£23.65) [Listed as black vinyl] New On Vinyl (€21,95) [Listed as white vinyl] Juno.co.uk ($22.51 and shipping around $6 to USA) [Listed as white vinyl]

MOV Twitter just posted this:
 
#StoneTemplePilots - No.4 on white #vinyl #record with die-cut jacket available soon #vi...      Official site     Looks like it is coming out late January and limited to 2,000 on 180 gram white vinyl   Pre-Order links:   Amazon US ($36.99 & PRIME-Eligible) [No color listed and keeps bouncing between $33-$37] Amazon UK (£23.65) [Listed as black vinyl] New On Vinyl (€21,95) [Listed as white vinyl] Juno.co.uk ($22.51 and shipping around $6 to USA) [Listed as white vinyl]

MOV Twitter just posted this:
 
#StoneTemplePilots - No.4 on white #vinyl #record with die-cut jacket available soon #vi...      Official site     Looks like it is coming out late January and limited to 2,000 on 180 gram white vinyl   Pre-Order links:   Amazon US ($36.99 & PRIME-Eligible) [No color listed and keeps bouncing between $33-$37] Amazon UK (£23.65) [Listed as black vinyl] New On Vinyl (€21,95) [Listed as white vinyl] Juno.co.uk ($22.51 and shipping around $6 to USA) [Listed as white vinyl]

MOV Twitter just posted this:
 
#StoneTemplePilots - No.4 on white #vinyl #record with die-cut jacket available soon #vi...      Official site     Looks like it is coming out late January and limited to 2,000 on 180 gram white vinyl   Pre-Order links:   Amazon US ($36.99 & PRIME-Eligible) [No color listed and keeps bouncing between $33-$37] Amazon UK (£23.65) [Listed as black vinyl] New On Vinyl (€21,95) [Listed as white vinyl] Juno.co.uk ($22.51 and shipping around $6 to USA) [Listed as white vinyl]

Psyche!  On schedule for a 2016 release LOL.

Andrew just confirmed this in his reddit AMA. 
 
REJOICE!

Not to be a downer, but that mentions only that he's planning "Everything In Transit." Nothing about the other albums or that it's 100% confirmed.
Unless there are other answers he has hidden in the 500+ comments

Aww they think this is the first time  SRC has pulled this crap... to be so young and naive to SRC.

That's truly unfortunate, I have so much more shit to give!
I guess hit up your "contacts" then and see if you can get an answer, but I'll tell you that if anyone ever called up a pressing plant I use to ask about why one of my records was delayed and they actually told that person, I would never do business with that pressing plant again because discussing confidential details about a customer's projects would be pretty damn unprofessional.
But go ahead. I'm sure you know what you're doing. You're obviously a very powerful person in the music industry with your inside tracks on Say Anything shows in Chicago and all.

i have contacts at a few pressing plants. if it is being pressed at one of those plants i'd ask my contact if the plant really fucked up the pressing six times like SRC claims. 
 
also, fuck off, scott. i'm sick of your shit.

k whens the maladroit reissue 

niiiiice
 
here's the link for those interested:
http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/939

niiiiice
 
here's the link for those interested:
http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/939

Fat Music For Riot Fest People leftovers are up.

Almost done! Just need the recent presses of YAOMM (someone help me out with a tour press   ) and the tour 7" as well as the Mint of YAOMM which I just can't seem to find for some reason!