divoz Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Does anyone have any experiences to share with me about buying from either of these sites? Are the products usually as explained. I don't know why i'm so sketched out, just don't like the layout of the sites i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartcat Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Never used either, but I have heard nothing but good things about GEMM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I've used both, both are pretty good, I've used Musicstack more, I found it a little easier to use and a bit cheaper, sometimes Musicstack can be out of date though but I've used it a number of times and that has only happened once so the odds are pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gutterpunk79 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I used both. I always contact the seller first to make sure the item is still in stock or if I have other questions (I noticed that they don't always tell if you if the record is on color, etc). I was screwed once on GEMM, but they have a very good Buyer protection service, and I got a refund in no time. Found some great records at good price on those sites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 i've bought off GEMM a handful of times... but theres a couple issues. a) so many goddamn fees alot of the dealers don't actually have the shit in stock, and just list their distributors catalogs as their "stock" so a decent number of my orders were cancelled because the product was OOP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll76 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I've only ordered one record from Gemm, but everything went pretty smooth. I had no complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I've only ordered one record from Gemm, but everything went pretty smooth. I had no complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I've ordered a couple things from GEMM, and it's always gone fairly smooth. Like Flood mentioned, sometimes they don't have stuff in stock, so your orders get canceled. And always contact the sellers first to verify what you're buying; the descriptions are usually pretty sparse. Once, I didn't get an item I purchased, but I got in touch with the seller, and he sent a(nother?) copy out very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrc Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 used to buy alot of stuff through gemm years ago but i dont think i have used it once this year. Never had an issue at all but it just seems like deals are harder to find these days. all the sellers think their records are worth 100 bucks no matter what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bankshot Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I've ordered many items off of GEMM. There are a few sellers who have excellent service. I've ordered from Frankie D Records 5 or 6 times and each time he/she includes tons of free stuff. They are definitely my favorite seller on GEMM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alangrey Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 i've used Gemm 3 times this year with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divoz Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Thanks alot everyone, after reading your comments i'm going to give it a shot, the only thing that scared me a little was "so many god damn fees" Im going to contact the seller to see if he still has one im looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 ive bought twice off of gemm with no problems. i think the trick of it is using the advanced search and searching for 5 star sellers (which are the only sellers ive bought from). 1, 2, and 3 star sellers i cant say if theyre reliable or not -- but the feedback doesnt lie so i stayed away. much like you would if you saw somebody on ebay with bad feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmonkey Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I've used both with no problems. just make sure the sellers are 4 or 5 star ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgparn Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 used both a bunch to get some cheap 7"s. as others have said, only bad experiences are when the seller doesn't actually have the record. you get a refund, so it's all good, just a little disappointing good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoyadrian Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 on gemm i ordered a record and didnt hear back about it for almost a month. i emailed them about it and never got a response. Eventually i did get my money back and used musicstack and got it the next week. So i guess use the advice about emailing first. that was my mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar71888 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I've ordered from Musicstack twice. No problems whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 The biggest problem is, as stated, items not actually in stock. Usually I wait it out a few weeks then cancel the order if it hasn't gone through as a lot of the time the seller won't give you any sort of update. I've noticed the sellers tend to be ultra-conservative on grading which is a big plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickers Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Nothing but bad luck with GEMM for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 I've had good luck with both. You just have to check their ratings and when their catalog was last updated and you should be pretty safe to purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deafmx Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 i've gotten some great records and cd's from gemm.com. i can't complain, there are plenty of rare things i tried to get over the last 10 years that were out of print, discontinued, deleted or literally never made and the success rate hasn't been the greatest but i didn't expect much in the first place. low expectations and checking for something once in a while might be worth it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraFox Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 This has been posted at Discogs. Bye bye GEMM. After being in the internet marketplace business since August of 1994, and as you already know, the very first internet company to serve as a marketplace for vinyl records, CDS and other types of music related product, GEMM has found it can no longer compete in a business where the bigger companies, such as Amazon and Google colluded to control which companies get exposure in search results, and have had a long history of keeping GEMM buried from site in those search results. Regrettably, therefore, we have ceased business operations effective July 8th, 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmuse Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Oh my dad is going to be pisssssed. He's used GEMM + ebay almost exclusively. He been collecting 50's - 70's era music longer than I've been alive. Hope he finds a happy home at Discogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyte30351 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Bummer about GEMM. I had used them several times to track down some rare stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsgoodtobefree Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Less competition is never good and I've gotten some nice things from them, but I can't say I'm surprised that GEMM is shutting down. The website formatting was not very user friendly and pretty confusing to find what you want. The extremely vague seller descriptions were by far the worst part though. I would have purchased a lot more from GEMM if they had forced sellers to put more detailed information in their listings. Clicking on an item page to see only a catalog number and a grade is stupid. With Discogs you at least see the exact issue of a record if the description is vague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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