moonbeams Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I really like discogs. You can make a want list and as soon as a seller lists something from the list you get an email notification and can purchase the item right away. All the sellers I have dealt with have been superb, especially Italians and Germans. The only problem I had was a seller sent a rather valuable LP in flimsy cardbard, cardboard softer and thinner than an LP jacket (but the record plays fine, despite being beat up on its way here). Also Italian dealers from eBay have been superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Is this some pro-Italy propaganda? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblahmaster Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I love discogs for the reasons moonbeams has said. Always able to find anything your looking for too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkie Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 noidearecords.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll76 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 noidearecords.com Yeah, prices and selection are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyseancore Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 aural exploits have never failed me either, and they have a pretty great selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealex Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 noidearecords.com Yeah, prices and selection are great. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chutterhanban Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 All depends on what label you're looking for. Nothing beats supporting a label by buying it straight from them. If it's rare or OOP, I'd say Vinyl Collective and Dead Format are my 1 and 2 with eBay at a very, very distant 3rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Just stay the fuck away from interpunk and you'll be coo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifebystereo Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Didn't know Discogs was so good - everything I've ever seen on there that I've wanted has been way above market price. May have to start looking on there again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarirec Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 for used records... definitely discogs or gemm.com. new/sealed records... midheaven (good distro company/selection/prices), sound stage direct (customer service excels..), and aural exploits (nice prices..) insound.com has an outstanding selection... but a bit pricey. sometimes tonevendor.com has some oddball & exclusive records at decent prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerbnd Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Just stay the fuck away from interpunk and you'll be coo. really? i have ordered from them over 50 times, without a problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyljunkie Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 discogs and gemm are terribly overpriced. If you are willing to put in a lot of time scouring and checking back, you can get a pretty sweet deal sometimes, but you have to wade through literally thousands and thousands of vastly overpriced crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterrod Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Didn't know Discogs was so good - everything I've ever seen on there that I've wanted has been way above market price. May have to start looking on there again. Most of the albums available at Discogs seem to be way over priced, but you do come across the occasional gem that is set at a fair price. I've only bought 3 albums from them but they were all records that I had been looking for for a while and they were all sold a decent prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headtowall Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 usually buy from labels directly, but i always get down with SRC,No Idea distro, Deathwish distro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeams Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 I've had great luck with discogs lately. There are great deals depending on your location. The advantage of eBay over discogs, gemm and musicstack is you get photos. Too many people are dishonest about condition. Interpunk has been good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsccheek Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 -I've had smooth experinces with the OldLP - formerly know as Limited Pressing, the few times i've bought stuff from sellers - auction format. -No Idea Records and Shop Radio Cast come to mind. -And directly from labels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrettrecords Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 No idea has always been great. I've also never had a problem with interpunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewmatic Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 All the places listed are good. I really like Amazon for the customer service, sending items as fast as possible even if that means from different warehouses, free shipping over 25 bucks, and not charging your credit card until the item actually ships unlike labels do with preorders that take forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefinalsound Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 importcds.com Keep an eye out for sales and for imports that are otherwise really hard to come by. The shipping is kinda pricey and slow but often ends up being way cheaper overall than other places. I've gotten some pretty great deals on Radiohead and Morrissey stuff there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deafmx Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I've had great luck with discogs lately. There are great deals depending on your location. The advantage of eBay over discogs, gemm and musicstack is you get photos. Too many people are dishonest about condition. Interpunk has been good to me. this. i love discogs, i've gotten some really great prices on records just by having a constant wish list. i just finally got Calvin Krime's first LP after years of wanting it and can't believe it was only $16ppd. i just hope the record is in semi-decent shape. it's listed as VG+ which i'm hoping the seller is just being lenient on. i'm sure it will be ok, as i bought a record from the same seller before i always feel like i need to pad an order, but can't usually find more than a single record i really want from most sellers. diamond in the rough, for sure. Interpunk has also been decent, i just don't like to order from them very much unless i'm desperate for a certain record. they're like the online Hot Topic, but now you can order pretty much any record from HT's site instead and they improved their shipping for the most part. my main problem with discogs is the international sellers sending your record in a WORTHLESS mailer and your record being a piece of shit when it shows up. nothing angers me more than to see those mailers when they show up and to know if i want a refund, i need to mail it back and pay another $10 and still lose money. lose-lose. i've even specifically asked for LP mailers and they show up in those. ridiculous. i hate eBay. if you're going to bitch about inflated prices and over market value, that's ALL eBay is! gemm.com is ok at best, some of those sellers are always backorder and special order, some don't know how to ship records properly either. www.vinyljunkiedistro.com has been good, except the $10 shipping (ahem) when it the postage comes and says something along the lines of $3-4. come on, man! great wide selection and very awesome used/rare section. it's been so long since i've made an order. i need to look again soon, i've gotten some great records! www.roboticempire.com awesome webstore/label. and the best shipping prices. www.noidearecords.com fully backed but the selection is a little genre specific for the most part. their records are so damn cheap though, but they're pressed at United (meh). www.temporaryresidencelimited.com awesome bands, awesome label. get into it. www.mylenesheath.com another label of awesome bands. great people, great international distro (when things are in stock!). www.denovali.com awesome bands, awesome label, awesome distro (especially for you people overseas) www.auralexploits.com hit or miss. good selection, but sometimes overpriced. lots of stuff out of stock too. boo. my last order came after a long time, the one sealed record (Melvins/Isis) was all scratched up and dirty. i kind of associate that with their customer service. it seems they've had a lot of issues with people on this board lately due to their shipping. the one i tend to avoid the most because they are usually overpriced is Insound. they have lots of pre-order incentives and bonuses though. a pretty decent selection overall too. it just seems even with their coupon codes, the prices are just going to be normal price in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daegor Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 discogs = gold if you keep a wishlist. For those of you that don't know, if you keep a wishlist, it will send you a message whenever something on your list is put up for sale, no need to keep checking back. Especially useful if your wishlist is very long. I also love that if there are multiple pressing you can add a specific one to your wishlist. Another very useful feature is that it is essentially a wiki, if there is a record that you're looking for that they don't have in their database, add it, then add it to your wishlist. (just make sure you have all the details, they're pretty anal about the release info being correct). Most of the time it is very overpriced, however you get gems every now and again. Blindside 12" for $20, mewithoutYou - Nice and Blue 7" for $10 (missed that one the other day, so mad), etc, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shenanigans Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 for those of you that listed aural exploits. when they have something backordered, do they usually get it back in stock? saw something i wanted there today and it was backordered so i didn't order it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deafmx Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 nope. i ordered the Vampire Hands most recent LP with my last AE order and it was on backorder. it never came, it was sold out so they shipped my order minus that record and didn't charge me for it. i was hoping it would be in stock again somehow but it never came back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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