speely Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Cool. I just got my first Discogs order. I'm excited!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcapitillar Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I highly recommend Discogs based on the fact that it has many rare records I wouldn't see for years on Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeams Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Discogs is my favorite place to buy records. period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hori Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 It is a great site for buying rare stuff but it is also a great site for a laugh when you see the crazy prices people put on some of their items .... love the comment that it is only limited to 600 and that the drummer died so it must be worth $600 of course, especially when others are selling it for like 20 times less on the same site! http://www.discogs.com/buy/Vinyl/You-Say-Party-We-Say-Die-Lose-All-Time/30707623?ev=bp_rel_det Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinylville Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 +1 discogs is a vinyl mecca. i'm a huge fan. --- hori, there are clueless sellers in any venue, online or in the real world. as an example, some of my local competition in the retail world leave records they resell in a unairconditioned shed all summer long, clean records with 100% undiluted alcohol and a dishrag and then ask way too much for a purple label beatles reissue with scratches. my theory is do the right things and customers seek you out. (honest grading, etc) that business plan and mission statement seems to be working for me, so far so good anyway. :/ there are boneheaded sellers anywhere, thank goodness for the rest of us is all i can say. even though i have a retail outlet... i collect too. i've been exposed to bad sellers too. frankly, the two ho$ebag "resellers" we have in my town are the main reason i started a small record store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabpower Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I have gotten more bad deals than good deals there. A lot of the time the sleeves were listed as NM but they were really VG or VG- and sometimes they are just generic blank sleeves or promo copies. Of course, refunds were issued when I complained. Since you don't have pictures or details about the item, ask questions first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speely Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 Sweet. Thanx for the feedback folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Just don't buy from seller BlackStarOutPost and you'll probably be just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadreckoning Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 i have gotten a few deals at discogs. However, there are a lot of overpriced american hardcore records being sold by europeans in euros or pounds. Sometimes, you can negotiate a more reasonable price, sometimes not. That said, i am happy with the records i have bought off the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriss Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 A lot of European sellers jack up their prices on harder to find records (often two to four times what the lower selling copies are) but a few as you mentioned can be negotiated with. I like Discogs a lot personally and I've found a ton of great deals on there often with set prices due to the volume I buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmccauley38 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Love discogs. Scored "The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium" for $30 off there. This is what I love about Discogs. You get some fucking great surprises every now and then and can act immediately instead of waiting a week for that deal to climb out of the.... dealzone... My only complaint is that I've been blocked from adding releases because I've had a few instances of making mistakes like saying a record is black when that's apparently redundant. I wish people would just take the initiative and correct what they see and leave me be. Now I can't correctly represent my collection or even sell things I want to sell unless someone else makes the damned page. Besides that though, I've got no complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciencekiller Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 My only complaint is that I've been blocked from adding releases because I've had a few instances of making mistakes like saying a record is black when that's apparently redundant. I wish people would just take the initiative and correct what they see and leave me be. Now I can't correctly represent my collection or even sell things I want to sell unless someone else makes the damned page. Besides that though, I've got no complaints. Make a new account to add new releases, and then add them to your collection with your main account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justindinealone Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 after reading this thread i thought id give it a try and posted a few releases on there for sale to test it out.. so far its been awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daegor Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 after reading this thread i thought id give it a try and posted a few releases on there for sale to test it out..so far its been awesome! link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickydenim Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I've about to do a purchase for The Appleseed Cast Low Level Owl 1+2 Graveface. It's not cheap but it's better than eBay prices. I'm a little worried about this buy as this is the first sell this seller has done so has no history. He said we can do it out of discogs to save money on fees or something and to do it paypal. Pretty safe with paypal though yeah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I love discogs. nothing but good experiences from sellers on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmccauley38 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 My only complaint is that I've been blocked from adding releases because I've had a few instances of making mistakes like saying a record is black when that's apparently redundant. I wish people would just take the initiative and correct what they see and leave me be. Now I can't correctly represent my collection or even sell things I want to sell unless someone else makes the damned page. Besides that though, I've got no complaints. Make a new account to add new releases, and then add them to your collection with your main account? Now why didn't my brain-hole come up with this idea before? I might end up doing this. Mistakes or not, it bugs me when discographies on DISCOGS are horribly incomplete... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youspinmeround Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I love discogs. nothing but good experiences from sellers on there. I have found some great deals I prefer this to ebay The wantlist email is good I dont like purchasing overseas due to tracking issues Only negative thing is sometimes people grade their jackets way to high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213041284s Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Resurrecting cause I have a question. One of my sought after records popped up for a good price, but I'm not sure if what's listed is the exact variant I want. Like for example the discogs general listing will say "so and so record on red vinyl" but then individual seller descriptions will be like "this is NOT the colored version, just black yada yada". I messaged the seller but I'm scared it will be gone before I know it So if I add it to my cart and purchase it (before paying), and its not the record as advertised (cause he has feedback but is still fairly new), is there any way I can retract my purchase? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loyd Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 You can ask the seller to cancel the sale, if he or she refuses you can just not pay. But you take the chance of getting bad feedback lowering your rating. I had a very strange interaction with a seller, told him I preferred not to purchase and decided I would rather deal with possibly getting a bad buyers grade from this guy than buying anything from him after said bizarre interaction. Sure enough he gave me a bad rating but that would be the only negative rating out of the 20 or so I've had on there. Every transaction but that one has been positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213041284s Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Thanks, I think I'm just gonna take the plunge on this one and hope it all goes smoothly. It's a really good price so worst case scenario I can just sell it to raise funds for the version I want. Here goes nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheriver Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Resurrecting cause I have a question. One of my sought after records popped up for a good price, but I'm not sure if what's listed is the exact variant I want. Like for example the discogs general listing will say "so and so record on red vinyl" but then individual seller descriptions will be like "this is NOT the colored version, just black yada yada". I messaged the seller but I'm scared it will be gone before I know it So if I add it to my cart and purchase it (before paying), and its not the record as advertised (cause he has feedback but is still fairly new), is there any way I can retract my purchase? thanks It seems to me like the seller already answered your question in the description... They probably listed it under the more rare variant to get more views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
828321 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 If the seller lists an item on a rarer items page - click "report item" then choose "not actual item". They MUST listb records under the correct listing. if there is no correct listing, if they want to sell it, they must create the listing. verb1999 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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