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takeshi666
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Post subject: Re: I think LDs are graded more accurately than vinyl Posted: 01 Mar 2018, 10:43 |
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laserdisc_fan wrote: So I contacted the seller and his reply was " I have done this more often with cardboard cover, because I liked it better." Christ, what an idiot. What rating did you give him?
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Post subject: Re: I think LDs are graded more accurately than vinyl Posted: 01 Mar 2018, 10:55 |
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takeshi666 wrote: laserdisc_fan wrote: So I contacted the seller and his reply was " I have done this more often with cardboard cover, because I liked it better." Christ, what an idiot. What rating did you give him? Well if he refuses to do anything about it I will be giving him a NEGATIVE feedback just on principle. Amazingly this same seller has no NEGATIVES but about 20 NEUTRALS currently. How they have managed to survive this long without getting a NEGATIVE is incredible. I think the only possible explanation is the guy is at least polite even if his reply beggars believe still!
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Post subject: Re: I think LDs are graded more accurately than vinyl Posted: 01 Mar 2018, 13:28 |
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takeshi666 wrote: What do the "neutral" comments say?
A few of the neutrals: Seller confirmed there were no stickers on the sleeves. But i received 2 out of 3 records with stickers. The media and the cover wasnt mint. Was very good. The description of the item was wrong. No Mint .dirty and used .for me there is a difference Record and sleeve weren't Mint. But seller reacted positively and offered a compensation.
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Post subject: Re: I think LDs are graded more accurately than vinyl Posted: 01 Mar 2018, 15:09 |
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mikematijevic wrote: I collect only a few vinyls because the discrepancy between the description and reality is often enormous (or I should say 99% of times) and it freaks my out! You can't stock tons of vinyls in dusty boxes without proper sturdy plastic jewel cases to avoid any kind of damage never the less if you pretend to offer them for sale. A collector purchases the whole package, not just the disc, so a better attention is highly appreciated. I attended many music fairs here in Italy and the way sellers store and expose their vinyls makes no sense at all. They are collectors items, not fruit! A completely different story in Japan. They are stored properly and graded accurately. I totally agree. I was in Bulgaria recently in December with snow and slush all over the place and there was a whole street outside with books and some records for sale in open air stalls. Some of the better sellers had put their books in plastic but still its not an ideal way to sell this kind of merchandise. Is it any wonder paper has foxing when it has been sitting in a damp box outside in freezing cold temperatures for months on end! Before the advent of the internet I regularly visited record fairs all over the UK, especially some of the bigger ones in places like Birmingham, London, but also some of the smaller venues in towns. I probably visited a hundred or more in 1993-1995 alone. Back then I was mainly buying CDs, 12" and 7" singles. When I see the crates they often used to lug all this stuff around it should come as no surprise why the covers have so much damage. I always found the best stuff I bought came from small independent record shops who I left my want lists with and who would contact me when they found some items of interest. There were some great shops in places like Leighton Buzzard, Northampton, Luton, Bath, Bedford and Aylesbury and of course London if you hunted down the small shops further afield. Beanos in London was amazing to visit when it was open - one of the largest second hand stores in Europe at one time.
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Post subject: Re: I think LDs are graded more accurately than vinyl Posted: 01 Mar 2018, 16:26 |
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laserdisc_fan wrote: I was in Bulgaria recently in December with snow and slush all over the place and there was a whole street outside with books and some records for sale in open air stalls. Some of the better sellers had put their books in plastic but still its not an ideal way to sell this kind of merchandise. Is it any wonder paper has foxing when it has been sitting in a damp box outside in freezing cold temperatures for months on end! Probably not as bad as this book I bought online once upon a time.
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Post subject: Re: I think LDs are graded more accurately than vinyl Posted: 11 Mar 2018, 01:34 |
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laserdisc_fan wrote: No that's pretty bad! It's so puffed up having soaked up so much moisture. I took photos of the packaging it came in too, but couldn't be bothered to upload them because all this happened years ago, but the box was completely smashed in addition to being similarly soaked and so soft I could just jam my fingers through it and tear it apart with my bare hands. The worst part of it was that the store I bought it from gave me nothing but a dingy 5% coupon for it!
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