Ditto!...

Ditto!...

Posted by musetap (A) on December 26, 2021 at 12:16:38

In Reply to: not mine posted by samstone on December 25, 2021 at 08:38:38:

Sort of reminds me of when I was managing a "collector's" record shop that did
mail order well before that was a "thing". Full page ad in every issue of Goldmine.
We barely ever had any returns and seldom any complaints about mis-grading,
poor packing or orders not received from our world wide mail order clientele.

Two local shopping buddies would frequently come in to shop.

One was a blue collar guy (like me) who bought one/two LPs, nothing ever
very expensive (for what that's worth, IMO very little), his friend was an
attorney with lots of disposable income and bought quite a few LPs each
trip, many of them pretty pricey. Both jazz guys BTW.

We graded all LPs accurately and priced them accordingly.

Invariably, the guy that bought the one/two LPs would return them for credit
the next week because of "condition" and receive store credit. After a couple
years it was very obvious he was just an obnoxious PIA AND maybe, just maybe,
really, really fucking picky AND anal retentive, or in store parlance, an AUDIOPHILE.

Was always VERY glad he wasn't a mail order customer.

The other guy hardly EVER returned ANY of the LPs he bought.

I've always suspected there are more of the second type of buyer out there
but the first type is the one we hear about (and from) more and most often.

Most sellers are honorable, some make errors, but few are intentionally dishonorable
but caveat emptor never, ever hurts.

"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

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Topic - Good reputable ebay sellers - audiophilewannabe 05:37:26 12/24/21 (25)

Reputable Sellers ? Better to be a knowledgeable buyer- - Ross 20:09:18 12/26/21 (2)

some good points. . . - peteSF 13:20:09 12/27/21 (1)

"I think the difference as a buyer on discogs and eBay is negligible." Agree. mt - alaskahiatt 14:55:18 12/27/21 (0)

Polyphony record auction - Bill Way 08:59:30 12/26/21 (1)

Amazing! - M3 lover 10:53:47 12/28/21 (0)

RE: Good reputable ebay sellers - mg16 16:56:46 12/25/21 (0)

Your question contains an oxymoron...- - Lew 08:29:19 12/25/21 (5)

not mine - samstone 08:38:38 12/25/21 (4)

Ditto!... - musetap 12:16:38 12/26/21 (1)

"the guy that bought the one/two LPs would return them for credit" After he recorded them to tape! )mt( - J. S. Bach 15:12:43 12/26/21 (0)

I've done well online, too. - ghost of olddude55 05:05:00 12/26/21 (0)

+1 - Goober58 15:57:01 12/25/21 (0)

You may want to look at Discogs instead - Joe Backer 18:59:05 12/24/21 (2)

You have been very fortunate. I have had similar bad experiences with - alaskahiatt 21:55:16 12/24/21 (0)

RE: You may want to look at Discogs instead - ecl876 21:11:03 12/24/21 (0)

A couple of used record dealers I trust in the USA - Goober58 14:08:19 12/24/21 (0)

RE: Good reputable ebay sellers - Daveslater 09:12:26 12/24/21 (6)

RE: Good reputable ebay sellers - ecl876 11:41:06 12/24/21 (5)

And try to stay away from anything beliw NM. nt - alaskahiatt 14:12:50 12/24/21 (4)

RE: And try to stay away from anything beliw NM. nt - Goober58 16:57:25 12/24/21 (3)

I recently received two jazz LPs from discogs and eBay, and they both - alaskahiatt 18:10:58 12/24/21 (2)

RE: I recently received two jazz LPs from discogs and eBay, and they both - Goober58 18:39:51 12/24/21 (1)

RE: I recently received two jazz LPs from discogs and eBay, and they both - ecl876 21:13:12 12/24/21 (0)

get_importcds. - ghost of olddude55 07:39:14 12/24/21 (1)

RE: get_importcds. - spindoctor 15:14:15 12/25/21 (0)

Follow Ups

Ditto!... - musetap 12:16:38 12/26/21 (1)

"the guy that bought the one/two LPs would return them for credit" After he recorded them to tape! )mt( - J. S. Bach 15:12:43 12/26/21 (0)

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