Dilemma of Warped LPs - is seller liable?

This is a sore spot for me too living in Texas. Nearly every album I buy from local stores is warped to some degree. Most are still playable, but it still bothers me. I'm also in the wine business and deal with this regularly from distributors trying to sell cooked wine. Just last month I was talking with a trucking company that regularly delivers wine to Austin in the summer and they admitted they never use refrigerated trucks. That means the wine is transported thru Death Valley at who knows what temp with no real protection. Either way I think it's bad business and tries to take advantage of people. I don't think the local record stores and wine distributors like me too much but until they start taking their own business more seriously I don't care. However, with Ebay, and a sealed album, I'd have some trouble expecting a refund from a small private seller that had no way to know if the album was warped. A big store on Ebay I would expect more help from. Personally, if I sold a sealed album to someone and it turned out warped I would refund their money with no issues as otherwise, no matter what my good intentions were, I sold a product that was not what they were expecting. I wouldn't feel right about that.

most mint records are graded visually, but warped is warped and is junk unless straightened...get a refund

I purchased a tull record for $65.00 from a large seller on ebay that was sealed. He even puts in his ads that because the record was sealed he gives no warranty and you can't return it. Ebay did not agree with the seller and forced him to refund my $65.00. Get your money back. I would also like to agree with some of the other posts. Many sellers give you the refund.

often with these old new stock sealed Lp's that have been sitting around for 2 decades sealed in plastic are almost always warped. Probably better to buy a used open copy in NM condition.