I would advise to avoid amazon for vinyl purchases

No problems with Amazon.... I have also bought many albums from Dustygroove.com and they have always been delivered in terrific condition. They are a great source for jazz, blues, funk, and lots of great music. No connection with them.....just a very satisfied customer.

The purchases I made were direct from amazon. I felt a bit safer buying from them rather than indiviuals. The few that I did purchase from individuals were shipped fine. The LPs direct from amazon were shipped in a box with packing peanuts. Just loose inside the box. The records were slightly warped and the corners of the outer sleeve all dented up. I'm not sure how amazon stores their records in the warehouse or if it is climate controlled but, the majority of vinyl I did purchase direct from amazon was warped. I don't purchase through them any more.

Just to second Adam18's attaboy for Dusty Groove America. IME, you can trust their ratings of used records. I've bought a lot of their VG-rated LPs and have yet to be disappointed (as everybody probably knows, VG means Very Grungy to a lot of sellers, but not to Dusty Groove).

I will need to check out dusty groove. I am sure there are alot of good individual sellers on amazon. I am not bashing them by any means. I am just stating that I have not had good luck with LPs direct from amazon

I would also consider wowhd as they provide excellent packing
and also give free shipping when the order is above a certain amount .