Raymonda - yes - I have experienced this also.
I’ve had reputable quality pressings ($45 and up) with ...
- metal shards from the master pressing disk
- warps so bad I could not play them
- distortion on one channel only
- even had one with visible scuff marks across one side
I still have old $12 albums in better condition than some of my newer stuff
I guess the cost of producing vinyl is so high they don’t want to throw anything away. Either that or quality control is a thing of the past.
It’s not just albums - I just went to purchase a new $$$Nikon lens. It had a noticeable focus flaw. I told the salesperson, whom I thought would have put the lens to the side and returned it to Nikon, but they just went about their other business. I assume that lens was/will be sold to some unsuspecting customer for them to "debug". Seems camera gear also suffers from poor QC
When I was a lad - the salesperson in the record store would have gladly reimbursed your money or replaced the album. But these days it’s buyer beware.
Most stores only offer replacements. Money back is a thing of the past.
Ah, the good old days :-)
