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Sellers increasingly overgrade records

Out of last ten records bought on ebay and discog only one man graded the record right on. He said NM and it was. How and where do you buy original pressings? Prices are going up, grading goes down. Market economy my a..
My warning to anyone thinking of getting back to or starting vinyl adventure - be prepared to send a lot of records back. Yeah, I suppose I could find just about anything in Manhattan stores for a few hundred dollars each. But that’s Manhattan and a few hundred dollars.
It wasn’t like that even five years ago let alone fifteen. It was maybe 20% -25% overgrading not 90%.
I am not talking about classical music records, it might be different, no idea.
Japanese sellers are a little better but still they overgrade, just less so.
inna
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slaw
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I believe all records are overpriced.

I bought the fairly inexpensive Vinyl Flat years ago so I could deal with warps. Beats throwing away an otherwise good record, saves on return shipping.
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bdp24
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Craig Moerer is a safe bet. I first bought from him out of Goldmine Record Collectors Magazine, way back in 1977---40 years ago!
inna OP
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He is said to have over a million records.
oscar44
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Had a couple of really bad experiences with Discogs recently, including sellers who become very hostile (to the point of harassment) when given a negative review. Basically, you need to check the 'neutral' ratings on Discogs to get close to the truth on some sellers. The moderators there are not very helpful, the listings are highly variable. 

Oddly, on Ebay, I've had much better luck recently. 
inna OP
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Yeah, ebay is better, I bought a few records on discogs and have no intention to continue doing it. At least I never had any problems with ebay when had to return records. When the condition is not as stated seller must accept the return even if he has a no return policy.
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