Some of you guys are more like a cult where you cut yourself off from people who are not part of the cult.
Vinyl is not a cult, it was the main media format for ages, people who own many thousands record simply don’t need a CDs (especially in 2019), maybe it’s hard to understand for you, but i think it would be perversion to swap vinyl with CDs if you’re not living in the ’90s to believe the CDs are better media format (what a BS).
Some people still use a CDs and it’s fine until they are trying to tell us (on analog forum) that CD is better than Vinyl, just because they are too lazy to flip a record, or because they are hearing some noise with a record.
I’ve had some good experience with CDs in the early ’90s when it was cool and new here (before i've bought a nice turntable etc). I quickly realized that vinyl is so much better investment, better media for my needs and my music and i was right because thousand of my records has increased in price at least 10 times minimum. While the CD is a bad idea even for a gift, nobody needs them, really.
I’ve had worse experiences purchasing "mint" condition LPs on ebay which are trashed by ignorant and/or cheating sellers.
Do you think it’s because you’re buyin vinyl ? Actually everyone is fully protected on ebay and full refund (including shipping) is guaranteed by paypal buyer’s protection if you’re not happy with the quality, no loss for you i believe.