I looked at my shelves and counted just a little more than 150 albums that I bought on Discogs in 2019. One delivery of 2 records came in a water soaked cardboard mailer from France. The records were fine but the jackets were wrecked. I sent photos and the seller immediately refunded my full payment and didn’t ask me to send them back. I gave him a great review ‘cause damage during shipping was certainly not his fault. I imagine the French postal system as at least as bad as ours. On one other purchase the record and jacket were about like you’re describing Uber, off the scale bad. Jacket torn and writing all over it and a record that looked like it was wiped with a Reece’s peanut butter cup. I sent a message and the guy said he’d follow up with the underling that grades his records (operation out of a big used shop in Berkeley that I never liked much....). And offered recompense if I wanted to return it. I told him I appreciated that but to forget it. I left off any review and dropped it. I mean, it was probably a $10 purchase so who cares really. Not worth a trip to the post office. Most of The rest were all about as Greg describes: a bit below sellers’ grading. Many though are clean and minty and I give their sellers rave reviews. I think for me overall Discogs is an amazing resource. I buy less than half my records from there but think about it. Where is somebody going to find that early hard rock album that they’re obsessed with if it’s not in any of their LRSs?
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