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Sell LP's: No visible scuffs. Let buyer remove static if needed?

I will be selling more LPs on eBay. My objective is to make space, and I enjoy finding someone who wants them.

I have been cleaning, listening, photos, listing, selling, shipping. Time consuming, cost of cleaning fluids, wear on stylus.

A few  bring decent $, many/most go for starting price $4.50. Money is nice, but not much after all the work, involved costs and fees. 
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I am thinking of selling based only on my visual inspection, letting buyer deal with any static, and keep my unconditional refund if buyer discovers a problem, i.e. a skip I didn't see. 

I view them, look Very Darn Good (no scuffs) or Darn Good (very minor scuffs): 1 photo, 1 link from wiki, a few specific words, done.

No hesitation on refunds whatsoever.
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So, what do you think, will people buy, trusting they only need to deal with static? People already trust my unconditional refund, nobody has asked for a refund based on anything but USPO destruction. What's different is they have to deal with static.
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arizonabob
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Lewm, in this particular listing I grade each cover/disc separately, they just happen to both be Near Mint. Item was purchased by me new only a year or two ago. Probably only played once. See other listings for the disparity you describe. AB
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arizonabob
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Elliott, you are correct. I search the title in eBay and use SOLD listings as a guide. I attempt to price in the sweet spot, not the highest but not the lowest either. There is where condition plays a large role. The only problem I have with auction listings is that the final sale price varies so greatly. If two or more people looking for that title 'fight it out' so to speak, the price can rise well above the current value. Unfortunately that is rarely the case except for a rare item. Under normal circumstances, it's quite common you just get one or two bidders and the final price falls substantially below current value. I'm in no hurry to sell these and am able to wait for the right buyer to come along. Some my make an offer and if it's close, I'll accept. There are many variables pertaining to selling on eBay, all must be considered to determine what's best for your individual circumstance. Best of luck to you.  AB 
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chakster
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I search the title in eBay and use SOLD listings as a guide.

Why do you prefer ebay over discogs ? 
Discogs designed for music only, it's a discography first and sales option second, also a price guide, much better than ebay (imo). 

popsike.com is another tool to check prices for records, actual auction finals are there.  



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arichison
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I will buy some of your mobile fidelity master recording records. Interested. You may have some that are I grew up with and want to hear in this high quality format. I buy on ebay , I treasure my 100 percent rating, I have same on Audiogon. 
You do not have to clean or get rid of static for me. 
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arizonabob
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'Chakster', I mainly use eBay because I have for so long. I attempted to use Discogs some time ago as a buyer and would find 20 or 30 listings for an LP title and 1 picture. Purchased a couple of titles and found the grading to be extremely poor. Returning the item was a nightmare too. Because it's free (I think it's still free), there are just too many listings to go thru and just searching a specific issue was also a negative. It's been many moons since this happened so I may look again. It's also possible I am clueless on navigation for Discogs. I use 'popsike' on occasion for price guidelines only. Never tried listing or buying there. AB
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