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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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'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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'arichison', I have been thinning the heard of MFSL titles for some time now. Some I'm keeping for personal use, but selling a bunch of them. Please message me with a few specific titles you're looking for. As stated in a previous post, I'm in no hurry to 'wholesale' them. I started with the higher dollar ones and go thru them on occasion to put a few more up. Let me know.  AB
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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.

@arisonabob
Picture is on release page, anyone can change this picture or add another in better quality (everyone is a contributor). Seller don't have to upload pictures in his listing since there is a picture uploaded by others on release page, but seller must check deadmarks etc to list exact pressing of the release. Picture can be emailed to the buyer by request, link to a picture can be in the seller's item description if needed. They do not block email contact sharing in discogs messenger (ebay block everything). Listing is free, sales fee is 8% (only if you sold something). 


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.

Every buyer is protected by paypal buyer's protection and refund is guaranteed. Feedback system is the key to buy from good sellers with accurate grading.  



elliottbnewcombjr OP
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Discogs, you have to professionally grade them, and, you have to set a specific price.

eBay, I use my ’Very Darn good’ or ’Very Good’, and start low, let the market decide final sold price. Many go to 1 bidder at listed price, some get a high price.




elliottbnewcombjr OP
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If I come across Mobile Fidelity, I'll make a list, it will take some time.
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