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Your thoughts on selling

Hey, all.

I've got tons of vinyl that I never listen to.  I've sold in the past, but it was always a pain to grade as I never play-graded, but just visually graded prior to selling.  But...vinyl being vinyl, some records that looked pristine apparently was noisy once received and played by the buyer, which caused me to refund the buyer (both the cost of the record and shipping) putting me on the negative side of the dollar equation.  I also always told the buyer to keep the record.

So I'm considering doing this:  Sell the record but only ask for shipping cost and have the buyer decide what the value of the record is, with one caveat that shipping costs will not be refunded.  

Granted, some buyers will take advantage and say the Mo-Fi I shipped them was only worth 50 cents.  But I think for the most part folks will pay a realistic amount.

Am I being naive or could this actually work?  And by "work" I mean most folks paying a fair amount for said record?

Thanks,

Mamoru

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sbank
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I wouldn't try that on ASR. ;-)

Honestly, I think your idea noble, but I wouldn't trust it to work with strangers. It should work if only selling to friends.

IMHE, not many sellers play-grade. When large collections are sold, almost never. So I would visually grade, price fairly based on Discogs median values, and offer a 30 day return policy with them paying shipping, if you're inclined to account for some "pretty, but noisy". Cheers,

Spencer

drbond
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As a buyer, I would suggest that the best approach is to downgrade the LP's that are not play graded.  If you're selling as NM, it should be play-graded.  If you're selling as VG+, then it's understood to be noisy. 

mceljo
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You might consider taking the time to listen to them as you might find that you're missing out on some music that you've forgotten about, overlooked, or enjoy more with your current system.

I had several stacks of CDs that I was ready to get rid of and after listening to them I opted to keep several of them that I wasn't expecting to enjoy.

This may be unreasonable depending on how many "tons" of vinyl you have and how much time you can dedicate to listening.  My goal was one CD each time that I sat down for a listening session.  If I didn't enjoy it after the first couple of songs I moved on.

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blisshifi
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If you actually have vinyl worth buying, it should not be too hard to sell. What I did - I put a link to my discogs on Facebook Marketplace. Many people saw the ad, looked through my Discogs, and asked me to put packages together. This made it easier for me to price over time, and you can just have people come to you and meet you outside in your driveway to complete the transaction. Generally the most expensive ones will be sold easily because you are selling them at a reasonable price and they are high in demand. Then, with whatever you don't sell, just sell the rest as a batch to the local record store.

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bubba12
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If you are looking for an easy sale just sell them to a record store. They will not give you what they are worth individually but the process will be complete when done.

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