Warped record

ghdprentice

I know it’s no conspiracy! I was intentionally exaggerating my emotions!

It does seem that overall problems with orders happen more often now days than it used to though.

But I do stick to my belief that sellers are often counting on buyers not to return items due to inconvenience, and many don’t return them because of the inconvenience alone, me included.  Sometimes is easier to just throw something away, but I do have a cost limit that will motivate me to inconvenience myself to make a trip to drop something off for return. That limit gets lower with time, perhaps in my humble attempt to get a point across to shady sellers, along with leaving them poor reviews. I wish more people would do the same and perhaps change poor selling practices, even if just a little.

I buy a lot of older pressings, most of the high ticket ones are ok, but some aren't. I "invested" in a Furutech DF-2 flattener (Orb) a decade or so ago. Well worth it to me, though I can see how some people would regard it as an extravagance. Yes, if you got a new record from Amazon, easily returned. 

I bought a sound track from them quite a while ago-- around $40-- arrived from EU very warped. It took quite a few attempts to flatten, starting with the Vinyl Flat (a relatively inexpensive, "manually operated" flattening system) and got it playable with the DF-2. You may ask, wait, why not return to Amazon? It was out of print and the price skyrocketed pretty quickly to $400 for a copy (of uncertain warp condition). 

A lot of what I collected in the past 10 years was from the seventies- a real low point for vinyl quality, especially in the US.

@ghdprentice I forgot to mention warps that flat out once on the platter, but visible from the edge view. Those definitely won't compromise any playback. 

@ellajeanelle , Amazon makes it really easy to return items. Records warp if you look at them funny. If you don't like warps don't buy records. All warps ar audible in the form of wandering pitch. A good arm will follow any warp. Don't like warps? Get a turntable with vacuum clamping. Only the warps that won't seal are returned. Every record is as flat as a billiard table and as thick as the platter. 

@whart I almost bought the Orb, but since I've owned a turntable with vacuum clamping I've had only three records that would not seal and it is way more cost effective to return them. I also think I've run out of space. I suffer from TMS (too much sh-t)

Amazon returns can be dropped off at any Whole Foods outlet. They’re more common than UPS depots.