Dilemma of Warped LPs - is seller liable?

Believe it or not, there are several Ebay workshops on this subject.

Basically, you can insist on the seller taking it back for a refund under one or both of two criteria:

1.) If it's obvious that the record was poorly packed (didn't arrive in a proper "box type" media mailer.)

and/or

2.) If the seller graded it using the Goldmine system, in which case the seller should have given it an "F" which is the "trash" category. If it received anything higher, the seller was misrepresenting.

Most sellers, especially large volume sellers don't want negative feedback, and would just as soon take it back (some just say keep it and give you a refund anyway!) This is especially true if the total cost including postage was under $25 -- it's just not worth the bad press to them. Additionally, most sellers don't test-play records, and it's sometime not obvious visually that a record is warped, so they'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

Dear Springbok10: If those LPs are a hard to find then keep it and try to disppear those warps. You can do this putting the LP between two plate glass and be warm through a heater ot through the sun.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

As long as your $ wasn`t warped, persue a refund.

I can't even count how many LPs I have bought brand new sealed that have come out of the packaging warped--dozens and dozens--a handful have been unplayable. It was so bad fron one local store that that after returning many and getting more warped vinyl in exchange, I have been hardcore boycotting them for a couple years now. I think they and their distributors were both being idiots about storing them. This store certainly wasn't the only source for bad vinyl--most distros leave vinyl sitting in hot trucks, I'm sure.

BTW springbok, were the records sealed and unplayed? If not, then they weren't mint IMO. That word is quite misused.