Led Zep Reissue on vinyl

Thanks Bill.

I'm wondering if anybody here has found any manufacturing defects in their vinyl? Overall I've found quite a few defects in NEW VINYL that I have purchased.

My Led Zep 1 came with a major defect; as I removed the disk from it's sleeve, I saw what looked to be a hair hanging from the record. I went to pull it off the disk and found it was excess edge vinyl, so I pulled and off came a piece of vinyl from the edge to the lead-in groove. So it looks like someone took a little bite out of my record.

I've encountered records with rough edges before, but this is a new one for me.

Mine also has a surface scratch on one side. I noticed this when initially unwrapping it. It doesn't affect play, so it's not a huge deal.... I will just have to lower my price when I get around to selling it.

Not being able to return new vinyl seems to be the industry standard now. When Music Direct asked me if my record will play and I said yes (even with a piece of the vinyl broken off), they said then it is not defective.

Even though it's missing the edge, if I can get the needle onto the first groove and play music, it is non-exchangeable. Pisses me off since I'm a collector.

I know the record labels are making it hard on venders to return a record, but after all the hype about high quality remastering and cutting at a world-class record plant, there's no excuse for defects that can't be returned.

Even before its first play, my mint state record has dropped to F if I decided to sell it.... Just venting.

Low- that just seems wrong. My dealings with Music Direct are largely limited to the occasional new MoFi (since they own that label). I've spoken over the phone and by email on a few occasions with the MD people and they were usually helpful and nice, but I'm not doubting what you reported. What if you contact the label itself~that just sounds wrong, if there is some chip in the vinyl edge, the record is defective; if the label had been defaced, or the cover bent or torn, it would be a defective 'item' even if the record itself was playable.