Part of the reason is that record distributors or labels no longer accept returns or credit the small margin record store. I believe in the past decades, dealers were given up to 20% return privileges.
Now if the dealer takes a return, defective or not, they eat the price of that record. I can understand their position of holding to their return policy.
Now if the dealer takes a return, defective or not, they eat the price of that record. I can understand their position of holding to their return policy.