bigsteve Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 I recently bought some vinyl off a guy off Ebay who described it as in v. good condition. When I got it, the sound condition was poor, there were numerous visible scratches and in the wrong sleeve :!: I got a full refund, even P&P both ways, so I'm not complaining about him, but I wish they'd attach an official Record Grading System to the 'Condition' line for the seller to fill in, with guidelines. I look after my records very well and have never bought a record 2nd hand thats been up to the nick of my older ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuro Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Most of the records I buy from eBay end up being visibly scratched and in poor nick, but the quality is ok so I rip a digital copy as soon as I can... I wish people would take more care of their vinyl Simcut knows of a solution I think that eliminates dust and improves sound quality immensely, can't remember what it is but it's some American fluid... what's it's name?! aargh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirddrive Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Sometimes it's in great condition - i've received worse from HTFR at times, clearly been listened to a 1000 and 1 times by punters in the shop. Although, my copy of The Clergy - 'Saints and Sinners' has a knackered sleeve and a variety of exotic fingermarks and other unidentified marks, LOL. That said, a brand new copy of DP - 'Judgement Day' from chemical sounds awful at the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuro Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 My copy of Three Drives - 'Sunset On Ibiza' (Original Mix) is completely knackered at the very start where it's been cued up multiple times by the previous owner :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Yeah, I hate it when ppes describe stuff as excellent and it ends up eing more god/very good at a push! its well anoyying! I'm completelyhonest, if im flogging summat knackeerd id dsay so!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 damn right! Its incredibly annoying when u get bad presses as well tho, my copy of kay d smith - praiseworthy tunes has a skip right at the beginning (there isn't a single mark or scratch on it tho!) makes mixing it very hard, and theres another skip half way thru......i suppose i should of sent it back but i couldn't b arsed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Yeah I've had trouble like that before, I was well peeved with on record, Juno got it in I had a listen loved it got a copy, was crackly as hell in the quiet bits-and theres plenty wuiet bitd uring this track!, so I get sent another copy which sounds exactly the same! bummer! returend both copies and got a refund but majorly pissed me off. Three months or so down the road 3 (s***)Beat get copies in for £2-3.00 dearer than juno had em! and no where else got copies!, so I basically passed altogether on that track then. I bought a breaks track a few years ago and the record got stuck near the end of one side, I loved the other side so kept it instead of returning it. I also recently bought summat off a guy on ebay and it turned up in worse condition than as stated, he didnt do refunds either even when I emailed him about it! was £4.00 or so down the bloodey drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsteve Posted June 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 I bought a breaks track a few years ago and the record got stuck near the end of one side You'll probs find there was nothing wrong with the record - thats how breaks go :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Ha ha ! yayse! but not in this case! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 I bought a breaks track a few years ago and the record got stuck near the end of one side You'll probs find there was nothing wrong with the record - thats how breaks go :wink: nice stev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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