discogs marketplace?

yes, ditto!

ugh, just finding out that Discogs is abandoning processing credit card payments so now I have to do Square or something if I want to keep CC payment as an option.

finally getting around to adding my collection to Discogs...not really planning on selling anything but it's fun to see what's noticeably "worth" more than I originally paid for it (i.e. every metal album I own and a couple random things like Paul Cary's first album)

yeah when i did that it was fun to see that out of the 10 most valuable records in my collection (per discogs), probably 5 or 6 of them are random things i never would have guessed

pretty amused to see the piss yellow version of the Yellow River Boys record selling for $60 on there when you can still buy it on Bandcamp for $22

lol I was at Walmart on Monday night and picked up the color vinyl they had for 'Tango In The Night' because my og copy was kind of a beater, and when I was checking out I realized it was discounted to $9 so that made it even better. And then when I went to add it to my discogs collection I saw it's been selling for $50 and that melted my brain. I guess it really *was* a limited edition.

Damn, sounds like walmart has been vinyl than target.

“better” not “been”

They have all the Queen's Greatest Hits, Pink Floyd's The Wall, and AC/DC's Back In Black you can shake a stick at.

They occasionally do limited runs, and I went there looking for Counting Crows' August And Everything After because I didn't realize it had been released in a limited run in January until that day, but I had no luck (people are already asking inflated prices on ebay and discogs). They also just had an exclusive Metallica drop (six albums, all on colored vinyl), and those are disappearing fast. I could only find Ride The Lightning, which I plan to flip soon lol.

I must not've been to a Walmart in a long ass time

They don't even do cds anymore, but every store afaik has one small section of the electronics dept dedicated to about 50-75 vinyl records (lots of classic rock, a couple contempo country things, a couple top 40 things, and then whatever the "exclusive" at the time is). tbh Monday night was the first time I'd ever bought anything there, though.

Know what I wish? I wish you could somehow filter out compilations when you search all the items for sale for a particular artist. Yes, I know you can sort alphabetically, but I like to narrow my search results to US sellers and also sort from lowest to highest price (and sometimes by format). The way it is now, when I enter something like "Porter Ricks" using those parameters, I have to scroll through dozens of Wire Tapper-type cover mount CD comps and various DJ mixes
Yeah this bugs me as well. It's not just compilations but any release where the artist appears in some capacity. I had the same observation a while back for Philip Glass:

As a buyer, Marketplace search is infuriating. If I enter Philip Glass as artist, for example, it returns hundreds of items where he is mentioned anywhere in the listing, be it as composer, guest appearance etc. Is there no advanced search functionality which only returns items released under his own name?

yeah, see, I hadn't even considered composer credits. In the case of someone like Glass it probably adds hundreds of releases, right? Ditto every even halfway established indie band who's ever appeared on a CMJ or Uncut sampler or something. Definitely a design flaw of the search.

The best thing to do is:

1) Go to the Artist page, e.g. https://www.discogs.com/artist/975-Porter-Ricks

2) Click the "For Sale" link towards the top right corner of the Artist page, e.g. https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?artist_id=975&ev=ab

3) Click "USD ($)" on the left hand column, to filter items for sale so that only US sellers are shown: https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?artist_id=975&ev=ab¤cy=USD

4) At the top of the list, where it says "Sort By:Listed,Condition,Artist,Title,Label", click on Artist.

5) Scroll through the remaining list until you reach Porter Ricks. If needs be, alter the number of items in the "Show" drop-down box to the maximum of 250.

6) If there are still pages and pages of results, as there are for Philip Glass, fiddle around with the page suffix number at the end of the URL, until you get closer to his own section - in this case, at https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?artist_id=20691&ev=ab&ev=ab&sort=artist%2Casc&sort=artist%2Casc&page=20

Thanks! This is the best workaround I have found.

damn mike that is some next level shit, thanks

All I would add is that you could also filter by “ships from” in place of / as well as currency.

That's a good workaround but what I really want to be able to do is sort by artist and then by price, say if I wanted to know the most expensive Glass items listed.

Welp, I just bought 30,000 7” singles. I guess I’m gonna have to step up my Discogs game.

OK, I need some more details there

what kind, are you US or UK, etc

do you think it was a better choice than 7 30,000" singles?

I start to take possession tonight so I’ll get a better sense of it as I move forward. Appears to be mostly major-label stuff from the 60s-90s, Canadian collector but he did a bunch of shopping in Seattle so I’m hoping for a goodly amount of US pressings. It’s all in incredible condition (first impression was that everything I looked at was NM - certainly nothing less than EX). The previous owner did some gold-digging out of it so I don’t expect to find too much that’s insanely good, but sorting, grading & pricing will certainly keep me off the streets for a long time.

I don’t have a deck that will play the 30,000” singles :’(

jesus. feel free to ILXmail me, I'm in Oregon

I deeply regret not buying a DJ's lifetime collection of country 45s maybe a decade back

Anyone who wants a list can email me at ShedRekkids at gee male. Mention you’re from ILX & I’ll figure out some kind of friends-&-family pricing thing :)

It’s daunting but I’m super stoked about it. Clawing back a five-figure investment $5 at a time is gonna be a long slog.

Sleeve, I hear you. I didn’t want to have the same regret, so I took a leap on this one.

A couple decades back a friend & I bought the contents of a bookstore that had gone out of business. Without a storefront of some kind, we floundered like hell.

I think I’m better positioned now, with the internet, a small local customer base, and a line on a stall in a local antiques market — not to mention books were on their way out & vinyl is a hot market. I’m gonna come out on top of this one but it’s gonna need some elbow grease.

it took me... five years maybe? but I came out way ahead on a storage unit full of 10K hip hop records, I'd do it again now but there was a while back then where I def felt like I had bitten off more than I could chew

FWIW, I listed a collection of around 4000 7-inch singles in the space of 12 months, working more or less full time. It was slowed down by a) having to add around 1500 of them to the Discogs database (there were a lot of very obscure promos), b) cleaning them and c) recording audio clips for all of them.

I wish you could somehow filter out compilations when you search all the items for sale for a particular artist

you could try excluding terms, eg adding "-various" to your search

I still smart (and this is a reminder)at not making an offer on only around 100 or so but a *very* selection of 45s almost none of which I recognised or had a reference point for. Eastern European pop and rock I guess, and also commercial promo items (for non musical products) that all seemed to have been collected for their oddness one way or another. I bought a couple but totally should have tried for the lot.

*very* quirky, I guess.

First batch picked up. Mostly the stuff with picture sleeves.

Lots and lots and lots of 80s pop.
A little bit of everything from Mario Lanza to Macy Gray.
Mostly super common stuff (tho in uncommonly nice condition). Just absolutely beautiful store stock, but I don’t think there’s gonna be a Love Buzz in there.

Mario Lanza

That reminds me of my favorite overheard record store owner humor:

Customer: [Discussing how the Bohemian Rhapsody movie pushed up the price of Queen records.]
Owner: When the Mantovani movie comes out, I'm going to make a killing.

ha!

Thanks for the joke, I’ll be trotting it out a lot in the coming months.

This is an eBay transaction (but I figure same principle applies): I bought a CD whose condition was listed as "Very Good” (“An item that is used but still in very good condition. [...] no scuffs, scratches, cracks, or holes."). The seller also wrote “Used, but not abused.”

It turned out to be the most scratched-up CD I’ve ever seen; the surface looks like it’s been dragged on pavement. It should have been graded "Acceptable" at best ("obvious and significant wear").

I sent a pic with a polite request for refund. The seller refunded the base price, but kept the tax(?) and the shipping cost.

I wrote back, saying thanks but explaining that I wouldn't have purchased it if it had been listed accurately, and I don't even want to chance putting it in my car CD player (in case it gets stuck due to the damage). Asked for refund of the additional amount; and added: “If you want to also send me a return label, I'll mail it back to you.”

Am I out of line? Should I have to pay shipping on a junk CD? Thx

How much money did you pay?

Not a huge amount, and the outstanding $$ is just a standard shipping charge – just wondering if I’m being unreasonable to expect a full refund.

Fuck no, it's a bait and switch to grade a heavily damaged CD as "very good." Most sellers refund the shipping fee - any that don't should expect a negative review or even a claim to be filed. I don't think he kept the tax - he probably kept the PayPal fees since PayPal no longer refunds those, but it's still on him to refund it if he blatantly graded the CD incorrectly.

If he refuses, you can open a dispute with PayPal.

I mean you’re obviously In the right, but like the $7 or whatever shipping and tax is not worth bickering with an internet rando over

Yeah, if it's anything less than $10 and the seller gives a passable apology, I'll let it slide. If the seller is a complete asshole, like a couple I've dealt with, I will pursue every avenue possible and, once I win, still leave a scorching feedback.

Thanks, all. The seller hasn’t actually said anything (yet)...

Appreciate the feedback; this is my big Saturday night action, lol.

Let us know how you get on. On ebay you'd have no problem getting a full refund. I'm wondering how this will go on discogs.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to contact eBay for help (I tried following the instructions on this page, but the indicated links do not appear in my Purchase History, no matter how hard I look).

I looked up the case in the PayPal Resolution Center, and it says - "Since this is money you’ve received, you'll need to contact the sender directly to resolve your issue." The seller never responded to my 2nd message, btw.

I figured, "F it, I'll just leave negative feedback" - but eBay only gives you room for 80 characters! What am I supposed to write in that tiny amount of space, to indicate the nature of the problem? It will have to be super abbreviated, and the seller will probably contest whatever I write (maybe they'll be even given more room to do so).

>:|

I went with the below, and will live with my 100% positive feedback taking a ding when this joker inevitably leaves me negative fb in return:

"Very good" CD covered in scratches. Only received partial refund. Bait & switch

You're safe. Seller's can't leave negative feedback.

*Sellers

They can, can't they? There's supposed to be separate buyer's and seller's feedback. More appropriately they will probably respond to that negative feedback (posting a comment tied to it).