my favorite part about discogs is the 8 overlapping video ads and banners i now seem to get on a daily basis
― budo jeru, Saturday, 11 February 2023 04:00 (one year ago) link
use an ad blocker, I had no idea those were even there
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 11 February 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link
I think they only show if you're not logged in?
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Saturday, 11 February 2023 18:35 (one year ago) link
Yes, you only get ads if you are not logged in
― Alicia Silver Stone (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 11 February 2023 19:48 (one year ago) link
This Royal Mail strike must be really messing up a lot of international orders. I didn't realize how I often I ordered from the UK (as opposed to Europe) until I started getting messages from sellers about being unable to send my packages and offering refunds. I hope for both selfish and unselfish reasons that this mess doesn't drag on too long
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 11 February 2023 22:25 (one year ago) link
It seems like international orders are getting going again — I got an email from Cherry Red about something I pre-ordered that was supposed to have been released on January 27:
Thank you for your e-mail. We are very sorry for the delay caused by the Royal Mail cyber-attack.However, they have now started to dispatch international orders, so it should hopefully be with you within the month:International Incident Bulletin from Royal MailWe at Cherry Red have really appreciated your patience and understanding in this matter.Independent companies such as us would not survive without loyal customers such as you.
However, they have now started to dispatch international orders, so it should hopefully be with you within the month:
International Incident Bulletin from Royal Mail
We at Cherry Red have really appreciated your patience and understanding in this matter.
Independent companies such as us would not survive without loyal customers such as you.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 11 February 2023 22:45 (one year ago) link
it's not the strike that was blocking international orders - there was a cyberattack on Royal Mail that did that (as unperson's message says). there have been delays to orders because of the strikes since last May, but that was affecting all orders, not just international. it is a bit of a nightmare and has stopped me from listing any more items for sale because I don't need the hassle from buyers. I just got 2 international orders over the last 24 hours so good to hear I might actually be able to send them out although fuck knows when they will arrive.
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Sunday, 12 February 2023 10:06 (one year ago) link
Did you ever wonder what the first release added to Discogs’ database was? https://www.discogs.com/release/1-The-Persuader-Stockholm
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 04:11 (one year ago) link
xps huh I wonder if that's why my recent order from Juno was actually shipped from Germany. That hasn't ever happened before, but I guess it's possible they just shipped directly from a warehouse or something.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 04:53 (one year ago) link
Some of these have gotten weirdly expensive. I also had no idea there were like three Krautrock comps in this series
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 13:05 (one year ago) link
just had to refund an order that got sent just as the cyberattack happened. hopefully I can claim it back off Royal Mail.
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 13:44 (one year ago) link
Did you ever wonder what the first release added to Discogs’ database was?
https://www.discogs.com/release/1-The-Persuader-Stockholm
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Monday, February 13, 2023 10:11 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
awesome! lol
― budo jeru, Thursday, 16 February 2023 01:54 (one year ago) link
hahaha
oimels Dec 10, 2018One down, 9,999,99 releases to go. It shouldn't take long should it?!
― sleeve, Thursday, 16 February 2023 04:29 (one year ago) link
Uline’s history with far right politics. Nearly everything I get from Discogs is packaged in one of their products.
― birdistheword, Friday, 7 April 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
yep they suck
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Friday, 7 April 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link
I ratted out a seller whom I suspected of fraud and Discogs shut down their accounts within a day. Feels kinda good. Hot tip, scammers: if you’re going to make fake listings maybe don’t post identical listings for a rare item at an unbelievably low price from multiple accounts.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 9 April 2023 09:49 (one year ago) link
FWIW, get yr mailers from https://www.4bubble.com
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 14 April 2023 10:47 (one year ago) link
I just want the boxes amazon uses - the ones with inner flaps to hold the records tight and protuberant edges to eliminate corner bumps. The only equivalent ones I can find are like $3.50 each.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 15 April 2023 05:16 (one year ago) link
That 4bubble link seems to be switched off
― Mark G, Saturday, 15 April 2023 09:26 (one year ago) link
i live in california and buy mine from Royal Mailers- https://www.royalmailers.com/Corrugated-Mailers/
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Saturday, 15 April 2023 16:33 (one year ago) link
really not thrilled with this seemingly-recent trend of people rolling into reissue comments with "doesn't sound as good as my ($1000+) original"
this post inspired by a particularly snotty and pretentious review of the mono Piper At The Gates Of Dawn reissue
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Saturday, 15 April 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
oh and this one too
"Sounds pretty bloody good to me even though it's not AAA. As do all the Grundman remasters. That is until you hear a mint OG UK press. And good luck getting one cheap. The original just has much more 3D and dynamics."
yeah, fuck you too, dude
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Saturday, 15 April 2023 21:33 (one year ago) link
the other (1-star!!!) review I mentioned earlier was from a dude who was like "this doesn't sound anything like my 80's stereo pressing" rmde
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Saturday, 15 April 2023 21:38 (one year ago) link
Some Discogs commenters seem even worse than Yelpers.
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Sunday, 16 April 2023 10:59 (one year ago) link
yeah nowadays all of the reviews are by wanna be audiophiles who think they know how things are supposed to sound or something, I want to drain their bank accounts
― brimstead, Sunday, 16 April 2023 16:00 (one year ago) link
you couldn't pay me to read the reviews people leave on discogs
― budo jeru, Sunday, 16 April 2023 17:21 (one year ago) link
eh I find 'em useful sometimes. the reality is that a lot of modern pressings are just not good. I think it's been steadily getting better since say 2008 or so, when I think a lot of new vinyl was sold without much consideration for people actually listening to it. but bad pressings still get out and the reviewers on discogs will let you know what to avoid.
― frogbs, Sunday, 16 April 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
agreed, I just hate wading through the snobby stuff, it's still very useful though
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Sunday, 16 April 2023 17:32 (one year ago) link
Thanks to discogs reviews, I learned that someone else had an off-center pressing of the pressed off-center record I'd just gotten in the mail, so I used it for support when getting my money back from Verve Forecast.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 April 2023 22:37 (one year ago) link
Weird question: I just got the latest Lande Hekt lp in the mail today, new and sealed directly from Zia Records in Phoenix. It had the "Violet Marble" hype sticker on the shrink, but I opened it up and it had vinyl of a different variant—red/blue split—inside, which normally comes in a sleeve with different art. So I've got the sleeve and hype sticker from one version, the vinyl from another. This is obviously a packaging error at the plant, but how do I add it to my discogs collection? Does this warrant a new entry? I can't imagine it only happened once, so maybe it does. Anyone have experience with a situation anything like this?
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 05:12 (one year ago) link
Make new entry, sell variant on discogs for 10X baseline price
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 09:23 (one year ago) link
Just your own collection? I'd log it as either one. And then if I went to sell it, I'd explain in the description what you've put here.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 12:57 (one year ago) link
Ok cool
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 13:19 (one year ago) link
speaking of odd scenarios for discogs... I have a spare of a recent first pressing that goes for a high price. The first copy I got was noisy as hell. Visibly fine but basically unlistenable. The company kindly sent me a new one when I wrote to tell them about it. I think I'll put up the first one I got for like 15% of the going rate and describe the deal. I dunno in case anyone ever needs a NM sleeve for the thing. Or thinks they can fix it with an expensive cleaner machine.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 13:55 (one year ago) link
that seems fair to me
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 14:02 (one year ago) link
ya I've seen that a few times, where a record looks visually perfect but plays like garbage. wonder why that is. it's usually not something you can just clean either.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 14:04 (one year ago) link
possibly infill issues aiui
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 14:05 (one year ago) link
yeah probably. If not for the look of it, I would think they dropped it on the floor
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 14:08 (one year ago) link
and scrubbed the floor with it
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 14:09 (one year ago) link
Selling Fees Will Update on May 22, 2023Discogs has made significant investments in recent years to ensure compliance with various regulatory programs, including tax support and privacy protection. These efforts have ensured a trusted international marketplace for buying and selling music, but they also come with real costs to provide these valuable services.After careful consideration, we are updating our selling fee for the first time in over 10 years. The selling fee will change from 8% to 9% on May 22, 2023. The new 9% selling fee applies to both the item and shipping costs. It is still free to list items for sale.This increase will help us continue to devote resources to maintaining the Discogs Marketplace and develop better tools for collecting, selling, and enjoying music.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 00:49 (eleven months ago) link
Charging 9% commish on shipping? Fuck right off.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 00:50 (eleven months ago) link
Discogs AND PayPal charge commission on shipping. eBay too FWIW. I got into an argument with one of them and the justification was that they are collecting payment for shipping so therefore they are entitled to a share. Really fucked up logic.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 01:03 (eleven months ago) link
That reminds me, eBay charges the seller a commission for collecting sales tax. Again, same reasoning.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 01:04 (eleven months ago) link
I have a few high dollar records that I’ve been meaning to sell for a while. Should have done it sooner I guess. Didn’t the shipping stuff get more complicated? If I only sell one record at a time, that should be relatively simple, right?
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 01:06 (eleven months ago) link
Discogs hitherto hasn’t charged fees on the shipping.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 01:13 (eleven months ago) link
Would have maybe been a reasonable decision to add charges to shipping if they had dropped the percentage to 6 or 7% at the same time.
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 11:53 (eleven months ago) link
guess they just figured out how much it will actually cost for added security to get rid of the recent flood of scammers
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 21:15 (eleven months ago) link
Anyone else seen these Discogs scammers that keep popping up via the wishlist messages? I have Denim's Novelty Rock vinyl on my wishlist which goes for crazy money. Suddenly copies were showing up (one for $31 and one for $69 which are good prices). They have free shipping and say, shipping from unknown. When I clicked on the record it says not for sale and then the feedback is a bunch of people saying, beware scam account. That happened a few days ago and I just got another one with the same album for the same price from a seller with a different name (GivMusicRecords is the current name). This one has 253,791 items for sale including a bunch of other things from my wishlist.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 11 May 2023 01:27 (eleven months ago) link
yes, they are uploading bulk csv files, prob gonna ruin the site soon if the owners don't get their shit together
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Thursday, 11 May 2023 01:53 (eleven months ago) link
I wondered how they had created so many listings already. Looks like Discogs are being quite quick in dealing with them but they should have found a way to block this seller somehow.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 11 May 2023 02:09 (eleven months ago) link