Discogs - Help, Tricks, Secrets And Tips

avecigrec said:
Gotta love the fact that the one entry for the US Indie Exclusive gray version is for the Misprint but it's not labeled as such, only mentioned in the notes. Meanwhile somebody in the comments mentions having a non-misprinted version but nobody's bothered to create a proper entry for it. :rolleyes:

I guess I know what I'm doing later this afternoon...
(I can finally get the more recent pressing of Black Flag's Who's Got The 10½? that I've been sitting on done too!)
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Oooh the Springsteen entry (and adding Misprint to the existing one) netted me a couple correct votes. Neat!

Most of my entries usually sit with no voting at all.
 
avecigrec said:
Oooh the Springsteen entry (and adding Misprint to the existing one) netted me a couple correct votes. Neat!

Most of my entries usually sit with no voting at all.
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I see you added a link to the misprint in your submission, you could also add a note and link your corrected copy in the notes of the misprint - as this is just helps people find the correct version they have.


Yeah - getting votes on edits has always been a thing - I get about 5 votes on a good 10 day stretch if I've done recent edits, but I've got 1100+ outstanding edits that don't have votes. While it would be nice to get credit for all of those, it would only add to my rank points - which really have no meaning.
 
I guess you've seen the exciting changes coming to your inventory pages?!

The highlight of the announcemnet, that you can peruse here is this. Thats right my friends, they are color coding the inventory status so you will never get confused again about what you have for sale or Draft.

(actually kinda useful but they may have hyped it a little too much with the banners and popups over the last few days. Just implement it and move on)

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Hoping for a bit of help with eBay (appreciate this is the Discogs help thread but maybe someone will have some advice anyway).

A month ago I sold a pricey record (£250) on eBay and today the buyer messaged to say he hadn't received it and that it had been sent back to the seller (me). I used the signed and tracked service and checked the tracking and it shows 2 delivery attempts were made with cards being left both times (which Royal Mail uses to inform the person that an attempt had been made and when to expect the next attempt). The last card stated that the parcel had to be collected from the depot, with instructions on how to do so. Because the seller never attempted to collect the record, it is now supposedly being returned but has been in limbo for a while and I'm worried it won't actually be returned to me.

Has anyone experienced anything similar before? I have heard that there's a good chance the return won't get to me and I don't want to lose a considerable chunk of money because the seller didn't attempt to collect it after 2 attempts were made.
 
Selaws said:
Hoping for a bit of help with eBay (appreciate this is the Discogs help thread but maybe someone will have some advice anyway).

A month ago I sold a pricey record (£250) on eBay and today the buyer messaged to say he hadn't received it and that it had been sent back to the seller (me). I used the signed and tracked service and checked the tracking and it shows 2 delivery attempts were made with cards being left both times (which Royal Mail uses to inform the person that an attempt had been made and when to expect the next attempt). The last card stated that the parcel had to be collected from the depot, with instructions on how to do so. Because the seller never attempted to collect the record, it is now supposedly being returned but has been in limbo for a while and I'm worried it won't actually be returned to me.

Has anyone experienced anything similar before? I have heard that there's a good chance the return won't get to me and I don't want to lose a considerable chunk of money because the seller didn't attempt to collect it after 2 attempts were made.
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I’ve been out of the selling game for a second but I’d check on whether eBay backs you on awarding the refund UPON the safe receipt of the item back. That would keep you from feeling pressured to send a refund before you receive it back. They should but I haven’t been in a pickle like that for a few years.

If it’s genuinely lost on its return to you or it arrives damaged, I don’t think there’s any way for you to keep the money. As I said check with eBay/PayPal but both the original shipping and the return are part of your contract with the shipping company. The buyer didn’t ever assume possession or ownership of the package and the return shipping wasn’t a separate transaction where they purchased the shipping, so they aren’t the one liable for a lost package.

All that said, eBay and PayPal and the shipping company and other third party contracts never stopped sellers from inventing their own rules and trying to force buyers to give up their rights to a refund, so, if you’re wild like that, some sellers do go nuts and make the buyer open a case and force a refund. 🫣
 
swamp said:
I’ve been out of the selling game for a second but I’d check on whether eBay backs you on awarding the refund UPON the safe receipt of the item back. That would keep you from feeling pressured to send a refund before you receive it back. They should but I haven’t been in a pickle like that for a few years.

If it’s genuinely lost on its return to you or it arrives damaged, I don’t think there’s any way for you to keep the money. As I said check with eBay/PayPal but both the original shipping and the return are part of your contract with the shipping company. The buyer didn’t ever assume possession or ownership of the package and the return shipping wasn’t a separate transaction where they purchased the shipping, so they aren’t the one liable for a lost package.

All that said, eBay and PayPal and the shipping company and other third party contracts never stopped sellers from inventing their own rules and trying to force buyers to give up their rights to a refund, so, if you’re wild like that, some sellers do go nuts and make the buyer open a case and force a refund. 🫣
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Cool, thanks for the reply. I will check the terms and conditions a bit closer and see what I can find.
 
Do Discogs refunds include postage? Should they? Conditions look ambiguous to me.

I paid €30 and €17 postage for a used record that has come with the most enormous warp. Seller seems sour but has agreed to a refund if I return it. Postage from here though is €20. And so I'm wondering if it's worth it, especially if I'd only get €30 back. (Just wanting to check how it is, as the seller has seemed a little upset the whole time).
 
Poly-Rythmo said:
Do Discogs refunds include postage? Should they? Conditions look ambiguous to me.

I paid €30 and €17 postage for a used record that has come with the most enormous warp. Seller seems sour but has agreed to a refund if I return it. Postage from here though is €20. And so I'm wondering if it's worth it, especially if I'd only get €30 back. (Just wanting to check how it is, as the seller has seemed a little upset the whole time).
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It’s not automatic but it’s usually up to the seller if they cover return postage or not.
 
Yeah. I believe return postage is paid by the buyer except in cases where the seller offers to cover it in the name of providing good customer service. PayPal/credit cards don’t AFAIK have it in their terms that the seller must cover return shipping.

On that note, I learned early on that, if you do cover return shipping as a seller, it helps to offer a prepaid label or to be specific about what amount you’ll offer to cover the return shipping. I had a domestic buyer who returned a warped record and, after I said I’d cover shipping, paid for expedited USPS shipping and sent me a PayPal request for $15. Lol.
 
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