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waruv said:
Yeah, Discops will hit US only but I can vouch for its effectiveness. Snagged several mid-day uploads due to it and depending on how bad you want it the shipping could still be worth it. Of note, it's a one-time alert (I think), so if one pops up and you want to continue tracking you need to re-upload the alert request

You could also try Distill. I haven't used it but by my understanding it is a Chrome application/extension that will notify you when a page's material updates, which should hypothetically work for a marketplace listing? Just a thought.
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Yea I use Distill. It works great for now because since I'm working from home, I just have it running in the background on my computer so I immediately see an alert. If you're out and about a lot, and don't want to pay for it, probably not the best solution. If you pay you can get texts and unlimited emails when something changes on a web page. Free version only gives you a certain amount of emails per month which is easy to burn through. With Distill for Discogs, you would get an alert ANY time something changes. So if someone buys a listed copy, or adds an expensive copy, or changes a price, you'll still get an alert.
 
So I've already seen a few dust ups about the AP 200g represses being 180g, what's the opinion around here on if they should be the same listing or not?

I'm leaning towards the same listing with a note "available in 220/180g"
 
AnthonyI said:
So I've already seen a few dust ups about the AP 200g represses being 180g, what's the opinion around here on if they should be the same listing or not?

I'm leaning towards the same listing with a note "available in 220/180g"
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They should be separate. I think most other pressings are separated into 200g vs 180g represses. They are different and if I was buying one on discogs, I'd want to know if I'm buying the 200g or the 180g.
 
MikeH said:
They should be separate. I think most other pressings are separated into 200g vs 180g represses. They are different and if I was buying one on discogs, I'd want to know if I'm buying the 200g or the 180g.
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I know there's gonna be some back and forth on these, the Head Hunter repress had a new sticker on the sleeve that said 180g, I don't think they're using those anymore. My Doors APs don't have any indication on any of the stickers that it's 180g, it's only on the LP description on AS, so there's gonna be some confusion and arguing, lol
 
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AnthonyI said:
I know there's gonna be some back and forth on these, the Head Hunter repress had a new sticker on the sleeve that said 180g, I don't think their using those anymore. My Doors APs don't have any indication on any of the stickers that it's 180g, it's only on the LP description on AS, so there's gonna be some confusion and arguing, lol
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I believe the Jimi Hendrix reissues are both 200g and now 180 and have different listings.
 
MikeH said:
I believe the Jimi Hendrix reissues are both 200g and now 180 and have different listings.
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Oh, I'm not saying it shouldn't be that way, just saying knowing the "rooted" Cogs folks, there's gonna be dust ups depending on the album in question. Head Hunters has two listings. Part of the conversation was that the HH repress has a label on it stating 180g, which makes sense to have a separate listing. I'm just saying those without, you're not going to be able to tell, all the LP info is the same, matrix and everything as best I can tell.
 
Long time buyer first time seller and forgive me if this question has been asked, but I went through 15+ pages of this thread and didn't want to sort through the rest. Anyway, I have some records that I want to unload. Let's say I list a record for $40. A year goes by and it doesn't sell. Another year passes, the record goes out of print, and is now fetching $100, but I haven't been paying attention to the increase in price and someone comes in and snags the vinyl for $40 because I was asleep at the wheel. My question is do I need to keep track of the value of the record I'm selling and manually increase my price as it rises, or is there a setting within Discogs that raises the price automatically to keep up with the rising rate? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
 
DividedPie said:
Long time buyer first time seller and forgive me if this question has been asked, but I went through 15+ pages of this thread and didn't want to sort through the rest. Anyway, I have some records that I want to unload. Let's say I list a record for $40. A year goes by and it doesn't sell. Another year passes, the record goes out of print, and is now fetching $100, but I haven't been paying attention to the increase in price and someone comes in and snags the vinyl for $40 because I was asleep at the wheel. My question is do I need to keep track of the value of the record I'm selling and manually increase my price as it rises, or is there a setting within Discogs that raises the price automatically to keep up with the rising rate? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Nah, I think you have to check the current value of your stuff, to see if you are above or below market. I know some of us here don't appreciate it when we find an album and buy it, then have it cancelled and relisted at a higher price...
 
DividedPie said:
Long time buyer first time seller and forgive me if this question has been asked, but I went through 15+ pages of this thread and didn't want to sort through the rest. Anyway, I have some records that I want to unload. Let's say I list a record for $40. A year goes by and it doesn't sell. Another year passes, the record goes out of print, and is now fetching $100, but I haven't been paying attention to the increase in price and someone comes in and snags the vinyl for $40 because I was asleep at the wheel. My question is do I need to keep track of the value of the record I'm selling and manually increase my price as it rises, or is there a setting within Discogs that raises the price automatically to keep up with the rising rate? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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As @ThePakoBuelna said, you have to keep an eye on it yourself. Discogs isn’t going to keep jacking up the price on what you’re selling something for. I’ve had people cancel an order in a situation like that and then relist it for 2-3x the price and it sucks.
 
MikeH said:
As @ThePakoBuelna said, you have to keep an eye on it yourself. Discogs isn’t going to keep jacking up the price on what you’re selling something for. I’ve had people cancel an order in a situation like that and then relist it for 2-3x the price and it sucks.
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That's a recipe for negative feedback.

As a sometimes seller, I'll just remove items if they don't sell in a month or two and come back to sell them later. Don't want to be in a situation where someone randomly buys something 6-8 months after I listed it.
 
AnthonyI said:
So I've already seen a few dust ups about the AP 200g represses being 180g, what's the opinion around here on if they should be the same listing or not?

I'm leaning towards the same listing with a note "available in 220/180g"
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I voted to not merge because I thought these were advertised as 200g. It may not be listed on the release, but they are 200g. I've even thought about uploading a pic of the records on a scale to the listing. Probably too cheeky of a thing for discogs, though LOL.

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cul8er said:
I voted to not merge because I thought these were advertised as 200g. It may not be listed on the release, but they are 200g. I've even thought about uploading a pic of the records on a scale to the listing. Probably too cheeky of a thing for discogs, though LOL.

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Well, funny you mention that, I posted this in the Audiophile Pressings thread. These are my current 180g Doors albums
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I'm sure if you weighed some of the 200g pressings there would be inconsistency as well. So even posting images of the weight isn't a black and white closer. That's why I think its not only going to get messy on Cogs, it's gonna start this whole price hike on 200g vinyl for no reason.

Real world problems ;)
 
AnthonyI said:
Well, funny you mention that, I posted this in the Audiophile Pressings thread. These are my current 180g Doors albums
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I'm sure if you weighed some of the 200g pressings there would be inconsistency. So even posting images of the weight isn't a black and white closer. That's why I think its not only going to get messy on Cogs, it's gonna start this whole price hike on 200g vinyl for no reason.

Real world problems ;)
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Yeah, I'm sure there will be some discrepancy. At least yours are minimum 180g. I'd be miffed if any were less.
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