Discogs - Help, Tricks, Secrets And Tips

mingerton said:
All of these responses are really thoughtful. You all have approached this from angles I had not anticipated and have helped me think about it in a more cohesive way.

I don't think I'll block international buyers in the future but I will provide them more information up front. For example, a message that says: "This item is sealed. If sent 7000KM to you overseas, it will shift no matter how will packaged and this may cause a seam split. Do you want me to open this item and ship the LP outside of the cover or ship it sealed? If the latter, you assume the risk of minor cosmetic damage."

I won't post any more on this issue except one more time with an update on how it was ultimately resolved.

Cheers and thanks!
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Just keep in mind that a buyer can agree to be OK with seam splits but that doesn't override their PayPal buyer protection. They can still open a PayPal claim for the damage and you'd need to provide a refund/return or replacement. Same with similar common disclaimers like "Buyer responsible for any/all shipping risks unless you pay for insurance." You can put disclaimers in your description but any/all buyer protection takes precedence.
 
If you can vote, some yes votes for this would be nice. Moved a crap release that failed removal twice to another master to merge with unofficial release. Seemed like the best spot for it.



Operation Ivy - Operation Ivy

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2007 Vinyl release of "Operation Ivy" on Discogs.
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Noticed someone posted the One from the Vault Dead release under VMP for some reason...It's not a VMP exclusive at all. VMP just sold the release in their store. It's the same as far as I know from every other reissue of this. How does one get this listing removed/merged?
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The Grateful Dead - One From The Vault

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2021 Vinyl release of "One From The Vault" on Discogs.
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MikeH said:
Noticed someone posted the One from the Vault Dead release under VMP for some reason...It's not a VMP exclusive at all. VMP just sold the release in their store. It's the same as far as I know from every other reissue of this. How does one get this listing removed/merged?
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The Grateful Dead - One From The Vault

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2021 Vinyl release of "One From The Vault" on Discogs.
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Oops LOL! looks like ya got your hand slapped Alright...[Cracks Knuckles] Okay, let see if we can walk you through a merge.

First find the page you wanna merge with this page, once you have that release pulled up, go to the address bar and copy down the numbers at the very end of the URL...
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Once you have that number copied down pull back up the entry listed here and click “edit release” then once that page loads look for “merge release”
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Then once that page loads...
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Paste that number you copied from the other release page into the “Release ID 2” box where the info should display once both are loaded select the “use this version...” radio box for the version you’d like to keep and in the comments state why the two release should be merged and click the merge release. Everyone will get a chance to vote and seems likely merged together.

If you have any other questions lemme know.
 
Under Settings/Collection/Note Fields, you could create a Field Name: "Genre", type: dropdown, and in the Options area add all of the genres you have, then set the genre for each item in your collection.

And holy shit that sounds like a lot of work, but that's all I got for ya.
 
There needs to be a way to search your inventory on the app. Such a pain. I add my inventory to my collection just so I can search it, unfortunately I forget to remove them when they sell.
 
Not using the app, the best way I've found to sort by genre is to search the genre.

Searching "Jazz" in your collection finds most jazz related albums, but also some false positives, too - like the Queen album "Jazz"


Folders could work, but a release is only allowed to be in one folder at a time, and I have folders for LP, CD, DVD, 7", 10" & 12"...etc.

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LeeVing said:
Not using the app, the best way I've found to sort by genre is to search the genre.

Searching "Jazz" in your collection finds most jazz related albums, but also some false positives, too - like the Queen album "Jazz"


Folders could work, but a release is only allowed to be in one folder at a time, and I have folders for LP, CD, DVD, 7", 10" & 12"...etc.

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I have folders for different formats too, so genre folders wouldn't work for me. I tried this and like you said it does bring up a few wonky results but I get a better idea of what I have and it's pretty useful. I missed @dansomeone reply and I'll have to give that a try later when I have some time to dedicate. Thanks!
 
wokeupnew said:
It seems like every time I use the app I’m forced to sign back in, even if it have it save my info
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Yeah I can always open the app no problem on my phone without signing in, but if I ever click on a link in one of their e-mails, it's not set up to link into the app, but takes me to the website and always asks me to sign in to the website. I click those links so infrequently that I'm not in the habit of remembering that password, so it is really annoying.
 
Could use some no votes to this merge.

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Hellyeah - Welcome Home

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I'm not suggesting that both releases aren't on blue vinyl, but one is clearly a MRP/GZ pressing.

The other has runouts that don't indicate either, but may not be complete. I don't think there are too many EU releases pressed at MRP. Most are just done by GZ.
 
I've got a trick for you on the Discogs Android App.

When listing something new, that you have more than one copy of, you can quickly add multiples with the same options as adding one.

When your listing is complete and your ready to hit "List Item for Sale" button, tap it as many times as you have copies rapidly and it will add that many to your inventory. I have been fast enough to add 6 copies by doing this!
 
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