Nee Lewman
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Mine arrived today.
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MikeH
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Same. Shipping was a little slow but got what I ordered and it was packed well and had no complaints!
MikeH
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It’s really great. I have listened to the CD countless times and heard new things when listening to the vinyl.
Melt Face Molly Drop
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Buy one new and one in good condition then swap em out, return and let Amazon deal with the fallout. The lowly consumer wins and gigantic corporation loses.
With that said, Good has usually been a pretty rough jacket and decent disc for me.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Dice roll but the good thing is if it turns out to be crap I’m pretty sure you can still return it.
MikeH
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As someone who has been on the other end of this, it sucks when it happens. I’ve gotten some items from Amazon Warehouse where someone clearly did this and I ended up with the totally wrong record in the right sleeve. Then it’s a pain to return it.
MikeH
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It usually says why it’s in good condition. If it says something about media damaged then I don’t even bother. If it’s something with the box or sleeve I’m more likely to buy it. And as @TenderLovingKiller® says, you can always return it if it’s crappier than you thought
Melt Face Molly Drop
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I usually just hit return item and claim as defective with no questions asked. Granted I'm not doing what I suggested above but in theory it shouldn't be an issue as long it's not abused.
On the other side of things I've bought AirPods via Warehouse and they were clearly cheap bootlegs upon arrival. So I'll never risk electronics again using Warehouse.
MikeH
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Yea--I think it has been a bit more of an issue with newer items on amazon getting returned. People have been buying new items from amazon, requesting a return and then keeping the new record and sending back an old beat up copy. I've seen people do it with albums when they have a record and either want a cleaner copy of the album or a nicer sleeve.
mingerton
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A version of this recently happened to me. I bought (Ron Carter – Golden Striker (Live At Theaterstübchen, Kassel) (2021, 180g, Gatefold, Signed, Vinyl)) from Amazon warehouse in "like new" condition and when I opened it the previous buyer had replaced the inner sleeves with decades-old crusty paper ones. Fortunately, the LPs are in great shape so I simply replaced the sleeves with poly ones. Strange what people do.
Also, another issue with the Warehouse is that many of their workers (no doubt under pressure to reach management quotas) simply throw the album in an amazon box (not a record mailer). This happened with this order and the cover had some creasing because it bounced around in the box. During a past occasion when this happened, I actually got a high-level supervisor on the phone and she told me whenever a warehouse item was shipped this way, I should get on chat or call customer service and report it and request an additional discount. In this case I went on chat and they offered me an additional 30% off. Probably not due to my complaints, but I have noticed the warehouses have gotten somewhat better at using proper mailers over the past six months.
Colonel4Bin
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A weird one for me happened yesterday - ordered an album during the Cyber Monday sale from standard Amazon, brand new. Arrived yesterday in a whiplash that had already been opened via the pull-off, retapped, and sent to me. It was the right album but it wasn’t sealed. Seemed to be in fine condition but still pretty weird - appears to be that someone returned it and they marked it as a new one.
Hemotep
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I had that happen with an Endless Boogie album I got from Amazon a couple weeks ago too.
Widely, widely variable. Just for instance, I bought two "good" items over Black Friday (and yes, this is 100% karma against me for doing Warehouse sales on Black Friday at Amazon)
One album was in shrink with what I would say a mild/moderate corner crease, shipped in a mailer.
One album was opened, the wrong version, with an Amazon Warehouse sticker holding the record in the sleeve with the mailing label on the (unshrinked) sleeve...shipped without even a bag/box/etc.
My very general experience for Warehouse for standard vinyl orders (not box sets...I've had luck with box sets in most conditions as usually damage is to...the box)
Like New: Sealed, no or minimal damage, as in if I was sold it as NM/VG+ on Discogs I'd be happy with it
Very Good: Often sealed with minor sleeve damage or unsealed but otherwise perfect, VG+/VG+ or NM/VG something like that
Good: Expect some damage on the packaging, likely a crease or wear. Likely opened so the vinyl itself could have issues: playtest or look for warps and scratches but usually ok
Acceptable: Complete free for all. I've gotten different records, I've gotten the most severe dishwarp (like...doesn't fit in a spinclean warp), I've gotten near perfect records, who knows. I usually won't touch Acceptable unless it's actually too good to be true pricing wise as it's the one condition where the disc could be anything.
With that said, Amazon usually will take Warehouse returns with no pushback, I've probably returned 5 or so Warehouse orders for varying reasons (generally completely wrecked sleeves, unplayable records, wrong records) and it's quick and easy.
The descriptions beyond rough condition are meaningless though, I haven't found any relation to reality in those...
Amazon does this it seems with returns not marked as damaged - Amazon assumed it was fine and put it back in the pool as new. Garbage practice that Amazon will restock these as new as opposed to used.
mingerton
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Mr. Bongo just sent out an email with a couple of interesting gift bundles:
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Some decent savings versus buying them individually.
Mr Bongo Japanese LP Collection - 3 x Vinyl LP
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Mr Bongo Brazilian LP Collection – 5 x Vinyl LP
A selection of classic Brazilian reissues from the Mr Bongo catalogue. 5 x Vinyl LPs. Includes: MRBLP149 - Gal Costa - India - Vinyl LP MRBLP153 - Burnier & Cartier - Burnier & Cartier - Vinyl LP MRBLP186 - Toquinho - Toquinho - Vinyl LP MRBLP188 - Célia - Célia [1970] - Vinyl LP MRBLP189 -...
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Some decent savings versus buying them individually.
MikeH
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I agree on box sets. I got the Police box set for something like $50 and it said the box was damaged. all that was wrong with it was the OBI had become untaped. It was perfectly fine otherwise.
Wes C. Attle
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I got my warehouse order (Trashcan Sinatras) yesterday and someone had taken a box cutter through the back cover and it looks like someone tried to roll the whole thing into a burrito. But somehow the vinyl is perfect, so I’m keeping it.
McGlam
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Which album??
Hemotep
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Well between Target and the post office I'm a little bummed out today. I've been having such great experiences with small indie shops but obviously went all in on the target sale. 4 arrived all beat to hell with significant corner dings, creases, and other damage, and my two box sets were missing from the mail locker, tried to fix it with Target but kept getting disconnected from their chat. And they have no replacements, so I can keep the damaged stuff or send it back for a refund, and no idea about the missing sets. Hoping they'll suddenly appear tomorrow or something.
Colonel4Bin
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That’s a bummer to hear
Target still sucks at their packaging, a few of mine came with corner dings. Hope those sets get sorted out for ya.