I recently bought a copy of Jackson Brown’s “Late for the Sky” LP off of Ebay. The seller listed it as E+. I received the LP last week and it was a horror show. The seller must have graded the LP in a dark closet with both eyes closed. The vinyl was in horrible condition on both sides with scratches and swirls everywhere. One quick look at the label told the story.
This LP had the original owner’s initials written on the label (the seller left that part out). For those of you old enough to remember, in the good old days, people who took their records to a party wrote their initials on the label so at the end of the night, there was no confusion over whose records belonged to whom. Based on the extensive damage to the vinyl, it appeared this LP had spent much time on a record changer (remember those?). One LP drops onto a spinning platter which causes marks. The second LP drops down on top of the first spinning LP which causes marks to both LPs. And so on and so on until both sides of every LP are ruined.
So I send the seller an email and ask him if he graded this LP in a closet or if he was just blind in one eye and couldn’t see out of the other. The seller tells me somehow he is mystified at the condition I described the LP to be in and he overlooked the writing on the label. He tells me to send it back and he will refund my money. He then sends me a second email and tells me that his policy is not to refund money. He asks me to send him my phone number so we can have a little chat and see if he has another LP I might want.
I reply back that I don’t want to give him my phone number as we have nothing to talk about. Based on how he grades LPs, there is nothing he has that I would want or trust. I told him that either he is going to refund my money or I would just throw the LP in the trash where it belongs and forget about it. He replies back that he will refund my money, but he wants his LP back. Fine.
The seller refunded my money and I sent the LP back to him (which was a waste of my time since it’s junk). I send the seller an email and tell him his LP is on the way back to him. He asks me if I have a confirmation number for his precious jewel as apparently he is really worried about this LP coming back to him. I guess he is worried that I’m trying to beat him out of his money and keep the LP. I told him not to worry, the treasure was on its way back to him and I hoped he would throw it in the trash where it belongs and not resell it again and waste anyone else’s time.
I have bought more than a few LPs on Ebay in the past and have always been very pleased. This guy had really good feedback which is why I was surprised at the horrid condition of the LP. I bought two more copies on Ebay and hopefully one of them will be good this time.
This LP had the original owner’s initials written on the label (the seller left that part out). For those of you old enough to remember, in the good old days, people who took their records to a party wrote their initials on the label so at the end of the night, there was no confusion over whose records belonged to whom. Based on the extensive damage to the vinyl, it appeared this LP had spent much time on a record changer (remember those?). One LP drops onto a spinning platter which causes marks. The second LP drops down on top of the first spinning LP which causes marks to both LPs. And so on and so on until both sides of every LP are ruined.
So I send the seller an email and ask him if he graded this LP in a closet or if he was just blind in one eye and couldn’t see out of the other. The seller tells me somehow he is mystified at the condition I described the LP to be in and he overlooked the writing on the label. He tells me to send it back and he will refund my money. He then sends me a second email and tells me that his policy is not to refund money. He asks me to send him my phone number so we can have a little chat and see if he has another LP I might want.
I reply back that I don’t want to give him my phone number as we have nothing to talk about. Based on how he grades LPs, there is nothing he has that I would want or trust. I told him that either he is going to refund my money or I would just throw the LP in the trash where it belongs and forget about it. He replies back that he will refund my money, but he wants his LP back. Fine.
The seller refunded my money and I sent the LP back to him (which was a waste of my time since it’s junk). I send the seller an email and tell him his LP is on the way back to him. He asks me if I have a confirmation number for his precious jewel as apparently he is really worried about this LP coming back to him. I guess he is worried that I’m trying to beat him out of his money and keep the LP. I told him not to worry, the treasure was on its way back to him and I hoped he would throw it in the trash where it belongs and not resell it again and waste anyone else’s time.
I have bought more than a few LPs on Ebay in the past and have always been very pleased. This guy had really good feedback which is why I was surprised at the horrid condition of the LP. I bought two more copies on Ebay and hopefully one of them will be good this time.
