Just stepped into the Land of Oz...

[Gazjam]

Joined Discogs

Helluva way to buy 2nd hand vinyl, what a great site.
Bought a "Near Mint" Movie soundtrack LP I lost for £12. Result.
Wee bit of research on there works a treat.

Any other reccy's for places to buy vinyl safely online?

[kininigin]

Very good site,if you can find a decent seller,of which there are many! Use it often and can find almost anything you want! I don't use any other site for second hand records online!

[twotone]

I use discogs a lot to both buy and sell but you really need to watch the over optimistic grading of some sellers.

I bought a record last week, from a seller with over 1000 feedback most of which is positive but he dicked me about for a week before finally admitting he didn't have the record and refunded me yesterday so I bought the same record, Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac, from a Dutch seller yesterday with over 2,500 records for sale and 99% feedback and he's not replied yet.

I also sold a record to a girl in Lima, Peru last Tuesday for £6 but postage is £9 or £17 (insured & tracked) and she's suddenly disappeared since I sent her an invoice for £15.

But, as I say for the most part it's fine on there.

[kininigin]

To date,i've had one iffy experience on there! Bought a record,they sent the wrong record (one i already owned) they then sent the correct record,which had a big chunk of it missing which wasn't in the mailer they sent it in! They then gave me a refund as i gave up on them by then!

[Gazjam]

Suppose its a bit like Ebay where folk guard their positive feedback, especially if they want to make a living from it.
But like you say, its no guarantee as things happen.

An Ebay type setup just for music, works for me.

[kininigin]

I much prefer to physically by my records so i know what i'm getting and save a fair bit on postage but it is very good for finding particular records you are after! It's were i got my rare Demon Fuzz album from.I was very nervous about spending a lot of money on a record coming from America but the seller gave fantastic communication throughout and answered my many questions.Like i said find a good seller and you can't go wrong!

[twotone]

Discogs is fantastic for cataloguing your record collection too which then makes it very easy to sell some of it you no longer want.

Selling stuff can take a while though but if your patient and keep an eye on selling prices for whatever your selling you can do well.

Tony

[Ali Tait]

Never had any problem with Discogs, but only been buying vinyl for a few months. For new high quality stuff I use Scott at SN Vinyl. You have to wait sometimes for a particular pressing, but always get it in the end. Bought some from the bay too, never had a problem there either.

[julesd68]

I've bought from ebay / discogs / GEMM, and have had excellent, bad and indifferent service from all - totally depends on the 'quality' of the seller and how seriously they take their grading.

One thing I prefer about ebay is that it's easy to see if the seller accepts returns if the vinyl isn't up to 'scratch' - this isn't always as transparent on the other sites ...

[MikeMusic]

Recently bought from Germany

Cheaper post than from the UK !

Good album too, very well packed