Needles & Grooves

I haven't done it myself, but I've heard it is done for some retailers.
Most accept pictures of the damage that makes the original fault and not require it to be destroyed.

I sent that already. They asked me to physically destroy it. Which just feels wrong.

Is it acoustic sounds? Chad was making people destroy their faulty UHQR copies of KoB. Some people made some epic videos of it I think haha

It's iMusic (in Denmark)

I can understand the rationale. It’s cheaper than asking you to return it and it’s at least some sort of barrier to keep people from just claiming defective records for refunds.

@kvetcha Chad did this because people were selling their "bad" copies for profit and he got mad haha.

I was asked this with a pair of headphones a few years ago. They wanted me to destroy/cut the cord, send a picture, and then they’d send me a replacement. The faulty headphones still worked okay and I only had one pair so I didn’t want to go without headphones for a week so I didn’t do it. Just bought some different ones instead.

I'm thinking about this @wokeupnew too - the cover has a big tear in it, but the vinyl is OK (it has a mark but it isn't audible). Feels a bit decadent to have to destroy it just to get a perfect cover

It’s such a stupid policy. I get it from the company’s perspective but it’s so wasteful.

Head to r/PhotoshopRequest and have someone make you a picture of the record broken in two. Would’ve been pretty easy for a headphones cut cord as well

Lighter fluid and Fire is a fun way to destroy something.