We need a better standard
I wasn't impressed. Maybe have a discogs tribunal that you can send pics/video to and they'll dock like 10% of the sale price for every grade below what the seller advertised. Other orders were usually as described, but this one was just so far below what they advertised I could only laugh.
Co-sign.
This is closer to how Discog defines NM and VG+, unfortunately most sellers over grade their items.
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This is closer to how Discog defines NM and VG+, unfortunately most sellers over grade their items.
How To Grade Items
Discogs uses the Goldmine Standard for grading the condition of items listed in the Marketplace. These standards have been expanded by our community of sellers to include definitions of CD-specific...
Yeah, claiming something is “mint” is a very bold statement. The issue I find is basically anything listed below VG+ is thought of as utter garbage for the most part meaning that like 90% of all records are graded between NM and VG, which obviously doesn’t tell the buyer much.
This is pretty ideal. I wish more sellers would provide details with their listings.
I do the same. Mint is sealed, and only sealed. NM is like new, only played once or twice and no cosmetic issues whatsoever. Most things I sell are NM because they are likely play once and store away albums.
"NM, except for a deep gouge across the second side that causes a steady click on tracks 2-5. Otherwise completely mint!"
Sturgill for May, likely Merle for June(?).
