r/discogs

I have bought hundreds of records off Discogs and I try to give feedback for every record I buy whether positive, neutral or negative. I have only ever given negative feedback about half a dozen times and only when the seller has been rude or refused to allow a return. In the last 6 months I have given negative feedback to 2 large record vendors (feedback in the tens of thousands) and both reviews have just disappeared, no contact made towards me at all. Now one thing I find rather strange is these vendors have barely any negative or neutral reviews, like a 10,000:1 ratio, which seems almost too good to be true. My question is why would Discogs do this, is there a large amount of corruption going on?

Hello, i have a record of The Outfield - Play Deep, according to the pictures it seems to be the original pressing, but how can i be 100% sure that its the right release?

https://www.discogs.com/release/567956-The-Outfield-Play-Deep

This is the one that i think it is but im not sure.

https://preview.redd.it/19vstpqljebh1.png?width=3072&format=png&auto=webp&s=0b57459248a0f603f0e1fb66e12ca653be0430cd

I just found a so called AI "artist" on Discogs after finding the song on Youtube. I thought it was possibly an old 80s synth pop song I had missed, but it is an AI band.

So I guess Discogs has no policy against this sort of thing and now it will be flooded will a billion AI listings.

Going to give Tergikleen a go in a Vevor ultrasonic.

Looking for experience for best results...mainly how many drops per Vevor tank.

I have been using tap water, a drop of Jet-Dry and a drop of Dawn. But the new method may be a sidegrade or hopefully upgrade.

Would really like to hear from a genuine physicist or chemist that can keep it simple...

Distilled water or alcohol in the wash is not a thing for now. That could be a later change.

I scan the barcode and the album appears. If I click on it, in the app, I'm asked if I want to scrobble it(???). All I want is to add the album. Android also.

So….. I think there’s a chance my seller is dead. Dude was in and out of the hospital for heart surgery and my order from April still hasn’t shipped…. He kept saying it’s coming it’s coming and 17 days ago he said it’d be shipped in a few days. I never heard back and reported him and his account got suspended today.

How do I get a refund for this? Do I file that through PayPal? I’ve never had to deal with this before but he’s never been this long without replying.

Long story short; bought an album and it was the right artist wrong cd. Seller insists I received the right one and thst the pictures I sent him weren't what he sent. Showed him I even bought another more expensive copy from a different country as I wanted to complete this collection. Even showed him he has the cd I recieved listed so the mix up would he easy; which also costs more mind you; but still insists I am lying. This has been about s week process. I ended up just going through PayPal and getting a refund and am planning on returning the cd to him but can I face repercussions? Should I be filming me opening these packages to protect myself ? What can I do as a buyer to insure smooth processes going forward and protect myself as well.

I run a Discogs store and had zero issues for over a year, with numerous 5-star reviews, no negative feedback, no disputes, and no chargebacks. Every order includes tracked shipping.

After two customers purchased higher-value records back-to-back, my PayPal account was permanently limited and my funds were locked. I'm currently going through my third appeal, as the first two appeals were submitted while those packages were still in transit.

All of my orders have tracking, and I have a clean selling history. I really wish Discogs offered more payment options, because I've seen a lot of similar stories on r/PayPal.

Not whining, as I am dealing with it but geared toward feedback.

Edit: based in canada

Hi, first time having any issues as a buyer here so just looking some advice. How long would be a reasonable time to wait while tracking shows 'shipping label created' before taking further action?

I understand with USPS in particular their tracking can be all over the place and can appear like this due to a missed scan, however I'm inclined not to give this seller the benefit of the doubt on this. It took 13 days to provide me with a tracking number with zero communication as to why. He only finally responded after I clicked 'seller not responding', he responded on the 4th day hours before his account would have been suspended. It's now been 5 days since I provided that tracking and it still just shows 'shipping label created', meanwhile I have items I purchased on Tuesday of this week that are through the USPS system with clear tracking and due to be delivered in a few days. So I'm pretty much convinced the seller hasn't even given USPS the package yet.

What also worries me is that he's now removed all of his 'for sale' listings from Discogs so his account getting suspended probably won't even be that much of a threat now. Also I paid via debit card rather than Paypal, anyone know if this will make the process of getting my money back more difficult?

*edit* I see I'm being prompted not to post an order complaint here but I'm not naming any seller, rather just asking advice on how to proceed from more experienced users.

Asked the seller to cancel and he said he would this week after his trip. Seems like he blocked me. I can't get PayPal to help since it needs a cancellation number which I don't have .. what do I do?

I started selling recently. I’ve already shipped my first order, and the second is going out tomorrow. It took about a week to get that first sale. I think offering free shipping on my first 10 orders probably helped me get orders sooner than I expected, and thankfully everything has been running smoothly so far.

This morning I was excited to see that I’d received two more orders until I noticed a problem.

One of the orders included a first pressing Wall of Voodoo LP (the one with “Mexican Radio”) along with a sealed Music On Vinyl reissue of Procol Harum’s self-titled debut. Apparently I made a mistake entering the price for the Procol Harum LP because it sold for $1.

Other sealed copies in the same condition have sold for $16 to $35. The $16 sale appears to be an outlier, and the next closest sold comp is a single sale at $20. Most sold comps cluster around $25, generally ranging from $24 to $32. Since I’m in the US, I’m not factoring international sales into my pricing.

At the moment there are no other US listings available in any condition. There are only two in Canada: one sealed copy like mine listed at $48 USD and one listed as “as new” but not sealed for $30 USD.

I can’t remember exactly what my thinking was when I created the listing, but based on this information I suspect I may have intended to list it at $31. That seems like a fair price considering recent sales and current availability. It’s also plausible that I accidentally left off the “3” when entering the price, which would explain why it ended up listed at $1.

I already messaged the buyer and explained that the $1 price was a data entry error and that I’d review the market and get back to him.

At this point I’m trying to decide how to proceed. I want to handle this fairly and keep the buyer happy because I really don’t want a negative review this early into selling if it could affect future sales.

Can I contact support about something like this? Do they answer questions like this, or are they mainly there for technical issues and problems with the site?

I keep hitting an issue where part of my order is shipped, part refunded, but no communication to me first.
There's a few reasons I'd rather not get the order:
- The item that took me to that seller is what they are leaving out. The other things were a couple cheap curiosities I only added cause shipping was free (or not increased by adding them).
- I added them to hit an order minimum, maybe paid a few more $ each than others because the main album I wanted had a really good price with them, but is now left out.
- I ordered Vol 1 and Vol 2 of something, they only send Vol 2, and no one else has Vol 1. I didn't want them until I could get both.

Just some example reasons.
I hear enough sellers that will block anyone that asks just about any question, but do you think it would make a difference (good or bad) if I sent a message with every purchase like "if all items are not available, contact me before shipping?" or would that likely just get the whole thing canceled? Sometimes it IS one I don't care much about being left out. I just wish they'd ask first!

I believe my account is ghost banned or something from messaging. I randomly noticed that absolutely no one has replied to my negotiation messages in weeks. Tested it with a friend and turns out they didn't get my messages. Anyone had this happen? I've reached out to support to hopefully get this fixed with no luck. Sucks because I like to reach out to sellers and negotiate deals. Any support agents here that could help please?

I have plenty of stuff on my wantlist and it seems like multiple times a day there's a notification that some of the albums on my wantlist is now for sale. It's actually always the same 3-4 records the keep showing up and giving me notifications.

Is this just Discogs repeatedly sending notifications or is this just sellers constantly taking down and relisting their stuff? If it's the latter I'm going to start blocking people or just taking these items off my list then. I don't care how many times you list some rare tape I'm not buying it for 150$. It would be nice if Discogs would just alert me if actual rare stuff went for sale instead of the same 3 albums.

I'm actively boycotting PayPal for personal reasons, it should be nice if Discogs could put some alternatives, like wero and such, would be nice

I sell very occasionally on eBay and there the system nags me relentlessly to ship the next business day after the sale. I work near a post office so it's easy to meet that deadline. I guess that is my expectation on private sales.. like Discogs.

On a recent Discogs purchase of a common album, all of $15 and available from many other sellers also, I didn't notice the seller terms of "1-7 days" shipping. I waited 48 hours after payment to ask about it. They waited another 48 hours to say "we're on it" and finally handed the LP to the USPS after one week, 5 full biz days. So they met their service level agreement lol.

Do y'all check those terms to avoid slow sellers? Am I ridiculously impatient to be unhappy about slow shipping? Thanks.