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Sellers increasingly overgrade records

Out of last ten records bought on ebay and discog only one man graded the record right on. He said NM and it was. How and where do you buy original pressings? Prices are going up, grading goes down. Market economy my a..
My warning to anyone thinking of getting back to or starting vinyl adventure - be prepared to send a lot of records back. Yeah, I suppose I could find just about anything in Manhattan stores for a few hundred dollars each. But that’s Manhattan and a few hundred dollars.
It wasn’t like that even five years ago let alone fifteen. It was maybe 20% -25% overgrading not 90%.
I am not talking about classical music records, it might be different, no idea.
Japanese sellers are a little better but still they overgrade, just less so.
inna
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slaw
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Thanks for the Records By Mail recommendation...never heard of this.

My Discogs experience has been mostly negative although it is a good resource for pricing, IMO.

I’ve had success with carolinasoul who has an ebay/Discogs presence. I’ve never had an issue with lps rated VG+ or higher. I’ve been to their physical store several times and they have good stuff. Worth registering for their weekly auctions.
inna OP
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I think, records on discogs are mostly overpriced.
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slaw
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I believe all records are overpriced.

I bought the fairly inexpensive Vinyl Flat years ago so I could deal with warps. Beats throwing away an otherwise good record, saves on return shipping.
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Craig Moerer is a safe bet. I first bought from him out of Goldmine Record Collectors Magazine, way back in 1977---40 years ago!
inna OP
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He is said to have over a million records.
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