I've been burned by sellers who claim near mint condition from England and the LP is good condition, filled with pops and clicks. The seller would refund me if I paid the freight back (which would cost me for two shipments). They threaten to give me a negative review if I return the disc. That's not worth it. Also, low cost LPs under $7 with $4 shipping are not worth shipping back either.
As to CDs, I have 30,000 vocal selections and another 25,000 other historic recordings on CD which are either not available on LP or poorly transferred to LP. The remasterings on CD that I keep are very good to superb.
Sometimes LPs sound better than their CD remasterings and sometimes not. I enjoy both and do not regard the CD as inferior by nature. Only the hottest LP stamper of a well recorded and mastered LP beats the same CD. Unfortunately, like in Rock and Jazz, those hot stampers sell for $200 to $800 ala Better Records. I make do with slightly less than hot stampers and often the CD version sounds superior.
