Comments on: A Rare 10-Inch Trio and $3K For Saxophone Colossus

By: Lennib

Lennib — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 16:37:14 +0000

Ignore my prior post re lp, it sold.

By: lennib

lennib — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 15:15:30 +0000

Not that anyone would care, but I have listed a copy of S.R.’s S.C. on eBay.
I sell when I sell as bsidechi
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183119515637?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:03:12 +0000

…As for that copy of Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus, Prestige 7079 that recently sold for 3k: Generally speaking, this album is certainly worth every cent. However, in this particular case, isn’t the buyer really to blame ? After all, “a fool and their money are soon parted” as they say. The photos clearly didn’t match standard grading convention, and most of us serious collectors wouldn’t even think of investing that kind of money on a copy in this condition. That being said, to those out there with with deep pockets and little patience (of which there were more than a few of at the high end on this this auction) it probably didn’t matter in the least as long as they won the auction, and would have an original pressing in their collection. I guess what I’m trying to say, is that things are always worth whatever someone is willing to pay, so we can’t be too hard on the seller here. Who among us hasn’t overpaid for something we really wanted at one time or another right ? Especially on ebay, with the anticipation of owning a first pressing building throughout the week, that it completely blocks out any remaining common sense in the last 10 seconds of the auction !!! (Common, we’ve all been there…) The only down side here (unless of course you were the seller) is that these record setting prices tend to raise the proverbial bar market wide. Hopefully whomever won the bid really enjoy’s the LP at the end of the day !

By: woody

woody — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:55:16 +0000

I wasn’t trying to say that full or partial refunds aren’t justified in some cases, it’s just that you have to determine if the buyer is is being honest/fair or not. We gave full refunds including all shipping a couple of times when we clearly had made a mistake in the listing.

As shipping costs rose over time we also would do a partial refund for an inexpensive item in dispute that asking someone to pay the return postage just didn’t make sense.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 00:25:57 +0000

I had a buyer complain about a barely perceivable “dent” at top left of a cover; like we are talking visible only by looking really closely.

At a record show I was selling at years ago a potential buyer had a portable flashlight with him to inspect a $4 record I was selling. He took about 5-6 minutes to inspect it(no joke) and then asked if I would accept $3!

As a buyer I’ve been burned multiple times by reckless grading…I lost count the amount of times I’ve bought “VG+” records with feelable scratches.

Anyway my point is there are questionable buyers and sellers out there!

By: GST

GST — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:35:03 +0000

So what’s going on here? SUN RA Sound Sun Pleasure SATURN LP – 382393472467 – bidding at more then $1.6K

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SUN-RA-Sound-Sun-Pleasure-SATURN-LP/382393472467?hash=item59086d55d3:g:CwYAAOSwnhZalIuV

By: gregorythefish

gregorythefish — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 17:44:50 +0000

a seller that isn’t completely full of shit would offer to refund shipping both ways if there is a grading disagreement. other than two occasions where provable lying was involved, i have never had anyone disagree with my grading, because i actually literally follow the goldmine standards. i play the record and i describe its visual and audible flaws.

By: gregorythefish

gregorythefish — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 17:43:13 +0000

as a buyer, if a seller wants to offer me a partial refund, i do not mind, but then again, i have never lied about the condition of a record i was sent, and i know i have had buyers lie to me about it before.

if an item is truly not as described, then the the seller MUST refund shipping both ways, as per ebay policy, but sometimes it can be difficult to get ebay to back this up for something as subjective as record grading.

By: Shaft

Shaft — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 10:33:38 +0000

If the LP is a big letdown I’ll rather send it back. However, some sellers do not refund the postage back which makes this method relatively expensive for me especially if the item is not high dollar. I have never lied about the grading to a seller and never will. If the grading is not ok sometimes a partial refund can be ok – especially if an LP is “fixable”

By: kb

kb — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 05:37:27 +0000

Nothing wrong with partial refunds!