As a collector who has always been very fussy about the condition when by a record,i am amazed at just how much NM or M- is used these days when alot of these records are no where near that grade.Any thoughts on this?

5 minutes ago, Wheelsville1 said:

As a collector who has always been very fussy about the condition when by a record,i am amazed at just how much NM or M- is used these days when alot of these records are no where near that grade.Any thoughts on this?

Everyone’s getting older can’t see proper😂

People accept poor grading just to own records and chancers get away with it as sending back is a hassle and who knows where another copy will come from.

 

The state of vg records these days is abysmal so this lowers the bands for ex etc .

 

Only a minority of records will be mint etc after 60 years of playing them so will be top price. Most others ex / vg+ but a lot have been hammered at soul nights etc over the time 

 

Its headings like plays mint except first 10 seconds or has cue burn for first 4 rotations that take the Mickey. 

These should be classed as vg but as the price drops to 50 percent dealers wont do it

1 hour ago, Wheelsville1 said:

As a collector who has always been very fussy about the condition when by a record,i am amazed at just how much NM or M- is used these days when alot of these records are no where near that grade.Any thoughts on this?

Out of six US eBay buys last month at M-/NM three went back to seller.

 

There’s a lot of people out there shoulda gone to specsavers 

On 04/02/2024 at 16:52, davidwapples said:

The state of vg records these days is abysmal so this lowers the bands for ex etc .

...So so true...unless vg means "looks like its been used to wedge open a cellar door for the last 40 yrs..."