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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Had a couple of really bad experiences with Discogs recently, including sellers who become very hostile (to the point of harassment) when given a negative review. Basically, you need to check the 'neutral' ratings on Discogs to get close to the truth on some sellers. The moderators there are not very helpful, the listings are highly variable. 

Oddly, on Ebay, I've had much better luck recently.