Dilemma of Warped LPs - is seller liable?

As long as your $ wasn`t warped, persue a refund.

I can't even count how many LPs I have bought brand new sealed that have come out of the packaging warped--dozens and dozens--a handful have been unplayable. It was so bad fron one local store that that after returning many and getting more warped vinyl in exchange, I have been hardcore boycotting them for a couple years now. I think they and their distributors were both being idiots about storing them. This store certainly wasn't the only source for bad vinyl--most distros leave vinyl sitting in hot trucks, I'm sure.

BTW springbok, were the records sealed and unplayed? If not, then they weren't mint IMO. That word is quite misused.

This is a sore spot for me too living in Texas. Nearly every album I buy from local stores is warped to some degree. Most are still playable, but it still bothers me. I'm also in the wine business and deal with this regularly from distributors trying to sell cooked wine. Just last month I was talking with a trucking company that regularly delivers wine to Austin in the summer and they admitted they never use refrigerated trucks. That means the wine is transported thru Death Valley at who knows what temp with no real protection. Either way I think it's bad business and tries to take advantage of people. I don't think the local record stores and wine distributors like me too much but until they start taking their own business more seriously I don't care. However, with Ebay, and a sealed album, I'd have some trouble expecting a refund from a small private seller that had no way to know if the album was warped. A big store on Ebay I would expect more help from. Personally, if I sold a sealed album to someone and it turned out warped I would refund their money with no issues as otherwise, no matter what my good intentions were, I sold a product that was not what they were expecting. I wouldn't feel right about that.