When do you return new vinyl?

DCstep seems pretty dead on, IMHO - although I did buy a slightly warped $30 LP yesterday, and I'm not going to bother returning it. The warp seems to be cosmetic (I can't hear it affecting playback, it just makes my tonearm bob up and down slightly) and I'm pretty sure it might flatten out after a month on the shelf between my other records. The only records I've ever returned were ones pressed off center, but that's pretty rare.

However, if I had purchased a $50 LP and it had even minor flaws I'd be pretty upset. If you can't guarantee quality for $50, what's the point?

You cannot complain about the sound quality. One should be familiar with the sound one gets out of a particular label. If all else being equal, warps, skips, high amount of backround noise (unless record is from 78 RPM) you keep the album.

Yeah, I agree, if I don't hear a warp, then I'll keep it. I almost never resale, so cosmetic issues don't bother me.

Dave