Quote Originally Posted by Kim-n-Dean View Post
I'm going to have to charge you a licensing fee.

I've already called everyone in town and scoured Amazon, eBay and other vinyl collector sites. Got hosed on Rush Signals. It was listed as near mint. Received it last night and it was scratched to shit! The sleeve and cover looked like a rat has been chewing on it! Emailed the guy immediately and he instantly refunded my money and told me to keep it. Guess he knew he sent me garbage.
That's a bummer, I've had my share of bad auctions and deals with Ebay. It is getting very hard to buy and also sell on certain platforms. I'm still heavily involved with guitars and music. I sell primarily on Reverb now but they have insane fees and force you have a minimum 3 day return policy. Ebay has gotten to the point where they won't support a seller anymore either. I had to refund a guy for a guitar he bought from me because he got buyers remorse. Then when I received my guitar back it was a mess. Completely out of adjustment, I'm surprised it made the return considering the way he packed it for shipping.

But my dad has had the same issues as you with buying stuff. He's bought some things that show up completely piles of crap and contacts sellers and then has to open a case. So there are shady folks on both sides and it's not like it used to be.

That is the one thing I will give Amazon credit for, they are large enough they can support returns and correct issues that come up.

I think a lot of the problems with products arrive in good shape are the shipping companies. I had a guitar get stuck in Denver for 5 days just languishing at FedEx's warehouse. I called them and asked if I could just drive up and pick up and they refused. And then my worse fears came true as when I unpacked my $2800 guitar it was damaged. Luckily, I had the parts to fix it and was able to work out a deal with the company I purchased it from in the form of a discount. I took pictures of all the damage and the box the guitar came in was completely mangled. Thankfully what saved it was it was also in a second box, and in a guitar case. Which blows me away at the damage that it received, and that told me FedEx gave it the business while in transit.

Good luck in your search, getting harder to find stuff these days.