Discogs - Why do Sellers there constantly list their items incorrectly?

Looks to me like there's some kind of chemical reaction (CD fungus or something similar) going on the CD surface. I have several CDs that suffered from it and i was able to clean them with 70% Ethanol. You may give it a try. Don't use 99% Isopropyl alcohol as that stuff can ruin the CD completely.

 

Thanks for that, I might try that!

 

Wrong items much too often. In addition, I’ve started asking sellers to check for warps by spinning the record on both sides on a turntable. The last order I received was both warped and a standard issue instead of a white label promo. You have to either know nothing about records, or you’re trying to scam someone.

 

Really, why not? I've been using it for over a decade with no eventual problems on CD play side surfaces.

 

I think some sellers are just a-holes and don't care when they make a mistake. I've had the same thing happen a couple of times (stock company instead of WLP as listed) and both times the jack**s sellers refused to accept they sent the wrong item. I was quite happy when a particular seller on Discogs was booted off for being a jerk as his negative feedback would attest to.

 

I once used it to remove black marker from a label and it not only removed the marker but also the label and even ruined the data layer. I had similar experiences with other discs so i decided not to use it anymore on CDs . It's great for removing sticker remains and other nasty stuff from the jewel case though.

 

Wanna buy it ? It's a first pressing and still in decent condition ( a few tracks should be playable). VG+ condition (conservatively graded),i guess.

 

I suppose if I ever swallowed something harmful, I could look at that and whatever it was would come out one end or the other.

 

I never have used it on the label side for the reasons you mention. Top side is way too delicate. On the back/play side a lot of times with no destruction though.

 

The thread title assumes the listing itself is correct. Also I would not bother trying to sell a $15 record where I have to search through 16 confusingly written up variants of a record. I am reasonably experienced and sometimes I can't figure out an item's various listings.

I have given up with the site except for picture linking. Of course many of the pictures have extremely poor image quality which poses problems for that.