Pink Floyd 'PULSE" DVD, $36.99. Amazon says this is a 25% discount, but I don't remember the original price being that high. Bluray is $45.55. https://www.amazon.com/PULSE-Restor...f=dlx_deals_gd_dcl_tlt_27_f04cd674_dt_sl15_35
Paul Weller On Sunset double LP $16.54 https://smile.amazon.com/Sunset-2-L...&sprefix=paul+weller+on+sunset,aps,320&sr=8-1
Beach House - Once Twice Melody CD $9.79 https://www.amazon.com/Once-Twice-M.../ref=tmm_acd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= also at Target: Beach House - Once Twice Melody (cd) : Target
I don't know if this is a "deal" precisely but the the Olive Signature edition of Johnny Guitar - which I believe has been out of print for a while - is for sale at the MSRP ($39.95) from a seller on Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/Johnny-Guitar-Olive-Signature-Blu-ray/dp/B01I6RT2FW Looks like they've put up a few other hard to get Olive Signature films up for sale at the MSRP. Better than paying twice as much for a used copy!
I received 3 albums from Amazon today. More of the Monkees Wet Leg Cassandra Wilson reissue. Monkees cover bent badly bad packaging. Wet Leg cover has bad seam split. Cassandra Wilson badly dish warped. Last three months I've ordered 28 records. 16 of them had to be returned/replaced. Quality control issues are getting really out of control.
The QC issues are why I haven't got back on the Vinyl train (that and the price of a lot of new Vinyl). Bless all of you who can put up with the (seemingly often) battle scars and inconvenience. I don't have that constitution. I am quite satisfied with CDs.
Sitting at a cool 71% off list price is Helen Merrill's "Lilac Wine" on vinyl for $11.45 https://www.amazon.com/Lilac-Wine-LP-Helen-Merrill/dp/B095F64CMS/
The only quality issues I've had with new vinyl was on an independent release that was mail-order direct from an obscure label, and appeared to be hand cut which doesn't mean it has to be bad. Some are excellent. My Amazon records always arrive in an LP box.
tbf the last year+ especially i've avoided amazon/walmart/target etc. outside of some amazing deals and spent a couple extra dollars at indie shops and more respected record shops online and my problems have probably gone down probably 90%. I rarely ever have to return anything and surprise, surprise the above companies I avoided still reign supreme with more mess ups even when doing 90% less business with them, vinyl wise at least. I get it though, I don't blame anyone for getting out while I also don't blame anyone for still buying a lot from Amazon as I know they usually always have very tempting deals and a lot of the time it's not even on them but the actual pressing plants too which I purposely avoid a lot of releases because of this. It is kind of frustrating you have to put in a good amount of research on nearly every release if you want to improve your odds of avoiding issues.
I’ve been fortunate as well. They are still sending my orders double boxed. Who knows how long it’ll last, but so far so good.
I clicked on this link and Amazon tells me that I bought this in January. I have no memory of that. I must have put it in the "to listen to" pile, then tidied it away before getting to it. PJ Harvey Hope Six Demolition Project 2022 vinyl is down to $16.51 https://smile.amazon.com/Hope-Six-Demolition-Project-LP/dp/B095LH5K6X/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1IGM0ZRACWX4N&keywords=pj+harvey&qid=1650109107&sprefix=pj+harvey,aps,140&sr=8-4
well, you can always walk into a record store and examine the record yourself before you buy. plus, the price of a lot of new vinyl is still around 20 bucks. less than a meal out.
No - on two counts : 1) I can't just walk into a record store. There are zero New/Used record stores 'round these parts. Yeah ... it sucks for me. 2) You can't inspect a sealed copy of an LP. New copies of LPs was what I was referring to. I have (guessing) 900 LPs dating back as far 1974 when I started to purchase LPs. Across those years it was rare that I ever had an negative issue (up until circa 1990 when the LP market was low). Nowadays, it seems QC issue are quite prevalent.
It was just a guess based on the storage practices used in a giant warehouse vs a smaller shop that specializes in the product. YMMV, as they say.
Brother, I feel your pain, I really do... I'm PM you my address, and you can let me take those awful, troublesome albums off your hands for you, and you'll never hafta worry about them again. It's the least I can do...
Thanks for the offer (LOL) but I'm talking about *not* buying (much) new vinyl because of several issues connected with present-day Vinyl maladies, which LPs didn't seem to have as much in the 70s and 80s. I should have extended my thought about Vinyl concerning the early 90s. That's when I stopped buying LPs and went fully into CDs. I'll gladly keep what I already have.
I personally made the big change after getting 6 straight records in a row that were super beat up due to awful packaging and had to all be returned so at that point I clearly needed to make a change.. Some people seem to have way better luck then I do but the last 2 years especially I get substantially more horribly shipped records. Also, from indies and places that don't drop ship the majority of there inventory or store there records in huge warehouses the chances of a warped record has gone down quite a bit I noticed as well which is likely for multiple reasons. All common sense stuff for my situation. My message wasn't anti-amazon as I still order from them every once in awhile and for anyone that isn't having chronic issues then you should feel lucky and continue on but there's plenty that do to say the least. Plus its just nice to consistently get records in great shape and not deal with the constant headaches I was before. I simply don't have time or am not home enough to deal with a bunch of returns or talking to customer service.
I have not had issues with packaging, as they are normally doubled boxed. However, I have had a number of records that were warped, dished and even off centered. I have sent them all back and some be been replaced with the same issues, which I just requested a refund. The really weird one was Keith Richards Main Offender LP, which was recently repressed. I received 2 red vinyl LPs that were both off-centered. So I said screw it, sent both back and ordered the black vinyl. It shows up with the exact same problem. Sent it back and just ordered the CD.
I must just be lucky as I rarely have issues these days…a few years ago I was getting a lot of records with warps but I don’t think I have had that issue in years. Anyways I think this topic has been beaten to death and I find I get very little from people sharing stories about having given up on records or constantly having to send records back. It’s just so boring. Obviously if vinyl was as bad as some say here…like you have to buy 5 copies to get something decent then nobody would keep buying it. I think it’s just people like to type posts complaining and crapping all over vinyl. Probably same people who complain about live concerts.
I've never bought new records online, not just from Amazon, but from anywhere, so I don't get much of a say in this. But I can't imagine getting a record delivered to you in a bag! And then it turns out that it's the wrong record! However, my CDs usually come packaged very safely, and always what I ordered. Maybe that's just luck, I dunno...
I have a 1,000+ LPs and 99% of my purchases have been fine over 40+ years. However, my LP purchases from Amazon have been a real problem whether you like it or not.
Then don’t buy from them? I have an ocasional rare issue…but it’s rare Last week I got two Juana Molina records both perfect through Amazon if I was having constant problems I wouldn’t buy from them
