Canadians: Purchasing Used Vinyl via Discogs From UK, Shipped via Royal Mail/Canada Post. DUTIES??

Oh ok. Sorry, thought you were selling on Discogs, which uses Goldmine/Discogs grading exclusively.

 

Ugh, I know the one. Brown cover? I used to manage a record store in the 90s and we sold hundreds of them. We had to play it all the time; it was on our stupid mandatory playlist! That one and Jagged Little Pill. Had to play both all damn day.

 

Yeah, for some reason it still sells by the truckload here! I've never heard it before and hopefully won't again! I've just cleaned it and will sell it tomorrow. Halfway through side two, no surface noise so far! Fingers crossed! It's currently out of print so I'll probably ask what a new copy would cost, about £20, assuming it continues to play this well.

The worst thing is I played Parliament - Mothership Connection before it, which is pure joy!

 

This is awful...

 

Oh no, I understand.

Like I say, there's at least three grading systems, so it is all a bit blurry. VG+ or above should always be playing to a very high standard no matter what.

 

It's actually beyond me why anyone would chose to listen to that. The music is bland, with an overly slick sound for that kind of thing and I just thought the lyrics are trite. If you're sat thinking 'I hope the next one is slow and boring, about issues' then it repeatedly doesn't let you down. There must be a big market for it. Hopefully nowhere near me.

 

Don’t mean it’s inconsequential at all. The most expensive recording I ever bought was when I was a teenager… took a lot of saving up to get one little tape that ultimately arrived from the UK with a crack in it!

But if I’m buying from out of country, I include all taxes, duties in my budget. If I’m already broke when it arrives, an $80 bill is even worse. But if I’ve planned to spend that extra bit and the bill never comes then I’m golden.

 

One of the records I bought in this package is a strong VG+/VG+ Wide Spine Sgt. Peppers in mono with all inserts and the flame inner. Very expensive for me, but a good deal IMO at £130.00 - about CAD$217. I've wanted a wide spine for a long, long time and I finally pulled the trigger. And like I said earlier, I am not wealthy. This hurt financially but it is an lifetime purchase for me! There's also a EX media / NM sleeve first press stereo Help that I'm very excited about.

 

None of my packages from UK got dinged with duty. However, they were $50-$100 in value only. They were sent with Royal Mail and handled by Canada Post.

Fedex charged all kinds of fees on the one package from Spain I received. (but at least it only took 4 business days door to door).