south american grading unappreciation
davesrecords
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won this black sugar on ebay a while back. first off the grading is weird, okay that's fine 7 1/2 out of 10. okay i kind of get it maybe vg to vg+. i get the shit and it skips on multiple songs two songs won't even play all the way through. pretty much constant scratchiness. it's fucking worthless for me or to sell as well. i guess i could get like 10 bucks for it something. i paid about 80 for it. she had good feedback rating so i assumed everything would be fine.then i saw on the back of the package a photo id of the person that sent it. apparently to send parcels in peru you have to have xeroxed pictures of your id on the package. you should see the picture, she's i'm glad i don't have to bring shit up with her in person. i also feel sorry for her cause she lives under this totalitarian state where she has to carry some id card with her around like nazi germany.should i bring shit up with her ? i'm sure she needs the dough but this record is totally trashed.so this post is basically a part question part rant post.
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No point in really getting into it. You could try, but be ready to give up quick if you don't get an immediate refund.
dj pancake and this dude brazilian music i think(at least in my experience) are pretty good. there is another guy i got some brazilian records off of that were immaculately clean. i can probably trace back the seller name if you want. there aren't that many south american records that i want but this black sugar was at the top of my wantlist (and still is!) if anybody has an affordable copy get at me (I'm guessing maybe good records ?)
dave
I would say 99.35 % of southamerican sellers don't give a fuck about grading. Then there's me.
send me a record so i can confirm that.
show me the sales list ! (Couldn't find a jpeg for that)
HA HA. Seriously, I have to find a way to send some money to RAJ to start soulstrut-tising (nice word, huh?). Maybe I could sell a record to one of you and you could paypal the money to RAJ. Since Paypal doesn't allow to receive payments in Argentina, I didn't even open an account.
Sorry Dave, I missed out on the pair that were up recently... I'll keep you in mind if one does come in.
Other than Pancake, I have had issues of small or major damage with almost every Brazilian seller I've delt with. Fortunately all have been very accomodating when it comes time for that refund email... I suspect a lot of them get that same email frequently...
I got a fine the other day for not carrying an ID card. Happened in Hollanda.
andrearecords
good.sound.br
jlandid (Isuspect some of his LPs are fakes like the Papudinho and the Conjunto 3D that he seems to find a mint copy of every month, but they're damn good fakes)
joiararadisco
nostalgiatwist
plainmusic
vpcr.we
and the all time best
brazilianmusic (allan bastos)
I've had issues with both these dudes... Alan Bastos is good, but I'm sorry - VG+ does not mean lots of marks and surface noise. Perhaps Brazilians do not understand this. I refuse to bid on anything not marked Excellent, and even then it can be janky. JLandid sent me a supposedly VG+ Jorge Ben 1969 that had deep marks running the entire length of the record, they popped every revolution from start to finish. Alan has been better but I have certainly gotten duds from him as well.
Guys who grade "E" and "NM", send VG- records, and then cop pleas like "you have to understand, in Brazil there are no mint records" get the fucking bozack. Learn how to grade your records.
Absolute worst, Mara records.
the fuck you know about Peru, Dave?
plainmusic has been bringing the ridiculous heat lately. Definitely the most interesting seller right now to me.
nostalgiatwist gets the gasface......son don't risk it.
drop some knowledge please!