FLIMSY UK MAILERS...
djsheep
3,620 Posts
UK DUDES ARE STRAIGHT TRIPPING.
STOP USING THEM. ANYTHING YOU CAN BEND IN HALF WITH 2 FINGERS WILL NOT PROTECT A RECORD IN THE POST.
ALSO A VG- IS NOT A "UK EX". WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SHIT, YOU UK MUTHERFUCKERS HAVE YOUR OWN SYSTEM OF RATING RECORDS NOW.
PISSED OFF.
END OF RANT.
STOP USING THEM. ANYTHING YOU CAN BEND IN HALF WITH 2 FINGERS WILL NOT PROTECT A RECORD IN THE POST.
ALSO A VG- IS NOT A "UK EX". WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SHIT, YOU UK MUTHERFUCKERS HAVE YOUR OWN SYSTEM OF RATING RECORDS NOW.
PISSED OFF.
END OF RANT.
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And the next copy comes in a day later and mister "70 pounds including postage" umming and ahhing, saying it's a "UK EX" comes in at a VG- at best, with a bent ass cover cuz it was in that flimsy ass UK mailer. Even when I lived in Scotland, I would throw those things in the bin. The cardboard he put in there is a joke, he may as well put 2 pieces of newspaper. I remember using one of those mailers once though, and I used that THICK ASS cardboard....
Dude sent me a picture of the cover, it had ringwear, I shoulda known at the time, but whatever.... there's sound all over the record, scratches you can feel with your finger and I think it's a later press even (Rocs one is on thicker vinyl...), etc. I am not impressed. Hopefully homeboy takes the record back or send me some mutherfuggin' pounds or something in the meantime, cuz I'm pissed off... or maybe I'll just put him on blast.
Thanks Rocadelic, I owe you.
peace.
And they do have a cardboard rations cus of the war.... :-)
BTW- Sheep....name names brah... its always more fun that way....
The only name I'll name at this point is Rockadelic. This place is a community. He came through. So everyone, support him, his grading is totally on the same level as I pride mine on.... so
I'll wait to hear back from hommie in the UK before I put him on blast.
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it's not europe!!! it's the U.K.! europe has proper mailers, goddamn!!!
I've had a couple of big ticket items come from the UK over the years and sweated bullets every time waiting for them to show up in those shitty things.
So far, so good, but considering the condition I've seen mail arrive in, I've been incredibly lucky.
This is not the service based economy that Maggie had in mind. It's more like some former Eastern Bloc country. No, in fact last time I got records from Romania, they at least wrapped the LPs in newspaper tied with string before sticking them in the manila envelope.
I even thought the postage alone was too much for that LP....but until a better copy comes along.
If people are grading that as VG+ I'm glad I don't buy records on the internets
Roc. You are a legend. As someone who doesn't buy records much online at all anymore (for the grading issue, in Japan a MINT is unplayed, an EX is unplayed, a VG+ is pretty much unplayed). That was a blessing in disguise. If I had a diggin' Karma you were it. I honestly would say what you sent me is better than anyone I've encountered online would pass as a VG+. Most would be like weak EX, very minor scuffs. Cover EX condition, slight wear. Nice copy. ;)
The other dude, and I sorted it out, amicably, however it started hostile. It was like WW3 of He's Coming (no homo).
anyhows, I might promote my blog here again; http://www.bulletproofcrates.com
and also SS, I will be posting up photos of my upcoming China / Japan invasions... so watch out!