Anais nin Carms Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Album was advertised as a "sealed" product. When the invoice arrived from the seller for payment the Postage costs seemed a little excessive so I asked for verification of postage costs. Seller responded and seemed a little agitated that his estimated postage costs were questioned. I had explained I had received an LP the previous week from the states and it was half the price he indicated. The Album arrived today to my horror when I opened a the package to see an actual LP visible, not in a sleeve , and not sealed ? I then I noticed the scratches, I then I noticed the label "The roarin 20's " ? .........I have been conned I thought , then I looked underneath and there it was the sealed Spyder Turner album. Was it a wind up ? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Album was advertised as a "sealed" product. When the invoice arrived from the seller for payment the Postage costs seemed a little excessive so I asked for verification of postage costs. Seller responded and seemed a little agitated that his estimated postage costs were questioned. I had explained I had received an LP the previous week from the states and it was half the price he indicated. The Album arrived today to my horror when I opened a the package to see an actual LP visible, not in a sleeve , and not sealed ? I then I noticed the scratches, I then I noticed the label "The roarin 20's " ? .........I have been conned I thought , then I looked underneath and there it was the sealed Spyder Turner album. Was it a wind up ? lots of LP sellers use thrift store LPs as packing material. I really don't think he was screwing with you by sending a random LP with your LP. Also, although he still may have overcharged you, using extra LPs to pack with adds a lot to costs. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Abbott Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 i had a 45 sent as packing with a 45 i bought. it was on Tuba and looked the biz - it was shite though; unfortunately. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
funkyfeet Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Pack lots of Lp's with sleeves from the like of Des O'connor etc, it's the only thing some LP sleeves are useful for. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tony A Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Pack lots of Lp's with sleeves from the like of Des O'connor etc, it's the only thing some LP sleeves are useful for. Nowt wrong wi a bit of Des:thumbsup: Dicker dum dum. :lol: Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ged Parker Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I had a 45 from the US once and it was packed in a cut down LP sleeve. I was horrified to see she'd cut up the cover of the rare funk Soul Expedition LP. When I contacted her to see if she still had the LP, she'd used it as packing on another LP she'd sold but helpfully said "you wouldn't have liked it; it was terrible" Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
grant Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Album was advertised as a "sealed" product. When the invoice arrived from the seller for payment the Postage costs seemed a little excessive so I asked for verification of postage costs. Seller responded and seemed a little agitated that his estimated postage costs were questioned. I had explained I had received an LP the previous week from the states and it was half the price he indicated. The Album arrived today to my horror when I opened a the package to see an actual LP visible, not in a sleeve , and not sealed ? I then I noticed the scratches, I then I noticed the label "The roarin 20's " ? .........I have been conned I thought , then I looked underneath and there it was the sealed Spyder Turner album. Was it a wind up ? Soyou kept the roaring 20s LP and binned the Spyder Turner one? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest in town Mikey Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 the roaring 20s I get this if I eat too much cabbage. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mrtag Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I had a 45 from the US once and it was packed in a cut down LP sleeve. I was horrified to see she'd cut up the cover of the rare funk Soul Expedition LP. When I contacted her to see if she still had the LP, she'd used it as packing on another LP she'd sold but helpfully said "you wouldn't have liked it; it was terrible" This seems to be a popular pastime with a lot of the U.S dealers at the moment!! had a few myself but always seem to be c&w sleeves:yes: Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Had this recently with a seller in Germany. Opened up the package to see a 45 pic sleeve of some Dutch produced rap/pop nonsense from the 80s. After the initial wave of disappointment I realised that the seller had sandwiched my 45 in between two of these terrible discs. Reckon he was getting his own back by re-exporting them to the country they originated from! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kevinkent Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 This seems to be a popular pastime with a lot of the U.S dealers at the moment!! had a few myself but always seem to be c&w sleeves:yes: I'm gonna start buying Hillbilly vinyl, and hope they pack it out with some rare Northern shite. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mickjay33 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 lots of LP sellers use thrift store LPs as packing material. I really don't think he was screwing with you by sending a random LP with your LP. Also, although he still may have overcharged you, using extra LPs to pack with adds a lot to costs. i had 2 45s used as packers from the states 1 was marlena shaw wade in the water on cadet in m/con the other packer was christine cooper heartaches away my boy vg++ they were worth more than the record i bought in the first place not all bad Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Denbo Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 (edited) i had 2 45s used as packers from the states 1 was marlena shaw wade in the water on cadet in m/con the other packer was christine cooper heartaches away my boy vg++ they were worth more than the record i bought in the first place not all bad I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, NO WAY IS THAT TRUE Edited August 3, 2010 by denbo Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
paultp Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 i had 2 45s used as packers from the states 1 was marlena shaw wade in the water on cadet in m/con the other packer was christine cooper heartaches away my boy vg++ they were worth more than the record i bought in the first place not all bad Of course you did I got a 45 packed in 2 other 45's but they were by Olivia Newton John. Not sure of the logic of using fragile things to safe guard a similar fragile thing. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
gazman Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 The converse of this is - I got a 45 in an envelope, that's all AN ENVELOPE. Someone had very kindly folded it to help the postie. How I wish someone had stuck a crappy C&W disc in with it or a bit of an LP sleeve. Here's how it turned out. Thankfully it was cheap. gary Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 i had 2 45s used as packers from the states 1 was marlena shaw wade in the water on cadet in m/con the other packer was christine cooper heartaches away my boy vg++ they were worth more than the record i bought in the first place not all bad I bought a job lot of records off this guy on ebay, this is going back about 8 years, early days; you could only see the top record on the pile and I'd asked him if the rest were any good and of course he said they were, so I paid him $100 or whatever it was, anyway when they came there was one good record (Find Yourself Another on Bo Mar) and the rest was utter shite, not even soul, about a third of a way down the pile was an original International GTO's "I love my baby" (Rojac) which I sold the same day for £250 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, NO WAY IS THAT TRUE last $5 record I got was packed in original Frank Wilson and Don Gardner, a pleasant surprise Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 last $5 record I got was packed in original Frank Wilson and Don Gardner, a pleasant surprise The last $5 record I got was actually hand delivered to my door by Frank Wilson and Don Gardner, I couldn't believe my luck! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete Eccles Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 The last $5 record I got was actually hand delivered to my door by Frank Wilson and Don Gardner, I couldn't believe my luck! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Anais nin Carms Posted August 4, 2010 Author Share Posted August 4, 2010 (edited) So you kept the roaring 20s LP and binned the Spyder Turner one? Lol its brilliiant like something out of a Benny Hill sketch lol ... gong to have fun with it at the weekend .....chase me lol....or I could bake cakes and make pies to it Now the Spyder Turner Lp thats rather special. I got it for one track ..You know I'me alive with that lovin feelin , one I had forgotton about until Neil played it at Torquay and reminded me of its excellence. I think my ebay seller has a warped sence of humour . Made it quite amusing though to look back on . I recall one guy taking a while to post a 45 and his excuse was ... I go to the post office once a week and I have to get old mule out of the barn , and he struggles to make it...... another bloody Texan . Edited August 4, 2010 by Carms Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jerry Hipkiss Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I recall one guy taking a while to post a 45 and his excuse was ... I go to the post office once a week and I have to get old mule out of the barn , and he struggles to make it...... another bloody Texan . Brilliant! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Dave Turner Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 (edited) last $5 record I got was packed in original Frank Wilson and Don Gardner, a pleasant surprise So what, the last one I got was packed between Footsee and The Snake I've been on anti-depressants ever since Edited August 4, 2010 by Dave Turner Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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