So I've got to wonder... I just got an email back from a guy I left negative feedback about on ebay. He wants me to revert the negative feedback if I'm willing to take a partial refund on the item.

The item in question is a double LP of Massive Attack's Mezzanine, which I paid $66.00 plus shipping for. Yeah, I over paid for the thing, but I wanted it, and it was described as "Albums EX, EX- Cover EX". I get the thing and the cover is full of creases and has a ripped up area where half a price tag still exists, and one of the two records is unplayable it's got so much static. Attempts to clean it with Groove Glide have done nothing to fix it.

My feeling is if you're going to call a record in Excellent shape, it better fucking be in excellent shape. If you're unsure of what "excellent shape" means, take the record in question to a couple of record collecting buddies and ask them to rate it. Average out what they tell you, and to be safe, drop it 1/2 a rating. This record I got could only be called "fair" at best.

This is the second time I've had an ebay record come GROSSLY overrated. The previous one was only $8, but arrived totally unplayable. Like I didn't want to subject my stylus to it any longer. Again, it was described as "excellent shape", yet it was clear this guy didn't play it prior to selling it. I left him negative feedback and he got all pissed at me wondering why I didn't contact him first about the problem. My feeling is that he should have rated it honestly in the first place, and that an $8.00 record isn't worth my time to pay shipping for twice to get a refund of 8 bucks.

Any of you bother buying records on Ebay? Is it worth the hassle? I've got some really great stuff too, but the percentages aren't really working out so far...