MILLER ANDERSON: Bright Lights (Deram/London, 1971, 1st Pressing) VERY RARE

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225

COMMENTS AND TERMS

Updated 07 June 2013 

The record LIQUIDATION continues. I have made a noticeable dent in the 15,000 records but I have also been buying additional mostly-rare records to increase interest and sales. I am ready to deal with you for reasonable offers!

I am going to move away from allowing buyers to make offers as a result of the disappointing fact that more often than not, it seems buyers make ridiculously low offers without regard to the record’s value or without any regard to making the transaction equitable for both of us if this trend continues.  I want to sell records not give them away.

I don’t know and to be honest I really don’t care what other sellers do. It is the exception that a record I sell is not outstanding. Occasionally a record will look beautiful but it is a dog when played. I can’t play every record and sometimes I do miss something in my visual comments. On the other hand the universally-accepted record grading system is comically flawed and leaves much to subjective interpretation. Since I sell mostly records from the ’60s and ‘70s (and to some degree from the ‘80s), I am dealing in records that are 40 to 50 years, with an unknown history of care. It is amazing how well many of these records sound today with the way they were taken care of but there is no way I can guarantee that my subjective grading will agree with yours! Since it is so ‘flaky’, don’t have a cow if we disagree.

I have outstanding feedback and that is not by chance. I have no way of knowing if I am at the top of the heap but I have not found anyone who is doing a better job. If you read my feedback, the repetitive themes are outstanding customer service, honest communication, equitable resolution of issues and outstanding quality. I don’t use the VPI record cleaner as a gimmick because I know what it takes to use it properly and continuously to clean records. Every time I play a record whether to listen after a sale or for my own pleasure I ONLY use the VPI machine. I also supply each record with a 3 or 4 mil outer sleeve and an archival Mobile Fidelity (MoFi) inner sleeve (sometimes older VRP sleeves that are no longer made) or double record archival sleeves for two record sets) even on $8 records! Records are boxed in the MoFi sleeves and stored between the outer sleeve and the jacket to protect the records in shipping) and double-boxed for larger orders with bubble wrap and shipping peanuts used as necessary. You have nothing to worry about. I will take care of you even if USPS doesn’t always take care of me or eBay which frequently costs me money due to its policies.

I don’t know how much longer I will be selling. It should take me months to sell the majority of these records. Ultimately I want to get back to the Czech Republic but while I am the U.S., I will keep offering the expected superior service and record quality. I encourage buyers to make offers on records whether I have set the listing up that way or not. You can always send me an e-mail with your offer and if I accept it, I will change the selling in the listing so you can buy it at that amount.

 I am very fair and very reasonable but the price I want to sell a record for may not be what you want to buy it for.  When I get ‘low-ball’ offers I usually explain why I can’t accept that if I respond but if they are too low I very well might not even respond. It seems some buyers will only buy if the record is given away while others realize that their ability to get the records like I sell is dependent on me getting those records and if I didn’t make any money, then I wouldn’t offer them. I am always offering records that are hard-to-find if not outright rare. MAKE ME A REASONABLE OFFER and you will get the item.

Records are visually graded but I play as many as I can so I will catch most problems but sometimes I don't.

Contact me FIRST if you have a problem with any record. Back-stabbing, anonymous low marks of ‘1’s or ‘2’s are not appreciated since I always resolve any issues with buyers. I cannot grade EVERY RECORD to EACH PERSON'S satisfaction. I received my first anonymous low mark in 14 years of eBay selling and it has not set well with me. I don't know who gave it to me. Since the buyer didn't contact me, I wasn’t given the chance to make it right. That is not right.

The SUBJECTIVE GRADING I use is:

VG (- or +), VG+ or VG++ = EX, NM-/NM

If you have questions, send me an e-mail.

MILLER ANDERSON: Bright Lights (Deram/London, 1971, 1st Pressing) VERY RARE!

Just to have one of these in your collection is a prize!