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We communicate ONLY through the eBay messaging system. Up for consideration: Voodoo Exotic Music from Polynesia and the Far East Robert Drasnin Tops L 1679

The Record is in Very Good Plus to Excellent Condition

The Jacket is in Very Good Condition

* This album does not include the sleeve, we have put the record in a brand new plastic bag to protect it from the Jacket.  

Records

RECORD GRADING

In an ideal world, every record would be played before it is graded. But the time involved makes it impractical for most dealers, and anyway, it's rare that you get a chance to hear a record before you buy through the mail. Some sellers play-grade everything and say so, But unless otherwise noted, records are visually graded. I will say that all of the albums I am selling came from a private collection (not my personal collection) and may show signs of surface and or scuff marks scratches which can sporadic surface noise. I try to be an accurate grader of vinyl but I have NOT listened to all the records that I am selling to know. The Covers may show signs of ring wear, edge wear, etc. and wear around the center hole on record from normal use. Please see the pictures for the actual condition. NO album has been professionally cleaned because I am not a PRO. Visual evaluation is a subjective process and mistakes and differences of opinion happen. If the record does not meet your expectations or if there are any condition problems please contact us before leaving anything other than Positive Feedback

MINT / SS: Still Sealed: appears unplayed or factory sealed

NEAR MINT: The record is virtually perfect, but there are very slight signs of marks, which are so light that it will have no effect on the quality of playback, its almost new.

EXCELLENT: The record may have slight marks, and has perhaps been played a few times, However there should be no reduction in quality of playback.

VERY GOOD PLUS:  A previous owner took good care of the vinyl. There may be very light scratches including light scuff marks that should not affect the listening experience 

VERY GOOD: surface wear, some scuffs, still playable / enjoyable 

GOOD : Surface scuffed, some scratches, rarity makes it worth keeping 

Goldmine Grading Standard.

Still Sealed (SS)

Near Mint (NM or M-)

The record should show no obvious signs of wear. A 45 RPM or EP sleeve should have no more than the most minor defects, such as almost invisible ring wear or other signs of slight handling. An LP cover should have no creases, folds, seam splits or other noticeable similar defects. No cut-out holes, either. Basically, an LP in near mint condition looks as if you just got it home from a new record store and removed the shrink wrap.

Very Good Plus (VG+)

A Very Good Plus record will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. Record surfaces may show some signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don't affect one's listening experiences. Slight warps that do not affect the sound are "OK". The label may have some ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable. The center hole will not have been misshapen by repeated play. Picture sleeves will have some slight wear, lightly turned up corners, or a slight seam split. An LP cover may have slight signs of wear also and may be marred by a cut-out hole, indentation or corner indicating it was taken out of print and sold at a discount. In general, if not for a couple things wrong with it, this would be Near Mint. All but the most mint-crazy collectors will find a Very Good Plus record highly acceptable.

Very Good (VG)

Many of the defects found in a VG+ record will be more pronounced in a VG disc. Surface noise will be evident upon playing, especially in soft passages and during a song's intro and fade, but will not overpower the music otherwise. Groove wear will start to be noticeable, as with light scratches (deep enough to feel with a fingernail) that will affect the sound. Labels may be marred by writing, or have tape or stickers (or their residue) attached. The same will be true of picture sleeves or LP covers. However, it will not have all of these problems at the same time, only two or three of them.

Good (G), Good Plus (G+)

A record in Good or Good Plus condition can be put onto a turntable and will play through without skipping. But it will have significant surface noise and scratches and visible groove wear (on a styrene record, the groove will be starting to turn white). A cover or sleeve will have seam splits, especially at the bottom or on the spine. Tape, writing, ring wear or other defects will start to overwhelm the cover.

Poor (P), Fair (F)

The record is cracked, badly warped, and won't play through without
skipping or repeating. The picture sleeve is water damaged, split on
all three seams and heavily marred by wear and writing. The LP cover
barely keeps the LP inside it. Inner sleeves are fully seam split, crinkled, and written upon.

Jacket Grading

 

Mint: factory sealed

Near-Mint: no visible flaws

Very Good Plus: light ware: a previous owner took good care

Very Good: starting to show ring ware, or writing on covers, or dirty, 

Good: shows ring ware, taped seams, writing on covers, or corners damaged

Fair: all the above only with split seams, or corners chewed,

Poor: only the front or part of jacket is there

 

We do our best to describe the items as we see them. If you have any question please ask them before you bid. We try to answer all questions ASAP. Please note: the items we sell come from a variety of places, estate sales, resale shops and tag sales. So this means the item/s have been preowned by someone besides us. There are no GUARANTEE the item/s come from a smoke or pet free home.

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2. We never get our inventory from liquidation sales. They are mostly in bad shape and not up to our standards.

3. We test everything just before we ship it.

4. Our philosophy is to offer our customers a quality product and fast friendly service at a fair price. We will not insult honest and intelligent people with give away pricing only to deliver inferior product. We are only interested in honest customers who are looking for a good quality product at a fair price. We are not interested in buyers who are looking for something for nothing.

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Please read the description carefully. We try to describe the item as clear as possible. Look carefully at the pictures. They show the physical condition clearly.

Shipping
qualitymerchandise4sale will ship the same or within 1 BUSINESS Day of cleared payment (baring unforeseen circumstances). Saturday, Sunday and Holidays are NOT considered business days. The POST OFFICE determines how long it takes to get your package. Please rate us at feedback time on how long it took your package to leave us, not how long it took the post office to get it to you. Those ratings are really important to us, & we always try our best to do the best job possible for you.

- You will be automatically notified of shipment.
- Shipping AND handling costs not only cover postage/shipping fees but in addition, also cover (but are
  not limited to): packing materials, handling time, insurance (when deemed necessary by the seller), and
  delivery costs to shipper. We recycle shipping materials to keep down costs but also have to purchase
  shipping supplies such as packing tape.
- We ship in a timely manner but we have no control over carrier delays.
- Unlike UPS and FedEx, USPS does not do real time updating. You may already have received an item that
  was shipped via USPS before ANY scans are shown, when USPS tracking information is checked.
- Shipped to Confirmed Address ONLY.
- Includes Tracking Number or Delivery Confirmation on most items.
- Signature Confirmation and/or Adult Signature required on certain items.
- Shipped to lower 48 United States ONLY. Some items may ship to Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. territories. Please
  inquire BEFORE bidding.

- If item(s) must be returned for any reason other than an error in the listing, wrong item sent or DOA, the buyer is
  responsible for return shipping costs.

DOMESTIC SHIPPING (48 STATES) TRANSIT TIMES:

*USPS Parcel select takes up to 2 - 9 business days*
*USPS Standard post up to 2 - 9 business days*
*USPS Priority Mail takes up to 2 - 4 business days*
*USPS Media Mail takes up to 2 - 10 business days*
*USPS Express is Overnight to Most Cities

Combined shipping?...Absolutely. If you win more than one auction, combined shipping is applied, if you check out all items at the same time. Wait to pay until you receive a combined invoice from us. If you win an auction & you're waiting on another one to end, just let us know. Depending on the cost we usually end up upgrading packages to the next faster shipping method. (Usually Parcel to Priority). If you pay more than that, we will refund at the time of shipping.

International / Canadian Buyers: We love our International & Canadian buyers, but there are some things that you need to know before you bid or purchase. First of all it is not ethical for us to mark your item as a gift, so please don't ask us to do something that We don't feel comfortable with. I ship on the same or next BUSINESS day, after you pay, but the United States post office, & customs determine how long it takes to get your package.

1ST CLASS INTERNATIONAL(can take as much as 4 weeks to deliver) is the most economical way to ship to Canada and the rest of the world. Packages 4 lbs. or less can be shipped by this method. The post office does NOT provide any tracking information.

PRIORITY MAIL INTERNATIONAL (can take as much as 2 weeks) is much more costly, but the post office provides tracking, except on the priority flat-rate envelope & small flat-rate box. Flat rate envelope & small flat-rate box have a weight limit of 4 lbs. Medium flat-rate box & Large flat-rate box, have a weight limit of 20 lbs. Up to $100 of insurance is provided.

EXPRESS MAIL INTERNATIONAL (can take as much as a week) is the most expensive; post office provides tracking information. Up to $100 insurance is provided. *WE Ship with the USPS*

**Saturday, Sunday & Holidays are NOT Business Days**

**USPS First class international shipping is offered on most items under 3-4 lbs. It is a shipping service that is offered to help international buyers save money on increasing expensive worldwide shipping costs. It is a shipping service that does not offer any tracking at all. Please consider this before choosing this service. If you want expedited service than choose USPS Priority or Express. **Note: Times above do not reflect customs delays. Customs delays can exceed weeks in some case. Qualitymerchandise4sale is not responsible for customs delays. We will prepare the customs documents correctly and accurately. Since in most cases eBay cannot verify international shipping addresses, we are not responsible if you do not provide an accurate address. Please make sure your current address is on file with eBay, Paypal or Skrill. We ship to the address provided by eBay/Paypal/Skrill. qualitymerchandise4sale is a family owned / oriented business. We stride to make your buying experience a pleasure. We only sell products that must meet the highest of standards. If we wouldn't use it in our home than we certainly don't expect that it would be acceptable to pawn it off on somebody else. We do our best to clearly specify the product's true condition in our listings. We strive for your 100% satisfaction.

Payment

So that we can get your item shipped to you as quickly as possible, please pay within 48 hours of the end of the auction.

- PayPal or Skrill ONLY
- Payment is due immediately with the "Buy It Now" option. Otherwise, payment is due within 24 hours of auction
  ending. We reserve the right to re-list item if not paid for within the specified time period and file a non payment report on eBay.

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- We ship all items to your default shipping address. If you win a bid, please make sure it is correct BEFORE making
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· Do not bid if you don’t intend to pay.

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· We check bidder’s feedback to weed out crooks and negative feedback junkies.

· If your bid is blocked, it is because you have a history of abusing the system. Please contact us for explanation.

Do not bid if you don’t agree with these rules. We are an honest sellers and prefer to deal with honest buyers. Unfortunately eBay’s policies do nothing to protect honest sellers and does not allowing seller to leave negative feedback. This encourages crooked buyers. We have to be as careful as you are. Please email me with any questions.

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IF YOU DON'T PAY FOR MY ITEM WE WILL FILE A UNPAID ITEM ON EBAY, WITH 3 UNPAID ITEMS THEY WILL CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSHIP.

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*PLEASE READ OUR FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, WE HAVE A GOOD REPUTATION!!!

RETURN POLICY

 *IF YOUR ITEM ISN’T AS DESCRIBED, (IT CAN BE RETURNED FOR A FULL REFUND INCLUDING RETURN SHIPPING COST), YOU MUST NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY PLEASE, YOU MUST RETURN ITEM TO US IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR LISTED POLICIES, AND IN THE SAME OR BETTER PACKAGING THAN IT WAS SHIPPED.

 *IF YOU RECEIVED THE ITEM AND DON’T LIKE OR CAN’T USE IT, WE’LL BE HAPPY TO REFUND THE TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE (YOU HAVE TO RETURN THE ITEM AS YOU GET AND YOU NEED TO PAY FOR THE RETURN SHIPPING NO REFUNDS UNTIL THE ITEMS ARE RETURNED ).

 *AFTER 14 DAYS NO RETURNS OR REFUNDS (NO EXCEPTIONS)

 *SOME ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS WITH NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE THAT MEANS NO EXCHANGE OR REFUND WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Feedback Policy

- Due to the high volume of buyers who do not take the time to leave feedback, we will leave feedback
  once it is left for us. Leaving positive feedback lets us know that you are satisfied with your purchase. Otherwise,
  if you have ANY issues, please do not hesitate to contact us IMMEDIATELY so that we can make it right.

Thank you for you looking and happy bidding!

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