What’s happened to Discogs? Dodgy sellers!

2-feign-reluctance
2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
edited February 2023 in Lost Dogs
Anyone here pick up the Benaroya Hall sets listed for less than $1k? I was talking with the US seller, asked for photos and it sold before they could give me permission to their Google Drive. 
www.cluthelee.com
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  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,425
    Damn! Sorry you missed out man! That sucks.
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    darwinstheory said:
    Damn! Sorry you missed out man! That sucks.
    Yep, was going to pick it up for someone I know. 
    www.cluthelee.com
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Weird, set back up for $650. No description, rating from one person says seller is scammer. 
    www.cluthelee.com
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,657
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Weird, set back up for $650. No description, rating from one person says seller is scammer. 
    Why would you sell something worth 2K for 650?  
  • tdawe
    tdawe Posts: 2,091
    tempo_n_groove said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Weird, set back up for $650. No description, rating from one person says seller is scammer. 
    Why would you sell something worth 2K for 650?  
    And would you bet $650 that the person doing so is on the up and up?
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  • sfrduder
    sfrduder Posts: 263
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Who got ‘em off Discogs? I was talking with the US seller, asked for photos and it sold before they could give me permission to their Google Drive. 
     It’s a scam. Discogs is having a problem with hacked accounts. 
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,425
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    darwinstheory said:
    Damn! Sorry you missed out man! That sucks.
    Yep, was going to pick it up for someone I know. 
    Damn! You're more of a stand up guy than I even thought! Wow, that's nice of you!!
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  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,345
    edited January 2023
    tdawe said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Weird, set back up for $650. No description, rating from one person says seller is scammer. 
    Why would you sell something worth 2K for 650?  
    And would you bet $650 that the person doing so is on the up and up?
    I have found that the saying "If it sounds too good to be true...." to be very accurate. 
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  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    I don’t think I’ll ever own one. Even for $650 I’m out lol 
  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,345
    pledgeagrievance said:
    I don’t think I’ll ever own one. Even for $650 I’m out lol 
    That is a lot of money, but if one came up for that, I would at least give it some contemplation. 
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Hmm, well so glad I didn’t follow through with purchasing it. Had it in my cart too. Whoever it was changed usernames and re-listed it. Previous no feedback, then under new username brand new feedback that said person was a scammer. And now it’s gone again. Phew, bullet dodged. 
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    pledgeagrievance said:
    I don’t think I’ll ever own one. Even for $650 I’m out lol 
    Same! I wish they’d just reissue it
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  • TH113769
    TH113769 Posts: 439
    Tons of scams on discogs lately as previously mentioned.  Accounts with great feedback histories are being hacked and what looks like the deal of the century of being sold
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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Weird, set back up for $650. No description, rating from one person says seller is scammer. 
    Yup. A lot of that on there these days. I’m pretty much finished with purchasing off discogs 
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Weird, set back up for $650. No description, rating from one person says seller is scammer. 
    Yup. A lot of that on there these days. I’m pretty much finished with purchasing off discogs 
    It’s been awhile since I bought there, but this confirms I need to stay away.
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  • Patrick_Sea3
    Patrick_Sea3 West Seattle Posts: 935
    Look what other items they are selling it’s a good indication if the are all highly sort after records at a high price be cautious 
  • StardogChamp79
    StardogChamp79 Posts: 1,198
    Ugh! And I am still looking for four more vaults. That’s scary!
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,917
    Discogs is getting brutal.  I have a bunch of stuff in my wantlist, and I noticed the vinyl edition of GNR Live Era got posted for 80 bucks.  I had a bit of scotch in me, and impulse bought it.  Didn't even think why is this so cheap.. lol.   Someone finally found my achille's heal and scammed me.  Discogs banned the seller, and emailed me to start a dispute with paypal to get the $$ back.  I feel stupid for falling for the scam (if something is too good to be true, it's a scam).

    I think Discogs needs to do something.  These scammers seem to have a list of records they know are valuable then post them for sale a prices far below the current value.   They get a few suckers like me, get banned, then they make a new account and do it all over again.  I'm seeing more and more holy grail items in my wantlist showing up for cheap.

    At first I reported them to discogs but it's getting out of control.   It's beyond wack o' mole. If discogs doesn't figure it out, I think it's going to hurt their credibility.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    I figured the one I was looking at was beat up, which is why I was asking for photos of it. The seller sent me a Google Drive link that needed permissions set for me to view. Asked for that to happen, then it was gone. 
    www.cluthelee.com
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    And now there’s another one up for $800 from Spain. No description, listed as mint. WTF. I sure hope nobody here bites on it. 
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