A pretty good database for audio recordings, but when it comes to trading records, it's actually worse than eBay of 20 years ago or more. This is because Discogs offer literally no buyer protection, considering any after sales or quality issues not theirs to deal with. "We are only in it for the money", if you get my drift. As a consequence, purchases are usually handled by PayPal, making things much more expensive than eBay these days. Therefore, if buyers have a problem or complaint with an order, there is no other option than to use PayPal to process it. Being a financial technology company, PayPal is naturally only interested in financial transactions, and not what brought them about in the first place. As the reason for complaint doesn't matter to PayPal, buyers get prompted to return orders at their own expense to wherever they came from on this planet, obviously via tracked delivery. Upon confirmed arrival, PayPal automatically refund the original sales price, and consider the issue resolved. Sellers are then naturally free to hold their chosen carrier liable for any damage that occurred in transit, buyers end up with a hole in their pocket. Venting frustrations by leaving negative feedback for underwhelming sellers doesn't help either, as the latter are free to leave revenge feedback in return, very much like eBay used to be once upon a time. To recap, if you are looking for details on all kinds of audio recordings, Discogs is probably the best platform around, and the sole reason why I left a 2 star feedback. When it comes to trading, it's a completely different story though, and you better ask yourself is this kind of Jurassic marketplace really what you want?
