I asked them to remove these automatic sending invoices with free shippings. So they “work” on the setup of elaborate and unnecessary systems. Sorry but been on here since 2006 sold over 16000 orders, Added thousands of items & photos, Got nearly 10000 items listed, 5710 feedbacks (mostly positive)& Discogs thinks this idea is a good thing..? What an absolute insulting disaster. I have a feeling Discogs are going to lose a lot of money over this. Who cares if Discogs has been bought by Paypal or if both only have arranged a love marriage in order to suck dry Discogs sellers and buyers??? Your sales tax charges was already offensive, you just added salt to the wound! This is a truly awful system and way too complicated. This new policy doesn’t make sense and is really difficult to configure. I moved away from ebay due to the ease of your platform. I will be shifting all sales to Ebay from 1/10, in the middle of a global pandemic you need all the help you can get, not crazy half baked schemes – do the right thing Discogs before it is too late. Can anyone suggest another site to sell on? This site was just fine before all this complicated shipping got thrown at us…boo hoo! Did you see it? I have discovered on Discogs site an answer that I don’t have received by mail who don’t answer to my request. I see things happening. WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO ALL THAT USELESS SHIT, I WANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT OPTION FOR SHIPPING!!!!!!! To complicated. Dear all. You will see the rate for your own country then click on ‘shipping’ next to it and it will bring up all the rates for different countries, If you want to add a ‘shipping method’ for ‘ITEM SPECIFICS’, MAKE SURE YOU CREATE ONE FOR ‘ALL FORMATS’ FIRST ! I would like to thank Discogs for the great service up to now! Undo these fascist rules now or loose a lot of custom. Discogs tells us that a lot of buyers are benefiting from the new system, but I don’t see any benefit for me – just a lot of frustrating work so far that amounts to nothing. Please bring back the old shipping system. this is a complete waste of time why alter something that works fine . I also ship CDs (with or without cases), 45s and LPs together. The greater the value the more expensive the insurance. Go back to having my own website? I am not a professional seller, and I am honestly thinking to stop selling items. Die Einsparung eines Jahres entspricht dem jährlichen Holz-Zuwachs von ca. I’ve been a huge supporter of Discogs but this new bureaucratic fiasco has totally turned me off on your site. Wow not just me then.. it is a ******* nightmare !!!! Unfortunately I have to think about leaving Discogs under these circumstances. Never a truer word spoken. Hello, Can someone please help, this is an total and absolute minefield and one I am now feeling stupid and cant understand why its so very, very difficult! You had a good thing going then had to ruin it for yourselves and us. Hi crazybeat.ch HELP PLEASE. 1. 100% LOVED Discogs up to now. It will end up costing buyers more because I will have to estimate high, so I donlt lose money on postage ! Please note, these presets do not contain any shipping methods or shipping rates. I want to have the option providing shipping rates by myself, BRING IT BACK! That way someone from South Korea can sell stuff to Switzerland (not part of the EU) without making lengthy calculations and updates in advance. As a seller on Discogs, you’re probably already pretty aware of shipping costs and may have your rates listed in your Seller Terms already. There were no issues with that. I give up! Not everybody does this for a living. Simply atrocious! When you compare experiences with Amazon & EBay where there is no real, personal interaction with customers & tooooo much politics, buying & selling on Discogs is great. I just want to sell a record! Anschließend rückte wieder die Studioarbeit in den Vordergrund. Note that the final range covers all orders 2000 grams and up with a ‘Flat rate’ of €15.00. Some same category items weigh more than others. Why do this?! Read more about this update here). Buyers whose orders this applies to will be able to choose from a menu of shipping at checkout. Failed to fetch But now I have to decide to stop using Discogs as a consequence of this ridiculous decision of Discogs. What are you trying to do, go big business corporate? Will switch to e-bay. The explanations Discogs initially cited in order to dispel this alleged myth were incredibly phony and out of context anyway so Discogs obviously realized and decided its better to remain silent about this thing. CD. Why are you doing this to us? It’s time to move to EBAY, I raise my hands … it is practically impossible to complete the shipping policies. According to the liner notes of " Steps Ahead ", the group's 1983 debut album (for worldwide release), 'Steps began as a part-time venture … All this does is makes all my listings the same price, £3.50, for a Large Vinyl? I’ve a bunch of rare vinyl I haven’t had time to list in the past. after so many years of perfect cooperation, you seem you want all of us who don’t have a store, just sell our private collection’s stuff to say goodbye. I’m a collector, not a professional seller, and I stopped selling items. I never thought that for this reason I could not sell on Discogs. It’s also worth looking into which courier services are available to you and their pricing. That same item can be $30 to ship to another city in a different province. I never had any problem as a seller, always good communication with my customers, everyone satisfied. Michael Brecker, tenor sax; Mike Mainieri, vibes, Synthivibe, marimba; Eliane Elias, piano; Eddie Gomez, bass; Peter Erskine, drums. I’ve been using Discogs effortlessly for 10 years now, never had a problem with shipping (until now)!! It’s NEVER been a problem before? Of track & trace? Please eliminate this stupid requirement & keep it the way it was. I will wait a very short while and see if Discogs addresses this issue. I’ve put it all on Ebay for quicker and easier sales. Many of my customers really appreciate this option. Maybe you mean ‘add a shipping method’? I have to make a refund and lose the Discogos and PayPal fees I paid. Please bring back the old way. Too complicated, flawed and unnecessary! In addition to that I have also difficulties in understanding how to set up the policies. If Discogs continues with this I’ll have to go to another selling format like eBay, Facebook Marketplace or Musicstack. I’d rather list on eBay when I feel it’s worthwhile. So why does it have to be compulsory? The single containing the song was released by Columbia Records in 1965. Why would someone selling a few items from their collection go to all this trouble ? Steps Ahead (originally known as simply Steps - see Steps (3)) is a jazz-fusion group and the brainchild of vibraphonist Mike Mainieri. Sorry but I don’t need the stress I can sell my good stuff on ebay & run of the mill on selling sites such as facebook & musicstacks! there is NO explanation on this blog or anywhere i can find for how this actually works, I’m sorry his whole postage restructure is absolute bullshit… It’s totally impossible to understand…. It’s another proof that Discogs is now ruled by bad people. I moved here from eBay, which was good when it started, and then as it got bigger it got worse. Verantwortung für die Welt, in der wir leben. I suggest leaving the possibility of issuing an invoice by the seller as it was previously. Also… i was always a big fan of the discogs system. As a casual seller who is simply looking to sell a few items from his own collection, this shipping policy is a make-work project that I do not need. As a small independent seller that is not a business I was happy and successful using this platform. I’m now in a position where I can’t sell my records and I have to try and find the time to work this out. The old system worked fine. The “videos” on the shipping setup are actually just gifs that are too small to see, so they aren’t helpful. Way too convoluted. This is ridiculous, because it depends on so many factors…with or without jewelcase, offers, buyers you might not want to sell to. Never seen such a cumbersome method just to add something as simple as a shipping cost. I’m not alone. I’ve never had any problem before with shipping. everyone [including me] think this new shipping policy is an annoying nuisance. This post was updated on October 15 to reflect updates to the Shipping Policy editor. Don’t understand the ‘up to’ or all formats function at all. Discogs has already casually announced in several blogs that they will force all sellers into PayPal as the only allowed payment option in early 2021. Not all of my items have weights. I try to change ‘all formats’ to ‘vinyl large’… now the whole thing is rejected! It was fun while it lasted, time to head back over to eBay. I Read most of the comments and consensus is very NEGATIVE. Just tried setting my policies up and there are so many issues and uncertainties … its no fun and i can smell the problems coming from this miles ahead. It is a really foolish evil law that does not take into account the differences of various countries and the situation of the corona at all! I think I’ll just take all my vinyl to my second-hand record store and sell it to them. 1. I realize that doesn’t hurt anyone but me. We all have our own shipping costs available to view by customers before they order. Sold on discos for 13 years, this new system is awful. Just had an order for 15 x cassettes + 1 x CD How the hell do you work postage out on that order…..? This year I’ve had 5 weeks paid work due to COVID, so (like MANY of us), selling records is keeping me afloat, paying my bills / food. We’re taking a closer look at how to make sure you’re set up in time. EUR 16,99**. Discogs shipping seems so alien,like from another world-I wonder if Albert Einstein could even set it up?? Not sure how high and how drunk the masterminds were behind this change was…they have made it so hard to figure out EVERY possibility to every place in the world. There are no less than 13 (THIRTEEN !!) State your terms/prices in “Shipping Policy”. I don’t think the majority of professional sellers like this idea at all. There are so many things to enhance on Discogs that I am shocked that you chose the worst and useless point to change!! I’m having many problems with this new system. I have stopped and deleted temporalily (? perhaps the owners want Discogs to go under…sell it off. Discogs. 1994 kreierte Pigmans den Namen 3 Steps Ahead, … We are not trying to make a lot of money. It kills the spirit of discogs. In this example, I’m using the recommended ‘All my items’ to ensure this meets the requirements for a ‘complete’ policy. Buy all three, they're worth every penny! I have been using the current ‘seller terms’ system for 7 years and have had no problem apart from a few unpaid orders. Yeah this is nuts. I added another ‘shipping method’ for CDs/7″ singles (USING ITEM SPECIFICS) because the price was the same for 1 to 4 quantity 7″/CDs/CASSETTES, So ‘add shipping method’. One Step Ahead was the A-side of the single, and peaked at #18 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. European Seller Lead, Russ | rryan@discogsinc.com. This is completely ridiculous. Shame on you, Kevin and your fellow DiscPal tyrants. Total waste of time. The Shipping Policy change is a complete mess. This is a post on Facebook from a very eminent seller on your platform (name kept private) Case in point! It seems rather obvious that the ‘collector buyer/seller’ is not wanted here. Thanks in advance, Funny, there is really no positive comment about the new update.. And it’s a bad joke to roll down to leave a reply. Such a dumb policy, to force people to choose a method for ALL FORMATS completely ignores the intricacies many countries have with their sizes. Well, I’ve tried 3 different times to complete my policy and it keeps coming up “policy incomplete”. How do I do that? Please give us the choice to use this policy or stay with the original way. For Canada Post, shipping can either be sent as a letter or a parcel. Your Shipping Policies will be preset into three categories: Your country (a domestic Shipping Policy), your continent, then Rest of World. 20?? I am a seller and contributor for 8 years. I love discogs, its one of my favorite formats to sell on, but this idea is just crazy, why change the old format? I wonder , who is this guy who came up with such a stupid idea to set automated costs ??? I lost hours trying to fullfill the shipping policy, there is no way for me to set fixed price for all the items I have in the marketplace. Like an authoritarian tyrant or dictator they censor and try to silence and gag their subjects. I was very happy to be part of this community. Good luck with your revenue streams, Discogs.Your shipping policies form just proved you couldnt organise a pissup in a brewery. I will make a mistake and take a hit on several orders until I correct it. I cannot see, how the buyer can choose the Registred option. – I will not set automatic shipping policies this October 1st, as you forced us without our agreement. Really, I’ve never experienced such a mess. Auf Discogs können Sie sich ansehen, wer an 1992 CD von Yin-Yang mitgewirkt hat, Rezensionen und Titellisten lesen und auf dem Marktplatz nach der Veröffentlichung suchen. I have the same issue, please advise. Some people, like me, charge more because of the use of better packaging materials. Discogs. I’ve never had any of my 900 customers complain about shipping. what a pile of shit ,,cannot be bothered with this …please reinstate old method now!!!!!!! Maybe the guy who “got out of bed to find he’d sold a record and didn’t have to do anything” loves the new system. Find Steps Ahead bio, music, credits, awards, & streaming links on AllMusic - Originally called Steps when it was formed in… If not, I will have to find another alternative. I KNOW ITS HARD FOR SOME WHO HAVE UP TIL NOW RELIED ON THEIR DISCOGS SELLING INCOME BUT PLEASE TRY TO JOIN THE PROTEST. So telling! – I will not set automatic shipping policies this October 1st, as you forced us without our agreement. You guys are really screwing up a good thing, I’m not happy with the time suck this has already taken up, it’s just going to be way easier to go back to eBay for the time being, maybe it’ll sort itself out in a month or two when if try again. October 2020 – No ASP – 51 orders – 3000 EUR But, why should I NOT people able to get orders from those countries as well? Can someone be so kind to help me? I like to deal with each sale individually not one price or weight for everything. This new system is too hard; totaly crazy…. ? Really disappointed with Discogs over this. The commission is the same so I have nothing to lose. Waste of time. At least we have got one response from staff! Put it back to the way it was and let everyone, get on with selling again. You can save any time during the setup process. Why not listen to your user database and sort the problem out? One time 30 records, another time 80 records etc. I have used discogs for years, and no one has ever complained regards my shipping calculation at point of order. I depended on my store sales to survive and I don’t have hours upon hours to waste with setting up these policies. On Easy we name them “shipping profiles” and you just create them and when you are uploading a new item to sell you can manually include the shipping price or you can choose from your shipping profiles. I will leave everything as it is. Sooooooo disappointed that Discogs has so little appreciation for their sellers. Born in Berkel and based out of Rotterdam, Pigmans' music is widely considered one of the most innovative specimens of the gabber genre; while many gabber producers favor raw force and little virtuosity when creating a song, Pigmans' music always had a strong … It bears repeating; this is super important. I tried to get support from Help Desk weeks ago and received no reply. So why introduce a selling system that will alienate so many sellers ? 3) Many new customers do not know how to combine the order and just buy some CDs separately (as on EBay), and then ask combine shipping and make a refund of the overpayment for delivery. No matter how many boxes I click and fill in all I get after saving is “policy is incomplete”. Even in Canada shipping the same package from one province to another within the same country, the price changes. Who thought this was a good idea??? Hey Discogs – NO ONE seems to like your new Shipping Policies requirement. Just look at how many NEGATIVE comments on forums and your own website. …another thing, isn’t that what the “save shipping rate for future orders to this country” option is all about? This is ridiculously complicated, and I have been selling online for over 20 years. What used to be a great platform for selling music (been with Disclogs for 11 years) is now just a relatively handy database for my own collection. And too bad for you, I will sell my discs elsewhere until it comes back to a smarter way of selling. Many customers really appreciate that, and say so, because that approach to selling has a far more bespoke and individual feel about it. – Consider this statement as a strike to attack your profits, by letting my listing unavailable, as long as you will decide to abandon these unacceptable changes. DAMN SYSTEM SO ANNOYED! Why is this such a beating? It might have worked if you had a decent UI. It means, my records which i am selling here are sometimes gone after alle these years. can you help me how to do this or will you change the setup so that such differenciation in formats and prices will be possible? this new system sucks so hard lmao. This is a complete balls-ache. i`M IN THE UK if anyone wants to buy my Records ( over a 1000 LPs + 2000 singles get in touch ) Loads of PROG / REGGAE / WOULD FILL A SHOP + MAGAZINES + MEMROBILLA . SUCKS. Since October 3rd, although I don’t have clicked on free shipping for orders, I received payments by people who have ordered from me and who receive automatically invoices with free shippings. It is really very important to voice our frustration and discontent about the mandatory ASP also publicly on their facebook page. How do estimate the costs? This is demo is meant to help you understand the new editor. I use a specific shipping container that holds up to a certain number of items. You could set up methods for different formats, shipping with different carriers, or shipping items without cases (e.g. System was ok before this new ‘Policy is not complete’ madness. This should be optional and it is impossible to set up something coherent like this. I just want one price for local and one price for the rest of the World. Seriously Discogs – I’ve been buying and selling on here for over 10 years without any shipping issues. I encountered so many bugs it got really annoying to set it up. What will happen if I don’t set up this new shipping policies ? You need to establish a policy with much more simplicity to set up…I’m thinking about pulling out of this website because of all this trouble the new system has created which is unfortunate. I am mad about this situation, why to change shipping policies without no talkings with users, why putting automatic free shippings, why no help by phone, why always answering to look at their new shippings policies, why this lack of respect to sellers ?????? Everyone who still doesnt see the truth what this is all about will have his second nightmare awakening once Discogs will „invite“ or shall I say blackmail you again to accept paypal as the one and only allowed payment option in 2-3 months latest. Unclear. Discogs has decided to autocratically force its dictates upon us and here in these blogs its very easy for Discogs too ignore/silence all the criticism or to censor it away. You have really turned me off with this new shipping system. This idea of yours is ridiculous!! Such as shame this is new is a new requirement. I think I will also be leaving this site and moving my goods elsewhere far too time-consuming to go through all that…. Official site gabber.od.ua - 3 Steps Ahead - Drop It (1996) free and easy download not zippy or torrent but fast, 1gabba, 1gaba ). There are many parts where i take higher shipping with the new systems as i have to think about several possible orders that fit into the predefined sets than when i add shipping the regular way and can make it fit the individual requirements. There was NOTHING wrong with it. I live in Germany, I set up a postage range for ‘all formats’, then I set up another for 45s & CDs at a slightly cheaper starting rate… this does NOT show on the selected items. policy for dvds and vhs if that’s what you want then what else to say ….good job! A Site where you can even not search like everywhere else (example: you use just ONE wrong capital – group/ title – and you will find nothing at all. Even the little gif at the outset of your explanation runs too fast. 1000€ for the “17 and up” line. My sales have tanked, and at this point I may just sell elsewhere unless you fix this. are of every consequences (sorry for the cut in two post) ;), After reading all comments, it seems a good thing will be to make those Shipping Policy optional, maybe some sellers would like to use this system, but for a lot of us (small sellers, shop with a lot of various formats…) contact with buyer is still the better way to ensure a realistic and suitable solution for shipping (depending on options and value of item). This is just too confusing and time consuming and will just drive away users to EBay instead. The save button is at the top-right – no matter how far down your scroll down or up it will stay there. Choose the one most applicable to the service type you’re using. Not workable; you’re loosing me with this crazy system. I’d really rather calculate shipping outside the U.S. upon each order receipt as I’ve been doing….appreciate the “fine tuning” approach, but nothing’s broken here. You could name it ‘UNTRACKED STANDARD POST’. Select format/item types under ‘Method applies to’. What the **** is going on ? Ditto – I am a collector looking to sell my extras and this system just keeps bouncing me back with out saving my policies. This is really crucial to keep in mind as your Shipping Policy will be invalid without this one all-encompassing method, meaning your listings may show to some or all buyers as unavailable in the marketplace. jazzdisco. But records cannot fit through the lettermail slot, so they have to go by weight. EVERYBODY AS LONG AS HE INDIVIDUALLY THINKS HE CAN BEAR IT! Discogs should allow old settings to be used. Head over to your Shipping Policy editor. All went well til now. I’ve sent you a direct message to help. Tomorrow morning should be interesting….just when i was starting to get more orders on here they come up with the most god-awful shipping policy known to man……. NICE ONE DISCOGS FUCKING GREAT STUFF!!!!!!!!!! LEAVE YOUR INVENTORY AS IT IS AND LET DISCOGS GREY THE STUFF AND MARK IT AS UNAVAILABLE SO THAT EVERY POTENTIAL BUYER CAN SEE WHATS GOING ON AND WRONG IN DISCOGS. I hate to leave here, but if this policy forces me to, so be it. your flexibility made you famous and gathered every music seller from ebay.