Just wanted to update peeps on the rash of scam sellers on discogs - it's seriously getting out of hand over there.
Recently, a new tactic has been revealed, where scammers open a new account, and appear to be selling a bunch of items they don't have (hijacked info from other people's accounts), and then their pals leave fake positive reviews (buyers joined and left the positive feedback on the same day).
So... the point of me mentioning this is - even if it looks like someone has a bunch of positive feedback, it could be fake.
Not trying to spread doom + gloom here, and I still buy stuff from sellers using the discogs marketplace, but the thing is, you have to research the seller and their feedback pretty thoroughly. If the seller or or the folks leaving feedback have a brand spankin' new account, run away.
Additionally, even the thread where people have been reporting scammers is compromised - it appears that some of the folks doing the reporting may in fact be scammers themselves, throwing out smokescreens.
Again, it's not the end of the world, but a little bit of diligence will go a long way here.
Unfortunately, all those scam sales are really flattening the price curves quite a bit.
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That account has been flagged in a 17-page thread related to the avalanche of hijacked seller accounts on the discogs site.
Seriously, I would not buy *anything* through discogs until the admins regain control over the security of their site.
The admins started doing a lot of *updates* to the site a short time back, and most of them appear to be oriented toward the marketplace (as opposed to the actual database itself, which has continued to get worse).
Unfortunately, right around the same time, a shitstorm of compromised seller accounts started appearing on everyone's radar. Not too hard to hard to do the math on that one. especially since at least some of the Project Owners for the site updates are no longer with the company (yes, this is actually true).
The patterns for compromised accounts appears to follow the same pattern as with the Melvins set - expensive multi-disc sets now suddenly available for under $100. The hackers aren't really geniuses, obviously, just bottom feeders taking advantage of the dumbed-down social media updates to the site.
Be careful.
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https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/2474920868
Obviously a scam, please don’t buy
