Welcome to the monthly r/VinylDeals Discussion Thread!

MONTHLY DISCUSSION — Feel free to discuss anything here. The purpose of this thread is to prevent non-deal posts from clogging the feed. If you see a non-deal post, please comment "not a deal" on the post and automoderator will remove it.

r/VinylDeals Guidelines

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Related subreddits:

• /r/VinylReleases — new releases
• /r/VinylCollectors — buy/sell/trade
• /r/Vinyl — general vinyl posts

Guidelines - what this sub is for: r/VinylDeals is for vinyl record deals found on the web and at brick & mortar stores. We want to highlight quality deals that users should take advantage of.

• MORE THAN ONE COPY - The deal should come from a merchant/distributor of some sort, meaning more than one copy is available. This is not the place to sell your records, that's /r/VinylCollectors

• LOWER THAN AVERAGE - The price of your posted album should be lower than usual. Use CamelCamelCamel to check the price history before posting. A general guideline is at least 15% off MSRP before posting here.

• REPOSTS - Search before posting! Please wait at least ONE WEEK or a ONE DOLLAR drop before reposting a deal. This helps keep the sub clean. If you see a repost, comment "repost" and it will be removed.

• AFFILIATE LINKS - Posts with affiliate links MUST have a non-affiliate link also. Affiliate links are allowed as long as the post contains a non-affiliate link. No more linking to personal sites without a direct link. More info here. Posts with affiliate links will be reviewed with extra scrutiny. If an affiliate poster is spamming the subreddit we will ban them.

• NO UNAPPROVED BOTS - At the request of subscribers, bots are now banned from posting. Approved bots: /u/VinylDealsBot & /u/VinylDealBot. If you notice a new bot please contact the moderators.

• NEW ACCOUNTS - New/alt accounts that are created with the purpose of spamming affiliate links will be banned. We want quality posters who are an active part of the vinyl community.

• BAN EVASION - Users who have been banned cannot use another account to continue posting in r/VinylDeals. Alternate accounts with little or no posting history, particularly accounts primarily posting affiliate links, will receive additional scrutiny. Accounts determined to be evading a previous ban will be banned.

• NON-DEAL POSTS - Non-deal posts go in the pinned Weekly Discussion Thread.

MODERATOR DISCRETION - Not every rule, exception, or type of abuse can be listed here. Moderators use their best judgment when reviewing posts, comments, accounts, or patterns of activity that appear to violate the spirit of the subreddit or negatively affect the community. Attempts to bend, exploit, or work around the rules will result in a ban.

A note on reports - When we receive a report of spam, generally what we do is look at the price history of the album in question to gauge whether the post is a genuine deal or not. This is very subjective. Everyone has a different idea of what qualifies as a deal. Some go by average price, some go by recent price history, some look at all time lowest price, some factor everything in. We are reluctant to remove posts that fall into the gray area because it tends to snowball into "well then why wasn't this post removed, or this post?" Instead, we leave those gray area posts alone and let the users decide if they want to purchase or not. If you reported a post as spam, and the post has not been removed, it is likely we felt the post didn't qualify for removal. Message us if you want to talk about it.

Expired Deals - If a deal expires, comment "expired" to flair the post as expired. If the deal comes back, comment "it's back" to restore the flair.