ViniVault/Value
What a VG+ copy of your records is asking
Very Good Plus is the grade collectors often mean by a normal used copy. ViniVault's guide looks at Very Good, Very Good Plus, and Near Mint asking prices, and takes the middle.
A normal copy, not a mint fantasy
Mint prices describe a jacket most played records do not have. A blend of Very Good, Very Good Plus, and Near Mint asking prices is a calmer picture of a normal used copy than a single mint listing or the cheapest damaged one.
Very Good Plus is the grade collectors often mean when they say a record is fine to play. The guide does not assume your copy is that grade. It uses those listings as a reference, then takes the middle.
If your own copy is wrecked, or genuinely pristine, the guide will not know. Say so in the condition notes, and type a price if you want the total to follow your judgement rather than the listings.
The guide does not look at your record
Nobody has graded the vinyl in your hands. The figure comes from current asking prices, not from a look at the seam split or the writing on the label. That is why a typed price is allowed to win.
Listings under a pound are set aside, so a stray penny price does not become the value of the album. If Discogs has nothing usable left, recent eBay sales of that album on vinyl can be used instead.
How this works in ViniVault
Leave the price blank if you want the guide. Type a price if you would rather lock what you paid, or what you believe that copy should contribute to the total.
Condition notes stay on the record for you. They do not automatically change the guide. The two are separate on purpose.
Questions
- Does ViniVault grade my vinyl for me?
- No. You can note the condition. The price guide comes from listings, not from looking at your record.
- Why not use Near Mint only?
- Near Mint describes a cleaner copy than most played records. A middle price across Very Good, Very Good Plus, and Near Mint is closer to an ordinary used copy.