The Smiths ‎– The Queen Is Dead

▶ Grading Policy
A more detailed grade of the product's condition is listed in the comments section. See below for details of each condition.
All gradings are visual and very strict.
All gradings are visual. Please note that we only perform lightly cleaning.

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▼ Record grading
・S (Sealed)：Record is still sealed and has never been played.

・M- (Mint minus)：Like new. The record does not have any visible light scratches or cracks.

・E+ (Excellent Plus)：The record has hardly visible small scratches etc. The label may have some * In effect E+ means almost faultless. We think you can find records graded E+ quite satisfactory, unless you are a collector who is determined to own a brand new record.

・EX (Excellent)：There are some light scratches and cracks on the record (which can be felt by touch). Sometimes these slight defects may influence sound. *Although some noise is audible in quieter sections of the record, such as fade-outs, and it is especially conspicuous between tracks, it does not have a profound influence on the whole record. The label may have discolorations or ring wear.

・EX- (Excellent Minus)：It is worse than the above, but there are no needle jumps. There is some noise. The label may have discolorations or ring wear.

・VG+ (Very Good Plus)：It is worse than the above. But, No Needle jumping. There is some noise. The label has discolorations or ring wear.

・VG (Very Good )：It is worse than the above.

▼ Degree of Warping
・Vinyl Condition: 「Warp 1」

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・Vinyl Condition: 「Warp 2」

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・Vinyl Condition: 「Warp 3」

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▼ Cover grading

・S (Sealed)：Record is still sealed and has never been played.

・M- (Mint minus)：Like new. The Cover does not have any lines, folds, scratches, cracks, spots, or other similar folds.

・E+ (Excellent Plus)：The Cover has small lines / folds / scratches / cracks / spots / ring wear, or other similar faults.

・E (Excellent)：The Cover may have light lines, folds, scratches, cracks, spots, some writing, some tape or sticker (or traces of such) and ring wear. It may be slightly dirty.

・E- (Excellent minus)：It is worse than the above, The Cover may have light lines, folds, scratches, cracks, spots, some writing, some tape or sticker (or traces of such) and ring wear. The Cover may be dirty.

・VG+ (Very Good Plus)：It is worse than the above, The Cover has striking folds, scratches, cracks, spots, ring wear, some writing, scotch tape, or stickers.

・VG (Very Good)：It is worse than the above.

▼ Other Abbreviations
・W： Writing
・ST： Stickers, tape
・WD： Water Damage
・S： Stain
・M： Mold
・C： Corner cut
・P： Punch hole
・D： Drill hole
・SP： Cover Split
・DJ： promotion copy
・SF： Same Flip

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▼ OBI grading
・S： Sealed
・M-： Mint minus
・E+： Excellent Plus
・E： Excellent
・E-： Excellent minus
・VG+： Very Good Plus
・VG： Very Good

▼ OBI Abbreviations
・OW：OBI Writing
・OST：OBI Stickers, tape
・OWD：OBI Water Damage
・OS：OBI Stain
・OM：OBI Mold
・OP：OBI Split

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▶ SHIPPING POLICIES

Please make sure you have confirmed our shipping below before placing an order/completing payment. Thank you!

▼ CUSTOMS FEES/TAXES:

All international orders are subject to customs and duty fees as defined by the country of import. Customs, duty fees and other taxes are not included in your order and/or shipping total. We are not responsible for fees associated with importation. All fees, duty, customs, VAT and handling fees must be paid by the buyer and these might be high especially in the European Union (The DHL handling fee for EU orders might be around 10-20 euro per shipment).

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide information on whether you may or may not be charged customs/duty fees/VAT/handling fees. Please ask your local customs office before placing the order if you are unsure about these charges.

Please note that in case you refuse the custom fee or if an unclaimed parcel is returned because of unpaid customs fees, you need to pay the return shipping fee.
Thank you for your understanding.

▼ SHIPPING FEES:

All international orders will be shipped by ed DHL or EMS shipping from Japan.
(*Russia and some other areas are currently not being accepted due to the global spread of the Coronavirus.)

You can check the single or combined international shipping costs from the rates table shown below.

**Please note that shipping rates are for single LPs. Gatefold and Double albums are counted as 2 LPs, triple albums are counted as 3 LPs and Box Sets are counted per LP.

▼ASIA ▼
$16 for 1 item, $4.00 per each additional item. (Gatefold and Double albums are counted as 2 LPs)

*Central Asia will indicate as NORTH AMERICA /EUROPE / OCEANIA Area ($18 for 1 item, $5.00 per each additional item) and also Western Asia and Southern Asia will indicate as SOUTH AMERICA / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST Area ($28 for 1 item, $6.00 per each additional item.)

▼USA/ NORTH AMERICA /EUROPE / OCEANIA▼
$18 for 1 item, $5.00 per each additional item. (Gatefold and Double albums are counted as 2 LPs)

▼SOUTH AMERICA / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST▼
$28 for 1 item, $6.00 per each additional item. (Gatefold and Double albums are counted as 2 LPs)

- DOMESTIC SHIPPING(Japan) -

SAGAWA Transport : SAGAWA Transport's domestic parcel delivery service (anywhere in Japan, includes tracking number):
Up to 10 LPs ：$8.00 / Up to 25 LPs ：$12.00 / Up to 45 LPs ：$16.00

- LOCAL PICKUP -

No LOCAL PICK UP

▼ ADDITIONAL SHIPPING INFORMATION:

Please note that we only use the shipping address ed on Discogs (not Paypal addresses).
Please make sure your shipping information is correct and up to date before placing an order.
In case you'd like your item to be shipped to a different address, please let us know.

Please note that DHL requires the customer's phone number for international shipments, so we are unable to ship parcels without a phone number.

DHL does not offer delivery to PO box addresses, so we are unable to ship to a PO box address.

▼ NEW/SEALED ITEMS:

Please note that still sealed/unopened items will be shipped sealed.
If you'd like to request a sealed vinyl be opened to avoid split seems, please let us know before the shipping.