What is your go-to online place to buy physical medium of music? And why?

Thanks everybody! Personally, the only thing I'd used for online purchases is Amazon. And it sounds like a lot of people corroborate that choice. Some of the other lesser-known (to me) options look really good as well so I'll definitely check those out. The interface of Discogs I like pretty well but, personally, the Goldmine Grading thing just seems kind of non-sensical to me.

@tls49 haha. I personally don't listen to cassettes or 8-tracks anymore but, surprisingly, cassettes are actually making a significant comeback - similar to how vinyl has had a huge renaissance in the past 10 years.

A couple of interesting articles about the resurgence of cassettes:
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2016/03/24/forget-vinyl-lets-talk-about-the-cassette-come...
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/cassette-tapes-comeback-1.3490619

@tostadosunidos no problem with that. :-)

I used to love Half Price Books when I lived in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, they don't have any in South Carolina, where I live now.

There are plenty of sellers who are sloppy about grading

My point exactly. If you can't trust anyone to grade correctly, then I would argue the grading system itself does not work. When you have a grading system that's mostly subjective, having so much granularity is always going to be troublesome.

I think a basic/non-granular grading system – New, Mint, Fair, Poor – would be more than sufficient and much less likely to contribute to the constant disagreements about condition between buyers and sellers.