Buyers in India Cannot Complete Transactions in the Discogs Marketplace

[acemachine26]

 

[MasTerasTrix]

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Another one bites the dust ....AliExpress & now this too......

 

[Sushant Sharma]

It was a great place to get a deal and options to chose from. Hope local prices don't shoot up further.

 

[k-pad]

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Do you use a VPN?

 

[Naturelover]

Received below mail from Discogs
Does anyone know what's happening?

Discogs connects music fans around the world. However, Discogs is subject to laws and regulations that have affected how the Marketplace can operate in specific countries. As a result, sellers and buyers in India are no longer able to complete transactions in the Marketplace.

New orders cannot be placed as of December 28, 2022. Remaining unpaid orders will be canceled as of December 28, 2022.

What this means for you

You cannot place orders and purchase items in the Discogs Marketplace after December 28, 2022. The Discogs Database will remain free for you to explore music and all other Discogs tools and services will be available, including your Collection, Wantlist, and Database contributions.

 

[Tsiju]

Scalping by Indian resellers and distributors is at an all time high. Can’t believe we have fewer and fewer options to get stuff at fair price here.

 

[COOLDUDE7808]

any idea what are those laws in India which has resulted in this ?

 

[audiohifi]

Do you use a VPN?

VPN wont work.
You need to have a registered address outside India and shipping address also outside India.

 

[tek]

What rubbish!

 

[Tsiju]

any idea what are those laws in India which has resulted in this ?

Reserve bank rules, I don’t recollect the exact date but yes it’s being squeezed for years. They want stuff to come into the country with 100% or above duty and no other way . Also they want to decide what you buy from which country.

 

[MasTerasTrix]

Reserve bank rules, I don’t recollect the exact date but yes it’s being squeezed for years. They want stuff to come into the country with 100% or above duty and no other way . Also they want to decide what you buy from which country.

If that's the case....i think it's pathetic! na ? What's their end game....what are they driving at & does all this somehow boil down to the Make in India funda by any chance.

 

[Naturelover]

Mail response form Discogs posted by someone on WhatsApp

Thank you for reaching out.

We understand why this decision may be shocking and upsetting for you.

Please know it’s not a decision that the business has taken lightly, and we wish this didn’t have to be the case.

Essentially there are new regulations in place in your region that prevent us from being able to operate in a compliant manner.

Discogs reviewed all available options, but for the time being, the only unfortunate realistic option for us was to cease operations.

This means that we are unable to process any transactions from your country, even if you are shipping the items to an accepted region.

Please do not update your Buyer or Seller Settings to reflect a different country, this will still result in a Marketplace block.

Know that this doesn’t mean that we may never again open Marketplace operations in your region again, but for the time being, this is the only available option to us.

We will continue to review the situation in your region, with the hopes that we one day may be able to return.

Please let me know if you have any questions at this time.

Best regards,

Max - Community Support Coordinator

 

[acemachine26]

Mail response form Discogs posted by someone on WhatsApp

Thanks for this. So it seems like it wasn't due to too many scams related to Indian sellers overgrading records and Indian buyers claiming not to receive records when they did like someone suggested.

 

[sachinchavan 15865]

Reserve bank rules, I don’t recollect the exact date but yes it’s being squeezed for years. They want stuff to come into the country with 100% or above duty and no other way . Also they want to decide what you buy from which country.

Are they made by RBI or the govt?

What's their end game....what are they driving at & does all this somehow boil down to the Make in India funda by any chance.

If that's so, we are working from the wrong end. Closeting the economy won't make us competitive. Productivity and innovation would.

 

[Tsiju]

Are they made by RBI or the govt?

If that's so, we are working from the wrong end. Closeting the economy won't make us competitive. Productivity and innovation would.

Completely in agreement with you.

 

[Kapeel]

Ordered a few in the morning before the window shuts down, order went through seamlessly.

Also found a website in the UK Juno, has a very good catalogue and delivers to India. prices seem to be half of what they are locally.

 

[Vz3000]

Reserve bank rules, I don’t recollect the exact date but yes it’s being squeezed for years. They want stuff to come into the country with 100% or above duty and no other way . Also they want to decide what you buy from which country.

If thats the case, then we should also receive a warning from ebay. My Indian ebay account which is used to purchase music and electronics from abroad is working fine and there is no mail or message of any kind. Banning sellers i understand due to GST issues but banning buyers i don't understand. May be they should at least allow Indian buyers who purchase from abroad but i think discogs wants to stay away from any law implementation. Indian market is too small and not much profitable for them.