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11th Dec 2015, 10:00 AM
	Lee Wrecker If you can't dig me, you can't dig nothin' Member since Nov 2013 2283 Points	Hello All, Having been a long term user of the site last week I finally completed my cataloging my LP's and moved over to my CD collection. I read the instructions on the site and started to enter my CD's however this did not prepare me for the problems that followed. Like many of us collector types I started in "A" and one the first CD's I entered was Air's "Moon Safari" which I listed as Australian - bought in Australia, made in Australia - but I was wrong. Being unaware of the fact that if the same CD exists in another country with the same cat# and barcode the International criteria for that CD should apply. Moderators Bodston and Leonard both indicated to me that this was correct process. So armed with this knowledge I pressed on but only to get get a number of personal messages telling me I'm not entering International CD's correctly. Moderator The Vinyl Junkie and Greg78 both advised me the the point of sale is more important and that if a CD is bought in a country through a retail outlet at usual price that is the defining factor and that country should be used as a reference above all other criteria. Well lo and behold it turns out that everyone is right! Here is a link to a CD I entered as Australian http://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/724357085427 which has now been recategorised as International according Bodston's and Leonard's criteria. Now here is a link to a CD I entered using that criteria as International that has been changed to Australian http://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/724385702624 in line with the views of greg78's and The Vinyl Junkie. This has all happened in the past two days and the inconsistency of the site on this issue is very frustrating for those of us who are just collectors cataloging their stuff and don't necessarily have extensive back catalogue or distribution knowledge. I can be quite accommodating but in this situation it is currently impossible. Kind regards, Lee