Every box is a unique in-the-moment expression
Want to surprise a music lover with a unique gift?
Based on your preference we handpick a unique surprise box from local record stores. Carefully selected, packaged and shipped.
Choose a specific genre, or leave it up to us. It is our genuine intent to fill your surprise box with quality music. We carefully assess several factors such as sleeve quality, technical audio quality and subjective musical performance.
Our value promise:
It is our intention to make sure the price that you're paying for this box reasonably corresponds to the contents found within. We use Discogs for price estimates and add a margin for the effort required to select, package and ship each box.
Our quality promise:
We consider quality of the records in your box to be a combination of musical uniqueness and rarity, technical quality of the record (audible scratches i.e.), and packaging. We do not package records with audible scratches, severely degraded outer sleeves.
Blackgold carefully packaged
We use special-purpose cardboard boxes to make sure orders reach you without any damages.
And hoping you will smile when seeing the contents in the box of course!
Frequently asked questions
FAQ
I would like to leave a personal message in the box because it is a gift, is this possible?
Yes, on the checkout cart page you can leave a note, for instance a request for a personal note, specific musical preferences for the box or delivery instructions
How do you decide which records to put in the box? Am I getting value for money?
Our aim to deliver a value for money surprise box is based on a combination of factors:
- You can leave detailed instructions which we use to decide on box contents.
- We assess product quality based on outer sleeve quality, technical audio quality and musical aspects.
- Discogs is our go-to platform for estimating record-value, we aim to reasonably match the estimates while taking into account costs we're making to pick, ship and live.
How are the records packaged to prevent damage during shipping?
We use specially crafted cardboard boxes made to ship records. Within the cardboard box we package the records in a gift-wrapper so you can directly pass it on as a present to someone.
I have a collection already and am hesitant because of duplicates. What to do?
In case you have your records listed on Discogs feel free to add a link to your collection as a special instruction and we'll make an extra effort to check for duplicates.