Trusted sellers are eBay sellers who one or more of us have bought from one or more times.

We know they provide genuine Japanese mini LP CDs. They may also provide non-Japanese releases but they indicate this in their listings. For example, there are a number of releases (including Hendrix, Elton John and these Police releases) that appear at first glance to be Japanese but in fact have European CDs and sometimes not all inserts. Legitimate Mini LPs are also made in Korea, Europe and the USA.

We do not mean to say that all other sellers are not to be trusted. Far from it... You can read our tips on avoiding buying fakes here.

If you are an eBay seller and would like to be included in this list read on below.

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A word about the reliability of these sellers

While it's true that these sellers all sell the real deal, we cannot 100% their reliability in this OR their level of service. Sellers come and go and have rough patches.

You should always check the feedback comments of a seller before you buy and, if in doubt about the credentials of a listing, ask the seller some questions. (See our other FAQs about fakes.)

Are you an eBay seller who'd like to be included?

Simply meet the above criteria (in other words be clear about what you are selling) and contact us.

Have you noticed that one of our sellers is not what they seem?

If you believe one of our trusted sellers is no longer trustworthy please contact us.

Why has someone who used to be on this list disappeared?

About once every 24 hours, we (or at least one of our robots) checks each of our "trusted sellers" and looks to see what they're selling. If they have not listed a mini LP (using the text "mini") in the last 30 days or so they get dropped off the list. We still check them for at least 6 months and if they start selling minis again they come back on automatically.

Also, you may notice a seller greyed out in the list. This is because they did not have a "mini" listed when we checked in the last 24 hours. In order to speed up the eBay search, we don't search these sellers (as there's little point). As soon as we see they have a mini they come back into the list and the search.