This album was described as having a "near mint obi."  I'm not sure I agree

https://i.imgur.com/UfyBjG0.jpg?1

I'll take your bait. I don't get it. What's wrong with it?

The spine is supposed to be red, and has faded to light brown.

well it is in great condition, just very very sunfaded. lol. im sure it was enough of a good deal and you were ready to find hidden faults/damage? Im always ready for this when i buy from crapazon, discdogs or any other site with no "photso of the actual item".

Not the best deal, but not the worst either.  I already had a copy of this album, and so really I was buying it only for the near mint obi. 

I guess as they say, "play stupid games, win stupid prizes."

Uh, yeah... you're a collector. Quit bitching

Would have never guessed that was the problem. I spent like 15 minutes staring at the OBI.

Edit: Sunfaded OBI strips could prove useful for display purposes. Take a look in this thread here and think about how slotting in a brown OBI would affect the row of CDs versus a red OBI.

You should vacuum up the good deals on Discdogs, like this Castlevania CotM/HoD album for only 529.62 USD (shipping not included of course, did you think he was working for free?).

https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/640284776?ev=bp_det

No photos = gambling, sometimes you win sometimes you lose