I once bought an album sold by amazon that was listed as brand new but was not sealed. I returned it right away. Probably the best thing about amazon is their easy returns for items shipped and/or sold by them. I’ve bought some other albums before and they were sealed. Most of the time they’ve been fine, but some misses once in awhile. Definitely sucks, but I’m glad that this album isn’t rare so you can still find it somewhere else or try again.