diff --git a/api/src/discogs.ts b/api/src/discogs.ts
index 6126506..0972bb8 100644
--- a/api/src/discogs.ts
+++ b/api/src/discogs.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,21 @@ export default function createDiscogs(log: Log, pg: Pg) {
         if (unlisted) log.info({ unlisted: unlisted, ...wantDetails(want) }, 'missing listings removed');
 
         // preferentially take listings from sellers if we hit req limits
-        return Bluebird.mapSeries(ids, async id => listing(id, want));
+
+        // sometimes we get dodgy listings from discogs that throw perm errors
+        // we just want to ignore them
+        const results = await Promise.allSettled(ids.map(id => listing(id, want)));
+        // @ts-ignore
+        const validListings = results
+            .map(r => {
+                if (r.status === 'fulfilled') return r.value;
+                if (r.reason.message.includes('rate limited')) throw r.reason;
+                return null
+            })
+            .filter(v => v);
+
+        return validListings;
+
     }
 
     async function listing(id, want) {
diff --git a/client/src/routes/info.tsx b/client/src/routes/info.tsx
index 65efca6..e90d4ad 100644
--- a/client/src/routes/info.tsx
+++ b/client/src/routes/info.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const Info = () => {
                     <h2>How It Works</h2>
                     <p> First, add some records to your <span class='alt'>List</span> on the <a href='/search'>Search Page</a>. </p>
                     <p> Mates Crates will then make <span class='alt'>Offers</span> to you for releases you add to your <a href='/list'>List</a>. </p>
+                    <p> (this can take a few minutes time!) </p>
                     <p> Select all <span class='alt'>Offers</span> you are interested in, the more you accept the more likely the item will be <span class='alt-text'>Confirmed</span>.</p>
                     <p> Check back regularly for updated <span class='alt'>Offers</span>, the global record marketplace is a living thing. </p>
                 </section>