Vinyl Me Please Anthology

Indymisanthrope said:
Sorry in advance for being nosy: Out of curiosity, credited to which account? Only asking because they made a big deal out of Anthology being on a different e-commerce platform, so if I’m understanding correctly, either a) they credited your unrelated store account, which there was no guarantee you’d have since non-members could subscribe to Anthology, or b) they credited your Anthology account and your only chance to use it is to re-sub to the next one.
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credited my main account, I suppose since I was a member still?
 
MikeH said:
I totally agree with you right now. But when I first started out collecting and listening to vinyl and jazz, I was a poor college student who couldn't afford to spend $40+ on one record. I went to flea markets and thrift stores and bought records for $10 and under. It made me more adventurous in my music listening because if I was only paying $5-10 on a record and I didn't love it, I wouldn't feel awful for having bought it. I assume this is what they were trying to do with the 75th series. Put out albums you probably have heard of jazz-wise (and some you haven't) but for $10 or so a piece, it was a good way to get into jazz music if you had a record player and didn't want to dive right into the MOFI/Music Matters, etc price point.
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Don Was essentially said just this.... that series was targeting new, younger listeners who didn't have the cash for taking risks with albums over $20.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
Hm, yeah that's what I figured. Interesting choice to tell customers they can't use store credits to purchase Anthology because of the different platform, then use store credits as a way to placate Anthology customers who experience issues.
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Eh, I don't find it that odd but that's just me. They used shopify for Anthology. Would have been sketchy if they used the same platform as VMP and wouldn't let people use store credits. My local record store has 3 locations in NYC and they only let me use store credit at the one location I sell stuff at.

And to placate the customers, giving VMP store credit also makes the most sense if you are still a subscriber. They aren't going to give you credit (nor would i want credit) towards the next anthology since it's likely going to be shopify again and there is nothing else in the shopify store to buy.

They always offer store credit first instead of a refund because it's a smart business move. Store credit is essentially worth less money for them than if they refunded you. I stopped my VMP membership shortly after Anthology but still had some preorder arrive with skips, and they were happy to refund my credit card instead of store credit which was nice...
 
Indymisanthrope said:
Oh yeah, I get why it makes sense from the perspective of locking in more purchases. It’s just a little bit of crossing the streams in terms of how frequently they proclaimed this was a completely different, separate thing.

And what would they offer in the event that someone was an Anthology subscriber but not a current VMP member? Nothing?
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They offered refunds to some people who either cancelled or returned it as far as I know. You can always ask for a refund. I know people typically get store credits because that is what is offered, but I have also asked for a refund INSTEAD of store credit and they have never said no to me.
 
BjorgenFjorgen said:
I always thought the "can't use VMP credits to buy Anthology" reasoning was ridiculous. As a customer, you changing e-commerce platforms is really of no concern to me. It's the same company.
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I dunno...first example I can think of...but if I have a gift card at Old Navy and want to use it at J Crew, I'm not sure I would be able to even though they are owned by the same company. I sort of viewed it from that angle, but I also didn't have many store credits and can see why people would think otherwise!
 
MikeH said:
I dunno...first example I can think of...but if I have a gift card at Old Navy and want to use it at J Crew, I'm not sure I would be able to even though they are owned by the same company. I sort of viewed it from that angle, but I also didn't have many store credits and can see why people would think otherwise!
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Yeah, but being owned by the same parent company and offering a new product at the same company aren't really the same.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
I always thought that was interesting too. In the handful of times I had issues as a VMP customer, even the time when I suggested a partial store credit, I was only ever given a full refund to my card.
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Weird! I was always offered store credit when I was a member (and happily accepted because I used it toward my subscription). But when I cancelled and just had some leftover pre-orders arriving and had issues with those, they gave me a refund. Maybe it just depends on who you got with customer service. The other thing is maybe if you already had a ton of credits, they would rather give you a refund at that point...who knows with how they run things haha Maybe they just flip a coin or throw something at a dart board.
 
BjorgenFjorgen said:
Yeah, but being owned by the same parent company and offering a new product at the same company aren't really the same.
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Sure--that's fair. I didn't think it was that big a deal but I can see why some people did. If I had $200+ in store credit somehow, I'd want to use it for something like Anthology. I also still think VMP is looking for investors or to sell the company, so $$ numbers on something like Anthology to have a proof of concept for selling more expensive bundles would be important to them. That's likely the real reasoning behind it...
 
It is on Elemental which is out of Spain (?), but licensed from Blue Note. Not sure about the mastering and pressing quality. Nothing is mentioned on the Discogs page for this release or any of the other random Elemental titles I looked at.

Edit: It is also available from Amazon.co.uk for about half of what Mr. Bongo Worldwide has it.

Edit2: The Elemental titles are digitally sourced but well pressed. The consensus seems to be that they are better than the Blue Note 75s.

The Blue Note Thread

Pretty sure those are either BN75 or BN80s. Oh yeah, duh. Makes sense.
www.needlesandgrooves.com www.needlesandgrooves.com
 
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jamieanderson1968 said:
It is on Elemental which is out of Spain (?), but licensed from Blue Note. Not sure about the mastering and pressing quality. Nothing is mentioned on the Discogs page for this release or any of the other random Elemental titles I looked at.

Edit: It is also available from Amazon.co.uk for about half of what Mr. Bongo Worldwide has it.

Edit2: The Elemental titles are digitally sourced but well pressed. The consensus seems to be that they are better than the Blue Note 75s.

The Blue Note Thread

Pretty sure those are either BN75 or BN80s. Oh yeah, duh. Makes sense.
www.needlesandgrooves.com www.needlesandgrooves.com
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I concur. I have a few Elemental records and they sound good for the price (I have a T-Bone Walker, Dexter Gordon Live at Espace Cardin and a few of their Jorge Ben's).
 
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