Just a thought, wonder if replacements and regular shipments are *gasp* being sent to the wrong places. They are running this out of their office or a space nearby. It has been years since they have done shipping on their own. But really I have no idea what is going on. I think most of us agree this looked great on paper but, as in many things VMP lately, execution has been lacking. I am happy the music sounds great (I had a scratch on Dexter and thankfully got a replacement already that is defect free). The ups and downs of VMP, here is great music we want to sell you but at times we are not sure when or what condition (correctness of product, physical, etc) you will get it in though.
@Enoch has someone taped a “kick me” sign on your back this weekend? This is the second N&G thread I’ve checked this morning and you’ve been called out on both of them.
As far as I know, they responded to quite a few complaints by asking people if they could call them to talk. I thought that's why this was sent up and he initially struggled with whether or not he even wanted to talk to them. He can correct me if I misremembered.
This has really been overinflated up til now. Matt offered to send me an early exclusive RotM (he also sent a copy to @Vebberim) probably three years ago now. So I had his email address. I have emailed him a couple of times. Nothing groundbreaking was ever shared. The Anthology thing has actually made the connection more in line with what people have thought. In the past, if I ever did receive any info of consequence I shared it. I plan to do the same going forward minus if it is a concept they have that is just being thought of. There was one idea that came up in the phone call that I will be talking with them this week and I really want to share it (it was really the only thing they shared that wasn't kind of already known), it definitely needs to some fleshing out but it would be a good first step and I think if began should be shared (sorry to be so vague). Again most of the phone call was them listening to me, them sharing their basic want to be great (why they have been doing all the different projects) but realizing they overextend (they were contradictory in this), and not new info but they are updating their portal again (this was told to us by Storf when Anthology roled out) to prevent the Nat type situations. I am skeptical with things lately so I am in the believe it when I see camp. But if they are willing to improve and receive feedback on how to then I am willing at this point to go that route. Again I am all about transparency/open communication and continue to call for them to be and will not stop that call, but all companies are working on things behind the scenes and I realize not all of that can be shared, I am not sure VMP is good at determining that line as they have overshared and under shared over the years. I have changed my mind on what has fallen into both categories over those years as well.
If you have information that you can't share, that's cool. There's nothing wrong with that. But I have to ask: why bring it up? Why make a point of saying "I know something you don't know"? I cannot and will not profess to speak for others - I can only speak for myself - but to me this sounds like a kid saying "I know something you don't know, I know something you don't know,". It strikes me as an attempt to elevate oneself above others by making a point of saying that you have privileged information that others cannot have. And you repeatedly let people know this is the case.
I see your point, that was not my intent. I will consider that in the future when sharing. I was wanting to be transparent but didn't consider how that would be taken. I appreciate you bringing this up.
I don't see it the way @High Rant District does, but the thought has begun to cross my mind that they are basically using you as a free consultant. When you talk to them about all of the issues, it amounts to summing up all the problems that have been raised here and handing this research to them on a silver platter without them having to wade through the "muck" of their old forum where they would have to suffer slings and arrows themselves. This strikes me as super unfair first of all to you, primarily for the reason that it now makes you a type of target. One that storf or pauly or others used to be. I object to the idea of them having their cake and eating it to by bot having to deal with the "problems" of their forum, yet still gaining all the benefits. I can see where some people chafe against the idea that their complaints here may be getting back to them unwanted. Now, you might say that it is a good thing if VMP hear the complaints because then they can work on them to make things better for us. However, I personally am not a VMP customer any longer. The final Anthology shipment will be the last things I get from them unless some unforeseeable (and unlikely) circumstances occur. I see complaining about VMP mistakes here as venting and commiseration with my fellow forum members. I like that I can do that in a place that I feel VMP is separate from. When VMP has made a mistake that I want them to deal with, I am very vocal with them about it through the FB group and other places.
Which I think is good. I do wonder how much stock they put on that but I bet potential subscribers do
Well, from my experience they have now completely stopped giving a shit about the FB group. They have completely ignored multiple messages from me sent to more than one source about an issue I feel is quite serious. As far as I'm concerned now they can go fuck themselves, because that's basically what they are communicating to me that I should do.
And I should add that I feel the transparency is definitely good. When they wanted to call me my thought was to record the whole conversation and post it here for everyone's benefit.
did you talk to them?
that is why I waited a week to agree to the call, I am pretty sure it wouldn't have been very civil at least not the level I would be comfortable with as I know how I get when I feel things are not right/fair and tend to have an overzealous sense of justice/fairness that isn't always kind to the other person on a phone call.
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