Vinyl Me Please Essentials

I'm a single month sub at this point, and have been for 2 years. At this point they have made more money off of me as I pay for my illusion of "freedom to cancel". The issue I have with pushing me to 3 months at a time is that there is no reward for being a long term, ie "loyal" customer. According to this press release thing, I could be booted from a pick by someone who just signs up for 3 months today. TBH I think that is a solution but not a particularly nice one. As I pointed out at the old forum for a "club" they have zero ways to reward constant membership, and it's really stupid on their behalf. Of course the promised rewards for loyalty are still not here.
 
zombie.modernist said:
I'm a single month sub at this point, and have been for 2 years. At this point they have made more money off of me as I pay for my illusion of "freedom to cancel". The issue I have with pushing me to 3 months at a time is that there is no reward for being a long term, ie "loyal" customer. According to this press release thing, I could be booted from a pick by someone who just signs up for 3 months today. TBH I think that is a solution but not a particularly nice one. As I pointed out at the old forum for a "club" they have zero ways to reward constant membership, and it's really stupid on their behalf. Of course the promised rewards for loyalty are still not here.
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They're working on it.
 
Sodajerk said:
So, this has probably already been discussed, but with new copies of long sold out records on the store, did they do a repress ( or should I say, did the ADMIT that they did a repress) or did they "find some extra stock hidden in a closet"? Because I'm pretty sure the company line was no represses.
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They said it was a repress on reddit
 
Blimey after four months of dodgy picks they’ve gone all out and finally got something I’m interested in. And Demon Days comes up as a swap option just as I finally get a record of the month I want .....
 
Joe Mac said:
This whole triple announcement is FOMO.

This is how I read it. The forum debacle hit essentials sub numbers. 6 months of indifferent essentials hit essentials sub numbers moreso. They’re worried.

How to drum up extra subs?

Announce 3 huge records all at once and scare people into thinking they need to sub for three months right now! Dick move, but then they are dicks!

I really want the last 2 but have decided I don’t want the Flaming Lips. I love that album but I own everything of theirs from it onwards on cd, it’s just uneconomical to switch to vinyl for them as an artist. I’ll sign up from next month for QOTSA and can’t imagine there will be too much of a problem.
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That's so cynical dude. These are huge albums and it'd suck if you really wanted in to get faced with a SOLD OUT! Why not get an indication of how many you need to press and please the masses? Best thing they've done in a while IMO, I loved knowing 3 months in advance when they used to for Classics, I wish they'd do it all the time. The last thing already well established successful albums need to drive them is FOMO though.
 
Joe Mac said:
This whole triple announcement is FOMO.

This is how I read it. The forum debacle hit essentials sub numbers. 6 months of indifferent essentials hit essentials sub numbers moreso. They’re worried.

How to drum up extra subs?

Announce 3 huge records all at once and scare people into thinking they need to sub for three months right now! Dick move, but then they are dicks!

I really want the last 2 but have decided I don’t want the Flaming Lips. I love that album but I own everything of theirs from it onwards on cd, it’s just uneconomical to switch to vinyl for them as an artist. I’ll sign up from next month for QOTSA and can’t imagine there will be too much of a problem.
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Eh. As much as I want to hate VMP, I feel like this is kind of reaching a little bit. I kind of get where they're coming from announcing these albums and then warning people of the upcoming titles, so they can get them.
 
Mr Moore said:
That's so cynical dude. These are huge albums and it'd suck if you really wanted in to get faced with a SOLD OUT! Why not get an indication of how many you need to press and please the masses? Best thing they've done in a while IMO, I loved knowing 3 months in advance when they used to for Classics, I wish they'd do it all the time. The last thing already well established successful albums need to drive them is FOMO though.
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I don’t know. I want to agree with you but watching the way they’ve evolved over the last year makes me extremely cynical in respect of them. I just hear Matt Fielder saying “I don’t do anything that doesn’t make me money” whenever they do something like this...
 
Mr Moore said:
That's so cynical dude. These are huge albums and it'd suck if you really wanted in to get faced with a SOLD OUT! Why not get an indication of how many you need to press and please the masses? Best thing they've done in a while IMO, I loved knowing 3 months in advance when they used to for Classics, I wish they'd do it all the time. The last thing already well established successful albums need to drive them is FOMO though.
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For sure wish they’d switch to this type of model for all three tracks. Gives people a chance to plan and budget.
 
tonythegamer said:
Eh. As much as I want to hate VMP, I feel like this is kind of reaching a little bit. I kind of get where they're coming from announcing these albums and then warning people of the upcoming titles, so they can get them.
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I’m the opposite. I want to like them. I want to go back to the excitement of last year. Wondering what the records are going to be and when they are coming.

They changed that, they showed that community and club didn’t matter and they showed that for them the bottom line was their sole focus.

Remember Matt Fielder has no time for anything that doesn’t make him money. Direct quote.
 
TheThinWhiteDuke said:
I'm not sure there is a level above Bellman and Pallas
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I think RKS and Bellman are same level but often have different tastes. Bellman cuts louder and harder, RKS, quieter and flatter. Either way the album is a DAT so there's not any fidelity gained over a CD there to begin with.

My point isn't that this is a good deal or better, but that it's a step up from using GZ when there aren't off the shelf lacquers which is their usual MO.
 
Joe Mac said:
I’m the opposite. I want to like them. I want to go back to the excitement of last year. Wondering what the records are going to be and when they are coming.

They changed that, they showed that community and club didn’t matter and they showed that for them the bottom line was their sole focus.

Remember Matt Fielder has no time for anything that doesn’t make him money. Direct quote.
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Where did he say that? I feel like I've heard mention of it, and I don't doubt at all that he said it (given how effing rude and clueless he was about the forum), but I just don't recall actually seeing it.
 
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