Vinyl Me Please Essentials

gouis said:
You just haven't stepped into an Urban Outfitters in the past 10 years.
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That’s not true. I do stop into the one in the Mall of America when I’m through there. I roll in, check the vinyl rack and roll out. I’m too old for everything else in there. We didn’t have one in Memphis until I was already in my 30s and outside of the target demo. I’ve never actually stepped foot into that one.
 
gouis said:
The only thing different here is the VMP discussion can derail other things going on, because of the bad blood.
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Has a thread not dedicated to VMP gone off track due to a VMP discussion? It feels like a little odd (and maybe disingenuous) for someone to complain about VMP being discussed in a thread dedicated to that topic. There are multiple jazz threads -- it would be obnoxious if I were to wade into one of those discussions, tell everyone that jazz was a dead art form, that the people who listen to it are out of touch and demand that all the jazz discussions be limited to a single thread so that I do not have to see so many of them.

I had been under the impression that this was going to be a community-led vinyl enthusiast forum. If a bunch of members of that community enjoy having a handful of different discussions about a specific vinyl club then let them. If you don't enjoy those discussions then don't take part, but it feels dangerous to administratively throttle those discussions because some people don't like the club in question. Honestly, this whole conversation has made me question whether I want to be a part of this community going forward -- it feels like the "cool kids" with hundreds of posts are deciding what perspectives are going to be embraced by *their* club. What is this garbage about "giving free advertising to VMP"? Is the mission of this forum to harm VMP in retaliation for shutting down their forum, and we are going to be admonished if we have something good to say about VMP? Would it be so awful if *both* this forum and VMP (and other record clubs) were wildly successful going forward? If people were able to discuss what they liked and what they didn't, and VMP maybe saw some of that feedback and improved their service accordingly? When this forum was started, I recall at least one founder stating that this was not intended to be an anti-VMP, but a broader community that included VMP members and would eventually grow into something better (and healthier) than where we came from. I couldn't agree more, and I also think that artificially limiting VMP-focused discussions is antithetical to that goal.
 
LG&M said:
Has a thread not dedicated to VMP gone off track due to a VMP discussion? It feels like a little odd (and maybe disingenuous) for someone to complain about VMP being discussed in a thread dedicated to that topic. There are multiple jazz threads -- it would be obnoxious if I were to wade into one of those discussions, tell everyone that jazz was a dead art form, that the people who listen to it are out of touch and demand that all the jazz discussions be limited to a single thread so that I do not have to see so many of them.

I had been under the impression that this was going to be a community-led vinyl enthusiast forum. If a bunch of members of that community enjoy having a handful of different discussions about a specific vinyl club then let them. If you don't enjoy those discussions then don't take part, but it feels dangerous to administratively throttle those discussions because some people don't like the club in question. Honestly, this whole conversation has made me question whether I want to be a part of this community going forward -- it feels like the "cool kids" with hundreds of posts are deciding what perspectives are going to be embraced by *their* club. What is this garbage about "giving free advertising to VMP"? Is the mission of this forum to harm VMP in retaliation for shutting down their forum, and we are going to be admonished if we have something good to say about VMP? Would it be so awful if *both* this forum and VMP (and other record clubs) were wildly successful going forward? If people were able to discuss what they liked and what they didn't, and VMP maybe saw some of that feedback and improved their service accordingly? When this forum was started, I recall at least one founder stating that this was not intended to be an anti-VMP, but a broader community that included VMP members and would eventually grow into something better (and healthier) than where we came from. I couldn't agree more, and I also think that artificially limiting VMP-focused discussions is antithetical to that goal.
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I get both sides to the argument, this place was born out of VMP making a bad decision and so the point is to not continue to promote VMP when many are mad at VMP and the forum doesn't want to be an official sponsor of one place, so the question is does having all these threads dedicated to VMP, I think right now it is okay to have the threads because of familiarity from the transfer but I do think it should be discussed as this forum goes forward/ages
 
MikeyP said:
I was 1 month deep into a 6 month subscription renewal when they dropped the hammer on the forum. I'm getting my moneys worth one way or another.
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Same (well, 3 months into an annual - had re-upped to get DLS and have swapped the last two). I'm inclined to grab two this month (I have $15 credit to use up) and then close up shop...but I suppose there's a possibility that the new release in August is going to be SK...maybe? But, if July's going to be utter crap, then I'll probably cancel.

Speaking of which, for those who have cancelled - do they just simply refund your remaining months?
 
radiodead said:
My swap list is getting shorter. Down to Miles Davis, LARB, Booker, and Moses Sumney. But it’s hard to get those because a lot of the time I’ll swap for an exclusive that isn’t gonna hang around (ie. UGK Ridin Dirty for $23 uh yes please). Swapped out Rosetta Tharpe, which I just don’t like more than UGK tbh.
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I think @GatorJim still has a copy of Booker if you are looking.

And if you'll swap back for Sister Rosetta, I'll buy the Booker and we can trade.
 
Lee Newman said:
I’d say so too, but then who instigated the exodus? Instead of offering more useless remedies, actually fix some issues that have been brought to your attention.
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Of course your suggestion is the better approach but what in the last six months has told you they are thinking along those lines currently, I hope they change that soon so I can feel better about sticking with them
 
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