Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

I have two more things to say:

One, The tone that has been (allowed to be) set on this forum is:
  • if you post something that appears to be pro-VMP, you should expect a backlash
  • if you post something negative about VMP there is no expectation of anything happening (in fact you will probably get a couple of kudos)
I will never find that acceptable, the expectation should be the same as there isn't one group that is way larger than the other (probably not an accurate way to determine but the vote on VMP thread numbers does say something), but there is one that is more vocal


Two, When this happens again I am going to point back to this and say there was an opportunity to change the allowed narrative on this forum and it wasn't done

Enoch, I've stayed out of this discussion, but I just wanted to let you know I appreciate your voice, and the voice of all the pro-VMP folks on N&G. I grouse a lot abut VMP, and it's fun to ride the grump train, but seeing all the people who still get value from VMP tempers my grumpiness. I'd like to think we're a perfect 50-50 split, but I'm sure that's not true. I'm sorry this experience has left you feeling marginalized.
 
I have two more things to say:

One, The tone that has been (allowed to be) set on this forum is:
  • if you post something that appears to be pro-VMP, you should expect a backlash
  • if you post something negative about VMP there is no expectation of anything happening (in fact you will probably get a couple of kudos)
I will never find that acceptable, the expectation should be the same as there isn't one group that is way larger than the other (probably not an accurate way to determine but the vote on VMP thread numbers does say something), but there is one that is more vocal


Two, When this happens again I am going to point back to this and say there was an opportunity to change the allowed narrative on this forum and it wasn't done
Can we just acknowledge that this has nothing to do with VMP? What’s gone on the last couple days is really not okay, and your behavior is clearly beyond the pale at this point. I only see two potential reasons you’re acting the way you are; the first being that you’re trying to manipulate the mods on here to create a system that treats you as a “privileged” and an “important” member. You share this insider information and expect it to treated like holy scripture, and any negative feedback is held as blasphemous. VMP has a TON of issues at the moment, and you don’t get to dictate how people voice that on here. Your perception of personal attacks is warped, and again, a possible form of manipulation. You are taking negative feedback directed towards a company and calling members out on it as a personal attack, forcing them to defend themselves which you quickly twist to being bully tactics. Simply put, that’s wrong.

The second potential reason is you’re mentally struggling right now, and if that’s the case I am truly sorry (and everything in the previous paragraph is moot). Reading your messages and not knowing you personally, it’s tough to gauge which one of these is more likely, but if it’s the latter, I would really encourage you to take a break from this place and seek out some therapy. I say this as someone that’s been medicated most my life, and spent hundreds of hours in therapy trying to uncover the problems behind the “problems”. I don’t believe it’s criticism to recommend talk therapy to someone, even though some take it that way. I hope you don’t, and I offer that advice as a brother in arms. Honestly I think it’s something most people would benefit from. I really get a sense that you form some type of identity from your status here (and with VMP), and to be blunt with you, that’s a dangerous way to live. I’d really encourage you to try taking a break (which it sounds like you are) and find someone that will happily listen to you explain why this is hurting you so much. Because it’s not hurting for the reasons you think.

As someone that also fights that fight, I would really nudge you towards taking a break from here and finding your balance. I’ve heard enough other members sing your praises to know you’re a kind and generous person, so my personal theory is you’re in a bad place right now, and I really hope you find the strength to chase down some clarity. But I can tell you one thing unequivocally; what I’ve read the last couple days is not helping you, it’s only making matters worse. Either way, I wish you luck. And if you ever want to talk, hit me up on DM and I'd happily do anything I can to help.
 
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Does anyone have an idea if VMP is getting Chance the Rapper in the store as well? f anyone hears about it please tag me.

I'm in the situation where I don't like VMP and want to give them my subscription but I also don't like Chance enough to buy these for the price it would cost me to buy it off his webstore directly.
 
Does anyone have an idea if VMP is getting Chance the Rapper in the store as well? f anyone hears about it please tag me.

I'm in the situation where I don't like VMP and want to give them my subscription but I also don't like Chance enough to buy these for the price it would cost me to buy it off his webstore directly.
If i see something i'll notify you. We might make a comet is coming like deal again
 
And thanks for giving us an update from your meeting @Enoch .

If you're soliciting feedback - I think it's really poor form for them to decide to ignore quality issues, simply because they think people may be abusing their generous "make it right" policy. There could well be people re-selling their damaged records in the after market but I there are several more examples (see PIF thread, see warp thread) where their product standard has simply been unacceptable. Ultimately if they want to be stingy with their policy they should then allow for returns. I would also be ok with them only sending the parts of the records that have been damaged - just as an FYI - merchbar made it right for me by sending me new sleeves only when I had a damaged order. Perfectly fine.

edit: my main point really stems from the fact that they have asked members to evaluate if a nickel can fit under their record. That's BS and a garbage way of dealing with their own quality issues. They should be putting the squeeze on GZ media and threatening to take their business elsewhere rather than making their customers feel guilty that they are going to be perceived about taking advantage of their "generosity".
 
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Can we just acknowledge that this has nothing to do with VMP? What’s gone on the last couple days is really not okay, and your behavior is clearly beyond the pale at this point. I only see two potential reasons you’re acting the way you are; the first being that you’re trying to manipulate the mods on here to create a system that treats you as a “privileged” and an “important” member. You share this insider information and expect it to treated like holy scripture, and any negative feedback is held as blasphemous. VMP has a TON of issues at the moment, and you don’t get to dictate how people voice that on here. Your perception of personal attacks is warped, and again, a possible form of manipulation. You are taking negative feedback directed towards a company and calling members out on it as a personal attack, forcing them to defend themselves which you quickly twist to being bully tactics. Simply put, that’s wrong.

The 2nd and 3rd paragraphs seemed inappropriate outside of DMs and I'm unsure of their appropriateness within them.
 
MikeyP I don't know you but that personal stuff you wrote does NOT belong on a message board. Message the other person.
If you're referring to the stuff about mental health than I don't know that I agree with this. I don't think mental health should be treated any differently than any other sort of health. The want to push it into the shadows and have it all dealt with privately and never let anyone know is very unhealthy and leads to many, many people not dealing with problems that could be solved or made manageable. I think it is fine for MikeyP to say what he said, especially since it didn't seem derogatory and came from a place of genuine concern. Whether it actually applies to Enoch or not only Enoch can know and can only be up for him to reveal or address publicly. That's his choice. To be fair, I haven't fully caught up on this discussion yet so maybe I've missed some context.
 
Whether it actually applies to [them] or not only [they] can know and can only be up for him to reveal or address publicly. That's his choice. To be fair, I haven't fully caught up on this discussion yet so maybe I've missed some context.

This right here is the exact reason it was not the right thing to do. In fact, I removed the name from the quote as there is no reason any of us should be a part of that discussion. Horribly outside the lines.
 
I am very curious about something... Is it usual to sell something that you're gonna ship in four months (if you're lucky)? I am really surprised about that, VMP doing a preorder for something they're gonna send in four months. Because that basically means they don't have the product manufactured yet. It's not that they're shipping the vinyl on July; they have stuff for September.
Is this a common practice in other companies? (Not the preorders but the BIG waiting time)
 
The 2nd and 3rd paragraphs seemed inappropriate outside of DMs and I'm unsure of their appropriateness within them.
That’s fair. And I considered it, but didn’t feel like I knew him well enough to handle it that way. I realize this stuff is very touchy to deal with (to reiterate, I’ve battled my own demons), but it’s also tough to watch someone spiral. My inclination is that the first paragraph of what I wrote is not the issue at all, but he’s on his heels defending himself against an argument that is based on the surface assumption that it is. My own personal issues have occasionally required tough truths that weren’t always delivered with the most grace, but they jolted me into some semblance of recovery. However, I’m not him, and my personal experiences have little to do with him. I certainly considered that, but the heat he was taking for a fight that didn’t appear to be surface level on his end (again, to my eyes) looked very unhealthy to me.

I am open to removing that part of my post if the mods view it the same. I take no umbrage with that, because I know how personal these things are. And I don’t want to start some bigger debate on here, because it’s probably time we add a little levity on this thread. I just know that sometimes the difference between bottoming out and correcting the path is feeling seen. Which is the only reason I posted that. Respectfully.
 
I am very curious about something... Is it usual to sell something that you're gonna ship in four months (if you're lucky)? I am really surprised about that, VMP doing a preorder for something they're gonna send in four months. Because that basically means they don't have the product manufactured yet. It's not that they're shipping the vinyl on July; they have stuff for September.
Is this a common practice in other companies? (Not the preorders but the BIG waiting time)
This is exactly how Run Out Groove works. You pre order before they manufacture it. It's usually 2 or 3 months before it ships.

Edit: just checked that I ordered Secret Machines on March 11 and it's not out until July 12.
 
I am very curious about something... Is it usual to sell something that you're gonna ship in four months (if you're lucky)? I am really surprised about that, VMP doing a preorder for something they're gonna send in four months. Because that basically means they don't have the product manufactured yet. It's not that they're shipping the vinyl on July; they have stuff for September.
Is this a common practice in other companies? (Not the preorders but the BIG waiting time)
I think that’s how most standard pre orders are, right? I preordered Igor from Tyler the Creator and who knows when that will ship. My Whitney record won’t ship until the end of August and I ordered that at the beginning of the month. I’d say 3-4 months is fairly standard, no?
 
I am very curious about something... Is it usual to sell something that you're gonna ship in four months (if you're lucky)? I am really surprised about that, VMP doing a preorder for something they're gonna send in four months. Because that basically means they don't have the product manufactured yet. It's not that they're shipping the vinyl on July; they have stuff for September.
Is this a common practice in other companies? (Not the preorders but the BIG waiting time)

I'll say that other companies do it. TMR takes orders and ships about 2-3 months down the road. ROG too, and they ship 3-4 months later roughly. Many pre-orders in general work out that way too.

It's usually pretty clear when you should receive your order when you make the purchase though. VMP does give you the estimated month of shipping - I guess the issue is that they miss that deadline too often?
 
Well you're right. It needs to be talked about. But not here (in the open). All of that about "I know you post in the mental health thread and struggle..." No, that does not need to be brought up publicly.
I agree bringing up that someone posts in that thread is not cool because that is a private place and up to the individual if they want to mention anything about that outside if there.
I'd say it's one thing to discuss one's own mental health and mental health as an issue writ large, and it's quite another to attribute someone's attitudes in an unrelated thread to their psyche.
I don't think there's anything wrong with thinking someone may be having a health issue and offering help for it. It could very well be that the person's perceptions are wildly wrong. I think the post was inappropriate to accuse Enoch of being manipulative. I think he has the best intentions and I don't get the impression he is acting the way is is due to any unrelated issues. I think he got attacked the first time he brought this up and that has colored the way he approached sharing the information here this time and how he has reacted to other people's reactions.
 
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