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

Goddamn, I could understand if add-on prices went up to something like $25 but $33?! Yeah, most months are just gonna be one track from here on out.

I’m on a yearly sub that renewed in June so I’ll be around for a little while longer at least. But if it’s not gonna be grandfathered in when renewal comes up next year, then I’m probably done for good.
 
Yeah, I have to be honest. I'm out with those prices. My wife got laid off in April and I've already cut back on my vinyl spending. I went from 3 tracks to 2 and very rarely get an exclusive. I honestly do not re-listen to any of the Essentials I've gotten this year and switched out Mayer for Blossom Dearie to get as a gift for my niece. I'll re-listen to classics over and over but I'm not staying in Classics only for $43 a month. It's not worth that considering a lot of these releases are available on Discogs. I can get Blue Note Tone Poets from $15 less than the sub price.

If they come to their senses and switch back to more reasonable pricing, I'll think about re-subbing but this just makes no sense in a global pandemic when unemployment is rampant and people can't make their rent.
 
I’m curious whether their exclusives will also see a price increase comparable to the membership price.

I know they typically go for $30ish now, but if those also go up to like $40, then even their exclusives would be out of the picture.
 
Captainfog said:
This feels like a desperate move by a desperate company that is about to go under.
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Yeah, I mean, you don't see a company increase their prices this much if they're doing well. It's a very, very bad sign for their future. Just a ton of really bad picks, way too much money sunk into really dumb projects like that insanely overpriced Dead box. It's just... it's a real shame, but I can't imagine they're going to survive this without making some serious changes. I know I'm definitely out when my sub's up, and I won't be getting anymore addons at these prices.
 
Man, my last post did not age well. I am in for 1 more month so I can snag Spiritualized, then moving on with my life. As others have mentioned, I can just curate monthly boxes of Analogue Production records for these prices. VMP are no AP, even if they sell some of their products in their shitty store at a heavy markup.
 
Yikes, this is hard to swallow price change. I understand prices have to go up every once in awhile but 50% across the board in one shot?

I also do not receive any email yet and have no mention of this "special one time renewal discount" on my member page.
 
You know whats a slap-in-the-face level of shadiness? The fact that in their email they state 'For the first time in over three years, the cost of a VMP add-on track will increase to $33 beginning with September Records of the Month'. They completely ignore the fact that the Primary Membership price has also increased (significantly more than the add-ons)
 
RobbieBobby said:
Man, my last post did not age well. I am in for 1 more month so I can snag Spiritualized, then moving on with my life. As others have mentioned, I can just curate monthly boxes of Analogue Production records for these prices. VMP are no AP, even if they sell some of their products in their shitty store at a heavy markup.
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This is exactly what I was thinking. I'll just buy an AP press every month for these prices, get a much higher quality product.

I have to wonder if COVID is causing this-- or if it's just their consistently shitty and greedy decisions. You gotta think that Dead box is dragging them down.
 
I don’t even know what to say. This is horrible news and I’m sad to say at this point the vinyl is not worth putting money in the pockets of such a shady company. Terrible CS delays, horrible business transparency, Vinceron lmao, $40 for GZ pressings, and all this just to stack up Storfs kallax. FIGGGGGITTYYFUCKKKKKKTHAAATTTT
 
botherly said:
This is exactly what I was thinking. I'll just buy an AP press every month for these prices, get a much higher quality product.

I have to wonder if COVID is causing this-- or if it's just their consistently shitty and greedy decisions. You gotta think that Dead box is dragging them down.
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Hey how do you guys know how many dead boxes they sold, or are sitting on? Several people have mentioned it but I didn't know you could do a stock check on anthologies.
 
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