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

MikeH said:
If you like VMP's curation, you can follow along with what they release for free and then buy it elsewhere. Bandcamp, Bullmoose, your local... It's extremely rare that they have any TRUE exclusives now. I started buying "exclusives" through other avenues like those listed and every single time I have gotten my album way before VMP sent theirs out and I paid less.
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the records of the month are the truly hard part for me.. i know stankonia is very soon and who knows how good that pressing will be, and what if they actually get another miracle like spiritualized or graduation or section.80 or channel orange
 
MikeH said:
If you like VMP's curation, you can follow along with what they release for free and then buy it elsewhere. Bandcamp, Bullmoose, your local... It's extremely rare that they have any TRUE exclusives now. I started buying "exclusives" through other avenues like those listed and every single time I have gotten my album way before VMP sent theirs out and I paid less.
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Yeah this is my plan. Check out what they're doing, wait for the non color reasonably priced version. I mean, I've been doing that for non rotms for a while, but I guess it's for everything now.
 
Joe Mac said:
I still don’t think you can sugar coat that big a rise, people would still see the trend. They could have done it better but not even Tom Hanks could lend them enough goodwill to get over that level of price hike.
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Agreed, they should have done 10-20% a year over the last couple of years linked to big releases. They will have known about a trend of increasing costs for a long time, they’ve just failed to act on it In a sensible time frame to stem the flow.
 
DevonJD said:
There is a poll posted on reddit on if people will leave or not, so far 670 people have said yes. If those 670 people cancel, and lets say they only subbed to one track, were US based, and didn't buy anything else...thats $28k per month revenue they have lost
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It's only a real poll if it runs from 1AM to 6AM EST. Otherwise I don't really think the results are an accurate population of what the VMP customers want.
 
DevonJD said:
There is a poll posted on reddit on if people will leave or not, so far 670 people have said yes. If those 670 people cancel, and lets say they only subbed to one track, were US based, and didn't buy anything else...thats $28k per month revenue they have lost
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The question is how many people roll with the price increase and will that make up the difference
 
statement about the discounts from a DM i had

it's depending on your renewal date; if your main sub is set to renew on Sept 1, then you'll be offered a discount. If it's set to renew later, any other discounts will be emailed to you directly
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so maybe i could get a legacy discount but it wont be now...

yes i have reached the bargaining stage and expect depression to come very soon
 
Bsdmr2 said:
Agreed, they should have done 10-20% a year over the last couple of years linked to big releases. They will have known about a trend of increasing costs for a long time, they’ve just failed to act on it In a sensible time frame to stem the flow.
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I still smell a fish, unless they’re making some shocking mistakes or are criminally overpaying for licensing I just don’t see how costs are spiralling this quickly. I mean they’re charging MOFI 2LP money for what are essentially bog standard quality colour presses. It’s not exactly like they’re short of buyers, any vinyl store would give its right arm for 30,000 captive customers every month and they don’t even have the overhead of a physical shop!

If the anthology is the thing that’s fucked them and caused this then it’s comical that they gambled everything on and idea that was so clearly weak and flawed from the beginning.

Also, 10-20% is still huge. I tend to look at my sub things yearly and if noticed a 10% rise that quickly I’d be questioning what extra value id gotten for it, inflation is not that high!
 
Kyuuji said:
Makes me somewhat thankful I went for the two accounts in my minor stretch with them and did manage to soak up a load of the swaps that were around. Have missed a number of the bangers of the past but have also managed to get a load of great releases. Honestly from the repeat and expected swaps the only ones I feel bummed about not having got yet is Coal Miner's Daughter and perhaps Koko.

Was going to bump down to one running sub after these ran out but now will in all likelihood switch to Wax Buyers Club or just leave more free for picks from the pre-orders and Jazz threads, and Discogs hunts.

Current subs finish September and October and no word of a discount on the site or by email.
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I actually thought of you straight away Kyuuji! I was like “Thank god Kyuuji had two accounts and was making the most of the add-on subs and acquired most of what she wanted! 👏👏👏”

So glad you profited and made the most of it! Wax Buyers Club is awesome! The service there is like VIP! The guy who talks with us on the forum is the person who curates the ROTM’s and he actually is the one who packages our ROTM’s and sends them to us! ♥️📦💎
 
Joe Mac said:
I still don’t think you can sugar coat that big a rise, people would still see the trend. They could have done it better but not even Tom Hanks could lend them enough goodwill to get over that level of price hike.
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On an international sub its the equivalent of paying for an extra 5 records a year.. But not actually getting any. Same for classics. Eqivilent to 5 albums a year. So if you are subbed to essentials and classics you're price hike is the same cost as you'd have previously paid out for 10 albums.

Lovely stuff
 
MikeH said:
They pressed 7,500 of the $450 box set. I will repeat it again. Someone at VMP thought they would sell THREE MILLION DOLLARS worth of Grateful Dead box sets full of albums. Whoever thought that would be a good move should be looking for a new job right about now...
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they forgot one major thing


dead heads.. the people who would spend 450 on a box set like this


go to used record stores and discogs to buy those
 
duke86fan said:
the records of the month are the truly hard part for me.. i know stankonia is very soon and who knows how good that pressing will be, and what if they actually get another miracle like spiritualized or graduation or section.80 or channel orange
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Then re-sub for 1 month if it's a title you absolutely need. I've spent $40+ on an album before that I really wanted. But the amount of money (and headaches) you'll save versus trying to convince yourself that you really need one of their ROTMs will be more than worth it. I'd be shocked if they do Channel Orange or Section 80 but if they do one of those, I may hop in for a month. This was the nail in the coffin for me though.
 
uvwxVinyl said:
I mean they're stupid but I really doubt they actually pressed all 7500 of those boxes. Likely just got a license for up to 7500 and would have separate runs.
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I think they really did already press 7500! 😶

What the fuck was VMP actually thinking pressing that amount!!!!! 🤨🤧

Especially when every VMP Anthology Boxset beforehand was limited to 1000 copies or less! 🤦‍♂️
 
duke86fan said:
they forgot one major thing


dead heads.. the people who would spend 450 on a box set like this


go to used record stores and discogs to buy those
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Not even that...nearly all Dead heads own every album in that set aside from Without A Net. So you've managed to price out people interested in getting into the band and also somehow priced out the people who have the disposable income to drop on a band they love because they already own it.
 
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