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

My plan on Tuesday (was it?) when the Sparklehorse box set dropped was to get beered up for the courage to Tina that shit tonight or tomorrow, bc I'm a Sparklehorse superfan, but I would need to seriously numb my connection to reality and money to pay that idiotic price. With all that's happened between now and then, I have no desire to spend money at VMP.

Eff, I really hope those records become available elsewhere.
 
blenoxsmith said:
My plan on Tuesday (was it?) when the Sparklehorse box set dropped was to get beered up for the courage to Tina that shit tonight or tomorrow, bc I'm a Sparklehorse superfan, but I would need to seriously numb my connection to reality and money to pay that idiotic price. With all that's happened between now and then, I have no desire to spend money at VMP.

Eff, I really hope those records become available elsewhere.
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I’m in the same exact boat. I really wanted that set but it’s expensive and I don’t want to give them that money. Hoping it is released elsewhere.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
Have not really talked about this because I don't know Sev but I know other people on the board maintain a relationship with him to this day... but I was told that there were some unpleasant, shouty experiences working under him and that the conflicts were not all just vision-based (not being deliberately vague, that's literally the extent of what I was told).
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Thank you for sharing Indy. I’m one of those people who still maintain a relationship. I won’t get into specifics but what I will say is that Sev is one of the most visionary people I’ve met/worked with. His leadership style is very direct and he subscribes to the concept of radical candor which many people may not be accustomed to. Take it from me though, the guy who is always sunshine and rainbows, his style never once made me feel uncomfortable or unpleasant.

The information you were given, if given by one of the two people I think may have conveyed it, is suspect in my book. I unequivocally deny that it occurred in that manner, especially if it was Storf that said it. I know what kind of person that guy is and I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him.

Not coming after you at all Indy. You know I have nothing but love for you. Just offering an opposing viewpoint to what you were told. I count Sev among my closest friends and favorite professional peers. I’ve seen him in action in a professional manner and wouldn’t hesitate to work with him again on any venture.

I’m also a fiercely loyal person so do with that what you will :)
 
From someone who has sporadically participated but has been there from practically the beginning of the forum, no one over promised more than Sev. That had an awe inspiring charm to it in the early stages and I genuinely enjoyed his presence on the forum, but it was he who taught me to never take the company line too seriously. Unfortunately we won't know if Sev could have held their hand to the fire as things fell apart.
 
Cash-flow wiseitmight even work for vmp for now with lots of people going yearly keep a discounted price as long as possible. Gives them lots of cash right now. I wonder if new subscriber offers will pop up soon, because it will be hard to get new people in at the high prices.
 
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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GritNGlitter said:
People have been predicting the fall of VMP for a few years now. I won't be surprised if this is the end, but I won't be shocked if they're still making (dick) moves in 2022.
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This. And they are clearly banking on people here, on reddit and on their socialite a vocal minority and the silent majority of their customer base is following along at the new prices. I dont know if they are right with this and frankly I don't care too much. People have to keep in mind they are just a retailer of a luxury. If you like the product at the given prices, subscribe, if not stay away.
 
Jan said:
This. And they are clearly banking on people here, on reddit and on their socialite a vocal minority and the silent majority of their customer base is following along at the new prices. I dont know if they are right with this and frankly I don't care too much. People have to keep in mind they are just a retailer of a luxury. If you like the product at the given prices, subscribe, if not stay away.
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i think it might be a lot harder... for a couple reasons

1. the economy is in such a mess i dunno if people would accept a price increase from 40 bucks more for 3 months to 100 more for a year (thinking it in terms of added dollars than percentage makes it even easier to digest)
2. even if the silent majority might think "ok im fine with this and will take an increased price", the reddit made a poll with 1500 people saying they would cancel their subscription, that is DEFINITELY a dent... even if its just a 5% decrease...

theory is they will try to subsidize the notable increase in prices by having all the exclusives public so they can sell out faster (plus a lot of people who will buy it might be paying for shipping as well. and i actually know from paypal that 5 bucks of shipping isn't JUST for spending for the media mail but for also compensating the people). and probably are certain of the idea of "you'll come back anyway" due to the fact that they will find some very limited album that everyone wants and spend 45 bucks on it just because its like fucking spiritualized or outkast or frank ocean, so basically dangling big things under a fish hook hoping the influx of smaller members will bite.

and if you are thinking "wow these people are such assholes for manipulating people like that"... welcome to commieville who will throw the Molotov
 
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GritNGlitter said:
I think this is why they didn't want to send a mass price-increase email.
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It's still my main problem with them and it was the common thing between all their problems so by now I have to assume it is on purpose: they simply refuse to communicate in a transparent and upfront way to their customers. they only communicate issues or changes to their customers after a shitstorm
 
Jan said:
It's still my main problem with them and it was the common thing between all their problems so by now I have to assume it is on purpose: they simply refuse to communicate in a transparent and upfront way to their customers. they only communicate issues or changes to their customers after a shitstorm
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This has been my issue with them since I first joined up. Their choice to not use email to communicate news about exclusive releases/drops was disappointing.
 
I've received my replacement of the Shabaka record. I've just checked the places my former record had the noise issues (towards the end of some sides) and this one is better. Noise only starts after the songs finish. I'm going to give it a full play now to see if there are any other surface sounds.

However, I've just seen that the record sleeve backside says "Vinyl me, please. Essentials" 🧐 I've checked my first copy and it's the same there. Other exclusives like Holy Hive say "Exclusive pressing". I wonder if at some point of time maybe there was a plan to have Shabaka as Essentials?

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