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

bdrummond said:
Looks like reddit figured out how to order out of stock items directly from shopify (maybe accessing replacement stock?). Wonder how long it's going to take to fix that or start cancelling orders as more people figure out this exploit.
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i saw that too. it doesn't access replacement stock. it accesses inventory for records that are not on sale in the store but you are able to "join with" and swap titles
 
RonDMC said:
It's reddit...They are prob more conserned about bragging than actually using it to their own advantage.
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BUT GOD FORBID YOU POINT OUT THAT THE SIGUR ROS ALBUM THAT IS GONNA BE PRESSED AT GZ AND SOUND LIKE A HORSES ASS CAN BE FOUND IN A BEAUTIFUL SOUNDING, PRESSED AT PALLAS PACKAGE FOR LESS THAN A VMP MEMBERSHIP OR ELSE DOWNVOTES FOR YOU!

*deep breath*
 
bdrummond said:
BUT GOD FORBID YOU POINT OUT THAT THE SIGUR ROS ALBUM THAT IS GONNA BE PRESSED AT GZ AND SOUND LIKE A HORSES ASS CAN BE FOUND IN A BEAUTIFUL SOUNDING, PRESSED AT PALLAS PACKAGE FOR LESS THAN A VMP MEMBERSHIP OR ELSE DOWNVOTES FOR YOU!

*deep breath*
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there's no sense in posting on the reddit anymore. fanboys are gonna be fanboys. this has happened to me on reddit vinylcollector wantposts too. i've pointed out numerous times to people that they shouldn't spend $150 on a color variant of an album when a black vinyl copy pressed at a better plant is available for $20. most of the time, the people say thanks but i want the color version....
 
MikeH said:
there's no sense in posting on the reddit anymore. fanboys are gonna be fanboys. this has happened to me on reddit vinylcollector wantposts too. i've pointed out numerous times to people that they shouldn't spend $150 on a color variant of an album when a black vinyl copy pressed at a better plant is available for $20. most of the time, the people say thanks but i want the color version....
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I think I joined VMP at it's peak to be honest and the reddit sub is a very good representation of that shift. When I joined it was about great exclusives that you couldn't really find anywhere else, and even when you could the VMP version were usually pretty stellar. I noticed during my year+ or so membership that people seem less concerned about getting a great exclusive, or hell even sound quality and it's more "what cool colour splatter does it come in?". Some dude talking about Good Kid Maad City yesterday even said "I didn’t sign up to VMP to get a standard black release." He was downvoted, but I think that's actually representative of the club as a whole at this point. Music is secondary, a really cool package is the selling point.
 
bdrummond said:
I think I joined VMP at it's peak to be honest and the reddit sub is a very good representation of that shift. When I joined it was about great exclusives that you couldn't really find anywhere else, and even when you could the VMP version were usually pretty stellar. I noticed during my year+ or so membership that people seem less concerned about getting a great exclusive, or hell even sound quality and it's more "what cool colour splatter does it come in?". Some dude talking about Good Kid Maad City yesterday even said "I didn’t sign up to VMP to get a standard black release." He was downvoted, but I think that's actually representative of the club as a whole at this point. Music is secondary, a really cool package is the selling point.
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Around the time the VMP forums were nuked some voiced concerns that VMP was heading in a direction where they were basically another Newbury Comics with the emphasis on color variants than quality or exclusivity.

I think it's safe to say that is exactly what came to pass.
 
NewsFedora said:
Around the time the VMP forums were nuked some voiced concerns that VMP was heading in a direction where they were basically another Newbury Comics with the emphasis on color variants than quality or exclusivity.

I think it's safe to say that is exactly what came to pass.
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I always find it interesting that VMP and Newbury can have colour variants of the same album (Exact same everything except a different colour and foil stamping), and the VMP variant always sells out first and retains a higher value. Brand recognition obviously, but it's weird.
 
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My VMP order left Greensboro a week ago and still hasn't arrived at Jersey City. Anyone else experiencing delays like this? It's holiday season so...
 
Jeff Lerner said:
My VMP order left Greensboro a week ago and still hasn't arrived at Jersey City. Anyone else experiencing delays like this? It's holiday season so...
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I have an order from iam8bit that seems to be stuck in LA and I may need Kurt Russel to help out here.

What will get here first, Christmas or the Muppets Christmas Carol album I ordered from them 2 weeks ago?
 
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Just got an email saying "a title you were waitlisted for will be available in Swaps" for Thursday. I rarely used the Waitlist feature (since I assumed it didn't work), so I'm a bit curious as to what flagged it. The swap preview isn't live yet, although there is an announcement that the third Thursday of every month will now be the day ROTMs and swaps drop going forward, so December wasn't a holiday-related on-off.

Off the top of my head, I recall waitlisting Monk's Palo Alto (which I eventually picked up during a TBT drop) and Method Man's Tical. Will be curious to see if either ends up in swaps this go-round.
 
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