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

[Nee Lewman]

Y’all are funny this doesn’t even register as a shit show to me. Back in the day the site would crash while you were checking out on a drop day and instead of rescheduling the drop it would just randomly go live when it was stable later and that thing you wanted would be sold out when you found out minutes after it went live again. This is just TBT.

 

[bdrummond]

they used to not list the titles. and people complained that either they waited up until 4AM just to see nothing they wanted, or didn't wait up and then some record they really wanted dropped and they missed it. i do agree here though--the hype this time around with so many big titles is a huge part of why there's so much backlash this time around.

At the end of the day the higher the expectation, the higher the disappointment. If I went into this with lower expectations then I think I would've been less disappointed than KNOWING that a couple of titles I want are going to be available, refreshing like crazy, adding them to the cart only to find out they sold out mid checkout.

If I simply knew there was a TBT I would've still refreshed up to the drop time, but would've been more "haha I guess they only had like 2 copies of {insert title here}" than annoyed that they hyped up "we have {insert title here} coming on Thursday" only to be shafted.

 

[Nee Lewman]

At the end of the day the higher the expectation, the higher the disappointment. If I went into this with lower expectations then I think I would've been less disappointed than KNOWING that a couple of titles I want are going to be available, refreshing like crazy, adding them to the cart only to find out they sold out mid checkout.

If I simply knew there was a TBT I would've still refreshed up to the drop time, but would've been more "haha I guess they only had like 2 copies of {insert title here}" than annoyed that they hyped up "we have {insert title here} coming on Thursday" only to be shafted.

The whole point is to drive traffic to the site through fomo. Plenty of people didn’t get what they wanted but bought some random thing anyhow.

VMP doesn’t care if you are disappointed. They don’t care if you like their business model. They want your money and that’s really it.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I mean this site exists because they got sick of their most loyal fervent fans.

 

[bdrummond]

The whole point is to drive traffic to the site through fomo. Plenty of people didn’t get what they wanted but bought some random thing anyhow.

VMP doesn’t care if you are disappointed. They don’t care if you like their business model. They want your money and that’s really it.

People would've still gone to the site, browsed and (if they were so inclined - which many are probably not) bought random shit regardless. The difference is they're not going to the site expecting some huge prize, rather the hopes they'll maybe get lucky and something they really want would be included in this.

I think the sales either way would've been the same. Just with less disappointment.

 

[Nee Lewman]

People would've still gone to the site, browsed and (if they were so inclined - which many are probably not) bought random shit regardless. The difference is they're not going to the site expecting some huge prize, rather the hopes they'll maybe get lucky and something they really want would be included in this.

I think the sales either way would've been the same. Just with less disappointment.

Nope. Fomo is a powerful motivator. They are masters of generating it. It’s funny to see folks still falling for it.

I would have bought tribe. I honestly forgot about the sale. Saw the email at 1201, logged in, searched tribe saw waitlist and went welp VMP gonna VMP. Then I saw someone say something about a hype sale being a shitshow and came to thread to see all the old complaints about them. VMP is gonna VMP.

 

[spilledleche]

nothing about this hobby is fair, people miss out on things they want all the time, we complain for a bit and move onto buying some other thing we probably don't need. circle of life...

 

[bdrummond]

Nope. Fomo is a powerful motivator. They are masters of generating it. It’s funny to see folks still falling for it.

I would have bought tribe. I honestly forgot about the sale. Saw the email at 1201, logged in, searched tribe saw waitlist and went welp VMP gonna VMP. Then I saw someone say something about a hype sale being a shitshow and came to thread to see all the old complaints about them. VMP is gonna VMP.

Agree to disagree here I guess.

I feel that saying it's their largest TBT generates a lot of FOMO as well. It just keeps the disappointment level down.

 

[bdrummond]

Agree to disagree here I guess.

I feel that saying it's their largest TBT generates a lot of FOMO as well. It just keeps the disappointment level down.

Taking reddit as the temperature gauge. I've seen disappointments after TBTs. The hype is there, as well as the disappointment. People are checking it, and being disappointed that there's nothing there that they wanted, or that they only had a couple of copies of what they did.

What I have not seen is this insane level of disappointment. It's at critical mass right now. It's because they overreached on the FOMO.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Agree to disagree here I guess.

I feel that saying it's their largest TBT generates a lot of FOMO as well. It just keeps the disappointment level down.

They want you to be disappointed because you talk about it. I bet they do a similar “sale” next year. I’m telling you this is a pattern they have been at for at least six years at this point.

 

[Nee Lewman]

The lesson to be learned here is to not be disappointed. Then they can’t disappoint you. VMP will find a way to fuck things up.

 

[MikeH]

Taking reddit as the temperature gauge.

to be fair, reddit is never a temperature gauge of anything remotely reasonable. the VMP subreddit is particularly awful.

 

[bdrummond]

to be fair, reddit is never a temperature gauge of anything remotely reasonable. the VMP subreddit is particularly awful.

It's a tire fire, but at least you can make some assumptions based on how big the tire fire is.
Today the tire fire is big enough to envelop all of Manhattan.

 

[MikeH]

was anybody looking for the Bayete Jazz Dispensary in swaps but missed it? i have one in my swaps at the moment, but realized that i don't actually need it. happy to keep the order and sell it at the swap cost + shipping to someone here if they really want it, otherwise will just cancel it!

 

[marshall]

I have to say I kind of chuckle at all of this. Just so I understand - Did VMP promise everyone that everyone would get a copy of whatever was on their list? People knew these were (very) limited right? They knew that demand via the internet exceeded supply right? But now they're surprised/shocked/angry? At least I didn't have to actually drive to some store somewhere and wait in line for hours on end only to get shut out...oh wait, that's RSD, and people hate that too. I'd be willing to bet that the same people will be back in line again for the next online TBT or RSD or whatever.

Ok carry on.

 

[NateOEB]

I saw discussion of the re-stock and thought I wouldn't mind that Topaz Jones I missed then saw it was out of stock and was like oh well, money saved. Then I see all the responses like

 

[NewsFedora]

I have to say I kind of chuckle at all of this. Just so I understand - Did VMP promise everyone that everyone would get a copy of whatever was on their list? People knew these were (very) limited right? They knew that demand via the internet exceeded supply right? But now they're surprised/shocked/angry? At least I didn't have to actually drive to some store somewhere and wait in line for hours on end only to get shut out...oh wait, that's RSD, and people hate that too. I'd be willing to bet that the same people will be back in line again for the next online TBT or RSD or whatever.

Ok carry on.

The very top of the page and their marketing emails always note that the stock quantities are extremely limited and expect them to go fast. In a way they're damned if they do, damned if they don't.

As an aside, I'm a bit surprised seeing King Curtis and Bill Withers are still in stock, several hours later. Withers especially is a fantastic album and I highly recommend for anyone on the fence.

 

[MikeH]

As an aside, I'm a bit surprised seeing King Curtis and Bill Withers are still in stock, several hours later. Withers especially is a fantastic album and I highly recommend for anyone on the fence.

both of these are really excellent. people are truly sleeping on them if they don't have them. that King Curtis was one of my favorite "new" discoveries from VMP in awhile.

 

[Diaper Baby Escape Plan]

I have to say I kind of chuckle at all of this. Just so I understand - Did VMP promise everyone that everyone would get a copy of whatever was on their list? People knew these were (very) limited right? They knew that demand via the internet exceeded supply right? But now they're surprised/shocked/angry? At least I didn't have to actually drive to some store somewhere and wait in line for hours on end only to get shut out...oh wait, that's RSD, and people hate that too. I'd be willing to bet that the same people will be back in line again for the next online TBT or RSD or whatever.

Ok carry on.

People complain. Give them paradise, they'll tell you it's too bright.

Case in point: I hate your post and everything about it! Why? I don't know but imma let you know.

 

[Joe Mac]

People complain. Give them paradise, they'll tell you it's too bright.

Case in point: I hate your post and everything about it! Why? I don't know but imma let you know.

It’s warmer in hell so down we go…