Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)
- Thread starter Captainfog
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NewsFedora
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I was just thinking that they're getting back from a holiday break and so wanted an extra day to get everything in order (creating sales item pages, have CS get caught up on holiday weekend emails, etc)
TCell
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bdrummond
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Makes sense as they did Sentimental Fool a few months ago (which was great).
bdrummond
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It was more referring to the "Heads Up Explorers" part, which sounds like a hint more than anything - kind of like they did before dropping Extraordinary Machine. As @TCell said, it's possibly something Lee Fields related (even though I think there's no actual full length album under Lee Fields and the Explorers). Probably something out of his back catalogue.
If it's Lee Fields, then my "try not to buy any albums in January" pledge fails twice in the first week. Damn you Tori Amos.
NewsFedora
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Been waitin' for this one for a long time!
Skalap
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jamieanderson1968
ninniest jackaninny
Nope saw nothing in my email. Even more reason to not resub after Feb. I am not paying extra because they cannot figure out fulfillment and ship stuff randomly.
RonDMC
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I did not see an announcement either but this morning everything seems to have gone up. I'm currently on a 3 month plan and my membership is set to renew Feb 1 and there looks to be an upgrade incentive. Upgrade & receive $108.75 off
(pay only $326.25)
I selected it and looked at my upcoming payment in my membership and it says 12 Month Gift Upgrade Offer -$60.00 to bring the yearly total to $375
I took screenshots and contacted CS so hopefully they can update to honor their actual promotion advertisement.
ByersVinyl
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I hovered on re-subbing for entire 12 months at lasts yrs old rate - But that sub and the smaller 3 month option was still showing as same for UK members up till 1st Jan.
In the end the first three months choices and whatever was left in store as swap options just couldnt convince me. I had an appetite to return but their records couldn't tempt in the end.
bdrummond
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Yeah, I didn't notice that until it was called out. Had I known I would've probably unsubbed this month.
Looking at the two months after, this...there's absolutely nothing I NEED at that price. I wanted The Coup and Earl, but not at those prices. Hitting that cancel membership button now.
RonDMC
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per Storf on Discord. "Hey yall—theres going to be formal communication about this today; not doing this in secret and expecting y’all to not notice. Just making sure tech wise everything is set. More today."
Skalap
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They just need more time.
avecigrec
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"We are going to tell you after-the-fact rather than before, because fuck you!"
Skalap
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I joined last month just to have this increase a couple of weeks later. I took a monthly sub so it won't hurt that much. I want to see what is in the swaps when it opens to see if it is worth it or not. There are a few exclusives I'd like to grab but not at shop price. If it's the same as usuas, I'll swap for the few records I want and will cancel again.
bdrummond
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Eh, I'm a member (or at least was until about 20 minutes ago) and I'm not pissed really. It was a $3USD difference on a monthly sub that was already pushing the limits of how much I was willing to pay, and now that it's happening it's almost like getting out of an abusive relationship. I'm relieved I get to spend money elsewhere.
Hell, one month sub pretty much cost me the same as that Inside Llewyn Davis 3LP live album y'all convinced me to buy.
I would love to see a graph of subscriber numbers after the dust settles on this one. If people on reddit are to be believed those numbers are definitely going to drop.
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