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

Someone complained about this on reddit and while I take reddit comments with a grain of salt, this one is truly some fuckery.

VMP:
www.vinylmeplease.com

Anthology I

The reissue of The Salsoul Orchestra's 'Anthology I' is available on 180g Lemon & Black Galaxy vinyl.
www.vinylmeplease.com www.vinylmeplease.com

This is a VMP Exclusive record, and you can't get this specific variation anywhere else.
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and now:
thesoundofvinyl.com

The Salsoul Orchestra - Anthology I: Limited Lemon + Black Galaxy Vinyl 2LP - Sound of Vinyl

Founded by composer and percussionist Vincent Montana Jr., SALSOUL ORCHESTRA was a big band with a twist: they played disco. Active from 1974 to the early 1980s, they served as the backing band for several vocalists on Salsoul Records and recorded their own material, which included eleven LPs of...
thesoundofvinyl.com thesoundofvinyl.com

This is the EXACT same variant, but around $15 cheaper. I'd lose my shit on them here.

EDIT: Even check the copy on both listings. VMP got the abbreviated version it seems.
 
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Haha, holy shit this is a colossal mess.
townsendmusic.store

Townsend Music Online Record Store - Vinyl, CDs, Cassettes and Merch - The Salsoul Orchestra - Anthology I Lemon & Black Galaxy Coloured

Founded by composer and percussionist Vincent Montana Jr., SALSOUL ORCHESTRA was a big band with a twist: they played disco. Active from 1974 to the early 1980s, they served as the backing band for several vocalists on Salsoul Records and recorded their own material, which included eleven LPs of...
townsendmusic.store townsendmusic.store

www.rarewaves.com

Anthology I

Founded by composer and percussionist Vincent Montana Jr., Salsoul Orchestra was a big band with a twist: they played disco. Active from 1974 to the early 1980's, they served as the backing band for several vocalists on Salsoul Records and recorded their own material, which included eleven LPs...
www.rarewaves.com www.rarewaves.com

EDIT: So in summary it looks like VMP got a bit of a head start on the general release of an album, slapped a number on it and called it a "VMP exclusive" when the only thing exclusive about it is price and a number.
 
I think ultimately you're right though @Lee Newman, this is probably a bait and switch from BMG telling VMP they're getting this exclusive variant early then making it the standard variant without telling them. I would think that if they DID tell VMP their CS is usually decent enough to give those with preorders a heads up.
 
bdrummond said:
I think ultimately you're right though @Lee Newman, this is probably a bait and switch from BMG telling VMP they're getting this exclusive variant early then making it the standard variant without telling them. I would think that if they DID tell VMP their CS is usually decent enough to give those with preorders a heads up.
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I mean part of the impetus is on VMP to figure it out too. Their customers have noticed, shouldn’t necessarily be up to BMG to act on it from that side of things. (Not saying BMG shouldn’t act, just saying VMP should)
 
Mix-ups happened. I ordered my copy of Nickel Creek from the band like five minutes after it went up. They were selling the VMP variant by accident at that point. They noticed and sent out an email explaining they were wrong and it should have been the one I got instead and offered refunds if it was not an acceptable purchase because of the mix up.
 
Lee Newman said:
I mean part of the impetus is on VMP to figure it out too. Their customers have noticed, shouldn’t necessarily be up to BMG to act on it from that side of things. (Not saying BMG shouldn’t act, just saying VMP should)
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Yeah, I did some searching and looks like preorders started appearing at least two days ago. I'd be surprised if nobody at VMP has seen a listing yet and did a double take.
 
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