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

Rowan said:
They’ve a load of listings saying that they’ll still be pressed at Vinyl My Plant. Has anything actually been pressed there or can they just not be arsed to update the website?

This is the Ashby repress (for examples sake)

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None of them will be at the VMP pressing plant. I think the regular VMP staff got blindsided like the rest of us (or at the very least only had a nominal heads up before we did) and details are still being worked out on where everything will be pressed going forward. Storf said in discord an email will go out once every release is finalized with a new pressing plant with a new timeline (optimistically he hopes it'll be this week, but I wouldn't hold my breath). So for now assume anything on the website that says it's being pressed at VMP and whatever release date estimate is given to not be correct.

I did see Storf say in the discord that the GD and Blue Note boxes were heading over to RTI. Not sure about Impulse.
 
TCell said:
100% this. I thought about dipping back in for Little Richard, then realized it was $55 USD.

Still have Impulse! pending. Barring a great run of titles I really want, that would seem like a good final chapter on my time with VMP.
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Yeah similar. Now that they add our VAT in the basket it ends up over €60 even on a 3 month sub, it’s a pretty bitter pill to swallow. That was one that i would have dipped back for as well at a more reasonable price.
 
NewsFedora said:
None of them will be at the VMP pressing plant. I think the regular VMP staff got blindsided like the rest of us (or at the very least only had a nominal heads up before we did) and details are still being worked out on where everything will be pressed going forward. Storf said in discord an email will go out once every release is finalized with a new pressing plant with a new timeline (optimistically he hopes it'll be this week, but I wouldn't hold my breath). So for now assume anything on the website that says it's being pressed at VMP and whatever release date estimate is given to not be correct.

I did see Storf say in the discord that the GD and Blue Note boxes were heading over to RTI. Not sure about Impulse.
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Paulie said there had been unexpected “barriers” with the anthologies. I think they knew.
 
TCell said:
100% this. I thought about dipping back in for Little Richard, then realized it was $55 USD.

Still have Impulse! pending. Barring a great run of titles I really want, that would seem like a good final chapter on my time with VMP.
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I've been swapping my main track for store credits and adding sub when I want something. I'll spend that credit in another sale. $55 is too much.
 
bdm105 said:
I thought they took on private equity. I'm assuming whoever that was got at least one board seat
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Right I meant that I don’t think the whole board is hedge fund dudes. From what I could see, the board was Matt, Tyler, Cam, a guy from a VC firm, an SVP from Warner, a woman who runs a media production company (CDs, DVDs, vinyl and soft goods), a private equity fund manager who owns Electric Lady studios, and a marketing/partnerships consultant. There may be others…but the vote on the plant seemed to be 4-3 with Cam as the tie breaker.
 
MikeH said:
Right I meant that I don’t think the whole board is hedge fund dudes. From what I could see, the board was Matt, Tyler, Cam, a guy from a VC firm, an SVP from Warner, a woman who runs a media production company (CDs, DVDs, vinyl and soft goods), a private equity fund manager who owns Electric Lady studios, and a marketing/partnerships consultant. There may be others…but the vote on the plant seemed to be 4-3 with Cam as the tie breaker.
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There’s no way Tyler and Matt weren’t aware of all the things that baffle us about the board seemingly not knowing. Like it basically being marketed as VMP’s plant.
 
Thackeraye said:
I mean, they should have been on the mailing lists at least. They must have been getting the same information we were, and a good few of us thought it was VMP owned & controlled.
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Best when read in the voice of Strother Martin as 'The Captain' in Cool Hand Luke...

"Your Honor, I'd like to enter this into evidence as Exhibit A and more specifically, page 3, paragraph 2..."

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bdrummond said:
It may be.
But this whole model kind of relies upon trust.
Trust to subscribe to a 12/6/3 month membership. Or trust that that expensive boxset preorder is actually going to show up at your doorstep. Trust that the product you're getting is going to be high quality.

That trust is definitely eroding. Will it sink them? Only time will tell, but my trust was cracked with the delays, and now broken to the point of cancellation because I have no idea WHEN I'm getting that product, let alone if.
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I have the same view as you on this and when I expressed that on discord i pretty much got told to shut up and eat my pinecone and ask for a refund. So i did got my $581 back today for the Dead box, Impulse box, and Alicia Keys. And i wont be resubbing in july anymore now as well, which is a shame because i really like what they do and its good quality but their customer care is terrible.

Already used $40 of it to order the new Isaiah Collier album.

And literally the only reason people arent asking for refunds on these much delayed boxes is because “it was 40% off” if it was full price itd be a different story, im sure.
 
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