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

[MikeH]

No, they pushed it back to September. (Before it auto went in stock in July?). I don’t know. Guy is real salty about it. Pulling up estimate timelines from GZ demanding answers that it couldn’t have possibly happened this week and claiming they were never ordered. Lol

my favorite part was when he said he's not a lawyer but pretty sure that changing the preorder date on him was illegal lol

 

[Skalap]

but do you have Da Brat?

I have more than one

 

[bdm105]

If you can't do something (remotely close to) right, don't do it at all

 

[Nee Lewman]

I have more than one

You know he’s not talking about children, right?

 

[Nee Lewman]

If you can't do something (remotely close to) right, don't do it at all

I like how the discord blew up with this is worse than TBT after all the posturing yesterday.

 

[Joe Mac]

my favorite part was when he said he's not a lawyer but pretty sure that changing the preorder date on him was illegal lol

Spoiler: it’s not.

 

[MikeH]

Spoiler: it’s not.

oh i know. it just really made me chuckle.

 

[MikeH]

I like how the discord blew up with this is worse than TBT after all the posturing yesterday.

to be somewhat fair, any time there is a TBT, or a limited swap option, the discord is flooded with entitled people who probably aren't even members screaming about how bad things are. it turns into reddit for a day.

definitely a lot of "VMP can do no wrong" folks there though.

 

[MikeH]

If you can't do something (remotely close to) right, don't do it at all

the website is so bad and can't handle traffic. i started getting the error message before things even went live. then the dropdown didn't work so they had to go back in and add in the 3 and 5 packs as separate items. meanwhile people ordered quickly and added 5 packs to cart but it defaulted to 2 packs hah. total shitshow.

 

[Skalap]

to be somewhat fair, any time there is a TBT, or a limited swap option, the discord is flooded with entitled people who probably aren't even members screaming about how bad things are. it turns into reddit for a day.

definitely a lot of "VMP can do no wrong" folks there though.

And every time a handful of their employees members start defending how good is VMP

 

[bdm105]

I like how the discord blew up with this is worse than TBT after all the posturing yesterday.

Lol yeah that made me chuckle.

the website is so bad and can't handle traffic. i started getting the error message before things even went live. then the dropdown didn't work so they had to go back in and add in the 3 and 5 packs as separate items. meanwhile people ordered quickly and added 5 packs to cart but it defaulted to 2 packs hah. total shitshow.

Thing is, they've been around long enough to know better. Too many other companies do just fine with this sort of thing.

 

[MikeH]

Lol yeah that made me chuckle.



Thing is, they've been around long enough to know better. Too many other companies do just fine with this sort of thing.

stuff sells out so they probably just don't care to fix it. rolling out a dropdown menu feature was a brave move after hyping up this sale for a week...

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Spoiler: it’s not.

Damn, this was going to be my retirement side hustle: pre-order records i sort of want and then suing if they change the release date.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

stuff sells out so they probably just don't care to fix it. rolling out a dropdown menu feature was a brave move after hyping up this sale for a week...

If they just hadn’t forgot the Shopify user manual in the VMP pressing plant before the locks got changed.

 

[MikeH]

And every time a handful of their employees members start defending how good is VMP

i'd say that the large majority of people hate TBT, even the biggest VMP fans.

 

[Rowan]

i'd say that the large majority of people hate TBT, even the biggest VMP fans.

Because it’s awash with largely forgettable records that took years to sell out the first time but for one hour only people inexplicably decide they need to own more than they need to breathe air?

 

[hatfieldpdx]

i'd say that the large majority of people hate TBT, even the biggest VMP fans.

I actually kinda enjoyed it, in the way back days when there were a few tricks to help your odds, and the offerings were more interesting. These days, I can't be bothered to engage with any of these VMP shenanigans. Even if you win, you still lose!

 

[MikeH]

Because it’s awash with largely forgettable records that took years to sell out the first time but for one hour only people inexplicably decide they need to own more than they need to breathe air?

and because the "good stuff" sells out instantly before 12PM when they are supposed to go on sale while the site crashes.

 

[Nee Lewman]

to be somewhat fair, any time there is a TBT, or a limited swap option, the discord is flooded with entitled people who probably aren't even members screaming about how bad things are. it turns into reddit for a day.

definitely a lot of "VMP can do no wrong" folks there though.

It seemed like a few of the people who were this is great yesterday were in that chorus, but proving that would require a lot more investigation than I want to do

 

[MikeH]

I actually kinda enjoyed it, in the way back days when there were a few tricks to help your odds. These days, I can't be bothered to engage with any of these VMP shenanigans. Even if you win, you still lose!

yea--i used to enjoy it too. but now that they announce titles ahead of time, too many people trying for stuff and the site can't handle it.