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

[Nee Lewman]

My view of VMP has swung waaaaaaaaaay positive in the last 20 minutes or so

I mean that’s cool and all. They still suck.

 

[Jan]

My view of VMP has swung waaaaaaaaaay positive in the last 20 minutes or so

So you're now going to swap it for 15$?

 

[Rowan]

So you're now going to swap it for 15$?

Here’s the funny part. It’s the third one they sent me and it has a misprint on the cover. I emailed to complain a few weeks ago and they gave me a $20 credit for the inconvenience and to draw a line under the whole affair.

Now don’t I feel like a dick

 

[MikeH]

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Niiiice! Was this in your 4th replacement??

 

[Rowan]

Niiiice! Was this in your 4th replacement??

Third. The other two went to the local dog shelter charity shop so Alicia Keys via VMP has fed a few abandoned pups this month too

 

[Biscuit]

Plaid Room Records now has VMP stock like HMV.

 

[avecigrec]

Plaid Room Records now has VMP stock like HMV.

Yeah, one of @Ethos99's suppliers has VMP stock available to Paladin too. I suspect it's the same supplier feeding Plaid Room

 

[hatfieldpdx]

Plaid Room Records now has VMP stock like HMV.

98 titles at last count, but only 1 - 5 copies of each one.

Vinyl Me, Please. Exclusives

www.plaidroomrecords.com

 

[MikeH]

98 titles at last count, but only 1 - 5 copies of each one.

Vinyl Me, Please. Exclusives

www.plaidroomrecords.com

I imagine that they just have a subscription given that they have 1 copy of most things. Have seen lots of other shops doing this.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I imagine that they just have a subscription given that they have 1 copy of most things. Have seen lots of other shops doing this.

I don’t think that’s the case. See @avecigrec ’s post above.

 

[Biscuit]

98 titles at last count, but only 1 - 5 copies of each one.

Vinyl Me, Please. Exclusives

www.plaidroomrecords.com

Can't help but wonder if they are thinking about getting out of doing the shipping themselves (member fulfilment) and possibly memberships altogether and just become a reissue label that ships releases to stores or utilize a distributor in the middle?

 

[MikeH]

I don’t think that’s the case. See @avecigrec ’s post above.

ah yea--could be the case. they are definitely dumping some stock. just have seen lots of shops with subs selling a handful of VMP stuff in the past for many years.

 

[MikeH]

Can't help but wonder if they are thinking about getting out of doing the shipping themselves (member fulfilment) and possibly memberships altogether and just become a reissue label that ships releases to stores or utilize a distributor in the middle?

wouldn't be a terrible move for them aside from having to refund all the people who still have subscriptions hah. that could be a ton of cash...

 

[Nee Lewman]

ah yea--could be the case. they are definitely dumping some stock. just have seen lots of shops with subs selling a handful of VMP stuff in the past for many years.

For sure. This is different.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Can't help but wonder if they are thinking about getting out of doing the shipping themselves (member fulfilment) and possibly memberships altogether and just become a reissue label that ships releases to stores or utilize a distributor in the middle?

That would be the dumbest thing they could possibly do. Then they just become white noise in the reissue world. No one outside of their service is going to pay their prices for GZ pressings in fancy boxes.

 

[Twentytwo]

Well they good news it that I only paid $240 for my last subscription with 8 free records. So $12 for each record. I am probably out next year anyway because country is gone.

 

[spilledleche]

Paulie weighing in

 

[MikeH]

That would be the dumbest thing they could possibly do. Then they just become white noise in the reissue world. No one outside of their service is going to pay their prices for GZ pressings in fancy boxes.

If they move away from subscription model, I’d bet they could cut (their) costs massively and press at better plants.

 

[Hemotep]

Paulie weighing in

Nothing like rolling out the only one with any credibility still to lie to everyone. I heard the flush when I clicked that link.

 

[Biscuit]

Paulie weighing in

Curious, at what point did they disclose they had a wholesale program (was Vinceron part of it? Why was it ignored until now). They pitched memberships to customers and exclusivity, not distro to stores. They should be more concerned why people perceive they are circling the drain, should they believe that's grossly inaccurate.