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

[avecigrec]

Is this the last month for rock and country? Those folks with rock or country as a main are definitely gettin autoswapped to Gus

This is how they justify the pressing numbers

 

[Nee Lewman]

Is this the last month for rock and country? Those folks with rock or country as a main are definitely gettin autoswapped to Gus

Yes and they will automatically be changed to essentials.

 

[MikeH]

This is how they justify the pressing numbers

I hope Europeans love Gus Cannon! HHV is about to get 10,000 copies

 

[Skalap]

Is this the last month for rock and country? Those folks with rock or country as a main are definitely gettin autoswapped to Gus

Wow. Didn't thought about that and might be very true. Another great VMP move.

 

[Mather]

Yeah @marshall got auto swapped out of Ramones because he swapped from the Rock track.

 

[NewsFedora]

I wonder if we'll see a return of the Groove set on September 1st, now with new choices like Pussy Cats, Ray Charles In Person, and Sam Hunt.

No new Groove this month.

Maybe it'll take them a month or two to organize all of the Nilsson dumped on them.

 

[wmeugene]

I had Essentials as an add on and am safe with keeping Rocket to Russia

 

[Nee Lewman]

I had Essentials as an add on and am safe with keeping Rocket to Russia

Weird. I like that it appears to be random.

Of course, I’m sure fulfillment won’t screw any of this up further.

 

[Biscuit]

Yeah it's a bit crazy to call trolls people who are complaining because they do not have what they paid for.

They have always seemed defensive and highly sensitive to criticism. I think some of that is ego, as they generally seem to make decisions aligned with their personal interests and expect customers to follow along i.e. that they are the arbiters of taste. They don't seem interested in feedback. That dismissiveness can be a problem at their price point and utilization of a business model that requires the kind of customer service and communication that is more collaborative (or at least perceived as such).

 

[bdm105]

Yes and they will automatically be changed to essentials.

Will be interesting to see if they charge me twice for essentials

 

[Nee Lewman]

Will be interesting to see if they charge me twice for essentials

This would be illogical and will be exactly what they do.

 

[Ghost]

Wait so was someone saying Junior Wells sold out and won’t come back?

 

[MikeH]

Wait so was someone saying Junior Wells sold out and won’t come back?

Yep pretty sure it’s sold out. @hayema7 seems to think it might come back though

 

[Nee Lewman]

I’m beginning to suspect they just don’t know how computers work:

 

[avecigrec]

I’m beginning to suspect they just don’t know how computers work:
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[duke86fan]

I’m beginning to suspect they just don’t know how computers work:
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that would probably explain a lot...


if they need a tech expert I'm always there to help out

 

[Nee Lewman]

Never change VMP. Never change.

 

[Melt Face Molly Drop]

Never change VMP. Never change.

WAT HAPPEN

 

[MikeH]

We ordered similar amounts of Ramones to what we ordered for Black Moses, Joni Mitchell, and DMX.
Based on the announce reaction (people complained about 2 Ramones, milquetoast boilerplate about "Lost Sounds Found") , we assumed that'd be fine. Given how many Joni, DMX and Isaac we have on hand now, we especially thought we were fine

Swap out rate for Ramones was near historic lows for Essentials. Something like 1/4 of as many people who swapped OUT of DMX and Joni swapped out of Ramones

Swap IN rates (ie people swapping from Rock, Classics or another track into Ramones) were sky high compared to past months.

Which lead to us being oversold.

So instead of it being a lottery for who will or will not get a copy, we made a tough decision

We decided to prioritize people who were subscribed to Essentials as the priority.

So, if you swapped into Ramones, we needed to remove that. Which is what we said in the email.

It's less than ideal, but it's the only choice we needed to make: Essentials members get the priority over people who swapped into it. We also swapped anyone who was on a free promo subscription to Too Tough to Die, because we prioritized only PAYING Essentials members

Basically, it was a shit decision that we were forced to make. We want everyone to get the record they love, but it's not an infinite inventory pool.

There will be no repress (google the Ramones and see why)

 

[Melt Face Molly Drop]

Lol never giving these clowns another cent