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

[MikeH]

What are they doing with store credits?

I see my option to add another track has been removed, but can still change my sub length

nothing. you'll keep them and international shipping will be available for store items, just will likely be crazy pricey to get stuff shipped to you.

I'd use the credits before your sub expires.

 

[max_stacks]

For annual subs, pretax, we’re looking at $44 a record. $4 more than Rhino High Fidelity and annual IVC. It’s common to see new releases at record stores at $40, and even Target/Walmart are rolling out $40-45 new releases. It’s not terrible just looking at that angle. Feels like they adjusted it higher so they won’t need another increase in 2025.

It will come down to curation, and it likely always has for most members. Certainly not going to take a chance on records at $44+ unless that’s immaterial to your vinyl budget.

 

[Andy]

nothing. you'll keep them and international shipping will be available for store items, just will likely be crazy pricey to get stuff shipped to you.

I'd use the credits before your sub expires.

That's pretty shit, it's a shame the ROTM's don't come up in the store until after three months.

 

[MikeH]

That's pretty shit, it's a shame the ROTM's don't come up in the store until after three months.

they said in the email that they are working to potentially have ROTMs for internationals come back same month in the store i think?

 

[Rowan]

I can’t help but think they’ve done me a favour. I was all for resubbing but it was really against my better judgement. I think I’d constantly have been sitting around waiting for the walls to come crashing in on my £400

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Looking back over all this, and I will say I am surprised they haven’t just pulled the plug at this point, but the turning point with all this seems to be the Record Plant, right? They were likely not in great health financially prior to the Record Plant, so they decided to throw a Hail Mary and build their own plant to hopefully cut out a big expenditure but they didn’t have enough capital to invest in plant to actually get the plant going and was instead of a savior it became a money pit that they chose to abandon. Now they are in the red and just keep cutting out chunks of the business in hopes that it will reverse their fortunes but they are bleeding out.

I just don’t see a path back to profitability. Even going back to them at their beginnings the potential for growth is now gone. There is no room for growth and in the late stage capitalism world we live in you grow or you die. My guess is they couldn’t find a buyer so they are just gonna keep going until the money is all gone.

 

[Andy]

they said in the email that they are working to potentially have ROTMs for internationals come back same month in the store i think?

yeah, but looks like a future thing. Hopefully they can introduce that before this months membership expires.

 

[Hemotep]

I sent them an email with only this:



And the CS person said they are happy to send my feedback to management and gave me a $15 store credit.

 

[Mather]

-eyeballs Fela box pre order-

I'm going to regret not cancelling you, aren't I?

 

[hatfieldpdx]

I sent them an email with only this:



And the CS person said they are happy to send my feedback to management and gave me a $15 store credit.

"What would you do with more time?" has evolved into "what would you buy with more store credit?"

 

[Hemotep]

Effectively, Matt now asking: would you buy with more store credit?

I ordered the Los Reyes record for $13.75 and I sent them an email asking for a refund on the last three months of my sub now that Rock is over. I was on the fence about keeping it, but at this point I'd rather take that little bit and spend it on something I know I want. Hopefully I'll be able to get the Neon Indian on the cheap or have someone who's still a member do an add-on for me in December.

 

[avecigrec]

Anybody on the Discord willing to try and get a direct email address to Pauly for me?

 

[Hemotep]

"What would you do with more time?" has evolved into "what would you buy with more store credit?"

Very Bandbox vibes.

 

[hatfieldpdx]

Very Bandbox vibes.

Yes, and you were smart to cash in your VMPbux without hesitation.

 

[TimmahTao]

I wonder if this is really it. I feel like they’ve been asking for more and more and offering less and less value for YEARS now, but I gotta admit that I miss when the club was inexpensive and fun. ‘Member when it was $25 a month? I do.

 

[NewsFedora]

I feel bad for this guy the most.

 

[avecigrec]

In the end, I'll be forever grateful to those idiots for being the catalyst that created this place at least.

 

[avecigrec]

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The worst part is, I feel like that album is something I would absolutely love to have — but not at that price point.

 

[hatfieldpdx]

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I wonder if this is really it. I feel like they’ve been asking for more and more and offering less and less value for YEARS now, but I gotta admit that I miss when the club was inexpensive and fun. ‘Member when it was $25 a month? I do.

There was a spot on comment posted to reddit this morning: "I’m convinced at this point VMP is a social experiment designed to see how much BS customers will put up with and still purchase the product."

 

[Nee Lewman]

I love how they said in that email that cancelling international subs was the best choice for you. Which is probably true, as it removes the temptation to buy their records.

They HAVE to have a scapegoat!