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

[Skalap]

Damnit VMP let me swap for Broadcast, there's no fucking way it's sold out I just want to get rid of this cartoon alligator record.

Seems like they have been pressing less and less aotm every month.

 

[hatfieldpdx]

Seems like they have been pressing less and less aotm every month.

Artificial scarcity...the last vestige of FOMO, and the only card they have left to play.

 

[MikeH]

Seems like they have been pressing less and less aotm every month.

Pressing less and 3 tracks instead of 5 so less choice. Also more people are subbed to essentials than any other track so when swaps open, they are still on essentials. I’d bet more people got neon Indian last month than the other choices so those people are still locked in

 

[MikeH]

I wouldn't be shocked if they were going to a "send us money, tell us what genres you like and we'll send you something we think fits your interests". "Trust us to curate your box". I think they have been testing the concept with the mystery bundles that have been successful. It's flexible (for them) and mysterious (for you). Helps them move stuff that's sitting and gets them out of some of traps they're in now.

I think they are experimenting with a “build your own bundle” feature where you can pick up 2 back catalogue titles in a swap for the price of one month

 

[Biscuit]

Shit is on join with standby. Lol

"Join with standby" at VMP looks like this:

 

[yukbon]

I think they are experimenting with a “build your own bundle” feature where you can pick up 2 back catalogue titles in a swap for the price of one month

this is what i was thinking. the bundles have been popular, this is very flexible, it cuts down on warehousing

 

[Nee Lewman]

Give them the gift they may not be able to use:

 

[Nee Lewman]

They’ve been talking about a swap track for a minute. I bet they are going to reduce the tracks to one and you’ll be able to select from the three current tracks and you can have as many swap tracks as you’d like to choose whatever you want from available options. (Of course they’re set up in Shopify won’t be able to handle this and February will be the most spectacular dumpster fire ever. DOGE will be called in to investigate and the board will be deported.

 

[Biscuit]

Give them the gift they may not be able to use:
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Grift card is more like it. They get the money upfront, gift card holder goes online and buys a bunch of out of stock titles that never arrive or get repressed. Or you get an in stock Tennis album.

 

[yukbon]

DOGE will be called in to investigate and the board will be deported.

and to make it a christmas gift for all, that would include the previous folks that screwed the pooch

 

[tvham]

Between account credit and store credit I should have close to $100 at VMP. I'm tempted to join for a month to grab an album then bounce, I don't see things getting better anytime soon.

 

[yukbon]

Between account credit and store credit I should have close to $100 at VMP. I'm tempted to join for a month to grab an album then bounce, I don't see things getting better anytime soon.

i see january as a make or break -- for me personally if not for the company. I've got toussaint, fela, grateful dead and bluenote. Of which at least the dead and blue note are theorietically coming in january. If they don't, I'll have to ask for refunds and try to cut my losses. Waiting a month feels like an acceptable risk.

 

[tvham]

i see january as a make or break -- for me personally if not for the company. I've got toussaint, fela, grateful dead and bluenote. Of which at least the dead and blue note are theorietically coming in january. If they don't, I'll have to ask for refunds and try to cut my losses. Waiting a month feels like an acceptable risk.

Yeah honestly the only album they currently have in stock that I'd want is the Heart album, I keep waiting for them to drop something else I'd enjoy but no luck. Maybe I'll wait to see what they have for Feb

 

[duke86fan]

No warp on fjm but a huge one on neon Indian

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

i see january as a make or break

Typically, not the best month for retail.

 

[max_stacks]

Damnit VMP let me swap for Broadcast, there's no fucking way it's sold out I just want to get rid of this cartoon alligator record.

I’m able to swap for Broadcast right now. If you want me to grab a copy for you let me know.

 

[yukbon]

Typically, not the best month for retail.

oh no, sorry if i wasn't clear: make or break in the sense that if they don't meet their own deadline again for grateful dead again, then i'm very likely going to cancel all my pending orders. the only one I really really wantn above the others is the blue note box.

 

[NewsFedora]

I’m able to swap for Broadcast right now. If you want me to grab a copy for you let me know.

Appreciate it but while it shows it’s available to swap, you get an error message when trying to do so.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Typically, not the best month for retail.

It’s an odd time to try something new especially after doing a good job of pushing out/pissing off a larger percentage of their base very recently.

 

[Nee Lewman]

oh no, sorry if i wasn't clear: make or break in the sense that if they don't meet their own deadline again for grateful dead again, then i'm very likely going to cancel all my pending orders. the only one I really really wantn above the others is the blue note box.

Yeah, but there are a lot of people that they have extended past any possibility of good will.