Colonel4Bin
Well-Known Member
This is utterly bizarre and both hilarious/sad at the same time. Glad I canceled Jolene and Touissant a few weeks ago, as both are now marked “Delayed”. Get those refunds while you can folks!
It doesn’t even make sense then. I imagine swaps will still have stuff that cost way more than entry. A swap to a future anthology will still basically net you a free membership.
They are pushing crates hard because it is literally free money. They charge you for shipping already it’s baked into their prices that’s why the majority of their exclusives are $10 or more higher than regular variants.
Not to mention there will be people who pay for crate and never buy a record.
I wouldn’t be completely surprised if their current business model is piss everyone off so there are no more customers to deal with.I cannot see how that would ever create unhappy customers
You’d still do better to have a membership. Crate as a yearly subscription makes no sense. They are asking you to go fund me but not putting in the work to set one of those up.10% discount and free shipping is why I put the $1000 number. They'd even out if you want what they're selling
And Matt is the Nazis running around it in Crystal Skulls?So lost sounds found and crate somehow just made me think of this
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Crate is literally a Go Fund Me. No actual goods being provided and a discount on merchandise that may never materialize. You might as well set that $120 on fire.You’d still do better to have a membership. Crate as a yearly subscription makes no sense. They are asking you to go fund me but not putting in the work to set one of those up.
You save a hundred bucks in that scenario. In the membership scenario, you would save 150 dollars and not have to buy 12 of those records.You’d still do better to have a membership. Crate as a yearly subscription makes no sense. They are asking you to go fund me but not putting in the work to set one of those up.
Some of the changes could theoretically be fine in a glass half full scenario (I.e. okay, less ROTMs so we don’t have to put out unideal ones anymore… fine). They get flexibility and less glut (and don’t have massive GZ bills, etc).You save a hundred bucks in that scenario. In the membership scenario, you would save 150 dollars and not have to buy 12 of those records.
Here… let’s math it real quick…. We’ll take them at their word that track items will average out to a yearly subscription makes at $46
$1000/46 is basically 22 records
Crate
$1030
Membership
$943
You’re right, there is some astronomical number where it works but I ain’t trying to figure out a calculus problem.
For most people with a budget for their records, crate is robbery.
You save a hundred bucks in that scenario. In the membership scenario, you would save 150 dollars and not have to buy 12 of those records.
Here… let’s math it real quick…. We’ll take them at their word that track items will average out to a yearly subscription at ~$46
$1000/46 is basically 22 records
Crate
$1030
Membership
$943
This isn’t even factoring in that a smart person is gonna be using their swaps for the $50/60+ items.
You’re right, there is some astronomical number where it works but I ain’t trying to figure out a calculus problem.
For most people with a budget for their records, crate is robbery.
Damn right there's gonna be some fightin' if you get curated Sam Hunt, Tennis and Ja Rule. Getting somebody in the fam to clear that mess out willingly is gonna take some strong arm tactics by the executor of the estate."While we recognize this change may feel big and like a departure from what has made VMP special, our mission to memorialize essential albums and help you build a record collection your friends and family will fight over when you’re dead has only grown stronger."
This is the quote that got me. What the fuck?
I draw the line at calculus, sir!
This is at least promising. They're probably just reading the production calendar verbatim, though.
That's AI. I find that not promising at all. It just says your order is scheduled to ship in January without acknowledging the contradictory information online or specifically stating, yes we have received that item in the warehouse.This is at least promising. They're probably just reading the production calendar verbatim, though.