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

[NathanRicaud]

It's a pretty color & they have a dedicated audience. Eric Dolphy sold out in a month or so while Newbury's variant of the same record sat in the store for YEARS

Yeah, for me, the colour variant was so pretty, I had to have it! And also, I’m a massive fan of the album! It’s such a joyful album for me!

 

[BradwiseBeats]

Appears I owe you an apology as there was something fishy. The fishy was allowing flippers to buy up to 5 copies so it sold out faster.

No worries at all man. I didn't see that they were allowing 5 per customer at first until someone mentioned it. That has got to be a big reason this sold out so fast.

 

[NewsFedora]

Copies already up on eBay for double the price.

Joke’s on them when the album gets delayed to March.

 

[Jeff Lerner]

Appears I owe you an apology as there was something fishy. The fishy was allowing flippers to buy up to 5 copies so it sold out faster.

5 per customer has been the new normal for all exclusives as of a month or two ago

 

[BattleFlag]

I wonder how many record stores gobble these up.

I have only ever been to one record store where I've ever seen VMP stuff brand new. And they appeared to be getting all three tracks and no store exclusives.

 

[goodoohuru]

Opening it up to 5 per person is crappy. 2 per would make sense so you could buy an extra for a buddy. No one needs to buy 5 of one title.

Yep, but it's not about us, its about them...

 

[Joe Mac]

Yep, but it's not about us though, its about them...

They completely misunderstood what was meant when they were told to be nice to flipper.

 

[Ghost]

I imagine they’re trying to prioritize the selling out of exclusives cause they probably take a hit every time they give an exclusive as a swap. Those bastids, they know they can sell out to resellers by allowing more copies per person.

 

[jaycee]

allowing the resellers to buy 5 copies at a clip drives their business model. they have no financial motivation to stop it.

 

[dhodo]

I imagine they’re trying to prioritize the selling out of exclusives cause they probably take a hit every time they give an exclusive as a swap. Those bastids, they know they can sell out to resellers by allowing more copies per person.

I don't believe they are taking a hit at the swap price. It is right in line with many similar reissues. Might be extra slim profit on the 2xLPs but I don't believe they would allow those to be swapped if they took a hit.

Edit: obviously their profit margin is taking a hit, so your point still stands, just thought you meant losing money.

 

[Joe Mac]

I don't believe they are taking a hit at the swap price. It is right in line with many similar reissues. Might be extra slim profit on the 2xLPs but I don't believe they would allow those to be swapped if they took a hit.

Edit: obviously their profit margin is taking a hit, so your point still stands, just thought you meant losing money.

particularly when their prices are bloody high to begin with! I used to think they were cheap, and to us they still kinda are, but then I remembered that you generally don’t pay sales tax over there. Add our 23% VAT on top of your prices and they’re far higher than what I’d pay and so it’s it’s becoming clear to me that they’re creaming a much bigger margin than most retailers!

 

[groceryboy]

When the "what we found in a box in the corner of the warehouse" titles appeared yesterday, it reminded me how much their prices have crept up over the last year. Not necessarily unique to VMP, but still disappointing.

 

[wolflow]

Well if anyone happens to have an extra copy of Mobb Deep or anything then let me know since I wasn’t able to get one today

 

[NewsFedora]

5 per customer has been the new normal for all exclusives as of a month or two ago

Funny enough Joel Ross is still limited to one per customer, when realistically you need five before you get a listenable copy.

 

[blenoxsmith]

Well if anyone happens to have an extra copy of Mobb Deep or anything then let me know since I wasn’t able to get one today

Now I wish I bought two, and I woulda got one for you. I'm so ingrained into thinking any VMP exclusive is always 1 per customer I didn't even realize multiple copies could be purchased.

 

[djdavedk]

I would have picked up extra Mobb Deep for N&G peeps had I known they allowed up to 5.

 

[NathanRicaud]

Well that explains it then.

But I honestly think it went very fast because of how amazing that album is firstly and also, because that album has aged very well. On top, that it’s one of the definitive East-Coast hip-hop albums ever!

Lil Kim’s Hardcore was also limited to 1,000 copies, and was $4 cheaper which is also a 2xLP, but that exclusive hasn’t sold out yet!

Mobb Deep’s The Infamous sold out because it has such a dedicated audience! I set my alarm at 4am to make sure I got this! And I already have the Music On Vinyl pressing of this!

The colour variant looks amazing too! Yeah, there would have been some people that purchased 2 or more copies, but more than 90% of buyers I reckon only got copy!

I regret not setting my alarm for Freddie Gibbs & Madlib’s Piñata! I had a feeling this Mobb Deep’s exclusive was going to go quick and I’m happy I went with my instinct and woke up early!

 

[roffle24]

The colour variant looks amazing too! Yeah, there would have been some people that purchased 2 or more copies, but more than 90% of buyers I reckon only got copy!

10% of the stock going to resellers is only 20 people buying 5 copies. You really think it's that little of an amount?


EDIT

Actually Storf kinda confirmed this on reddit.

"I just looked and it's definitely not as many people as you're imagining in your head. There were a -few- people who bought that many. Vast, vast, vast majority bought just 1. "

 

[NathanRicaud]

10% of the stock going to resellers is only 20 people buying 5 copies. You really think it's that little of an amount?


EDIT

Actually Storf kinda confirmed this on reddit.

"I just looked and it's definitely not as many people as you're imagining in your head. There were a -few- people who bought that many. Vast, vast, vast majority bought just 1. "

Yeah, I honestly thought it would’ve been around 5-10 people who bought 3+ copies! I’m not surprised The Infamous sold out so quickly!

The Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready To Die and The Fugees’ The Score have both been incredibly popular ROTM’s. So a lot of VMP subscribers love their 90’s hip-hop.

Just some food for thought:

On Rateyourmusic, Mobb Deep’s The Imfamous was ranked #5 best album of 1995 with 7,816 ratings. Fugees’ The Score was ranked #31 of 1996, with 4.418 ratings! De La Soul’s De La Soul is Dead, which also sold out within a day, has under 3,000 ratings, yet 3 Feet High & Rising has nearly 7,000 ratings! Mobb Deep’s The Infamous also has more ratings than Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle, OutKast’s Southernplaya..., Lil’ Wayne Tha Carter III, Noname’s Room 25, Saba’s Care For Me, The Roots’ How I Got Over etc, which were all popular R&HH ROTM.

So it really does make sense why Mobb Deep’s The Infamous sold out so quickly! It’s such a well-known and highly regarded album!

But I still understand why people are very shocked about this selling out so quickly and why people are a bit suspicious.

 

[NathanRicaud]

@Joe Mac - Have you listened Fiona Apple’s album “When The Pawn...” yet?!?