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

Dark Star Boogie said:
Man, all these problems constantly arising and I just can’t quit until I get that Fiona When The Pawn... exclusive.

Storf was probably playing us but can someone tag me when it, and if it ever, is announced?
Please, please, please?

By the way, emailed in to see if I could cancel my Lukas Nelson exclusive and use that refund to put towards The Comet Is Coming exclusive. I want it but don’t want to spend the $29.
Silly, no?
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Storf is playing you. Fiona Apple and Frank Ocean are never going to happen. They keep teasing those to try to keep people subscribed. All of the teases are so disingenuous.
 
wmeugene said:
Storf is playing you. Fiona Apple and Frank Ocean are never going to happen. They keep teasing those to try to keep people subscribed. All of the teases are so disingenuous.
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I know this, yet my desire for more Fiona wax pulls me forward. Going to aim for one record every month. It’s like a junkie that know he should stay away from Junk but can’t. 😞
 
Dark Star Boogie said:
I know this, yet my desire for more Fiona wax pulls me forward. Going to aim for one record every month. It’s like a junkie that know he should stay away from Junk but can’t. 😞
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I kept second guessing whether I should cancel or not and then just hit the button and felt a flood of relief. Looking back at VMP v non VMP over the last year and I feel silly for even remotely doubting that it wasn’t the right call!
 
Dark Star Boogie said:
I know this, yet my desire for more Fiona wax pulls me forward. Going to aim for one record every month. It’s like a junkie that know he should stay away from Junk but can’t. 😞
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FWIW, you should be grandfathered into a one month plan so you could theoretically always cancel and just try to keep track of what they are releasing and hop back on if something you want comes up.
 
MikeH said:
FWIW, you should be grandfathered into a one month plan so you could theoretically always cancel and just try to keep track of what they are releasing and hop back on if something you want comes up.
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I’m not so sure about that. I was grandfathered at the $75 a quarter and CS lead me to believe I would pay full price upon return (when I cancelled... I think as a last ditch effort to try to change my mind)... I think the grandfathering of monthly was more aimed at you staying on board than allowing you to bail and come back, which incidentally was why they axed it anyhow (and honestly, it’s one of the few sound business decisions they’ve made recently despite how people may feel about it).
 
Joe Mac said:
I kept second guessing whether I should cancel or not and then just hit the button and felt a flood of relief. Looking back at VMP v non VMP over the last year and I feel silly for even remotely doubting that it wasn’t the right call!
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I feel you, I love when their products turn out flat, quiet, and on time but man how rarely does that happen? Yet I still can’t let go. Not sure why...definitely letting the positives outweigh the negatives.

Just received four of their albums from Bespoke Post and I’m so nervous about checking them out. They been sitting there since Thursday. What other company brings about that sort of stress and anxiety towards opening the actual product? Can’t think of one.

@MikeH , c’mon we all know how well VMP keeps their word. :ROFLMAO:🤭
 
Dark Star Boogie said:
I feel you, I love when their products turn out flat, quiet, and on time but man how rarely does that happen? Yet I still can’t let go. Not sure why...definitely letting the positives outweigh the negatives.

Just received four of their albums from Bespoke Post and I’m so nervous about checking them out. They been sitting there since Thursday. What other company brings about that sort of stress and anxiety towards opening the actual product? Can’t think of one.

@MikeH , c’mon we all know how well VMP keeps their word. :ROFLMAO:🤭
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I mean I dealt with that stress and anxiety by immediately throwing them on the table in a rush to qc them all each month. It’s one of the big pros to not being there anymore! Letting off on Amazon (and mail orders in general) has greatly decreased my need to make sure everything is perfect and allowed me to actually indulge in the hobby again. I’m still buying more than I should but have slowed down and probably will continue to do so. I’m learning to live with the music again instead of letting it basically run my life.
 
MikeH said:
FWIW, you should be grandfathered into a one month plan so you could theoretically always cancel and just try to keep track of what they are releasing and hop back on if something you want comes up.
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I don’t think that’s true. 1 month was available when I signed up and after I cancelled, I checked to see if it was available and the only options were 3 and 12 months. I might have signed up for one month for OutKast, but thanks to PIF and no option that could be afforded with my store credit, I wasn’t tempted.
 
Dark Star Boogie said:
I feel you, I love when their products turn out flat, quiet, and on time but man how rarely does that happen? Yet I still can’t let go. Not sure why...definitely letting the positives outweigh the negatives.

Just received four of their albums from Bespoke Post and I’m so nervous about checking them out. They been sitting there since Thursday. What other company brings about that sort of stress and anxiety towards opening the actual product? Can’t think of one.

@MikeH , c’mon we all know how well VMP keeps their word. :ROFLMAO:🤭
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Yeah QC is an issue but I was looking at the curation itself too and for a company that sells itself on that their picks, save a notable few, are pretty low down on my regular rotation...
 
wmeugene said:
I don’t think that’s true. 1 month was available when I signed up and after I cancelled, I checked to see if it was available and the only options were 3 and 12 months. I might have signed up for one month for OutKast, but thanks to PIF and no option that could be afforded with my store credit, I wasn’t tempted.
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They get rid of one month every once in awhile usually when a big release like OutKast happens. They want new customers to be on the hook for multiple months. VMP stated (so take it with a grain of salt) that previous members would be able to re-sign up for a one month sub. I haven’t tested it out since I haven’t rejoined but that wasn’t my understanding.
 
MikeH said:
They get rid of one month every once in awhile usually when a big release like OutKast happens. They want new customers to be on the hook for multiple months. VMP stated (so take it with a grain of salt) that previous members would be able to re-sign up for a one month sub. I haven’t tested it out since I haven’t rejoined but that wasn’t my understanding.
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As a former member, I think it’s gone for good.
 
Joe Mac said:
Yeah QC is an issue but I was looking at the curation itself too and for a company that sells itself on that their picks, save a notable few, are pretty low down on my regular rotation...
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Started noticing that late last year. I really scaled back on my exclusives after that. Will say that Flying Lotus, Van Morrison, and De La Soul was a killer streak and get frequent spins from me.

I have more fun tracking down great pressings of albums I love rather than being FOMO’d into buying albums.
 
Dark Star Boogie said:
Started noticing that late last year. I really scaled back on my exclusives after that. Will say that Flying Lotus, Van Morrison, and De La Soul was a killer streak and get frequent spins from me.

I have more fun tracking down great pressings of albums I love rather than being FOMO’d into buying albums.
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I’d add Mavis to that and say that her album and Van get a lot of spins. The other two are far less regular but I’m glad to have de la soul and I that I think that “Until The Quiet Comes” in the bundle is a miles better album than the one that they picked for AOTM...

I’m having much more fun taking recommendations from people here because I know whose taste I trust and can respectfully filter out the rest 😀
 
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