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

wynn72 said:
He's just an energetic, excited guy, he did state also how good Shabaka was in the same comment. After a month of people shitting on Salt-n-Pepa, I don't really read his comment as hating on Shabaka. Moreso (in his very Nathan way) trying to hype someone up for getting The Roots, since Shabaka was denied for them.
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You're probably right. To be honest, VMP hype is just entirely lost on me at this point. @NathanRicaud sorry if I misread your intent. Assuming the hype parade must continue, carry on!
 
hatfieldpdx said:
You're probably right. To be honest, VMP hype is just entirely lost on me at this point. @NathanRicaud sorry if I misread your intent. Assuming the hype parade must continue, carry on!
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I hear ya. I've probably bought more from them than almost anyone on here but I'm beyond fed up with them. They give me way more stress than enjoyment at this point. Still, it's nice to see someone like Nathan who can still get excited for new releases and phase out the awful business running part.
 
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YimYames said:
Man you guys, being a member seems like a ton of work and very time consuming. All over some pretty bland variants? Back in the day VMP was actually fun, not just getting new records but enjoyable to follow and exciting watch the releases. Maybe it still is but from the outside looking in just looks like a huge headache.

Are you even excited anymore by the time you receive what you are supposed to?
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I know this is the case for a lot of people - pretty much all my interest in VMP as a club (rather than as a store) ended when they shut the forums down. Nothing petty, it was more that they just kinda shut themselves off from the "core" community and went for the more external community instead, like literally all stores do.

My membership expires on May 1. I'm honestly heartbroken that it ended like this, with months of issues and problems. I really hope they succeed and I feel excited to rejoin the club someday.
 
juiceless said:
Guys, ol' Nate is an enthusiastic character, but cmon, Phrenology is a damn masterpiece.
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So is that Shabaka. I know he didn't mean to put down anyone, but reading that an album shits on a freakin spiritual masterpiece made me lose my temper for a second. I mean, everyone is entitled to like whatever they want, but I think the lesser popularity of Shabaka (when compared to Roots) shouldn't keep anyone from acknowledging the tremendous artistic endeavor that WASHBH is.
 
juiceless said:
Guys, ol' Nate is an enthusiastic character, but cmon, Phrenology is a damn masterpiece.
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Yeah I get the personal opinion aspect, but Phrenology is a widely critically acclaimed classic from one of the best and most universally-respected acts in hip-hop history, it's hardly sacrilege to say it's better than another album. And I'm sure not a single person here actually holds any ill will towards that Shabaka record, it's just a figure of speech

On another note; I got an email last night saying that my request to swap for Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow was denied. Checked my account today, and my May record is going to be... Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow. I'd be really happy right now, if I had ANY reason to be confident that I'll end up getting it. Really glad they destroyed the website for three months so that we could go from "automated and easy swap system that's buggy and unreliable" to "tediously filling out a manual swap request form so that they can be individually processed one by one... that's buggy and unreliable"
 
GentleSenator said:
sorry to jump in mid-swap issue furor, but did these goofs ever bother to send any sort of communication out regarding the delay of the art blakey exclusive? i imagine not everyone knows about RTIs closure, right?
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I emailed a list of my pre-orders and asked them to put an expected date next to each one. Pauly for back to me and said that the Art Blakey is a September release. Not sure if that's changed, his response was sent to me a week ago.
 
chrb98 said:
Yeah I get the personal opinion aspect, but Phrenology is a widely critically acclaimed classic from one of the best and most universally-respected acts in hip-hop history, it's hardly sacrilege to say it's better than another album. And I'm sure not a single person here actually holds any ill will towards that Shabaka record, it's just a figure of speech
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From what I'm gathering from this whole thing, while remaining as removed as I could until now, it might not be the fact that he's saying that the Roots "shits on" the Shabaka album, but that, unfortunately, coming from Nathan, it can come across exactly as @agutierrezb stated.

agutierrezb said:
Nathan, this kind of hot and totally incorrect takes, added to your free VMP subscription, make it seem like you're a paid VMP hype man.
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There's no tact in that statement, which kind of "shits on" the Shabaka album that @uvwxVinyl wanted. I get that it wasn't meant to and, apparently he apologized for the wording, but there's very little tact in that. Also, it's just another in an endless stream of situations where somebody had something justifiably upsetting happen to them at the hands of VMP and Nathan -- or somebody else -- pops up to explain to them how them getting shafted is actually for their own good. Again, maybe that's well intentioned, but it's not always going to land the best. At this point, history should indicate that, a lot of the time, it's just going to piss people off.
 
parnell17 said:
Do I have to accept that I will receive "All Mirrors" by Angel Olsen (I already own the aquamarine version from the Secretly Store) that Vinyl Me Please has chosen for me? Still no feedback and no change to my swap. I try to avoid online trolling and put the whole thing into perspective... But I am a little angry.
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Have you tried using the swap form they sent out?
 
chrb98 said:
Yeah I get the personal opinion aspect, but Phrenology is a widely critically acclaimed classic from one of the best and most universally-respected acts in hip-hop history, it's hardly sacrilege to say it's better than another album.
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While certainly not sacrilege, would you say that very strongly suggesting that it is better than another album is respectful to the "personal opinion" of others?
 
I've given up on VMP responding on any channel at this point, which is still kind of a "pinch me" level of customer service to me lol. The more you know though. Just hope that everything with the orders ends up alright because I genuinely don't know what you can do once they've decided to ghost you entirely.
 
Kyuuji said:
I've given up on VMP responding on any channel at this point, which is still kind of a "pinch me" level of customer service to me lol. The more you know though. Just hope that everything with the orders ends up alright because I genuinely don't know what you can do once they've decided to ghost you entirely.
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Here’s the thing, there customer service often devolves to this level of ratfuckery that being said, worst case scenario they will at least make you whole, if you don’t get what you were supposed to get or some other dumb thing happens due to their incompetence the worst case scenario, they will give you a refund you may even end up with a free record or some store credit due to their insolence and I know we can all be impatient but they will eventually reply to your inquiry. Point being, you might not end up with what you ordered but they also won’t fuck ya over either.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Here’s the thing, there customer service often devolves to this level of ratfuckery that being said, worst case scenario they will at least make you whole, if you don’t get what you were supposed to get or some other dumb thing happens due to their incompetence the worst case scenario, they will give you a refund you may even end up with a free record or some store credit due to their insolence and I know we can all be impatient but they will eventually reply to your inquiry. Point being, you might not end up with what you ordered but they also won’t fuck ya over either.
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Good to know on the record delivery front, at least they’ve better communication there. Will just wait until before close tomorrow for a response on requests if nothing by then will lock some base choices in. At this stage it’s more bewilderment than frustration. Have already ordered the deluxe splatter of Black Pumas so not hanging onto it by a thread, mainly just curious to see if they do eventually get there as it’s three days on atm.
 
Kyuuji said:
Good to know on the record delivery front, at least they’ve better communication there. Will just wait until before close tomorrow for a response on requests if nothing by then will lock some base choices in. At this stage it’s more bewilderment than frustration. Have already ordered the deluxe splatter of Black Pumas so not hanging onto it by a thread, mainly just curious to see if they do eventually get there as it’s three days on atm.
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Black Puma’s is great. You will enjoy it!
 
parnell17 said:
Do I have to accept that I will receive "All Mirrors" by Angel Olsen (I already own the aquamarine version from the Secretly Store) that Vinyl Me Please has chosen for me? Still no feedback and no change to my swap. I try to avoid online trolling and put the whole thing into perspective... But I am a little angry.
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Hell no and if they charge you for it I’d demand a bunch of shit...it’s basically theft on their part imo
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Here’s the thing, there customer service often devolves to this level of ratfuckery that being said, worst case scenario they will at least make you whole, if you don’t get what you were supposed to get or some other dumb thing happens due to their incompetence the worst case scenario, they will give you a refund you may even end up with a free record or some store credit due to their insolence and I know we can all be impatient but they will eventually reply to your inquiry. Point being, you might not end up with what you ordered but they also won’t fuck ya over either.
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Yeah Im not of the opinion that refunding is “making things right” or not “fucking over”. The reason I bought it is I wanted the record more than the money. I have every classic release so far and if I dont get Otis or it ends up damaged and there are no replacements because it took them a month to send it out AND they ignored all emails, then that is not ok and a refund does not make it right. The CS has become just as garbage as the rest of the service lately.
 
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