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

gouis said:
Again.

If there are personal issues settle them in DMs. Please leave this space for discussion of the VMP store
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I thought that was exactly what we weren't gonna do. Tell people what they could talk about where. Because if we're gonna start telling people to only discuss the store in here, I better see some mods/admins doing that not only in this thread but in every.single.thread on this forum.
 
MikeH said:
Amazon very regularly has this for $25. I set a camelcamelcamel alert for it a few months ago and have gotten alerts at least 5x. So while it is retailing at around $40 at a lot of retailers, it's VERY possible to get a brand new copy for way cheaper.

cc: @displayname
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Yep I know and I got it from Amazon around that price too but I was just saying that only Amazon and Walmart can get away with selling it that cheap. Real record stores and small businesses can’t sell it that cheap. Why it’s $48 on VMP I have no idea.
 
displayname said:
That's awesome! However I don't always trust Amazon when shipping vinyl. I've seen some sloppy packaging and heard of the wrong editions going out from them too. But on the positive side, they are very quick to offer a full refund when they have an issue. So that makes is worth the shot.
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Fair enough. I trust them more than VMP's shipping though haha. My issues with Amazon shipping have mostly been with Amazon Warehouse shipping. And as you said, they are VERY quick to offer a full refund if there are any issues. I've had some weird packaging sent (lately I got a Tone Poet pressing in a giant box with some paper around it) but mostly I get boxes within boxes now which is also weird.

For the $15 I saved on that Fleetwood Mac pressing (which is phenomenal by the way), it was worth it.
 
mitchwagz said:
Yep I know and I got it from Amazon around that price too but I was just saying that only Amazon and Walmart can get away with selling it that cheap. Real record stores and small businesses can’t sell it that cheap. Why it’s $48 on VMP I have no idea.
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Because they are pricing shipping into their records. It's not really "free" shipping from VMP.
 
mitchwagz said:
Yep I know and I got it from Amazon around that price too but I was just saying that only Amazon and Walmart can get away with selling it that cheap. Real record stores and small businesses can’t sell it that cheap. Why it’s $48 on VMP I have no idea.
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This is true, but this is where I question the person making the store inventory choices, why put this in there when you're no where near competitive in pricing, unless of course you're banking on the user base that just doesn't research or price compare online. I got mine from Walmart last week, sent to my local and it cost me $24 :)
 
I can't help but think of one of my favourite Onion articles:

entertainment.theonion.com

Man Who Bought 34th Anniversary Reissue Of Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours' Feeling Like Real Idiot After Passing Display For 35th Anniversary Edition

ENID, OK—Longtime Fleetwood Mac fan Michael Gastin reportedly felt like a complete moron this week after walking by a retail display for the 35th anniversary remastered CD box set of the band’s celebrated 1977 album Rumours, released less than a year after he purchased the Rumours 34th...
entertainment.theonion.com entertainment.theonion.com
 
AnthonyI said:
This is true, but this is where I question the person making the store inventory choices, why put this in there when you're no where near competitive in pricing, unless of course you're banking on the user base that just doesn't research or price compare online. I got mine from Walmart last week, sent to my local and it cost me $24 :)
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Exactly, half the price and under 1/6th of the time. VMP can do what they want, but these selections really seem geared toward a few people making impulse purchases.
 
Teeeee said:
I thought that was exactly what we weren't gonna do. Tell people what they could talk about where. Because if we're gonna start telling people to only discuss the store in here, I better see some mods/admins doing that not only in this thread but in every.single.thread on this forum.
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Teeeee said:
I thought that was exactly what we weren't gonna do. Tell people what they could talk about where. Because if we're gonna start telling people to only discuss the store in here, I better see some mods/admins doing that not only in this thread but in every.single.thread on this forum.
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@Teeeee , @gouis was referencing "Personal" issues, not VMP related discussion, pro or con.
 
AnthonyI said:
@Teeeee , @gouis was referencing "Personal" issues, not VMP related discussion, pro or con.
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gouis said:
Again.

If there are personal issues settle them in DMs. Please leave this space for discussion of the VMP store
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Apologies if I misinterpreted. But the bold part of his statement is what lead me to believe that it wasn't just about personal issues. If we're allowed to post what we want, then....

 
goodoohuru said:
Also, who are the people that are hanging around just to post hostile things about VMP, I'd like to know.
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I'm one of those people.

Imagine a puppy. All some seem to see is that the puppy is cute- as puppies are. They can't see the puppy has the runs, has shit all over the carpet, continues to do so and needs to see a veterinarian asap. Petting the puppy and hoping it'll get better isn't the solution.

The difference is I have compassion for the puppy.
 
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