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Indymisanthrope said:
I COMPLETELY missed that. How did that information become known? Is this just a site any old person can access like Kickstarter?
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someone posted a link to one of the campaigns on the reddit page I think. It was an open campaign in exactly the Kickstarter vein but I’m not sure whether there was a minimum stake or what it was. It’s how we know that they have approx 27,000 individual subscribers on a given month.

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Joe Mac said:
they used a funding company called kickfurther to fund QOTSA with 8% returns. They’re currently running, or maybe just finished running, campaigns for a Essentials in Feb/March and another thing too.
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Did they do one for Queens? At one point I posted that, but tried to correct it when I saw that the one I was referring to was actually for buying rights to the Flaming Lips releases. They're doing it again to fund product for the upcoming 3 month block that ends in March or April, I think.
 
Dead C said:
Did they do one for Queens? At one point I posted that, but tried to correct it when I saw that the one I was referring to was actually for buying rights to the Flaming Lips releases. They're doing it again to fund product for the upcoming 3 month block that ends in March or April, I think.
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sorry, no, you are right, it was the lips! I just read the campaign! I think my mistake may have come from reading your mistake because I think that it was you who originally put me into the kickfurther existence haha!
 
Joe Mac said:
sorry, no, you are right, it was the lips! I just read the campaign! I think my mistake may have come from reading your mistake because I think that it was you who originally put me into the kickfurther existence haha!
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Yeah. It's not any better either way. They're definitely funding their products through investors, which is particularly fucked because it actually separates the method they're utilizing from crowdfunding on a platform like Kickstarter in one very major way. On kickstarter or bandcamp you can fund a release through preorders. Meanwhile, they already have everyone's money from paid preorders and memberships, which I'd imagine, if handled with some semblance of competency, shouldn't require additional investors. They spent your record money on anoraks and company parties
 
Joe Mac said:
someone posted a link to one of the campaigns on the reddit page I think. It was an open campaign in exactly the Kickstarter vein but I’m not sure whether there was a minimum stake or what it was. It’s how we know that they have approx 27,000 individual subscribers on a given month.

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It's kind of scary given all their 'success', that they can't just approach a bank about a loan.
 
bfly said:
bank loans prob don't jive with le vibe.

what a bunch of shenanigans.
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Joe Mac said:
Yup! I was wrong about 8%, it’s 6.6%, but that seems high for a business loan in the current financial climate. I can get an unsecured loan for a few grand to buy a car at 6ish%
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This all screams that they're barely breaking even and could potentially close up shop any day now. If you're not making enough of a profit from 30k subscribers a month, you'll never turn a profit in this business.
 
Joe Mac said:
someone posted a link to one of the campaigns on the reddit page I think. It was an open campaign in exactly the Kickstarter vein but I’m not sure whether there was a minimum stake or what it was. It’s how we know that they have approx 27,000 individual subscribers on a given month.

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They also for some reason refer to Doggystyle as "Gin and Juice"
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High Rant District said:
All the signs point to VMP closing shop abruptly. I’d submit PayPal and credit card claims right now. Records not arriving tells me they don’t have stock on a LOT of titles, which points to money issues. Them having to crowdfund new releases is another, less jarring sign, but soooooo much stuff not arriving is a sign. Also, it appears clear they were unable to pay an experienced IT professional to handle their migration. That it STILL isn’t fixed says they still aren’t able or willing to pay what it costs a pro to fix.

All speculation on my part, but the signs are all there. Cancel any subs before they renew, and ask your payment provider for refunds NOW for all unreceived products.

If you are experiencing a problem now, and ever buy anything from VMP again, it’ll be your fault, not VMPs.
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For those familiar with the company SoundStage Direct, their situation was eerily similar. They were a fully reliable shop at one point (probably even more than VMP), kind of a competitor to Music Direct and Acoustic Sounds.

One month, they just stopped shipping stuff. Then, as a “sorry” for the shipping issues, they offered a big sale, selling a ton more product. Months went by and no one got anything. Then, the website went offline, it was gone, and your only recourse was CC/PayPal claims.

As @High Rant District says, look out for yourselves. At a certain point, there’s no coming back from major financial issues—don’t be surprised if they need to cut bait.
 
TimmahTao said:
TBF, as far as I can tell, he just gets on reddit to piss in peoples' cheerios.
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dmoney said:
naw his thing now is to play the victim and then threaten to stop posting
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Dead C said:
That's always been his thing
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Ok I don't know who has said what to him in DM, but I have NEVER seen anything approaching this on the subreddit publicly.This seems like a victim card throwdown. I would mention this there but I don't want to end up like our tomato-y friend.
 
D Jilla said:
For those familiar with the company SoundStage Direct, their situation was eerily similar. They were a fully reliable shop at one point (probably even more than VMP), kind of a competitor to Music Direct and Acoustic Sounds.

One month, they just stopped shipping stuff. Then, as a “sorry” for the shipping issues, they offered a big sale, selling a ton more product. Months went by and no one got anything. Then, the website went offline, it was gone, and your only recourse was CC/PayPal claims.

As @High Rant District says, look out for yourselves. At a certain point, there’s no coming back from major financial issues—don’t be surprised if they need to cut bait.
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Lord, you've invoked SSD. Don't even mention that they were once the darling indie retailer, the cool one that would ship your records outside the jacket to avoid seam splits. The first one to have that shadow-repressed Tom Petty Live Anthology set. Then yes, they left like thieves in the night hosing everyone.
 
foks said:
They also for some reason refer to Doggystyle as "Gin and Juice"
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Yeah. I mentioned that earlier. It's all Adam

Dead C said:
This guy


This guy

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Adam Block, Vinyl Me, Please - VCIC

Judge, 2019 MBA Mountain LinkedIn This is the third role that I have been privileged to play with VCIC. In 2014, my team (CU) finished 2nd Globally, and in 2015 I pitched Simple Energy as an entrepreneur. Today, I complete the VCIC trifecta as a judge. I moved to Boulder in 2012 to get my
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And the guy who wrote this, which is probably why he's hands on trying to get these albums back

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He wrote an interesting testimonial here, too

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Dead C said:
Yeah. I mentioned that earlier. It's all Adam
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"I am currently CFO at Vinyl Me, Please where I get to combine my two passions of startup finance and music. When not working, I can be found skiing, working on old cars, or starting businesses with my dog Hoss, an American Bulldog. "

-mentions music is one of his two passions, music not listed among hobbies-

*cough*DOUCHE*cough*
 
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