It wasn't quite that random. There was a list of 7 titles (5 they asked for with 2 extra, just in case) and that was the 7th out of them. I never bought the VMP version, because I have an OG pressing. If you look on reddit, however, some people are definitely getting pressings that weren't on their request lists.
The contacts from Adam with the shipping labels came after you'd sent in which pressings you were interested in, but with zero confirmation about getting any of them. I just thought the whole thing was kind of shitty to have the CFO emailing people from the warehouse, while those same people still had multiple unfilled orders and ignored CS tickets. He was prioritizing getting something sent to him without even offering to send the people he was asking their outstanding orders and getting that settled, let alone continuing to leave those affected negatively in the dark. For all anyone knew, if they sent an extra Mobb Deep or Coltrane back, they might still never get their other orders shipped in the end, with all of the issues and canceled orders, so all they'd be doing is giving up the only leverage they even had and possibly winding up completely empty ganded.