Dead C
Well-Known Member
Yeah. It's not entitlement. You should be able to use the website and utilize the options listed in the membership that you're paying for.
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Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)
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Yeah. It's not entitlement. You should be able to use the website and utilize the options listed in the membership that you're paying for.
MikeH
Well-Known Member
I shouldn’t have to sit there for 45 min hitting refresh on an e-commerce website to try to give a company my money. I’m not mad other people got the swaps. I’m frustrated (once again) that the site malfunctioned.
MikeH
Well-Known Member
They still release some good stuff but very few things now are truly exclusives. You can almost always get a pressing elsewhere even if it’s just a different variant. An OG press of the Errol Garner record is $2+ shipping on discogs and it’s all analogue whereas this pressing is a digital remaster. Curation lately has been mostly weak outside of a few things here and there and when they hype the swaps and nothing works on the site then not really sure why the club is worth it anymore for me.
heartswells
Member
The whole set up is like purchasing concert tickets, right? There is a large demand and so you will get rejected until the system deems itself ready to accept your swap/order.
Perhaps I didn’t fully grasp the situation and the site went down or people were unable to swap for even the easy to obtain swaps, I just assumed the error messages popping up as a sign that you were trying to buy something that dozens of others were also trying to.
Perhaps I didn’t fully grasp the situation and the site went down or people were unable to swap for even the easy to obtain swaps, I just assumed the error messages popping up as a sign that you were trying to buy something that dozens of others were also trying to.
Expensive Headache
Member
I haven’t gotten my April records yet. That part isn’t my issue, but rather that my swap reverted back to rick Ross and they shipped it even after I emailed well in advance. Tired of giving money for warped records and inconsistent CS. For that reason, I’m out. (Cancelled until something decent comes up and/or they learn how to manage inventory.)
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Dead C
Well-Known Member
Nope. SWAPS weren't functioning, period. It didn't matter what you wanted. The excuse that the site couldn't handle this or that has been used consistently over the last 2 years. They said the migration would fix that. It's only gotten worse
heartswells
Member
My bad, but also anyone who writes “how are you going to make this right?” is a bit of a twat in my experience.
Was it confirmed that the VMP version is a digital remaster? On the product page it makes it seem like it’s analog but of course the wording doesn’t make it clear that it didn’t go through a digital stage too:
| Remastering Details | Plangent Processed From Original Master Tapes |
dhodo
Well-Known Member
Yep.
Plangent Processes - the finest tape playback on the planet
The Plangent Processes Playback System is a hybrid hardware/software, combining state-of-the-art analog coupled with unique digital signal processing.
www.plangentprocesses.com
Kyuuji
Active Member
Swap shops for Premier League football stickers were more reliable than this in the 90's!
Between that and the fact this is all about vinyl records it's looking more and more like modern technology was a mistake.
Granted this forum would function a lot slower via carrier pigeon
......though probably still faster than the VMP customer support
I wasn’t aware of this process, thanks for the link appreciate it. Interesting choice when there’s already great examples of all analog transfer, but that’s a different discussion.Yep.
Plangent Processes - the finest tape playback on the planet
The Plangent Processes Playback System is a hybrid hardware/software, combining state-of-the-art analog coupled with unique digital signal processing.
TheThinWhiteDuke
Well-Known Member
It's because Plangent Process has a digital step.
HOWEVER.
I would take a Plangent Processed remaster over almost any original AAA source unless it was already impeccably mastered. Plangent is AWESOME.
scotthilk
Well-Known Member
I’m guessing The Stoogies won’t be a tough album to get either via swaps or Discogs.
dhodo
Well-Known Member
I'm guessing there was damage to the tapes or something and that's why they did it. Not sure though.
That was my guess Too. I‘ve never heard heard a record that went through the Plangent process so I can’t knock it.
Mather
Unknown Member
Pretty sure this was one of the Capitol fires masters that was lost.
DeadwaxDude
Well-Known Member
Kyuuji
Active Member
Is there an influx of new members in here?
If so...
Imagine how frustrating it would have been without everyone lol. If anything it got me to look up and find where Black Pumas was still available in deluxe splatter new for RRP.
The time dilation from VMP Support working out of what I can only assume is the surface of that wave planet from Interstellar is the only thing currently pausing my finger. As and when that broadcast reaches Earth and confirms there's no way they can get the records back to me because Matt Damon went wild in their server room - then I'll buy it.