MikeH
Well-Known Member
I think it makes a lot of sense for international subscribers to be VMP members when shipping is factored in. For US customers, there are a lot of other options for most of the exclusives that VMP has. I know the pandemic is causing some delays, but VMP is constantly overselling and color pressings arrive weeks if not months after other shops.Yeah the delays are annoying for sure. Im in the situation where its usually cheaper for me to get a VMP exclusive from the US over ordering a copy from the next town across from me (when postage is considered). I don't really mind waiting as music isn't time-sensitive, but it does annoy me when there's constant delays which we are not told about until we ask for an update ourself.
As for the delays in monthly shipping, they are getting worse and worse. When I first signed up, I would always get my ROTM by the 12th of the month. Now I don't even get it sometimes until the next ROTM is announced.
VMP has a pretty big forum presence now. The subreddit is huge with 12k subscribers. As they have more and more issues, people are more vocal about it. I don't have a lot of faith in VMP to fix a lot of these issues any time soon.
And I'm with @Geologyst --late ROTMs are a little annoying but I'm okay waiting on them. It's the preorders coming so late after every other shop's that makes me not want to order any of their exclusives anymore. I got the Chet Baker Mr. B order from Bullmoose over a month ago (received it a few days before release day actually) and I know some VMP members haven't even gotten shipping notices yet.