The National - Cherry Tree Club

michael_c said:
Looks like it could be this one:
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Very interesting coincidence for me - I was at the 2018 Red Rocks show that was two days before this one, AND was at the show in Denver featured on Vol. 2.

Going by this logic, I predict Vol. 4 will feature a summer 2013 TWFM show 🙃
 
Twentytwo said:
Which is why it should have been limited to one copy. This membership should not be your lifeline to a second income flipping records. Seems like lots of Cherry Tree subscribers missed out on this.
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I guarantee even with 1 copy per person, people would be flipping these. It'll be interesting to see what these sell for but with a black version also coming out, I don't know that these flippers will get these kinds of prices for em.

Looking like my records are arriving on saturday if USPS happens to be right in their tracking...
 
It's probably a thankless position to be in as a band/merch company. Limiting orders to 1 stops some flippers but I imagine there are people who do actual group/gift orders who would email them asking why they can't compromise and set a limit at 2-3, etc.

There's also the uncomfortable reality that flippers are part of the ecosystem that creates FOMO and boosts sales. Even a band as large and collectable as the National can get stuck with dead stock of a limited variant if the illusion of scarcity is removed (it looks like their IATEF Cherry Tree variant hung around too long and cooled off hard and is still available today or at least it was available recently).
 
MikeH said:
I guarantee even with 1 copy per person, people would be flipping these. It'll be interesting to see what these sell for but with a black version also coming out, I don't know that these flippers will get these kinds of prices for em.

Looking like my records are arriving on saturday if USPS happens to be right in their tracking...
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Some, but not as many. Like I said I still think my biggest issue with this whole thing is that they gave no pressing info on these colored versions and made no mention of them being limited. They let people know pressing info with High Violet 10th Anniversary CT Exclusive , it shouldn't have been that hard to do that with these. The yearly records are great, but the people running the club leave a lot to be desired.
 
swamp jazz box set said:
It's probably a thankless position to be in as a band/merch company. Limiting orders to 1 stops some flippers but I imagine there are people who do actual group/gift orders who would email them asking why they can't compromise and set a limit at 2-3, etc.

There's also the uncomfortable reality that flippers are part of the ecosystem that creates FOMO and boosts sales. Even a band as large and collectable as the National can get stuck with dead stock of a limited variant if the illusion of scarcity is removed (it looks like their IATEF Cherry Tree variant hung around too long and cooled off hard and is still available today or at least it was available recently).
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Yes but with I am Hard to find there were mutiple colored variants, same with High Violet 10th Anniversary. Cherry Tree, SSFDL, S/T were all out of print and only had a very limited colored pressing in 2010,
 
MikeH said:
I guarantee even with 1 copy per person, people would be flipping these. It'll be interesting to see what these sell for but with a black version also coming out, I don't know that these flippers will get these kinds of prices for em.

Looking like my records are arriving on saturday if USPS happens to be right in their tracking...
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Well I guess it beats this.

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Twentytwo said:
Well I guess it beats this.

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THE NATIONAL Cherry Tree Vol 2 FAN CLUB Live Bundle Vinyl 3LP with extras | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for THE NATIONAL Cherry Tree Vol 2 FAN CLUB Live Bundle Vinyl 3LP with extras at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
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None of these are gonna sell though. $200 is the highest any cherry tree package has sold for on ebay and that was Vol 1 with everything included. Someone also sold a bundle of 1 + 2 with every extra for $300. One copy of the Cherry Tree split EP has sold for $189 but I wouldn't be shocked if that's someone "selling" it to boost the price artificially. There was 1 bid on it.

I understand people are frustrated by how it was rolled out with not having a pressing number when it launched. But it's a popular band with some pretty ravenous fans putting out a limited exclusive. It was always going to sell out quickly. And it really sucks to see people already flipping this release but I have just accepted that it's sadly part of the game now. It's going to happen with every limited release.

Hoping there's a restock of some replacement copies after they are all mailed out. I'll keep an eye out for ya!
 
swamp jazz box set said:
It's probably a thankless position to be in as a band/merch company. Limiting orders to 1 stops some flippers but I imagine there are people who do actual group/gift orders who would email them asking why they can't compromise and set a limit at 2-3, etc.

There's also the uncomfortable reality that flippers are part of the ecosystem that creates FOMO and boosts sales. Even a band as large and collectable as the National can get stuck with dead stock of a limited variant if the illusion of scarcity is removed (it looks like their IATEF Cherry Tree variant hung around too long and cooled off hard and is still available today or at least it was available recently).
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I feel like we’ve covered this before on this thread, but the notion that a fan club offering member-exclusive items should be accounting for the fact that their members might want to gift exclusive items to non-members seems bizarre to me.
 
Space Wanderer said:
I feel like we’ve covered this before on this thread, but the notion that a fan club offering member-exclusive items should be accounting for the fact that their members might want to gift exclusive items to non-members seems bizarre to me.
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I think all limited records should be limited to 1 per customer as best as they can. When you're the only retailer who is selling a limited item, there really is no reason to allow people to buy more than one. If you want to buy 2 Cherry Tree memberships because you want 2 copies, then sure--do your thing. But the 1 per customer seems like the best fix for something like this and doesn't seem particularly hard to do. Even if they can't do it in their software/backend, they can easily cancel a 2nd order with the same name/address or payment method or any orders that have multiple copies ordered.
 
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