Vinyl Me Please Rap & Hip Hop

bdrummond said:
Agreed if they messed up they should stick with the orders placed. This whole thing is messed up, and I actually feel bad for the CS guy dealing with this nonsense. He apologized for his biting response which was appreciated, but still he's getting dumped with someone's massive fuckup here and maybe shouldn't have responded before getting all the facts.
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I honestly cut VMP a lot of slack. They've always been very good to me. But this allowing non members to purchase big drops has been going on forever and they should be catching hell for this one. They make the same "mistake" over and over again (not sure it's actually a mistake)... There should be advantages to being a member beyond slightly cheaper prices, this is EXACTLY the type of thing that should be given member priority. Not Paulie's fault at all, he's just the scapegoat every damn time...

And those wait lists? Has anyone ever gotten a single email from those things? I'm pretty sure that every time an item comes back into stock that's on a member waitlist, the only thing that happens is a faint beep goes off somewhere in Siberia.
 
Mather said:
I honestly cut VMP a lot of slack. They've always been very good to me. But this allowing non members to purchase big drops has been going on forever and they should be catching hell for this one. They make the same "mistake" over and over again (not sure it's actually a mistake)... There should be advantages to being a member beyond slightly cheaper prices, this is EXACTLY the type of thing that should be given member priority. Not Paulie's fault at all, he's just the scapegoat every damn time...

And those wait lists? Has anyone ever gotten a single email from those things? I'm pretty sure that every time an item comes back into stock that's on a member waitlist, the only thing that happens is a faint beep goes off somewhere in Siberia.
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To be fair I actually did get the waitlist email for this one...but as others pointed out it has the non-members price so it seems clear that this wasn't a members only exclusive drop. Someone dropped the ball here and yeah, as a paying member who's cut them a ton of slack it'd be nice if there was some benefit aside from lower prices.
 
bdrummond said:
To be fair I actually did get the waitlist email for this one...but as others pointed out it has the non-members price so it seems clear that this wasn't a members only exclusive drop. Someone dropped the ball here and yeah, as a paying member who's cut them a ton of slack it'd be nice if there was some benefit aside from lower prices.
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Really? What does the wait-list email look like? I'm not sure it matters if they send an email out to everyone not on the wait list for it at the same time, though.
 
Mather said:
And those wait lists? Has anyone ever gotten a single email from those things? I'm pretty sure that every time an item comes back into stock that's on a member waitlist, the only thing that happens is a faint beep goes off somewhere in Siberia.
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Haven't they stated in the past that those lists don't count as dibs or anything, their sole purpose is just to help them gauge interest for repress priority? Maybe I dreamed that.
 
dhodo said:
Really? What does the wait-list email look like? I'm not sure it matters if they send an email out to everyone not on the wait list for it at the same time, though.
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Mine was actually a plain text one with the VMP logo saying it's available and portions of the proceeds go to the Dumile family. I think other's got one with the price too. But the link was definitely open to members and non-members alike with both pricing on the page.

EDIT: Here's the full text. Thankfully I got mine long before VMP poked the hornet's nest with a DOOM shaped stick.

On October 31st, 2020, the world lost the prolific and legendary talent, musician, rapper, producer, and creator Daniel Dumile, best known by his stage name MF DOOM.


A master, pillar, and game-changer of underground hip-hop, his substantial legacy and impact will be observed and honored for countless generations of music enthusiasts to come.


Following his passing, VMP is restocking 500 units of our pressing of his fifth studio album, MM..FOOD, and a portion of the sales will be donated to Dumile’s wife, Jasmine, and family.


Because you are on the waitlist for this title, we just wanted to give you a heads up. Head here to purchase MM..FOOD.
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bdrummond said:
Mine was actually a plain text one with the VMP logo saying it's available and portions of the proceeds go to the Dumile family. I think other's got one with the price too. But the link was definitely open to members and non-members alike with both pricing on the page.

EDIT: Here's the full text. Thankfully I got mine long before VMP poked the hornet's nest with a DOOM shaped stick.
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Interesting, mine is the formatted one, with exactly the same text, except those last two sentences, and was sent at 12:05pm EST. So they are sending them earlier to waitlisters? That's better than nothing.
 
dhodo said:
Interesting, mine is the formatted one, with exactly the same text, except those last two sentences, and was sent at 12:05pm EST. So they are sending them earlier to waitlisters? That's better than nothing.
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I got mine at 12:06pm EST. VMP got buried in a mountain of internet-hate just before 1...seriously, the reddit thread is a giant dumpster fire.
 
bdrummond said:
I got mine at 12:06pm EST. VMP got buried in a mountain of internet-hate just before 1...seriously, the reddit thread is a giant dumpster fire.
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Ha, guess I'm lucky then. If I had checked it then maybe I should have used the "exploit" of them sending me a direct link even though I'm not a member so I could give them to others on here. Fortunately I have a copy for myself. Glad you were able to get one.
 
dhodo said:
Ha, guess I'm lucky then. If I had checked it then maybe I should have used the "exploit" of them sending me a direct link even though I'm not a member so I could give them to others on here. Fortunately I have a copy for myself. Glad you were able to get one.
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Oh I got mine a couple months back when it was up for swaps. I probably should've picked my battles because I honestly feel bad for Pauly right now, but my point still stands that this needs to not happen. There's quite a few popular titles I would love to come back in stock (I joined after missing QOTSA and De La Soul for example) but as a member I think we should get first dibs on them before they show up on /r/vinylreleases/ or in the hands of flippers. I am 100% on board if they want to sell to non members after 24-48 hours, but give us a chance first. We're the ones paying the membership fees.

I don't think this was a mistake, they saw that there was an opportunity to sell a ton of albums at the non-member price and were standing there licking their lips and rubbing their hands together.
 
Not a member, not on the want list, got an email at 12:05.

I swear last time this "loophole" thing came up they did the same thing, refunded those non members and swore that they'd fix this issue... mission accomplished
 
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dhodo said:
Haven't they stated in the past that those lists don't count as dibs or anything, their sole purpose is just to help them gauge interest for repress priority? Maybe I dreamed that.
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No you’re right, I remember seeing that too and have never heard of anyone ever being contacted through a waitlist email.

Case in point: I waitlisted Monk’s Palo Alto literally 15 minutes after it sold out. I was never given any early heads up it was briefly back in the store on Wednesday.
 


Pretty broad first clue if we assume it's like Country and that's the artist's album number. Although I guess we can start speculating on somebody who had a good fourth album.


Edit: Ludacris - Chicken-n-Beer lol
 
NewsFedora said:


Pretty broad first clue if we assume it's like Country and that's the artist's album number. Although I guess we can start speculating on somebody who had a good fourth album.


Edit: Ludacris - Chicken-n-Beer lol
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World rap? Never heard of that genre. I guess they mean non-usa rap. Hard to imagine them doing a non english rap album for essentials.
 
dhodo said:
World rap? Never heard of that genre. I guess they mean non-usa rap. Hard to imagine them doing a non english rap album for essentials.
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They've done some off-the-wall stuff for Essentials before. It would be pretty trollish of them to celebrate their 100th ROTM with one, though. On the other hand, 100 is just a number and it's not one they've particularly hyped up so far...

Essentials thread is thinking it's M.I.A. which is as good a guess as any.
 
NewsFedora said:
They've done some off-the-wall stuff for Essentials before. It would be pretty trollish of them to celebrate their 100th ROTM with one, though. On the other hand, 100 is just a number and it's not one they've particularly hyped up so far...

Essentials thread is thinking it's M.I.A. which is as good a guess as any.
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Sorry, didn't realize it was the wrong thread. Wonder why we don't refer to Beatles albums as world rock 🤔.
 
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