Recent content by Trainman

Great choice, if you enjoy wines from the Valpolicella region I would highly recommend any of the various Amarone types, rich and dry it's probably my go to wine of choice. Masi Costasera Amarone Classico is probably my favourite out of the lot but they tend to be a little bit pricier as is...

It's funny that you mention your gf wanting to retire there, I was born and raised in Portugal for the first 13 years of my life before making Canada our permanent home and I've been back many times with friends, gf's, etc who have never been before and that's usually the conclusion they all...

Finally just got the King Krule email from VMP. Only 24 hrs late. Thanks VMP great job on improving communication.

Well said my friend. I said it before you only need to look at Melvin from Soul Step Records (who happens to also be a member here on N&G) for an example of this. I have bought several records from him and never once did I miss out on a new release because of lack of communication. Usually an...

I honestly don't remember and the page is long gone so no way to check unless someone remembers. I was just surprised to see no VMP treatment at all, not even a VMP hype sticker...like I said until I opened it and checked the colour I honestly thought they had just gone down to their local...

So my Black Pumas arrived today...and unexpectedly and without notice in the same box was Spoon which happened to be one of the albums that was missing from my order page. My guess is that although the system isn't displaying orders correctly that somewhere in the background they do have a...

So here's the latest update I just received. "Hi xxxxxxx, In our continued effort to keep you up-to-date on the status of your order(s): As of 5p ET today, we have shipped approximately 85% of our December orders, and we now anticipate being caught up in the next 5-7 days. Again we would...

VMP could learn something about communication after all it's been at least a week since they said they're figuring out what to say to their rather upset customers. So indulge me while I tell you about two particular examples of great communication. First there's this...meant to order this when...