Bandbox: an uncompensated review of an interesting new club

MikeH said:
I’m pretty sure if they never sent you anything, even if it’s past 60 days, your CC may still do a chargeback.
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My situation is that spent $80 on their Bandbucks sale, so they delivered a gift card, but I never received anything I ordered with it. Is that kind of thing still disputable?
 
This is my fourth post and it might seem a little suspicious, considering I just joined to make those posts. Hi!

I was lurking this thread for the past month or so, out of curiosity to see if anyone else has fallen victim to Bandbox's shortcomings as of recent, and it looks like I'm not alone in this debacle! Let me explain:

I am a huge fan of Presidents of the USA, and when they announced those Freaked Out and Small & Love Everybody vinyl, I was absolutely psyched- those albums have NEVER been pressed on wax since their introduction to the world in 2000 and 2004, respectively. Me and a PUSA Facebook group I'm in was absolutely crazy with it as well (one member bought 3 copies of both AND two shirts as a preorder!) I swung into action and bought both vinyl immediately (considering there was a cut-off date of September 30, the last day to preorder the two.)

However, I noticed something weird after a few months: the listings for the two products were still available for purchase 6 days after the supposed "cutoff day". One other person noticed this too, and they were shortly "sold out". ANOTHER instance came December 12th (or a bit earlier?) where I noticed both were available for purchase, TWO MONTHS after the "cutoff day". However, someone must've been luring the Facebook group by then, and they disabled the option to buy 'em again by tomorrow morning.

Something else interesting I've noticed is that pictures started popping up on Discogs around January 16th of this year. What I've gathered is that these likely do NOT come from people working at Bandbox, but rather people who emailed the company, asking if they could have the vinyl first then the zines second. Most people got lucky, but it still came as a surprise to the Facebook group that copies DID EXIST and weren't even in their hands yet. Not a good sign.

I mentioned this thread to the fine people at the Facebook group, and some didn't seem too concerned, at least in a Yo La Tengo group:

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Then we got the e-mail from February 23rd, basically saying "yeah things are still fine, we're just moving our records to a different company that could ship them for us! we'll be shipping out within two weeks, smiley face :)". A bit of a step up from absolutely no communication for the past month, but it was something, I guess. Then we all know what happened today.

I'm just as disappointed (and mad) as every single one of you in this thread. Knowing that two of the most prized things in my life will never come to fruition is a sad reality that I absolutely hate to live in. I've lurked the thread for a few weeks now, and apparently there's over two dozen albums that haven't even been shipped out to fans yet??? The fact that the operations are completely done for and no orders will be shipped is a very harsh blow, considering that they filed for an assignment for the benefit of creditors the day of the email saying that everything is fine. Talk about bullshit.

I recommend going to PayPal about any of this, make a claim, and I'm sure they'll be able to help you out from there. Sorry for the folks who paid in play money Bandbux.

Thanks for the memories, Bandbox. Notice how I didn't say "good" memories.
 
Did the inventory on spending vs receiving from this company, and it appears I gave them $203 and received 16 albums ($12.68/album)...

What's left unfulfilled is 7 preordered albums and $113 in unused gift card credit.

I don't feel like I was completely hosed in the long run, but...hard not to feel salty with that much left sitting on the table.
 
I'm down about $40 on account of Luna - Rendezvous, luckily Pam sent me Baseball Project and Elliot Smith without the zines late last year.

Edit: my Luna order was placed in June last year, so I guess PayPal won't help me out.
 
MikeH said:
I do have a few if this offer is serious…
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I wouldn’t mind taking a look. I do have God Loves Ugly and The Weight is a Gift. But I always found myself perusing their site and seeing artists I enjoyed, just not interested enough to pull the trigger on most. Maybe I’m the kind of buyer they were trying to lure in more permanently.
 
gafacaode said:
I'm down about $40 on account of Luna - Rendezvous, luckily Pam sent me Baseball Project and Elliot Smith without the zines late last year.

Edit: my Luna order was placed in June last year, so I guess PayPal won't help me out.
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I should have asked Pam to send without zines. I’m an idiot! I could have only been stiffed 14 instead of 17 records!
 
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