TenderLovingKiller®
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Correct.
Vinyl Me Please Essentials
- Thread starter Captainfog
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jbspaulding
Member
Is anyone else's local stores getting the latest VMP releases now? It looks like Grimey's in Nashville got all of them in stock last Friday.
YoHabloEspanol
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How old is latest? Like January's ROTM? Offloading 2023 overstock?
TrainFan73
Frothy
I just looked at Grimey’s site and they listed this month’s records.
MikeH
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I know quite a few shops that get VMP records. Some in the Denver area have been given ROTMs to sell by VMP as a bit of a thank you to local shops. Other shops like Josey Records had an entire VMP section in their shop when I went a few years ago. Some shops seem to have subs and charge ROTM prices while paying swap prices.
TrainFan73
Frothy
I mean a swap cost the same as a rotm??
Isn’t every additional track after your first still at a discounted price?
THEEDADROCK.BLOG
Santa Extraordinaire
I've been seeing clumps of VMP's excrement at my locals every now and then
I’ve dumped a fair amount at my local every now and then
MikeH
Well-Known Member
I meant an add on track
Thackeraye
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My local shop gets in one of each thread in and sells them at inflated prices. Don’t think they sell that quickly…
TrainFan73
Frothy
If a shop were going to bring them in, why would they pay for them any other way than an annual sub?
For the first. But you can’t have all tracks yearly? Plus the add on price is still cheaper than the first track even on yearly no?
TrainFan73
Frothy
By a quarter a record. (US anyhow)
Ok fair enough, there’s a big old difference for us, that first record is very expensive.
MikeH
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curious how much Grimey's is selling them for. i bought Bill Withers from a shop in Denver when i wasn't a member and it was sold out at VMP. Think this was before the swap price increased but I paid around $40+ media mail shipping for it. i seem to remember them making something like $8-10 profit on it at the time.
I’d say that’s probably a pretty good margin for them. I know margins are bigger on vinyl than other media but 25% of the sticker to them has to be good. Can see why shops would do it.
MikeH
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yea the swap prices have gone up now but so have non-member prices i think. if you're looking to get a single ROTM as a non-member, the pricing is wild now + $10 shipping in the US. obviously they incentivize it so you become a member but many people don't want to subscribe for longer terms.
Yeah I think they’d find more people subscribing for longer if they had more voices involved in picking the AoTMs. There was a time when even I could pick one a month, it’s taken me 15 months to find three to resub for. They make some odd choices even within the artists they pick.
PS. Just looked add on for us is $36 which I’m guessing is the same you for you? I don’t know why that would be more?
PPS. Which is much cheaper than main track which last time was $163.59 for three months with the referral code discount. That’s almost $55 a record discounted. Without the referral discount it would be $195ish or approx $65 a record.
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MikeH
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Plus $36 for an add on track I think.
i was more open to take chances on stuff when the add on tracks were $23 or whatever. But I rarely do now unless it’s an album I really like. So im not unlike you except I like jazz so have a few more options haha. Some of the true store exclusives lately have been more my speed. The sly, Ninas, Elton, etc. so I’ve been fine with swapping for credit to pick up some of those when there isn’t a ROTM I want.