Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

grendel627 said:
Sure, whether to renew your subscription is a personal decision. If you think the price hike is fair, stick with 'em to the end.

But it seems like there's also a of the sentiment of "This is such bullshit! I'm so glad my renewal went through last month," or "I can't believe they're treating us like this. I guess I'm going to just have to take that bridge offer they're offering."

If you really think this is bullshit (and is anyone on here really justifying the move?), why would you want to give VMP any more of your money? I might miss out on a record or two that I'd like to have, but after a move like this, I'm pretty sure the market will be a much better place without VMP. At this point, VMP is doing little more than creating FOMO and driving up the price that people are willing to pay for records more generally.

And as others have said, eventually they're going to have to have a fire sale to get rid of their stock. I might by another VMP issued-LP when I can get 4 for $8 a piece by signing up for Bespoke Post, but I won't pay $40+ for one. Hell, I might even end up with a copy of that Dead box when they're trying to unload them for $100 in a few months.
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I'd be furious if they didn't offer that bridge offer, I want to be mad because they're forcing my hand to get a yearly but realistically I know I'm gonna buy at least one record a month from them and I ended up saving 50 bucks in the long run going to the yearly, I understand while everyone is pissed though. Gonna ride i out for one more year and reevaluate next year. I know one thing I won't do is pay 33 for an add on unless I really really want it.
 
Rahawk2 said:
I'd be furious if they didn't offer that bridge offer, I want to be mad because they're forcing my hand to get a yearly but realistically I know I'm gonna buy at least one record a month from them and I ended up saving 50 bucks in the long run going to the yearly, I understand while everyone is pissed though. Gonna ride i out for one more year and reevaluate next year. I know one thing I won't do is pay 33 for an add on unless I really really want it.
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I wonder if this means all store exclusives will be $33+ now then? Otherwise why would you do an add-on for $33 if you can buy it for cheaper in the store?
 
MikeH said:
I wonder if this means all store exclusives will be $33+ now then? Otherwise why would you do an add-on for $33 if you can buy it for cheaper in the store?
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You’re assuming logic there. Always a fatal mistake with VMP. I foresee months of people buying out of swaps cheaper until someone points it out to them and then the ugly colour variants of current new releases jump to above $33.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
I wish the old forum still existed so that I could still quote the infamous "We want the store to be a magical place with special pricing for members," which itself came after a bit of a price hike (the first time they grandfathered in old pricing structures, including the now-defunct Crate membership), and after they had weaned us off the "$17 for everything in the store" model they had in the very beginning.
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I'm actually intrigued as to what's going to happen on 9/1 as I'm not going to pay these new jacked-up prices and have been on a month-to-month* even after they made Classics its own sub, but... as of 8/1, I continue to have an active Crate membership. Will that get renewed or tossed out like the pricing on all the supposedly grandfathered customers?

*Even though, thanks to Crate, I've technically been an "active" member since Apr 2015, I'm guessing this is why I'm not being offered a loyalty discount. It's 3/119, 6/219, 12/399, which is a nope all around.

I also checked on Discogs last night and have over 300 records under the VMP label, and probably only a dozen I got on the secondary market. Losing me alone isn't going to kill them, but lose enough of the people who've given them that much money? Customers aren't fungible commodities.
 
Ethos99 said:
I just realized, luckily(?), that my sub expires on 9/30. So ill be in for Spiritualized and then out unless they extend some great offer by then.
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Mine also expires on 9/30 but I think I’m in for another 3 months at $89 (the “bridge” amount) since I have $21 of account credit to use. So I’ll get Spiritualized which I already paid for then 3 final months for $68.
 
Wes C. Attle said:
I celebrated the end of this club yesterday by going to a local record store and buying two fantastic records for $40 and my god it was refreshing.
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Sadly, my local isn't opening anytime soon. I talked to them the other day and they have no date in mind to reopen. They just don't think it's worth it. In the meantime, I'm buying used stuff from other small shops on discogs or through their own sites + bandcamp.
 
tvham said:
Mine also expires on 9/30 but I think I’m in for another 3 months at $89 (the “bridge” amount) since I have $21 of account credit to use. So I’ll get Spiritualized which I already paid for then 3 final months for $68.
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The bridge price isn't bad but I would like them to announce three Rotm's like last time so I can decide if it's worth it. Add-ons will be few a far between at $33.
 
tonythegamer said:
My 3 month sub still says it'll charge me $61 in september. If i actually get a sub with a super discounted price that they never bothered to change I'm gonna laugh so hard
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FWIW, mine was at the discounted price last time from one of the buy 2 get 1 deals and then when the new ROTMs were announced, it jumped back up to the $81 price or whatever it was for 3 months.
 
TBH, outside of the grocery store, my local record store is the only place I frequent. I am happy they are back open. It offer me a bit of normalcy. I hope everyone else’s locals are able to safely open back up soon.
Wes C. Attle said:
I celebrated the end of this club yesterday by going to a local record store and buying two fantastic records for $40 and my god it was refreshing.
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MikeH said:
Sadly, my local isn't opening anytime soon. I talked to them the other day and they have no date in mind to reopen. They just don't think it's worth it. In the meantime, I'm buying used stuff from other small shops on discogs or through their own sites + bandcamp.
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
TBH, outside of the grocery store, my local record store is the only place I frequent. I am happy they are back open. It offer me a bit of normalcy. I hope everyone else’s locals are able to safely open back up soon.
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I sold my local a bunch of stuff the other week as he did a house call to my office where I had a lot of records. They still sell online, but he said he didn't feel safe about being able to disinfect all the records after people browse through them, and keeping the shop open for private appointments was also not worth it because most people will only really spend $20-$40 in a visit. They would just lose any profit from that by hiring staff to come in to babysit the shop. They still have employees packing up stuff that they sell on IG and discogs, but it's down to a skeleton crew for now. I appreciate them staying shut to keep everyone safe but I also selfishly miss going in on weekends to browse and pick up a thing or two.
 
Wes C. Attle said:
I celebrated the end of this club yesterday by going to a local record store and buying two fantastic records for $40 and my god it was refreshing.
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I had a private appointment at one of my locals two weeks ago (they were doing 30 and 60 minute timeslots) and I ended up walking out with 4 albums for $85, including the 3LP William Onyeabor World Psychedelic Classics comp. Felt absolutely incredible.
 
lonestarlahr said:
I had a private appointment at one of my locals two weeks ago (they were doing 30 and 60 minute timeslots) and I ended up walking out with 4 albums for $85, including the 3LP William Onyeabor World Psychedelic Classics comp. Felt absolutely incredible.
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That comp and the Tim Maia comp are favorites of mine. Shoutout Luakabop.

williamonyeabor.bandcamp.com

World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who is William Onyeabor?, by William Onyeabor

9 track album
williamonyeabor.bandcamp.com williamonyeabor.bandcamp.com

timmaia.bandcamp.com

World Psychedelic Classics 4: Nobody Can Live Forever – The Existential Soul of Tim Maia, by Tim Maia

15 track album
timmaia.bandcamp.com timmaia.bandcamp.com

bandcamp fridays y'all.
 
The tin foil hat person in me thinks that another reason for the price hikes is to condition customers into accepting the higher prices so the $600 Herbie Hancock Anthology isn't as shocking when it is announced.

Also, top 3 of 2010's...

Sandy Alex G - Rocket
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
RadioHead - A Moon Shaped Pool
 
RobbieBobby said:
The tin foil hat person in me thinks that another reason for the price hikes is to condition customers into accepting the higher prices so the $600 Herbie Hancock Anthology isn't as shocking when it is announced.

Also, top 3 of 2010's...

Sandy Alex G - Rocket
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
RadioHead - A Moon Shaped Pool
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If they try to charge anywhere near $600 for the Herbie box they are even stupider than I think they are. I'm guessing $350-$400 plus member discount + early bird discount. Part of me wonders if it will even come out at this point or if they are really worried about pressing way too many copies of it.
 
MikeH said:
FWIW, mine was at the discounted price last time from one of the buy 2 get 1 deals and then when the new ROTMs were announced, it jumped back up to the $81 price or whatever it was for 3 months.
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I guess I’ll cross my fingers then, if it goes back up I’ll be sad, but then again $89 isn’t a horrible price for 3 months considering that’s around what I was paying for a monthly per record. Just would be a nice discount
 
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