Btsvinylfarm
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Yea--this has been known for some time since they got rid of it. Their stance has always been that you can re-sub once to keep your 1 month but after that, you have to keep the sub going to keep 1 month. I resubbed to get Art Blakey and have kept the one month for now to get Brubeck and some swaps but think I'll be giving it up soon again. Not enough left to swap that I want and not that amped about what we know is coming out soon.
That's news to me. I've come and gone with my 1-month every other month since like August. Unless they just implemented this for November, and carried it into the new store, I think this is news.
I thought the rationale behind eliminating one month subs was that people dipping in and out made it impossible for them to accurately project pressing quantities. Wouldn't allowing people to skip a month here and there create the same problem?
If only they had some sort of...I don't know, what's the word...forum of discussion(?) where they could gauge interest in titles...
Yeah I only have their pressing of Angel Olsen is because they let me swap it so it was $23, which was less than the clear one was going for in my local. I honestly don’t think they care, they have a group that are blindly loyal and sell enough of most pressings to get away with it.
I actually think they're having balance sheet issues. It seems abundantly clear that they need money upfront, which is why there is no pay-as-you-go option for the longer duration subscriptions, and why they invoice you upon order rather than when an item ships. My guess is they're pretty loaded up on debt and have some big liabilities.
We all know original artwork is impossible to reproduce (I don't care if Music Matters says otherwise), so they are forced to to this kinds of edits. It was either that or scanning the ring wear on an OG pressing, your choice.
Which is what they did with Brubeck's 'Japan'