My 12 month sub expires end of this month and one of the reasons I'm not renewing is that, despite having >$100 in store credit all year from swapping for credit because the ROTMs have gone downhill, I also can't find any store exclusives I want. In the past 12 month I have only bought 5 store exclusives.VMP has the most obscure exclusives man. The amount of albums I listen to or comb through every week is already pretty extensive in terms of range from popular acts to underground acts but I have never once seen any of these bands pop up on my radar.
It’s nice because I get to discover even more music but not nice cause there’s never anything immediately tempting
It's nice because I usually safely ignore it, because if I'm walking into a record store I'm spending way too much money without giving VMP money for overpriced exclusives.VMP has the most obscure exclusives man. The amount of albums I listen to or comb through every week is already pretty extensive in terms of range from popular acts to underground acts but I have never once seen any of these bands pop up on my radar.
It’s nice because I get to discover even more music but not nice cause there’s never anything immediately tempting
I'd much rather buy the albums I want online or from a record store then spend $40 on the ROTMs plus whatever the store drops costs on things that have I zero interest in owning. The last ROTMs I was actually excited about was the doors and bella donna. The last store drop I could honestly say I was interested in was Giving the World Away by Hatchie but I got the Secretly membership version which honestly was a better value for me as I joined for three months and I got two other albums I was interested in owning as well.My 12 month sub expires end of this month and one of the reasons I'm not renewing is that, despite having >$100 in store credit all year from swapping for credit because the ROTMs have gone downhill, I also can't find any store exclusives I want. In the past 12 month I have only bought 5 store exclusives.
Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease
Hein-Hoffman Richter (a.k.a. Rod McKuem)'s 'Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease' is available on exclusive Antifreeze Green vinyl.www.vinylmeplease.com
i ordered through the ten club. email came from info@vinylmeplease, though. *shrug*
Not even a way to order it from VMP anymore.Wait, is there a way to still order the Yield 2LP outside VMP? I don't even care if it's not the exclusive and it's pressed on black vinyl.
Not even a way to order it from VMP anymore.
I'm not sure. I only looked a couple days ago because I forgot it was a 45, remembering that made my disappointment immediately evaporate.It was already sold out before the "announcement", wasn't it?
I'm not sure. I only looked a couple days ago because I forgot it was a 45, remembering that made my disappointment immediately evaporate.
I assume that they make enough money off of them on the front end or we would see reductions in quantities and selection. This is not a low profit business. Also, they outsource their warehousing anyhow so I don't imagine it hurts their cost until they reach a new threshold which I am sure they offset with sales and renew or join today to get x amount of records.How much do y'all think VMP loses on all these exclusives that just sit untouched? Or do they actually do quite well on exclusives?
I would go Gravediggaz first tbh.Gonna swap this month, thinking about either Stankonia, Shades of Blue or Gravediggaz. I'd eventually like all 3.
That's what I was leaning. Locked it in just in case I forget. I've got another copy of Stankonia anyway and Shades of Blue seems relatively easy to come by.I would go Gravediggaz first tbh.
Have all 3, Gravediggaz is the standout.That's what I was leaning. Locked it in just in case I forget. I've got another copy of Stankonia anyway and Shades of Blue seems relatively easy to come by.
Co-signed.Have all 3, Gravediggaz is the standout.