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

[kvetcha]

I am now a Community Support Team Lead at Discogs Going to be doing a very similar job over here that I was doing over at VMP!

Congrats!!

 

[bdm105]

I still want Pinkerton lol

That's the one that got me to sign up. Black Sabbath almost got me and then that hit.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

If you signed up for demon days via reddit that was probably through my referral. I broke their referral system on that one. It was fun

I posted it on Reddit too. And Fugees. And maybe Fiona. I made somewhere between $500-$1000 on referrals.

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Now that VMP is no more, do y’all think VMP pressings will appreciate in value over time?

Lapsley is gonna skyrocket in value!

 

[bdm105]

I posted it on Reddit too. And Fugees. And maybe Fiona. I made somewhere between $500-$1000 on referrals.

Maybe @Paulium remembers but I think it was the two of us that caused them to put a $500 referral cap lol. Best part was the terms at the time said you couldn't use a link so I manually sent them all via pasting their emails

 

[Saluki79]

I am now a Community Support Team Lead at Discogs Going to be doing a very similar job over here that I was doing over at VMP!

Congratulations! I bet you’re happy that you were able to stay in the same industry.

 

[Paulium]

Congratulations! I bet you’re happy that you were able to stay in the same industry.

Not something I expected, but it has made my first handful of days easier I think. Lot of overlap

 

[POGunter]

Congrats!!

Sounds great . Glad everything is working out well for you. All is good.

Now that I have the ear of someone on the inside of Discogs…. How about an instant way to automatically export my entire Discogs library and stream it by album/song/random instantly through Tidal and Tidal Connect. . While you are at it wouldn’t it be really great if anything I add to Cogs magically updates into my Tidal Discogs playlist.

 

[POGunter]

I am now a Community Support Team Lead at Discogs Going to be doing a very similar job over here that I was doing over at VMP!

See above. Grabbed the wrong quote.

 

[Mather]

OMG WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A MINUTE HE JUST GOT HERE

 

[POGunter]

OMG WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A MINUTE HE JUST GOT HERE

Well, it was intended has a good natured suggestion. No pressure.

 

[Mather]

No but seriously @Paulium we ARE going to need you to fix everything that's wrong with Discogs by like... yesterday.

And if that's too soon then we're cool with tomorrow

 

[POGunter]

No but seriously @Paulium we ARE going to need you to fix everything that's wrong with Discogs by like... yesterday.

And if that's too soon then we're cool with tomorrow

As newly retired I’m just kicking back listening to Grateful Dead albums all day. Don’t see what is taking so long.

 

[Biscuit]

I am now a Community Support Team Lead at Discogs Going to be doing a very similar job over here that I was doing over at VMP!

Pauly, you were always the best of VMP and you helped me several times. You will be a great addition to Discogs, congrats and welcome here! @Paulium

 

[David A.]

The old VMP forum represented the community spirit around music/vinyl that VMP originally claimed they wanted to build. When they dumped us in such an unceremonious way Needles&Grooves showed in a small but satisfying way what can happen when a group of people come together to save something they believe in. Still makes me smile

And, like u said the Monster died a slow death while Needle&Grooves lives on. Time to pull out that old Steppenwolf LP.

Their social media outreach and the forums/discord built a great community that they struggled to manage. Paulie and Storf did a great job keeping the dedicated base of customers informed and involved.

But I imagine it was always hard to build relationships on these platforms for vmp. Like, you have to be responsible for what people post on those platforms. when your company makes mistakes, it’s hard for employees and subscribers to not take it personally.

 

[David A.]

I’m glad VMP existed. I’m sad it ended like this.

 

[Agaetisbyrjun22]

Their social media outreach and the forums/discord built a great community that they struggled to manage. Paulie and Storf did a great job keeping the dedicated base of customers informed and involved.

But I imagine it was always hard to build relationships on these platforms for vmp. Like, you have to be responsible for what people post on those platforms. when your company makes mistakes, it’s hard for employees and subscribers to not take it personally.

It's almost like they should have had some sort of website where users could go and post about records and build a community

 

[David A.]

It's almost like they should have had some sort of website where users could go and post about records and build a community

Yeaaaah…

Hey, remember Sev? Oh, the good old days.

 

[Bull Shannon]

I got out when the combo occurrences of the Weyes Blood delay/debacle and the forum closing went down. CS was so kind and sympathetic, but the brass's reaction was so tasteless. It really felt like the writing was on the wall vis a vis where priorities lie in the community-profit binary. Much love to the good folks and sympathy to those out a job, still I've been reading the thread with this energy:

 

[Melt Face Molly Drop]

Yeaaaah…

Hey, remember Sev? Oh, the good old days.

Let the record show that @Tyr always knew Sev was the only good one of the bunch, and they did him dirty early on. Either way, the rest got their comeuppance I guess.