museummouth Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 $12 shipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecayToDeath Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Shipping is $10.98 for me. I'll take my chances with the other 8,500. btelg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillalivetui Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 My shipping was $8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandy Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 LOL. Will wait when it hits a store. btelg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryantark Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Shipping is $10.98 for me. I'll take my chances with the other 8,500. btelg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Yeah, $10+ shipping as the bare minimum? You're better than that, AK. Saving the $32 for now, and may scout for a copy the next time I'm out and about. It'd be a different story if I didn't already own a colored copy, but alas. Like Doman said, I'm willing to try my luck for one of those other 8,500 copies if it means skipping out on $11 shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toomanyrecords Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 yeah shipping killed this for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillalivetui Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Keep it mind they're throwing in someone extra, so that may be why it's extra for shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I wonder if the extra shipping has anything to do with the surprise? That being said, this is one of my favourite albums but I'll probably wait. I can't really justify $30 on a pre-order that won't arrive until April (though I might crack it this is still available come payday/Friday). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
distinctlydustin Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 #BlackVinylMatters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessA2295 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 $64 CAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazza43 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Only $7 shipping for me. I took the plunge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akrjohn Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Hi everyone - this is John at AKR. I so appreciate you all as fans of vinyl. I can't constantly monitor this board and Reddit and the other things as part of my part-time-ish job, but I can post here for a minute and answer a few of your questions. re: general profit margin. We are making the same amount of money on this edition as we are the regular edition, and maybe even a little less. So to those folks here and a few other places who are thinking we're just cashing in, this is a really stupid way to cash in. Yes, we'll sell some more Illinois vinyl. But we're doing our best to make good music like this record accessible to as many people as possible without compromising on the art. re: shipping. Can't help it. It's calculated live by the USPS. The weight on this product is about 2.5 lbs which compensates for the extra goodie that we're working on. re: extra goodie. It won't change your life but I hope you'll think it's cool. We just had to work out a few logistics and we're waiting to announce it until January or so. re: black/colored vinyl. Black vinyl is a color. It's just the most ubiquitous. re: mastering. We had to re-plate in late 2014 and we went with Roger Seibel at SAE who is a mastering genius in my opinion. I don't always like everything Roger does, but he was perfect for this. The good news is that we went with triple-plating on this so we won't need to replate for a while. re: Avalanche. Working on it. This is the 10th anniversary of Illinois, so why would we celebrate Avalanche? Avalanche has some of my personal favorite Sufjan songs but it is an outtakes record. Illinois is the star. We'll get to it as soon as we can. Thanks again for all your support. We appreciate you all very much, and it's only because you keep buying the music we release that we can keep releasing new, good music. - John at AKR stillalivetui, tvham, ajismetal and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Will the surprise goodie be available with all copies of the record? Or just the ones from you guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akrjohn Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Thanks for asking gmoney. It'll be available in all copies of the record (mail order, retail, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Thanks for asking gmoney. It'll be available in all copies of the record (mail order, retail, etc). Do you live in Atlanta? Can we grab a beer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akrjohn Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I do! And I'd be happy to! Email me at john at asthmatickitty dot com. The next few weeks are busy with holidays/family/etc but we can surely fit in somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourhuddledmasses Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Keep it mind they're throwing in someone extra, so that may be why it's extra for shipping. So they're shipping an entire person as well? Do we know who the someone extra is? Might make the shipping charge worth the purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eshame Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 the shipping cost would be a little more palatable if we knew what we were paying extra to ship. i don't wanna pay $10 to ship some potential garbage tchotchke. hopefully this hits my local store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillalivetui Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 So they're shipping an entire person as well? Do we know who the someone extra is? Might make the shipping charge worth the purchase. You're the only person to have caught that haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvham Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Hi everyone - this is John at AKR. I so appreciate you all as fans of vinyl. I can't constantly monitor this board and Reddit and the other things as part of my part-time-ish job, but I can post here for a minute and answer a few of your questions. re: general profit margin. We are making the same amount of money on this edition as we are the regular edition, and maybe even a little less. So to those folks here and a few other places who are thinking we're just cashing in, this is a really stupid way to cash in. Yes, we'll sell some more Illinois vinyl. But we're doing our best to make good music like this record accessible to as many people as possible without compromising on the art. re: shipping. Can't help it. It's calculated live by the USPS. The weight on this product is about 2.5 lbs which compensates for the extra goodie that we're working on. re: extra goodie. It won't change your life but I hope you'll think it's cool. We just had to work out a few logistics and we're waiting to announce it until January or so. re: black/colored vinyl. Black vinyl is a color. It's just the most ubiquitous. re: mastering. We had to re-plate in late 2014 and we went with Roger Seibel at SAE who is a mastering genius in my opinion. I don't always like everything Roger does, but he was perfect for this. The good news is that we went with triple-plating on this so we won't need to replate for a while. re: Avalanche. Working on it. This is the 10th anniversary of Illinois, so why would we celebrate Avalanche? Avalanche has some of my personal favorite Sufjan songs but it is an outtakes record. Illinois is the star. We'll get to it as soon as we can. Thanks again for all your support. We appreciate you all very much, and it's only because you keep buying the music we release that we can keep releasing new, good music. - John at AKR Thanks for the update, John! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akrjohn Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Thanks for the update, John! Oh no, thank you. Seriously. It's music fans like you all who keep the flame alive. The flame of love. Or whatever. But whatever it is you keep it alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelz Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Anyone else have problem to enter AKR site? Never mind it's working now but no way I'm going to pay 75$ for 2 LP's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourhuddledmasses Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Anyone else have problem to enter AKR site? Never mind it's working now but no way I'm going to pay 75$ for 2 LP's I accessed it once at 10:01a today, but it's been zero luck for me since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhemblem Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Anyone else have problem to enter AKR site? Never mind it's working now but no way I'm going to pay 75$ for 2 LP's I have had no luck all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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