EHughes527 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Nubbinsbuddy said: So I just got my copy of MF064 and it came with an empty sleeve from the band matchess. I was like cool bonus record. Then it was empty and was like cooler bonus empty sleeve? mine came with that too - i think they may have just had a bunch that were overpressed and instead of buying the corrugated cardboard 12x12" inserts they're just using those up first (?) - my best guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nubbinsbuddy Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 2 minutes ago, EHughes527 said: mine came with that too - i think they may have just had a bunch that were overpressed and instead of buying the corrugated cardboard 12x12" inserts they're just using those up first (?) - my best guess I guess good try but they both ended up with a smashed corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKaye Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Yeah, over the years I've had quite a few packaged with random empty sleeves to try and protect the actual record. EHughes527 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdz68 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Ya my vote is for protecting the vinyl...just an added layer of protection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximuss Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 On 11-12-2016 at 5:16 PM, EHughes527 said: it was inevitable, but still a bummer to see soo many copies of the /100 variant up on the secondary market so fast. https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/9471910 Absurd. Now 17 of 100 made on discogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffthomas84 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Finally got my /100 copy friday, sounds really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainGilliams Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 8 hours ago, maximuss said: Absurd. Now 17 of 100 made on discogs And not a single one has sold yet. Good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 On 12/18/2016 at 2:11 PM, BrainGilliams said: And not a single one has sold yet. Good. The sales don't get updated on the site for at least a few weeks. So it is possible some did. I bet a quarter of them have been listed on there at some point which is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethereal Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 (edited) Who cares what people decide to do with their own copies on another site? They wanted a copy when they were available, had the funds, bought it, and for some reason when the pre-order finally arrived (yes, it was a couple months, not an insta-buy) they decided they would like to sell it (for idk, maybe xmas presents? medical expenses? who knows?) so what? might as well start pointing fingers at everyone on discogs selling anything limited that was released recently (or all-time for that matter) because fuck them and what ever is happening in their lives, right? survive/stranger things are hyped to shit right now if anyone hasn't already noticed and this repress probably wouldn't exist without that rise in popularity. yea, it wasn't a lot of copies to go around but you can't jump to grabbing pitchforks when people/shops don't sell records to you and/or your friends, directly, at absolute retail pricing, after it is sold out and in relatively high demand. It would be nice and sometimes it does happen, but unfortunately that is not the world we currently live in. Edited December 20, 2016 by ethereal stl_ben and docbronze 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedofwasps Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 That'll probably be like all those on Discogs selling the original S/T record for $20 dollars before the hype, then $80 after it, right? The people that care about this shit happening time and time again are probably the ones that missed out on the limited edition, actually like the band, and genuinely wanted the record to listen to and support the band, as opposed to simply buying the record to make a quick profit on their behalf. I'm not saying everyone on their are doing that...But when you have someone selling this record along with every other SURVIVE record at a ludicrously inflated price (Stranger Things for £70?!) it does make everyone wonder if they ever genuinely wanted the record For what it is - a collectible media format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 To be fair, the discogs prices for the EP are hardly "inflated." I was expecting different when I clicked the link. The markup after shipping paid for the PO isn't even $10. docbronze, the industry and ethereal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I have no complaints with private sellers selling things for that they are worth. In this particular case i just found it astonishing how many of them were already for sale. I don't recall the last time i've seen nearly a quarter of a records stock for sale within weeks of release. I'm sure some a few are from a people who just didn't like the record or need holiday cash. And they will get what they paid for it back which is great. But a lot of these are from the flipper population that silently stalks around here trying to make a quick buck. And they are barely breaking even off of these after fees which is even better. docbronze 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffnovak Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 1 hour ago, fish said: I have no complaints with private sellers selling things for that they are worth. In this particular case i just found it astonishing how many of them were already for sale. I don't recall the last time i've seen nearly a quarter of a records stock for sale within weeks of release. I'm sure some a few are from a people who just didn't like the record or need holiday cash. And they will get what they paid for it back which is great. But a lot of these are from the flipper population that silently stalks around here trying to make a quick buck. And they are barely breaking even off of these after fees which is even better. On top of this, they're flipping them before the majority of the people that pre-ordered have even received their copies. It's just goofy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethalenforcer Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 MF064 was the perfect storm of a very limited pressing number paired with an excitement around the band that understandably has tapered off a bit, at least in regards to variant collecting. The longer preorder period screwed them over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedumb Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/6950988 Dirt cheap until 1/2 a year ago... check out the price spike happening on this one! Posting because some may not even know it exists (me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethalenforcer Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, freedumb said: https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/6950988 Dirt cheap until 1/2 a year ago... check out the price spike happening on this one! Posting because some may not even know it exists (me). Despite those Discogs stats I've seen it sell for $100+ several times in the last year. With only 50 copies in existence I wonder if some of those cheaper ones were listed in the wrong place. I bought one that was crazy expensive last year but the seller was shady and the cover didn't have a belly band. Returned it. axotyl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Half of those cheap copies sold were direct from the label so I'm sure they got the listings right. Really anything this band put out was dirt cheap on the secondary market until the show happened. The first press /300 on clear was a $20 record max a year ago. That /50 press was the 4th Mannequin pressing but combined there were under 1000 total copies pressed by them over 3 years. So it's not like they couldn't keep this on the shelves. I always thought that the /50 version was odd though as is supposedly 160 gram and all other pressings are 140. Did they really get a pressing done of just 50? Makes more sense that it was extras from the 2nd press that they did custom packaging for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethalenforcer Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 7 minutes ago, fish said: Did they really get a pressing done of just 50? Makes more sense that it was extras from the 2nd press that they did custom packaging for. The markings on my copy didn't match Mannequinn's previous black pressing. The jackets were thrown together by the label owner. The shady Italian record shop owner that flipped one to me claimed that the guy gave a couple of copies to all of his favorite Italian shops, and that not all of them actually included the belly band. This exchange was an important "what the fuck am I doing" moment for me and this hobby. axotyl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethereal Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 1 hour ago, fish said: Makes more sense that it was extras from the 2nd press that they did custom packaging for. exactly what happened. the price on a specific batch of 50 records would not be worth it to a band or label to produce. soon we will start seeing people offload their black copies without covers and "without belly bands" to cash in on this. imho they are as overhyped as the show, maybe a little less. none of their stuff is worth forking out for and most of the people feeding into these resale prices don't even listen to the genre at all besides SURVIVE/ST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zdkaiser Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 3 hours ago, ethereal said: most of the people feeding into these resale prices don't even listen to the genre at all besides SURVIVE/ST Where do you get your data? Did you do a poll? Seems like a broad generalization to me. axotyl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dassit Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) 31 minutes ago, zdkaiser said: Where do you get your data? Did you do a poll? Seems like a broad generalization to me. I love survive. I have rr7349, hd015 and mf064. I have them all on black wax, I could just purchase the purple vinyl/screenprinted cover of mf064 for the same price around $30 but I decided to support Joey from Disko Obscura/WaxWork when I was in New Orleans on vacation. I picked up hd015, black second pressing when I was in Austin at End of an Ear. I love them all. By the way, I asked twoheadeddog if their new pressing of hd015 would be a limited run and never got a response from them or Holodeck, because I thought it would be cool to get a colored vinyl variant... if any of you would know more, let me know. Here's the link:http://www.twoheadeddog.com/survive-survive-red-black-vinyl-lp/ EDIT: I know it says limited but I'd like to know a number. Edited March 27, 2017 by JorgeRodriguez689 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethalenforcer Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/27/2017 at 1:40 PM, JorgeRodriguez689 said: By the way, I asked twoheadeddog if their new pressing of hd015 would be a limited run and never got a response from them or Holodeck, because I thought it would be cool to get a colored vinyl variant... if any of you would know more, let me know. Here's the link:http://www.twoheadeddog.com/survive-survive-red-black-vinyl-lp/ EDIT: I know it says limited but I'd like to know a number. BM listed this version yesterday, which leads me to believe it's larger than just a 200-300 run. http://www.bullmoose.com/p/24930635/survive-survive-red-black-vinyl-lp Dassit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethalenforcer Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 On BC now... https://holodeckrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hd015 ethereal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethereal Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 looks great but I'll probably just stick with my black smoke copy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackshidt Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Just a head's up: SURVIVE is giving away a pair of tickets to their Los Angeles show next Wednesday with every purchase of their new album from their Bandcamp page. Here is the email I received this morning: Quote FAN GIVEAWAY: In a week-long Bandcamp exclusive and as a special thank you to their fans, S U R V I V E are giving away 2 x tickets to their El Rey show with every purchase of their latest release RR7349 here :www.survive.bandcamp.com/album/rr7349 (please include the message "Bandcamp Bundle" before checkout) SEE YOU IN L.A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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