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And the winner is...randomfortunepa. There were a lot of gasps and awws from my wife as she looked through the entries. Her reasoning for the winner was, "I love black cats and I love Halloween." So there's that. Thanks for everyone who joined! Full disclosure, the shit that went down when I was going to give this 7" away initially was that one of our cats was diagnosed with cancer and was gone within a month. It was one of the hardest things I've had to go through, so sharing all these cat pictures was a great tribute. Hug your babies close!

I’ll be open about it. If someone is bothering someone else, the person being bothered should block the individual doing the bothering and report it to the mods. End of story. Encouraging further bothering by repeatedly responding in threads, calling names, and then crying victim is ridiculous and is just as responsible for thread derailing and closures as the alleged bothering. I want ant to say more, but I don’t think I need to.

Nah, you guys just showed me once again quite plainly why I barely visit the board anymore...what a shithole this place became!

Here’s the best part, for me: the stem of the problem is so obvious. The culprit is so obvious. The solution is so obvious. So why is it being handled so poorly? On several occasions I’ve read posts where the staff self-deprecates themselves, stating that moderating is a thankless job and how everyone else just shits on them. While I completely agree with the first half of that sentiment, the second part is tough to sympathize with. Shitty decisions (or lack of decisions) will warrant a negative reaction from the community. Smoke, fire, etc. If a toxic troll is very obviously bent on derailing a thread and abusing the feedback / trade system on a forum, that should be an instant ban. Not a timeout. Not a slap on the wrist. That should be a straight-up boot. But far be it from me to voice how I think the mods should do their jobs – the “timeout” system is used at their discretion, so that’s fine. My qualm comes from this same offender diving straight back into the same shitty behavior the moment they’re able to do so, and nothing being done about it. Despite tagging appropriate moderators to the issue, myself and others still have negative feedback that hasn’t been amended. I know that natural disasters – or the threat of them – have impacted some of the staff on the boards over the last few days. So, yeah; seeking shelter or preparing for the worst definitely takes priority over sorting out VC hooligans. But it seems like things have mostly subsided and as far as I can tell, we’re still stuck in the same boat? Correct me if I’m wrong. When the obvious bad apple is threatening to spoil the whole barrel, it makes sense to reach in there and chuck it out. Not seal the barrel and deprive the rest of the community from participating in a discussion. This is where the “lol mods suck” memes sprout from, and will probably continue to do so until less questionable decisions are made.

I just....i just wanted to check if a release date was announced, guys. *runs back out*.

I wish I had free time to fuck off on the internet like this. ANYWAYS, that dude has been remove, and I fixed @Fowty Dollaz and @Derek™ 's feedback (is this a "less questionable decsion?" I've been extremely busy with my kids, and when I skimmed the thread it looked everyone was talking shit to each other. As sexy as a conspiracy theory sounds, there ain't one. Both Juan and I have lives outside of VC ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) If he screwed with anyone else's feedback send me a DM and I'll fix it for you. Even if I don't respond right away I will get to it ASAP.

Lol everyone prepped 3 days ago why do you continuously bring up the storm begging for sympathy? We live in the same city, it took 5 min to get gas today... other people went to work... poor you.

I mean, it really is just one dude being an asshole. Hopefully he's banned and there won't be any more issues...

Any constructive discussion is welcomed, especially from anyone here that has downsized or eliminated their record collection. But I mostly just need to write this down. PROS of keeping: Tangible item The appeal of the presentation, larger artwork, interesting variants, etc CONS of keeping: Cost, especially factoring shipping to Canada. PayPal will be adding additional fees to currency exchanges soon too Takes up a lot of room Huge pain in the ass to move (not that I intend on moving again for a long time) Audio quality - It's just not better than digital, a lot are sourced from CD masters or similar so it will actually sound worse than digital even before touching the vinyl. Not that it's always a bad thing, the warmth pops and clicks definitely lend themselves to some albums. Bad for the environment - I'm sure on the scale of things it's not that bad, but less pollution is less pollution. Bad for health - We're constantly surrounded by toxic shit, and I'm not a germ/clean freak by any means, but it is a factor. And I do have my family to consider in this regard as well. PROS of giving it up: Assuming I keep the money in the same arena, I would have more money for audio equipment (home stereo, car stereo, portable player, headphone, etc). Something that is currently lacking for me in general, I prioritize my spending money on the records themselves. A digital purchase (ideally direct from the band or bandcamp) provides more money to the band in nearly all cases than the purchase of a physical item. I'd honestly probably listen to music more. Right now if I want to just listen for the sake of listening it's limited to one room if my house where my records reside. I simply don't take a lot of time to do this anymore. I have HUNDREDS of records that I've probably only listened to once, even though I really enjoy the album. Money is a little tight at the moment, not tight enough that I need the money from selling the records but it would certainly take some of the pressure off to be able to pay off some debit. CONS of giving it up: Lack of that tangible art piece.... Have you guys had similar thoughts? Are some of my pros/cons bullshit? or are there points I'm not considering? Have you gone through this thought process? Why did you keep up with or give up The HobbyTM? I've been considering this for quite a long time too, about a year.

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Derek loves to feed the trolls which then feeds his post count. Never have I come across a more long winded and insufferable poster online. Gets triggered over the stupidest shit and whines to mods for help. Pathetic all around. I’ll gladly dip out now and let Derek do his usual white whale thang... whaaa whaaa Uncle Joey is spamming towerrecords and sam goody vinyl POs whaaaa plz ban him hurr durr. Fuck off already and try getting a fucking life that doesn’t revolve around monitoring this board 24/7 and chiming in on every thread you can.

Just putting your bullshit into perspective for people that might actually believe you. If you don't like being a moderator then quit, although we all know that isn't true. Quit with the emotional manipulation and just do your mod thing or fuck off. Simple.

Just lock this fuckin thread

Found a copy of New Found Glory's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" 1st press on yellow at a Value Village several weeks ago. Not a huge NFG fan, but I'm not complaining after seeing the average price on Discogs haha.

if it’s half purple/clear why on earth would you label it purple mix? no wonder people are on confused about variants nowadays on Discogs

If you take the mystery vinyl out of your cart, it gives you the media mail option.

not to mention its a pain to get in and out hahaha Good tunes though

the pn exclusive arrived today and it sounds and looks great

Just gotten around to listen for this for the first time, man this is incredible...might be on the same level as singularity for me, Marcus really begins to sound exactly like Adrian! The vinyl packaging is really disappointing though, no download card, no lyrics insert or anything, thought they could have done something much better with the concept and artwork 😕

Probably the same way you missed this thread:

Imagine an 8 year old!

I sometimes feel like this thread has become my own personal brag thread, but...my Goodwill came through again! $3 apiece today, all original presses (not the misprinted cover for The Source unfortunately): Derek B - Bullet From A Gun Just Ice - The Desolate One, and Kool & Deadly (Justicizms) Buckwheat Zydeco Ils Sont Partis Band - 100% Fortified Zydeco King Sun - XL UTFO - UTFO Grandmaster Flash - The Source Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary Eazy-E - Eazy Duz It Public Enemy - Yo Bum Rush The Show and... https://www.discogs.com/Lydia-Mendoza-Part-1-First-Recordings-1928-1938/release/12122575

Have you heard Belong's October Language? That's one I'd recommend given a couple of albums on your list if you haven't yet.

STRUM 20% off $75

Been decluttering my house and found this print I forgot about. Anyone interested in it for $25ppd?

https://boards.vinylcollective.com/search

Google the topic with "vinyl collective". it should turn up.