thedannychang

Delivery confirmation is pretty much the same thing as tracking.  If I recall correctly, the sign at my nearest post office even says Delivery Confirmation is now just called Tracking.  To my understanding, the only actual difference was that they were only required to scan a package with delivery confirmation when it got delivered, not at every location or whatever.  But, they usually did it anyways.
 
TL;DR - They're the same thing essentially.
 
I've only had luck printing out media mail labels from the PayPal interface, the USPS site doesn't have any option I can see.

Hey, scrap your "randomly inserted vinyl" and let the first orders get the opportunity to snag the variant.  Just don't tell anyone how many variants you actually have to go around and you'll still get the same number of orders.  Trust me, it's a better idea.

Sec, I would put you in my top 8 if I still had a MySpace.

This is amazing.

Blue variant now on sale at Bull Moose: http://www.bullmoose.com/p/16323076/starting-line-say-it-like-you-mean-it-limited-pressing-of-1500-copies-on-blue-vinyl

Not sure if anyone else feels this way, but I still can't get myself to buy this. I think I'm finally over buying nostalgia buys that I'll rarely or never play.

It's like she designed a record that's representative of her fanbase's brain.  Awesome.

Alternatively, you can get the regular version for $12 from Hastings: http://www.gohastings.com/product/POPMUSIC/Good-News-for-People-Who-Love-Bad-News/sku/245940485.uts#.Uz2kk-ddVXo

Alternatively, you can get the regular version for $12 from Hastings: http://www.gohastings.com/product/POPMUSIC/Good-News-for-People-Who-Love-Bad-News/sku/245940485.uts#.Uz2kk-ddVXo

Hey Spacelab9, does it matter to you that some of us had these in carts for near 2 HOURS and by the time the order was going through, they had been pulled? What are we supposed to do? Your apology didn't seem to cover those of us who spent a LOT of time TRYING to give you money. SOL? Just curious more than anything.

This exactly what is happening right now. And sincerely, thank you raynerho for taking an educated guess and informing the community it is greatly appreciated. We have been trying our best to bounce back here, and other message boards, social media to provide updates/answer general questions as well as emailing customers directly not to mention still deal with some technical back end stuff so it helps out greatly when folks such as yourself provide rational explanations to help alleviate the chaos.  
 
As far as how many successful orders there were we are not going to divulge numbers at this juncture however we will say that there were A LOT of orders that went through. Our paramount concern right now is taking care of those who have already invested their hard earned cash on this release, and once that is sorted through accordingly we shall let the remaining colored vinyl copies go live on the site albeit sans the technical difficulties this time around. 

Everyone, firstly we want to offer a sincere thank you everyone for their patronage, support and most of all their patience in this matter for which we also extend the sincerest of apologies. Regardless of the various tests we ran on the site through before going "live" the bottom line is we sorely underestimated the reliability of our server and certainly for that we assume full responsibility.
 
Where do we go from here? As we have been doing so all day and will continue to do so into the late ours of the night we will be doing what can be done to stabilize the site but more importantly communicating with and ensuring that those who successfully placed orders are given confirmation that their orders did indeed come through so they rest easily. Furthermore, if there are refunds that need to be issued they will be attended to as well. So, in short EVERYONE will be contacted and have their issue rectified. Additionally, any messages to the Facebook page will be answered. Please understand that Spacelab9 is just two guys and we sincerely appreciate the fact that everyone invests their hard earned dollars into a record we are releasing. Heck, we are lifelong collectors ourselves so to reiterate we will be up all night rectifying every issue and addressing every customer personally.
 
Moving forward we are upgrading to a significantly more resilient server. And until all the current issues are resolved the remaining green vinyl copies have been taken down off the site. Once resolved they shall go back up. Outside of improving the site, personally interacting with customers to confirm order receipt, refunding where applicable and informing fans via social media, message boards, etc. all we can offer is our sincerest apologies. I think everyone can be in agree that how the pre-sale unfolded to was neither ideal in the eyes of customers or us and we vow to make things right for everyone moving forward. When all is said and done, frustration aside when you hold this record in your hands and have it spinning on your turntable we are certain that frustration will turn to satisfaction.

I just realized why it worked for me earlier. I was frustrated and just entered the Konami code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, enter), which conveniently ends with enter and it loaded the PayPal option for me.

dibs if I miss out

i'm gonna wait a long time to order this. 6000 copies is insane. 

The pre-order for this is up now: http://store.matadorrecords.com/fuckers-dream-baby-dream
 
It says it's "extremely limited," but there are no pressing numbers.

alright, well lets try this. its a pretty awesome record. be stoked on it.

From what it sounds like, you weren't buying it to support the band, because if that was the case you wouldn't have minded paying a couple extra bucks (which, by the way, isn't "highway robbery"). It sounds like you knew the aftermarket value of the clear w/ haze was more and wanted to get a deal on it, which you didn't.
But anyway,

So I'm at the show and I see Tunnel Blanket on sale for 25 dollars. Steep, for sure, so I ask the merch guy what pressing/color it is and he said "Clear with black haze", which sounded awesome and probably worth the $25.
 
Well I take it home and open it... it's just on plain black vinyl. And then I look and see it from 15-20 dollars all over the place online.
 
I feel really ripped off in two different ways. Is there anything you guys think I can do about this or did I just get screwed and that's that...?