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Fixed it for ya.

We were just.... you know.. We.. watermelon limeade?

No kidding.  If they actually sold 10,000 copies of the limited edition CD, there will easily be a demand for 1,000 LPs.  Also, good for Mark.  Awesome the dude can move that many CDs.

No kidding.  If they actually sold 10,000 copies of the limited edition CD, there will easily be a demand for 1,000 LPs.  Also, good for Mark.  Awesome the dude can move that many CDs.

I'm definitely going to set something up to watch Caldo Verde's page now.  I've done it for other sites and didn't even think about it for this, it'll be nice to be on top of the Benji preorder (which at this rate will happen a year from now).

Fuck yes, this completely made my day!  I go back to this at least once a month, especially Gustavo.  That song is incredible.

Fuck yes, this completely made my day!  I go back to this at least once a month, especially Gustavo.  That song is incredible.

Long time lurker here, first time poster.  I ordered from a few of the stores on this thread and thought I'd give my feedback on the packaging/shipping times...
 
SAKI - This is the customer storefront for Carrot Top, LTD.  They're one of the major indie distributors to record stores around the country so they're legit.  My only complaint, and one I had when ordering from them for a store where I worked, is that their catalog is rarely up to date on their actual inventory in stock.  I ran into this again when I ordered $650+ worth of RSD items from them and received only about $150 of it.  Everything else was out of stock.  That said, they shipped quickly and my package arrived in the typical Carrot Top packaging, a large box with an inner box, cardboard pads, bubble wrap, etc.  They could probably have dropped my box out of a plane onto my house and it would have been fine.
 
Amoeba - Took a while to get here, but considering it was shipped Media Mail from California (I'm in KY) that is to be expected.  I was disappointed to see that they stuffed all of my purchases (four LPs and about five 7"s) in one record mailer with one sheet of bubble wrap.  The 7"s were fine, but every one of the album sleeves have some creasing.  I've not checked for warps yet.
 
1-2-3-4 Go! Records - I ordered from them on Sunday, 4/20.  They waited until 4/22 to print a shipping label and then sat on the package for the rest of the week.  It wasn't scanned in to their local post office until Saturday 4/26.  The scheduled date of arrival is Saturday, May 3rd.  That's almost two weeks after I placed the original order.  I can understand if they were busy, but why print the label and then just hold it for a week in their store?     UPDATE: I received this order on Wednesday, 4/30.  Ten days isn't as bad as thirteen.  
 
Crooked Beat - Not a great ordering system.  There's no way to login and no way to pay for your purchase when you place an order.  They say their ordering system is down and emails aren't being sent out.  One of the items I ordered was out of stock, but that's not too bad.  I paid them via Paypal, as they requested, but so far I've not received any confirmation or shipping indication.  I think maybe they weren't prepared for the RSD online influx.
 
Edit: So, I wait until I have something thoughtful to say before making a post and I get negative reputation for it.  Thanks for the welcome.

here's me looking chipper ;D

Fixed it for ya.

I thought some of this was pretty amusing.  Also brings back memories of how excited I was to get a Walkmen in 3rd grade.
 

This isn't really something they can just fix.  The server is overloaded from all the traffic, there most likely isn't a simple way to fix it.
 
It's also pretty likely that they don't have problems like this 364 days out of the year, so spending the money on a better server (or hosting plan) for 1 day every year might not be worth the cost.

"Please take the fries off my head. The basket is extremely hot!"

Last Rights has one or two, get it quick if you want it : http://lastrightsrecords.storenvy.com/collections/19218-12-vinyl/products/94964-true-widow-true-widow-cream-vinyl-only-500-record-store-day-2014
 
I'm going to roll the dice and hope I got one from Relapse.

"Please take the fries off my head. The basket is extremely hot!"

So I just went to my parents house for easter and noticed that the shop there was open so I decided to drop in and found some stuff that it seemed like a lot of people are looking for so I bought them. Here's what I got
Fun Point and Light 10"
Crosses - Yellow 10"
Crosses - Pink 10"
Crosses - Blue 10"
Green Day-Demolicious
Deer Tick - Eel Bowel 7"
Highest offer takes them!!!!
Kidding, selling at cost. Now here's the part that's hard for me to explain and I'm not trying to come off as a dick but I'm only going to sell to people on the boards that are active and give something to this community. I want these to go to people who will actually listen and not throw them up on ebay so if you just joined this week, don't take it personal that I don't want to sell to you.

This is my 666th post...
 

Cave In is getting a wide release in June if that helps.

Relapse packages their stuff really well.  LPs have been outside the jacket and their mailers have reinforced cardboard on a couple sides, I think my records have always been bubble wrapped too.  They do a good job.
 
This is the kind of mailer they've been shipping in :
 

My "H" has been stolen! Aagh, that's how you know it's a Honda! What's the point in having a Honda if you can't show it off?
 
The "H" is half broken off my Honda and I think of this every time I get in my car.

I watched it this morning and enjoyed it.  It's good and I think it'll probably keep getting better as things perpetuate.  I liked the small Lebowski nod (White Russians were on special in the diner).

I feel the exact opposite, the new album doesn't do much for me at all.  I've listened to it quite a bit and nothing really stands out.  I don't think it's bad necessarily, but it just doesn't grab me like Attack did.  Each to their own of course, but this one isn't for me.

I got an email today from the record store. I won the test pressing of the Conor Oberst 7"!