To be fair it wasn't publicly advertised as /500 on the product page, the merch company (seemingly) replied to one person that it was /500. For all they knew it probably was at the time.
I don't think that repress is available anymore. Only place that I know of to purchase Coloring Book is eBay for around $50. For some reason big German retailers that used to sell these releases have stopped selling them for the most part.
I find it interesting that some people on the boards may quibble with a 2xLP being overpriced at for example $29.99 but are willing to pay $69.99 for a 3xLP "special edition" from Blood Music. Nothing against that, guess that's a good way to make money if people pay that much for it.
Dude. I'm the same guy who about 2 years ago sent you photos of a box that arrived with two totally torn/split open corners. 3 of the 5 records hanging out of one of the corners had magically managed to worm their way through your bullet proof paper mesh covering & get significant tears on two of them with pretty gnarly bends on all 5 of them.
You know that sick to your stomach feeling you get when you are super disappointed after waiting 3-4 months for something you expect to be awesome to arrive & instead it shows up totally fucked up? Well I had that feeling when the guy at UPS handed me this box. I even took photos PRIOR to opening the box because the damage was so impressive.
I emailed you the photos & was super polite about it all & you acted slightly put off by my simply asking if you had any extra sleeves.
After bitching at length about how hard and expensive running a label by yourself is & my only having asked for 3 sleeves, you charged me $20 for them. Cool.
I then sent you $20 for the sleeves.
AFTER I sent the money, you then told me I had to wait until I ordered more records from you so you could include the sleeves with that order & not have to pay for shipping the sleeves separately.
Awesome. Whatever.
I totally realize I'm an idiot for continuing to order from you. But maybe next time you refer to people as shitting on your releases simply because they criticize the amount you charge for media mail, you should consider that maybe that person has dealt with you before & has a reason for being a bit bitter/critical with how you do things.
My current order with you is #7879 & is for one copy of the Perturbator "The Uncanny Valley" clear 3xlp box. I would greatly appreciate it if you cancel/refund this order. While you're at it, you can look at all the other stuff I've ordered from you over the years without a single complaint other than the damaged sleeves I mentioned above. Lastly, you can take solace in the fact that there will be one less person in the world with a reason to "sh*t" on one of your releases ever again.