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    Sgt. Pepper Vinyl

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, THE_James_Champ said:

    So the double LP, the second disc is the demos or outakes? Is the remaster on the first disc the same as previous? I love this album, and I have a new old, messy, not so good looking pressing I received from someone, and I've definitely been wanting to upgrade to something cleaner. I'm not sure I would actually listen to the additional tracks though.

    First LP is a new stereo mastering of the original. It sounds superb, a really really solid job - well worth having on the shelf.

    The second is the same tracks but different takes of them, apparently previously unheard. I believe there is chat on there too about how to make the song sound etc - looking forward to spinning it...might stick it on now.

    Well worth the purchase I'd say - one of the all time great albums.

    Insound Closing Its Doors After 16 Years

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, ExtraFox said:

    Warning for international buyers. Do not buy from Insound.

     

    I bought a bunch of records from them recently. 40% off and $9.99 international shipping. How could you say no? Total cost of order including shipping was $117.84. Calculated import charges (about £18.50) and UPS handling fee (guesstimated £15). Worth it.

     

    UPS try and deliver it. £60.59 invoice. Items had been valued at $267! That was 1.5 times the cost of them before the 40% discount. No possible reasonable explanation for it. Shipping quoted as $0. Apparently, when compaines quote shipping as zero, the courier is required to assume that $0 is wrong and add a default amount into the calculation. UPS also said they charged me some sort of extra handing charge to do with transport from the airport to the depot... I was too pissed off to remember the details.

     

    I refused to pay the charges and UPS kept the parcel while I tried to deal with Insound. No response to multiple emails that suggested multiple ways of dealing with it. After a few Facebook messages, I got an email that said customers are responsible for any import costs. After telling them that I was going to get my credit card company involved as the items were not as described and a post on their Facebook page saying how appaling their customer service was (they vett them first so it never made it to their page), I got an offer of a full refund (in 3 to 5 business days). Seven working days and two more emails later (the response to one of which was 'you have to wait 3-5 business days' when the 5 business days were up), I got my refund.

     

    So it looks like I might be getting my records for another 30% ish off. Was it worth it? No. There's no excuse for valuing things wrong. It would be understandable (but still not acceptable) if they had set the value at the cost of the records before the discount, but they had managed to pull some even higher figure out of their arse. I had to waste a lot of my time trying to get them to rectify their incompetence.  The worst customer service I have come across. Hells Headbangers and King's Road EU have both dropped a place.

    Ouch. I'm waiting on a delivery for the same sale and same delivery. It's been a while since ordered which is why I noticed this thread...!

    However, my Welcome10 didn't apply during the order and they promptly replied and refunded that - so I hold out hope!

    Sorry you had such trouble.

    Ever heard of this?

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

    Posted

    1 minute ago, sammyjammy said:

    Thank you ever so much,how helpful.Yes,i did learn,thanks to Google,how to listen to a track from the album but if you look closely at my question,the words in it,that's not quite what i asked,is it?

    I just couldn't find out anything about the artist or album itself.Maybe because of what i found out in the links lethalenforcer sent me.But i do hope your smug condescension keeps you as entertained as real friends would:D

     

    Wholly unnecessary. Your question asked if anyone knew 'anything at all'.

    Other than the fact you've got the record in front of you, which has pretty much ALL of the information you need to do some research, others will help where they can. Why don't you take the time to articulate fully what you do know and what specifically you'd like to know.

    Also, make your sentences more readable. Enjoy the forum.

    Upcoming Hot Topic Releases

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

    Posted

    28 minutes ago, Colton said:

    I got my copy of Panic's AFYCSO today and each corner is considerably dinged up. One even has a bit of a crease. Has this happened to anyone else and how does Hot Topic usually handle it? I feel like if I try to send it back it'll be sold out before it even gets there for me to get a replacement. Also the last time I got a replacement from someone it came in even worse condition than the first.

    How does it sound?

    Store recommendations on roadtrip

    in Everything Else Message Board

    Posted

    23 hours ago, zdkaiser said:

    Sloth Records in Calgary was a smallish shop I enjoyed. Last time I was there the Canadian dollar was only $0.70 to $1 USD, so prices were good. Plus they had a lot of European titles that would be imports regularly in the US at inflated prices, but we're normally priced in Canada.

    Great stuff, that will be useful as we are passing through!

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