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2 hours ago, vinyl21 said:

Offer media mail.  Have us click a checkbox that we acknowledge it could be damaged in transit and not eligible for a refund.

 

 

 

 

That would solve it right there, but then they can't have a reason to charge as much. I feel really bad for everyone trying to get all the variants because that shipping is nasty especially when you need it like 5+ times. I wish you all luck, I am happy I'm sticking with Amazon.

5 minutes ago, verb1999 said:

Agreed.  Not to mention media mail comes with a tracking number.  I have a large collection of records, many to most of which I've acquired by mail (not proud of this, it would be a lot cooler if many records I bought were available at local record shops, alas, that's not the case).  Majority of time I would guess, shipped via USPS media mail.  Every time I've had the option.  I've never had an issue.  Of course other than sleeve dings & such, due to poorly packed records, but that would be it.

Yeah I am the same, almost all of the records I purchase come from online and not in store record stores (I purchase from record stores a lot, but online). I enjoy going from time to time to check it out and see what I can impulse buy but a lot of time if I want a specific variant or special record they aren't stocked at my record store unfortunately. Other times they have it for 3x the price that I can get it online. Sometimes, its a 1/3 price too, so it comes all ways, but I still mostly buy online, most come in flawless condition.

7 minutes ago, travis said:

Pretty sure the general retail variant is the black 180 gram.

I'd be surprised if they pressed a standard weight black vinyl and 180 gram black vinyl.

Yeah that is what i am thinking. If not, kind of bummed but also getting it for $20 shipped day of release on Amazon so I don't have much to complain about.

Also, I appreciate whoever is getting upset over Tom Hanks and the self titled album. What have they done to you??

Preordered on Amazon its $20 with release date shipping. Sounds much better than that KRM situation that some of you are unfortunately dealing with, hope it all works out.

Also on a side note just picked up the SRC release for Take off Your Pants and Jacket on record mainly because my favorite Blink 182 song is on it (I am very mature, I can assure you but who doesn't want to sing every word to that beautiful song) 

I was about to post about ebay listings but someone beat me to it. Taylor is good stuff and I completely forgot the originals are releasing in a couple days and I am so excited, preordered those back in February

Yeah i like the black a little more and being able to blue fixes that too. Thanks!!

I don't know this for sure but I'd assume they wouldn't make a black 180 gram for their webstore and also make a standard weight black vinyl for retail. If they made the black vinyl 180 gram then all of the black vinyl is most likely 180 gram. I'd guess Amazon and everyone else that has a pre-order up (excluding the band's webstore) has 180 gram black vinyl.

 

Also, there will most likely be a splatter variant as a HT exclusive. There will be a HT exclusive on this, just waiting to hear if they can do the splatter or not. Will let you guys know once I have more solid info.

Yeah that is what i was thinking. I thought it would be strange to have two black presses and only have 180g webstore exclusive. It could happen, but I don't expect it and only reason I even thought of it is because it was mentioned a few times on here.

So everyone is thinking the Amazon preorder is not going to be 180g? I hate when there isn't much info out, I'll think about it.... definitely (like anyone) would prefer 180g

Venue presales and things like that I don't trust. I've always managed to get better seats through the general sale. I was just thinking that maybe they would actually offer up good seats for preordering the album.

I got burned so bad at Dead and Company and ended up losing $70 so I won't be too keen on presales in the future. When I don't want to throw my computer out the window though I do well with presales, that isn't too often.

And yeah reading through all this I am not impulse buying it on KMR because I am not about those shipping prices. I will just preorder on Amazon and forget about it

Please let someone do the Katamari Damacy OST during this arms race...

I only saw the reply didn't see this so I was going back to see where a Katamari vinyl was mentioned and was about to search for it. Well my quest continues.... Between that and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle I would be content with video game soundtracks on vinyl for a while.

blink/ADTR/ATL tour 

 See I saw and got excited for All American Rejects just to see that All Time Low was playing by me instead   I will probably still go though.

I was at the mall the other day and there was an FYE going out of business sale so the records were 40% off which makes them closer to retail so I impulse bought a moe. record "Fatboy" stamped 3000 copies for $18. Not the smartest purchase I ever made ...............

Pretty sure they were gone within a few seconds. I tried for the Jay Shaw print which was sold out the second it went up. I then tried the liquid filled records just out of curiosity & they were gone too. I'm really good at scoring shit no one wants when it comes to Mondo drops. 0 for 20 on anything remotely popular that isn't a record with 500+ copies pressed.

I know the feeling, that's why I don't even try. Past couple mondos I have gotten have been available for months and weren't gone instantly. Also got the first pressing of the Last of Us boxset but that's basically the best I have gotten. Also I work during the day not about trying to get that $250 record that will just get me mad when I don't get it.

Those liquid filled went fast? Not like I didn't expect them to and i would have impulse bought one myself but that price was way too steep for me. Looked pretty awesome, one day I will get a liquid filled record just to have one haha but I am not in any way paying $230 for one.

has anyone seen muppets/jack white out there? thanks!

I just ordered this record the other day on Third Man Records store. I did not even know it was an RSD release? I would check there though! Good luck.

Nice, did your bullmoose one come in a huge ass box too?

No it actually came fine in a normal size box, Turntable Lab on the other hand..... You could have fit 10 records in the box and I only ordered one haha. It was like 5 feet long.

Received my orders from Turntable Lab, Bull Mose, and 1-2-3 Go, just waiting on Creep on Vintage but should receive them this weekend if not next week

Yes - that's brutal.  $5 on an $11 record that's going between $40-70 on Ebay is not brutal.

I was half asleep when i bought it and then checked ebay and I was like oh. Yeah not too brutal haha bad word choice. Mainly paying 50% of the product price was kind of annoying but could be worse.

Yeah, I just got a record today in the mail and saw the address was 5 minutes from my house and it said priority mail, and I don't remember how much i paid for shipping but if it was anything over $5 that would be annoying I could've just picked it up if they actually have a storefront 

Just picked up that Andrew McMahon record from Creep because you all were talking about it. Found a 10% off code so that was nice but $5 shipping for a $11 record is brutal. Hope its worth it. And Now I have officially ordered from 5 different record stores this RSD haha

Yeah I ordered a record the other day and it was $14.95 with $10.95 shipping so it was $25. Still decent price for a record, but it's not a $15 record, i would prefer to wait a couple days and save $7 but that's me, and seems like it is the shared opinion of many here.

The amount of record stores flipping the Gerard Way for $40+ is really pissing me off. Funny how when you check their actual site, they don't have it listed.

That is insane. i need to see this for myself, gotta love how honest people are. It is one thing if it is a scalper/civilian, but when a company is posting them online for either auction price on ebay or inflated prices on Discogs that is just scummy.

I did not even go to a record store this year because I was out of town but luckily found everything I could have possibly wanted online through multiple websites. If I could not get what I wanted and saw companies were withholding stock to sell for a extra buck I would not ve a very happy consumer.

It's so cute. They grow up so fast though. Wait until it grows to a full 12"!

I concur. I can't play it on my turntable if I wanted and even if I impulse bought it that $23 shipping fee is nasty so it's not happening haha. Good luck to whoever wins it.

Really nice guy definitely recommended! Looking at that Death Cab for Cutie record myself.

At first discounted the idea since I have it preordered at Bull Moose since this thread was started basically but I do love release date delivery but I am not even sure if Bull Moose charged shipping or tax and if not its a $10 difference.....decisions decisions......

When it's minor I am like eh. When it is my expensive Hotline Miami 2 OST and it's major splitting I get slightly more annoyed, also because it is out of print so could not have returned it even if I wanted 

Yeah... Just paid $200 shipped to Italy

I paid £47 shipped which is equivalent to like $67 USD. Shipping was like $18.