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On 9/29/2016 at 5:18 PM, Fowty Dollaz said:

Well, fuck. Let's trade?

Alrighty, I'm home. Putting it together now! 

7 hours ago, Fowty Dollaz said:

Well, fuck. Let's trade?

Yeah, man! I won't be back home for about another week, but I'm totally down to make one when I get home. I'll start making some artwork for it now. 

7 hours ago, Fowty Dollaz said:

Unfortunately, I only know a few local bands here and a few from where I grew up. This is a cool take on it. I'm sure someone else would be better equipped to help you out than I am. I could do it, but it would be pretty sparse and all punk.

That's cool. Punk is great. My area is basically all pop-punk with a few post hardcore bands here and there. I love my local music scene. I'm always down to share their music. 

On 9/9/2016 at 3:44 PM, chickenbones said:

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nirvana-Bleach-Fawn-colour-Vinyl-/112113255208

Is this a boot? Can't find any info on it.

I don't see it on this list, so I would assume it's a boot. http://www.livenirvana.com/digitalnirvana/discography/nirvana/damp114_1989.html

On 8/31/2016 at 8:03 AM, chevy8 said:

Clouded is a fantastic album

It really is. 

I only have two test pressings:

Dreamers - This Album Does Not Exist (signed)

and

This Wild Life - Clouded

Curious, which variant of Saying Sorry is this?

This is a great idea! I'd totally be down to trade a mixtape with some tracks from my favorite local artists from my area (rock sub-genres) for a tape of other artists from one of y'alls' area. I'm always looking for a new small band to listen to, and it seems like a great way to get the 'local' bands discovered elsewhere. 

1 hour ago, dantheriver said:

Rise and Fearless are both run by MerchNow.  If you couldn't get MerchNow customer support to help you out then you should go directly to the label to see if they can kick the people they pay to handle their mail order into gear.

I didn't try contacting Merchnow because I didn't order it, I picked it up in-store. I just emailed Rise (3 times) to see if there was a way that I could send them the record and get a replacement. Whether they would honor that or not, a response would've been nice. I'd be happier with them telling their customers no, rather than have them ignore their customers. You know?

4 hours ago, RhoBearToe said:

That's the code I have too, I'm thinking they are now excluding vinyl from these codes, which would suck. The fine print now says not valid on vinyl records, so I guess they changed that. That's probably going to cut back my HT spending quite a bit. Those codes made it worth it.

You can no longer use Hot Cash on vinyl either. I haven't used any Hot Cash since they started doing this. My HT only carries Disney picture discs, and the one by my work stopped carrying vinyl all together, so I don't go in there much anyway. Really sucks that they did that though. 

1 minute ago, DOMAN127 said:

I have the HT IOH and it's CD sourced. It isn't that bad, but it's not really dynamic by any means. 

That's totally fine by me. The picture disc of IOH is the only record in my collection that I prefer to listen to the CD over the vinyl. 

On 8/15/2016 at 1:16 PM, DOMAN127 said:

:/

My expression exactly. That's a shame. I might still pick up Infinity On High though. I have the picture disc and it is absolutely trash. I've been told that the HT pressing sounds much better. I really wanted to pick up the FUTCT repress, but not if the quality is going to match the previous HT pressing. 

On 3/22/2016 at 10:15 AM, Stress On The Sky said:

had a pretty baleful experience with Warner Music Group yesterday when Biffy Clyro's Warner Run official store crashed as the pre-order for the deluxe version the band's new album Elipsis went live. Not only did the store grind to a halt under what I assume was very heavy traffic hundreds of customers have seemingly been left out in the cold with no idea whether their orders went through. Some people out of sheer frustration opened multiple orders have stated they've ended up being charged for five but had no confirmations. I myself after three hours of battling ended up with a paypal receipt but no official word from the WMG run store and I've spent all morning trying to chase them on this for an answer only to find that the email listed on the paypal account isn't even active.

How a major league player like WMG could be that unprepared for heavy internet traffic is beyond me. I hope I get an email explaining that my order will be honoured but after this mess I can see it being a while before anything is said or cleared up.

I had a similar experience when I preordered May Death Never Stop You. I was ordering a $50 preorder package and the site crashed multiple times due to heavy traffic. I kept getting an error message saying my order didn't go through, and to try again later. I decided to wait a few hours, then to try again. I ended up checking my bank statement and had $250 (roughly) pending to WMG. I emailed them to try and get everything worked out. Never got a reply. I eventually (after about 5 days) got everything worked out with my bank, but I still never got a reply from Warner. I ended up getting my package, but it sucked not being able to spend money for nearly a week. I hope everything works out with your order. 

Adeline Records has to be the best with customer service if you ask me. I ordered a bunch of 7-inches from them (maybe 6) in one order. One of them skipped in two spots on its first play. They have a 45 day (if I remember correctly) return policy. I waited nearly four months to tell them about it. They replied to my email by the next day and said that they would send out a replacement the next day. When the package came, the replacement was there, plus a few posters, a sticker, AND a bonus Living With Lions 7". I emailed them to tell them that the package arrived, and I asked if the extras were a mistake. They told me it was an added bonus for their mistake. I've never had a bad experience with Adeline. 

I had a pretty good experience with Fearless Record's MerchNow a few months back too. I emailed just to inform them that a case on a cassette I ordered arrived cracked. I told them that I'm not looking for a replacement, I just wanted to let them know that they should be a bit more cautious with packaging. They apologized and sent me a whole new tape and case. I told them they didn't have to, but I really appreciate them doing that. 

The worst label I've ever dealt with is Rise Records. The same problem occurred with a record that I purchased from them -- the record skipped (in 6 places) on its very first spin! I emailed them three times, two months apart each time; never, even to this day, did they respond to a single email. 

I've also had some bad experiences with No Sleep Records, though I've had good ones as well. They had a promotion going where they added a random 12" to every vinyl order, while supplies last. I placed my order the day after the promotion started. I thought I would treat myself for my birthday. I opened the package to see what the random record would be and it wasn't there, just what I ordered. The extra was a huge incentive to me placing the order in the first place. They kept this promotion going for nearly a month after my packages arrived. That's just false advertisement to make more money. I also pre-ordered an LP from No Sleep once, set to release in December, 2015. It didn't arrive until late March, 2016. I understand that vinyl distribution set backs are usually out of the label's control, but would it kill to send your customers an update?

Does anybody know the pressing information for "blink-182/Swindle - Lemmings/ Going Nowhere 7" Split" Olive variant? I've checked Discogs; it's listed, but has no information on which pressing it is, or what it's limited to. 

On 8/9/2016 at 7:17 PM, nardes said:

Speaking of Alice... I'd love to see Hot Topic do a pressing of "Almost Alice" from Disney's AIW with the Hot Topic exclusive/deluxe tracks. Nudge nudge wink wink @travis

I've been saying this for years. This needs to happen.