Does anyone else hate RSD too? I just wanted to say that RSD for someone who lives in Canada (specifically Toronto) is a nightmare. There are not enough good record stores and virtually none of them sell online. I swear, the only record "store" in Canada that sells online is srcVinyl and Dine Alone.
So, the only other way to get RSD records is to go online to US retailers...but then there are high shipping costs and customs charges. Why is USPS actually so expensive now? USD$17 to ship 1 LP to Canada really kills any deal. Also, a lot of the great US retailers don't even ship to Canada (e.g. Bull Moose, Amoeba, Turntable Lab--I think?)
You could also go to eBay or Discogs, but they're all flippers there AND you have to pay exorbitant shipping costs (except if the item is coming from Germany because Deutsche Post is awesome).
For UK exclusives, you have to wait a whole week before they get to sell their leftover stock online. By that time, you're likely not going to find what you're looking for and so you'll have to eventually turn to flippers on eBay and Discogs.
I know RSD is meant to get you into a physical record store, but when you don't live near any or when they are spread out over a radius of 40km in your city, it's difficult to make that journey with no guarantee that your store will even get any of the items you are looking for because they don't have an online presence and therefore, you can't find a list of the items they ordered. Also, the highway that leads from suburbia to downtown to all the record stores was CLOSED on RSD weekend. T_T
It's like this every year. Does anyone feel this way? It's like all I do at this time of year is line flippers' pockets. Sorry, I just had to rant.
That said, has anyone seen that Smiths 7" anywhere? There are 12000 copies of it, why does it sell for USD$100? It's not even close to being rare! Also looking for Cribs. Anyone in Toronto seen these?
Nope (not for C&C anyway), so I'm more than fine to let this one slide on by if that's what it comes to.
I'd love to have that 7", but it works out to $101.36 for the vinyl bundle (and all I want is the vinyl, don't care at all about the rest of it), just the LP from Amazon is $29.94 (and that price will almost certainly drop further before it ships). So a fucking $71.42 7"??? That's over $10 AN INCH.
Wow, I didn't realize that Dallas is playing BUSH HALL in London, UK. That venue has a capacity of 350! That's pretty insane given that he has previously sold out Royal Albert Hall, which is a 5000+ venue...and he doesn't even have any top 40 albums/singles in the UK (yet). People who have tickets to that Bush Hall show are in for a serious treat.
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