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Thank you immensely. 
 

 

All the best to you Juan. Hoping for nothing but positivity to come your way!

All the best to you Juan. Hoping for nothing but positivity to come your way!

All the best to you Juan. Hoping for nothing but positivity to come your way!

This topic makes me miss Travis.

This topic makes me miss Travis.

This topic makes me miss Travis.

This topic makes me miss Travis.

i dont think i can agree with that. I bought the bundle only because I thought it will be the only way to get this LP. I dont care about the streaming ticket as I feel no excitement at all watching a band perform on my laptop, I dont care for a signed setlist that much either. The bundle cost me 70$ with shipping to Europe, and it looks like there will be so much other variants that some of them will probably find their way to European distros and will cost me half of that price tops. So yeach, scalpers are probably mad but I'm a little bit mad too as I dont remember when was the last time I paid 70$ for a single LP. The only thing that keeps me from canceling order is the sentence from their post "The Waiting packages sold today are vastly different than the singular Vinyl coming at the end of the month." I wonder if this two variants will differ in terms of packing or sth else from the other 7, that would maybe justify a little bit spending more money on it (maybe not ca 100% more, but a little bit at least)

the only people who are REALLY mad in this situation - enough to send an email to get a refund -  are those that are trying to flip, so fuck em. 

*he puts his fist to his forehead, realizing the 100 bands he thinks he likes is really only 10*

I can't speak for others, but for me it comes from a place of caring about the quality and details of a finished product. Like, I would be so disappointed if this sleeve was my project and I sent it out into the world like that. Honestly, it's humiliating for whoever did the layout.
 
As you've acknowledged, spine printing in the other direction (and in a reasonable font size) is the common (and only acceptable) practice; so it's always notable when someone gets it so wrong. 
 
But I get it, I'm surrounded by folks like you who aren't so fussed about the details and who embrace (maybe even aspire to) having low standards. If I were more like you I bet people would like me a lot more. 

I get where you're coming from.  Last year would've been the time to voice any disappointment with the reissue's announcement and I have no doubt that a few people did.  Vaguely recall that, as is customary when these types of boxes or deluxe editions get announced.  Can't please everyone, right?  When they're announced, a lot of people chip in their 2¢ and it's cool / interesting to see where everyone stands on the record after all this time, how it has aged for fans, where it stacks in the discography, and all that jazz.
 
Personal critiques of the music should not diminish others' anticipation for a pre-order from last year, you're right.  Certainly true for me – can't say I've suddenly lost interest in this thing "because McPherson said the album is just not good".  By all means, you do you, but it just seems weird to me this late in the game.  Like your post wasn't even in response to anyone, you know?
 
I'm not saying that there's a finite amount of time where everyone needs to get in their hot takes on a PO thread, before the records ship and everything must be rainbows and sunshine, no exceptions.  Don't interpret this post as advocating for that.  For me, if I have no interest in the reissue, boxset, or new album being offered up... I may or may not chime in with an unpopular opinion ["ugh, wake me up when this band decides to reissue their interesting albums"] or something smarmy.  But when said pre-order is shipping, photos of the variants are getting posted, and people are gushing about how great the physical product turned out... it would strike me as out of place to remind everyone that I'm not excited about the release.  Again.  I'd feel like I was deliberately trying to be a buzzkill or something, I guess.  It's why I'll dip out out of those threads when I have no horse in the race – gotta' "read the room" or whatever.  I would sit tight until the thread is bumped with a reissue or pre-order I'm interested in, and start participating again.  But I'm not you and you're not me.  So do what you gotta' do, but I just figured I'd offer a different perspective.  Maybe I'm crazy and no one else feels the same way, but it is what it is.
 
All that said...
I do wonder what the future editions of mwY reissues look like.  I'm down to see the rest of the catalog done in the same fashion as they've been doing.  The consistency is beautiful which makes that "LP4" obi-misstep a little more painful than it should be.  I wonder if they'll give Ten Stories the same treatment since it technically already has a box version.  I've voiced that before, I'm sure I have.  I've also probably said that I really wish Pale Horses gets a similar box, because it's easily a top-3 mwY album in my books.  And while the expanding gatefold is cool, I'd trade it in a heartbeat for a box like these last 3.

This is interesting! I actually like TOCS a lot more then DLGL. I think its a very unique blend of "screamo"/hardcore and pop music. DLGL to me just sounded like they were trying to sound like norma jean. Its a solid album for sure, but it just doesnt slap me with originality like TOCS does. But I can also see how people would feel the opposite. 
 
 
Also its a bummer that this pressing is not great sounding, the  2012 pressing of TOCS is one of my best sounding records, it really sounds fantastic imo. 

they aren't called Orangecard 

Seems like obi strips are gone too. Disappointed not to get the test nor mages, but at least got an obi strip...

There is no entitlement on my end. I asked a question regarding a simple shipping procedure, that any label or fulfillment company should already be fully keen on. Instead of saying “Yeah good point, knowing this is going to be a HUGE record for us and our customers, and it’s on a heavy weight record that’s been very notorious for destroying jackets, I’ll see what’s up and make sure they know these types of requests are gonna come in and ask if it’s possible to fulfill them.” It takes literally seconds to unshrink, take a record out of a jacket and pack to the best of your ability. I know, I did it for years.
 
How much time and effort is it going to take to respond to customers who are going to complain that their records showed up destroyed and to send out new records/jackets, or to respond to said customers bitching about their favorite album that’s been out of print for 10 years is fucked up? 🤷‍♀️

Yes, I am aware how these things work. But what you just told me, right here, is that if someone requests a record be shipped a certain way(if you refer to my initial post, that’s all I asked), you or whatever fulfillment company you use, won’t act on that request because a record is sealed? And that you hope “minimal” damage occurs? There should be no damage if done correctly.
 
I know y’all go through Second City and they’re really good at honoring requests/notes, and even rectifying situations where something is damaged in transit. But that response... haha

I just want the 3 song EP that followed this. That shit rips.

You guys are really tough making fun of someone who made a mistake in a language which is not my mother tongue. I guess you all speak 2nd and 3rd languages without any errors other than your lazy ass english... 
This place went downhill so badly in the recent years.... 

Ya know, if you are one of those who cancelled Ryan over the Me Too stuff you could also just ignore this thread and move onto other threads on this forum of bands/albums you're currently enjoying...

I heard Michael Jackson licked a boys butthole
 
If any of you lowlifes dance to Billie Jean at a wedding you deserve to rot in hell

Hey, woke master 2000 has entered the chat. I propose that everyone who likes his music gets their ears cut off and sent to a gulag.
Poor phoebe bridgers for going along with Ryan Adams's bad behavior...I bet he forced her to fuck him. Wait...he did by telling her he would help her with her career? Poor phoebe for having absolutely NO choice but to say "yes" to that one. Just say "fuck you" and leave him? Naahh, a career is waiting around the corner! She can still blame him afterwards, maybe even write a song about it! Oh, wait.
Is Ryan an honorable person after what he did? No, quite the contrary. And nor are the people who went along with it. If you don't agree with that you are a hypocrite, nothing more. People like phoebe bridgers showed him directly by going along that he can get what he wants, only that she also got what she wanted - a career start.
Now, if don't want to talk about his music or the new album you can get the fuck out of here and get back onto twitter to express your wokeness.

Thanks for the support everyone.
Hope you are enjoying the album.

They are unique, one time use, codes. 
 
Here’s my ref link that will give you a $5 off coupon.  Good if you’re ordering one record at a time. Otherwise try a private browser session and it should pop up with a 10% off coupon.