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sandbox-wars got a reaction from cemeterytapes in VC's definitive list of albums, A- Z (VOTING CLOSED)
Too early for The Greatest Generation?
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sandbox-wars got a reaction from sacredheart in VC's definitive list of albums, A- Z (VOTING CLOSED)
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sandbox-wars reacted to cemeterytapes in VC's definitive list of albums, A- Z (VOTING CLOSED)
Some things haven't changed since middle school.
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sandbox-wars got a reaction from andrewlucas in Mondo Prints
Tried for a variant, settled for the original w/ green and orange. First print I've ever gotten on a drop!
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sandbox-wars reacted to timbrh2001 in Mondo Prints
Picked up this one yesterday at cost. Definitely in my Top 5 favorite Mondo prints released this year. Initially I didn't think much of it but then it grew into an obsession rather quickly, kind of a weird 180.
Pretty Things Float - JC Richard
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sandbox-wars reacted to sirensongofra in Blink-182 @ Blizzcon 2013
thats pretty awesome!
i remember someone uploaded the Tenacious D performance to youtube and that was great, so hopefully someone does that again with this show
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sandbox-wars reacted to lonesomexloveus in The Walking Dead
i wish she had had a microphone to drop.
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sandbox-wars reacted to Metal Mike in Do any of you actually listen to the music you buy?
Hey, I noticed I got the fired-up red variant of this post.
Any idea what quantity were posted and what it's worth?
Thanks!
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sandbox-wars reacted to Metal Mike in [PO soon] Less Than Jake - See the Light
New song posted:
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/less-than-jake-my-money-is-on-the-longshot-song-premiere
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sandbox-wars reacted to museummouth in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Repress?
Preordered that during their Kickstarter back in June. The wait has been killing me but I know it'll be worth it.
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sandbox-wars reacted to astrangerwithcandy in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Repress?
They need to press the game soundtrack.
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sandbox-wars reacted to scottheisel in BestBuy.com Thread (Updated 5/13)
Ain't nothing wrong with a lil' scamming, as long as it's not hurting the little guy and it's not illegal. This is neither.
I haven't participated in this Best Buy thing at all, but it reminds me of a loophole I found and exploited many, many years ago: There used to be an online retailer called Music Boulevard which was more or less the direct competitor to CDNow (no one under the age of 25 or so probably has ever heard of either of these companies). Back in the late ’90s, I remember Music Boulevard offered a $10 off coupon for any new account—and interestingly, the $10 would cover shipping, too. So essentially, any item in their store that was $7 or less was completely free.
I ordered quite literally hundreds of items over the ensuing months, each time making a new account with a dummy email address (all of which redirected to my actual email address). The mailing address was the same for every order; the only thing I would change would be the recipient's name. I had packages addressed to Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, Amanda Hugginkiss, I. P. Freely, etc. — and they would arrive by the dozens every few days. If it was under $7, I would order it, whether or not I knew who it was. I actually ended up finding a lot of my favorite bands this way, because they stocked vinyl from Asian Man, SST, etc. and they were all priced at $6.99. (This is actually how I got my copy of Alkaline Trio's Goddamnit and Tuesday's Freewheelin' back in the day, too.) If I didn't like it, I would sell it to my local record store.
I probably got off somewhere in the neighborhood of 400-500 orders, all going to the exact same address, before my parents intervened and would ground me for every package I opened. (I took the punishment; it was worth it.)
Eventually, Music Boulevard was bought out by CDNow (which was then later bought out by Amazon), and the coupon was gone. The funny thing was all of those dummy email accounts then got added to CDNow's mailing list, and I started getting bombarded with 400-500 emails daily about their new products. Whoops!
In short: There is literally zero reason I should've been able to scam that company that hard for that long, but the onus of responsibility falls on the company to actually pay attention to their business. I didn't do anything illegal; I just found a loophole and exploited it, like all the best politicians in America.
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sandbox-wars reacted to trevorxramage in Deja Entendu repress?
If you judge music based on what gets played on the radio then you listen to some really shitty music.
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sandbox-wars got a reaction from trevorxramage in Deja Entendu repress?
Of course TAYF and YFW would sound similar, Lacey played bass in TBS and John Nolan was his best friend. YFW came first as well, and you can't really call it a TAYF copy when one of the TAYF songs was written in response to Seventy Times Seven. I personally enjoy the story surrounding the albums and it makes the similarities and differences all the more interesting. No need for everyone to jump the bandwagon on either side of the genre, just listen for yourself and decide if you like it or not without telling everyone else how good it is/isn't. Relativity and shit.
Can't wait to finally own Deja, I like that 10 year cover art as well as the one with the astronaut on the ground reaching towards the camera.
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sandbox-wars got a reaction from themeconspiracy in BestBuy.com Thread (Updated 5/13)
Streetlight Manifesto's Hands That Thieve was just added to best buy, costs $19.98 and becomes free with two promo codes. I feel like I just pirated a record, and that Tomas would be proud. If he can't get my preorder money, NOBODY CAN.
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sandbox-wars got a reaction from RowBearToe in BestBuy.com Thread (Updated 5/13)
Streetlight Manifesto's Hands That Thieve was just added to best buy, costs $19.98 and becomes free with two promo codes. I feel like I just pirated a record, and that Tomas would be proud. If he can't get my preorder money, NOBODY CAN.
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sandbox-wars got a reaction from freaksgeeks in Streetlight Manifesto - The Hands That Thieve
Alright, so I've said some pretty heated things on here in regards to the mess involving refunds from the RISC store, but this morning I decided to give calling another try and after the first call not going through (the number doesn't have a voicemail set up so if the line isn't open the call drops), the second call went right through. I'm pretty sure it was Dave who answered, and he very quickly and courteously refunded me. I briefly had the chance to ask what the deal was with the wait, and he just said that he's going as fast as he can. I'm not going to sugarcoat it and take back everything I said because honestly this is still being handled poorly, but Dave restored some faith I had in the fact that these dudes probably do have it rough and are at least trying. I've decided against ordering from Victory and instead just picking this up second hand or from Amazon or something, and to make it up to streetlight I'll just grab a bunch of merch at their show.
For those of you on here still trying to get refunded, call (213) 742 8837 a few times today until the line is free. If you get the chance I didn't, just remind Dave that most of us are still in the dark and if he can get some kind of update out that says they're still working it'll go a long way with the fans. Hope this helps some of you.
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sandbox-wars reacted to moonbeams in Streetlight Manifesto - The Hands That Thieve
I might be unaware of being refunded, but as of now I feel like they stole my money. I was offended that they asked to keep it, but after offering a refund and not delivering, come on.