stl_ben Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 If only they had the last 10 years to work on setting up a release to be on time.... fish, twatay and timsimmons 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeCeCe Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, timsimmons said: I still want to know why it’s gonna take a year for either version. Incompetence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floyd_z Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 This reminds me of the Neil Young After the Gold Rush 50th anniversary. It's just the album, a 7" and a litho for $100. I love Neil, but such an easy pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 4 hours ago, twatay said: To me, the cover appears to be a thick art piece with crystals embedded/jutting out. I briefly glanced at the artist’s webstore and saw a bunch of different pieces with the same crystal aesthetic (note: all showing sold out). I’m curious if the clear LPs are actually held inside the art piece or not? Also wondering if the clear LPs ship separately from the crystal cover? Perhaps I’m overthinking all of this. You are, it will be in a regular jacket with the crystals printed on it. Otherwise there would be another zero on the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 The only way $100 and one year of waiting would be justifiable, in my opinion, is if the jacket was made of some extra dense cardboard (or plastic) that housed the LPs, and featured 3D printing to achieve the same emboss and depth effects featured in the mockup. Would actually be really impressive to have the clear LP peeking through the damaged bits. IndigoHollow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokimedo Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 43 minutes ago, Derek™ said: The only way $100 and one year of waiting would be justifiable, in my opinion, is if the jacket was made of some extra dense cardboard (or plastic) that housed the LPs, and featured 3D printing to achieve the same emboss and depth effects featured in the mockup. Would actually be really impressive to have the clear LP peeking through the damaged bits. id pay $100 for that. I ended up caving and got the regular version. came out to $50 shipped. Feels stupid participating in a 1 year PO but..i also hate myself so it works out. lots can happen in a year, excited for the ride ahead lmfao plz kill me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyldestination Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 only reason they've put the PO up now is 'cause they want to cash in on the 'anniversary edition' while they can IndigoHollow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewberinger Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 It’s probably shipping in a year because almost everything is gonna take a year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsNJazz Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, drewberinger said: It’s probably shipping in a year because almost everything is gonna take a year This isn't good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booms528 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 What an absolute scam to tell people there will only be 1,000 and charge that much and then change your mind... not to mention the ridiculous lead time. That being said, i ordered a black copy. 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannonfunk Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/21/2021 at 9:27 PM, stl_ben said: You mean the sports cards industry that is arguably as popular now as it ever was. The same sports card industry that went bust because they were selling "limited" cards that were secretly being produced in unlimited quantities? If I didn't know any better, I'd say that sounds a LOT like this situation. While I don't think this is a sign of the vinyl industry bubble bursting, I do think it's absurd to pay that much for a record - especially for someone like The Weeknd, whose middle-of-the-road pop music won't be remembered as anything but middle-of-the-road pop music in 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 If “the bubble” bursts for anyone, it’s speculators. People who buy records because they live music and want physical things will be fine. They know what they bought. CeCeCe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floyd_z Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 You'd have to be high for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Looks like they sold over 21k of the $100 version in the 2 days that they were available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twatay Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 A cool couple million in revenue in 48 hrs from a special edition PO that has a year long lead time...that is pretty crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Ah, they charged so much because they knew they'd have to face the wrath of reddit rubes who started collecting during the pandemic. This release was stupid but imagine being like this in real life. Yes, fucking Universal are doing this as a ploy to steal your money for no product. FUCK NEW VINYL BUYERS. I don't give a shit if 1 in 10 isn't insufferable and a burden on the hobby I'd rather nobody new start collecting from here on out. Close the registration button IRL and give it 5 years to settle. Fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I SHOULD RECEIVE IT FOR FREE AFTER I CANCELED twatay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeCeCe Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Fucking idiots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellnow Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Bunch of babies. Just cancel your order if you don’t like that they made more copies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floyd_z Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) LOL, I'm sure the FTC will be all over this, probably have people working in shifts. Edited March 26, 2021 by floyd_z typo CeCeCe, OneThreeOneTwo and ntslash 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Yeah, I don’t get the whining about it. But also I’m not precious about things not being limited or limited-ness changing. CeCeCe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 At the end of the day it WAS shady but Jesus. To want both a refund and the record is fucking insane. timsimmons, OneThreeOneTwo and CeCeCe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrackt Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I happily canceled my order after being initially bamboozled! ditc586 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billya Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 These people are shameless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Nobody deserves anything for free, but UMG isn't helping themselves. They were responding to some cancellation requests in the first 1k orders telling people that they would still get the album as an apology. But now they are telling people that there was a misunderstanding and that isn't going to happen. twatay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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