mattisr1984 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 someone may have already suggested this, i dunno, because i didnt read all the replies BUT if you do 20 and have copies left over, you should enter everyone who buys a copy of the record into a drawing and determine the winners prior to sending out the preorders and whoever wins, ship them a test press with the record as a nice little surprise/gift and announce the winners afterwords. nice little incentive to preorder the record, i say. round 2 records did this with dead hearts - bitter verses preorders and even though i didnt win, i thought it was a cool idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlovecolouredx Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 for me.... i think you can sell 'em directly ! but i'm not sure the price of it. .... i have an idea... i think you might give one or two set of 'em to the buyer who purchase all colourd of 'em. by random a name of lucky winner from your buyer list who bought a set of all version. is it work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skumbucket Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 i have no idea what kind of pricing should be on them, but you absolutely should sell them. like i've said here and on the drag the river board, you run the best label/vinyl service in the world, from what i can tell. i think considering the recent scaling-back of the business you should do yourself a favour and get as much as you possibly can out of them. you're already doing the honourable thing by giving some copies to the band and suicide squeeze, so help out your fledgling business which deserves to be rewarded for it's excellent customer service, quality of product, and reasonable pricing. anyways. do the auction. maximize profits for once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Told you I'd be in the minority, but I stand by my original comment... if everyone is telling you to cash in since collectors are willing to pay, print enough to reward some heavy purchaser and then sell em off later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefwahoo Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I really like what Lifeline did, I think it's fair for everyone. And I'm EXTREMELY jealous of whoever it was on this board that won a copy of that 7". Congrats! Hey. This is my first post as a logged in user but I was the dude who won the 7". I loved the raffle. Lifeline presses records at a loss and I had no problem paying for a raffle for the limited to 50 MLIW 7". It brought some extra scratch to the label and in the end I won a rad and super rad record. That being said I think board members should get first crack. Or how about newest board members getting first crack.... I don't know why I'm so curious about this, but I am. Did Lifeline just include the single with your order and that's how you knew you won? Or did they contact you separately and/or ship it separately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokithelion Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Hey. This is my first post as a logged in user but I was the dude who won the 7". I loved the raffle. Lifeline presses records at a loss and I had no problem paying for a raffle for the limited to 50 MLIW 7". It brought some extra scratch to the label and in the end I won a rad and super rad record. That being said I think board members should get first crack. Or how about newest board members getting first crack.... I don't know why I'm so curious about this, but I am. Did Lifeline just include the single with your order and that's how you knew you won? Or did they contact you separately and/or ship it separately? I had no idea at all. I opened my package and screamed with joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admin Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 thanks for everyone's input on this. I am going to sell the extra test pressings and am considering doing the following: - Giving one to a lucky pre-order and just include it in with their order - figuring out a way to get 1 registered message boarder one - and auctioning off a few I am also thinking about making silk-screened covers for the 20 test pressings with completely unique art. How rad would that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brennan Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 since i'm the first registered message boarder to reply i think its fair that i get it? also silk screened covers would be very rad also i felt i should exalt you for that very rad post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 those are 3 good ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inutil Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchwarmer Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 unique silk screened covers are an awesome idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest conoley Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 So that settles is? I get them and distribute them as I see fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfedaykinx Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 virgil, you make my mouth drool and my eyes bulge with the thought of those silk-screened covers. then i wallow in the thought that there are only 20 and my chances are slim to none of obtaining such a treasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skumbucket Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 i support of all of those moves, mostly because that means i get at least two extra chances to get one besides just buying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaime Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 i like everything you said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ps Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Those are great ideas, especially the silkscreened covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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