mikecryptodira Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Looking back on this I was probably just a little mad I couldn't get the deal. Stuff does happen, I'm sure they weren't trying to screw the people trying to buy this particular record. Just an initial paranoid thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandy Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Seriously? Let's get real guys. What's so difficult to believe about this? It makes perfect sense from a corporate standpoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemongoat Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 What's so difficult to believe about this? It makes perfect sense from a corporate standpoint. They have the deal to get people to buy things. They aren't trying to discourage you from buying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandy Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 They have the deal to get people to buy things. They aren't trying to discourage you from buying I get what you're trying to say. But if I were selling something I know people would definitely snap up, I would choose to sell it at the 'standard retail price' rather than at a discount (in this case the discount comes in the form of $1 shipping). It just doesn't make sense to put up a new hot release at a discounted period. It's like how they exclude vinyl from their hot cash sales. Only this time, they're just 'excluding' this LP temporarily for a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummerboy032 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 thejesseb, I have over $60 in my ebates account! You can use it at a lot of websites. Any other sites with vinyl? Or just hottopic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifworkpermits Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 What's so difficult to believe about this? It makes perfect sense from a corporate standpoint. Do you have any idea how minute Vinyl sales are to Hot Topic?? I mean, honestly, go through their website. Vinyl does not even fill up 5%. Go to the store and I guarantee you Vinyl is on 1 rack and not in prime location. It's been said before and it will be said again. HOT TOPIC IS A RETAILER, NOT A RECORD STORE. They just so happened to have one of us who works his ass off to get labels to press records that he then buys for his stores. I highly doubt the higher ups at HT go into their meeting and say "Shit, that paramore record just dropped and we have $1 shipping going on. Quick, double the price and make the UPC not work so we can avoid losing all of this money on shipping records!" psus2h and mcguirk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejesseb Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Any other sites with vinyl? Or just hottopic? Gohastings Barnes and noble (has a few titles) Bestbuy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummerboy032 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Gohastings Barnes and noble (has a few titles) Bestbuy Sweet thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifworkpermits Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I get what you're trying to say. But if I were selling something I know people would definitely snap up, I would choose to sell it at the 'standard retail price' rather than at a discount (in this case the discount comes in the form of $1 shipping). It just doesn't make sense to put up a new hot release at a discounted period. It's like how they exclude vinyl from their hot cash sales. Only this time, they're just 'excluding' this LP temporarily for a day. They excluded vinyl from Hot Cash because people were buying in quantities of 50. That, along with the fact that there is not much profit to be made off records. There is profit, yes, but not enough to convert HT into HT Records. They make the most off clothing, especially when they themselves produce it. Hot Cash is designed to reward people who have already spent money at the store (not people who copy codes from an online website into a promo box) and to lessen their inventory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 They have the deal to get people to buy things. They aren't trying to discourage you from buying Exactly, it just cracks me up that any time there is some glitch or system issue where something is a little screwed up online people come up with conspiracy theories. I promise you that no one here is taking the time to put something up online for twice the price to screw with anyone. Why would we even put it up at all? Why not just wait until today? Sorry for the inconvenience with this, obviously something was wrong. We figured out what it was and fixed it but it took overnight for that fix to take effect. psus2h 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 You've got to be kidding me with $48. Where the fuck is Travis at! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandy Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 They excluded vinyl from Hot Cash because people were buying in quantities of 50. That, along with the fact that there is not much profit to be made off records. There is profit, yes, but not enough to convert HT into HT Records. They make the most off clothing, especially when they themselves produce it. Hot Cash is designed to reward people who have already spent money at the store (not people who copy codes from an online website into a promo box) and to lessen their inventory. Exactly, it just cracks me up that any time there is some glitch or system issue where something is a little screwed up online people come up with conspiracy theories. I promise you that no one here is taking the time to put something up online for twice the price to screw with anyone. Why would we even put it up at all? Why not just wait until today? Sorry for the inconvenience with this, obviously something was wrong. We figured out what it was and fixed it but it took overnight for that fix to take effect. Fair enough. I was just extremely suspicious because I refreshed one minute and it was $48.50 and the dollar shipping was available. The next minute I refreshed, it went to $21.99 and the shipping offer was gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saint Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Dont forget, use eBates and get an extra 4% cash back. http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=WHADO5BHfrH6ptFlY0szsQ%3D%3D Decided to finally sign up for this. Seems more than worth it. Swtcatsrophe07 and psus2h 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejesseb Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Decided to finally sign up for this. Seems more than worth it. It is. If you have any questions hit me up. psus2h 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zacooper Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Fair enough. I was just extremely suspicious because I refreshed one minute and it was $48.50 and the dollar shipping was available. The next minute I refreshed, it went to $21.99 and the shipping offer was gone. That's just because the website was set to refresh at midnight. The $1 shipping was coded to end at that time and the refresh of the vinyl prices was pushed to go live when the website refreshed also. IT is a process and every change to the site over the course of the day is just set to go live at one refresh time. They probably have internal controls in place to make sure that changes are approved and everything and that it was implemented correctly, they aren't going to do that process more than once in a day. Not a conspiracy, just an unfortunate coincidence. thejesseb, brandy and tape 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandy Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 That's just because the website was set to refresh at midnight. The $1 shipping was coded to end at that time and the refresh of the vinyl prices was pushed to go live when the website refreshed also. IT is a process and every change to the site over the course of the day is just set to go live at one refresh time. They probably have internal controls in place to make sure that changes are approved and everything and that it was implemented correctly, they aren't going to do that process more than once in a day. Not a conspiracy, just an unfortunate coincidence. Well, thank you for the explanation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zacooper Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Well, thank you for the explanation! I just happen to be doing internal controls testwork over IT systems at my client right now, so it's on my mind haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zayzay87971 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Explain to me this conspiracy against me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! buffylover29 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcguirk Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I just happen to be doing internal controls testwork over IT systems at my client right now, so it's on my mind haha Now if HT.com were doing continuous deployment this wouldn't be a problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffylover29 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Yea guys, get that 4% and a bonus $20 gift card for using ebates http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=i1s%2FWPa2i%2BqvAotQTITuYQ%3D%3D psus2h 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifworkpermits Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Now if HT.com were doing continuous deployment this wouldn't be a problem! Haha this is true. One of my good friends used to be in HT IT and it's undergoing quite a bit of change as well at HT itself, from what he has told me. I feel for those HT customer service reps who get handed very little info to help customers and then this happens. Intercommunication is most important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcguirk Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Surprising because it just seems like a off-the-shelf e-commerce site with some edgy graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgusa8 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Ordered! Only Riot! to go. Hope that they won't fuck up with colour again) Do we know if Riot happening at all? Last piece to the puzzle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Do we know if Riot happening at all? Last piece to the puzzle As of right now it isnt. Still working on it though. mcguirk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemongoat Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Hey Travis I don't know if you're checking the other thread, but do you have a date for International Superhits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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