cemeterytapes Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 He was in charge of the vinyl purchasing at Hot Topic for a few years and was an active member of this board, so we’d be able to get inside deets on upcoming releases from him and offer up suggestions for pressings and stuff Panties Hank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panties Hank Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Ah, damn. In that case, RIP guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 3 hours ago, shadowkid33 said: He was in charge of the vinyl purchasing at Hot Topic for a few years and was an active member of this board, so we’d be able to get inside deets on upcoming releases from him and offer up suggestions for pressings and stuff He was always a helpful guy and as honest as he could be without giving away “confidential “ information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatrocket8 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 16 hours ago, Tidal Wave said: He was always a helpful guy and as honest as he could be without giving away “confidential “ information Did he pass away or does he just not post here anymore because Hot Topic stopped selling records? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatrocket8 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) It looks like Wax Bodega still has copies of their coke bottle clear/mint green split exclusive. EDIT: Maybe not. Edited April 22, 2019 by ckraus333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nardes Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 59 minutes ago, ckraus333 said: Did he pass away or does he just not post here anymore because Hot Topic stopped selling records? He left Hot Topic and went to work for someone else (I can't remember who). When he left HT, their entire record selling/exclusives went into the crapper. Not sure if he saw it coming and got out when he could or if it went downhill because he left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatrocket8 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Just now, nardes said: He left Hot Topic and went to work for someone else (I can't remember who). When he left HT, their entire record selling/exclusives went into the crapper. Not sure if he saw it coming and got out when he could or if it went downhill because he left. That sucks. I did not know that. Hot Topic got some good exclusives. I guess it's good for my bank account though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okami Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 49 minutes ago, ckraus333 said: That sucks. I did not know that. Hot Topic got some good exclusives. I guess it's good for my bank account though. I believe he works for Epitaph Records cemeterytapes and Buffbloom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 1 hour ago, ckraus333 said: Did he pass away or does he just not post here anymore because Hot Topic stopped selling records? LOL, @travis is alive and well, y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panties Hank Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 3 hours ago, ckraus333 said: It looks like Wax Bodega still has copies of their coke bottle clear/mint green split exclusive. EDIT: Maybe not. Yes. Do NOT try and order ANYTHING from them. I did in December and it was an absolute disaster fighting to get in contact and get my money back. I even tried to reach out to Josh directly and have been completely ignored. At one point I spoke with Dan directly via the Sun Drenched Pavement Society asking to have him let Josh know? He said he did, and. I never heard back. The guy that was running it (Kyle) as completely ignored every attempt at contact. meatrocket8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatrocket8 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, perryburner said: Yes. Do NOT try and order ANYTHING from them. I did in December and it was an absolute disaster fighting to get in contact and get my money back. I even tried to reach out to Josh directly and have been completely ignored. At one point I spoke with Dan directly via the Sun Drenched Pavement Society asking to have him let Josh know? He said he did, and. I never heard back. The guy that was running it (Kyle) as completely ignored every attempt at contact. It looks like the original location in Lakewood, Ohio closed about a year ago. Not sure if they ever opened another brick and mortar store. https://patch.com/ohio/lakewood-oh/wax-bodega-closing-its-lakewood-store Edited April 22, 2019 by ckraus333 vinny0190 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny0190 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 53 minutes ago, ckraus333 said: It looks like the original location in Lakewood, Ohio about a year ago. Not sure if they ever opened another brick and mortar store. https://patch.com/ohio/lakewood-oh/wax-bodega-closing-its-lakewood-store Interesting, I wondered what happened to them, I really loved holding out on buying records to see if they'd have a special variant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicity Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 5 hours ago, nardes said: He left Hot Topic and went to work for someone else (I can't remember who). When he left HT, their entire record selling/exclusives went into the crapper. Not sure if he saw it coming and got out when he could or if it went downhill because he left. Didn't all of that happen after HT cracked down on the crazy sales they used to have on vinyl? I always got the impression that Travis and the vinyl dept kind of flew under HT's radar for a while until they noticed they were losing money there. When HT put a stop to it, Travis seemed to depart very soon after. Anyway, hope he's doing well. He was able to put out some great stuff during his time with HT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Hi guys. I'm alive! I'm still check the board once in a while. I left HT a couple years ago, leaving had nothing to do with the vinyl or lack of vinyl at HT. That was really only a small part of what I did over there but it was definitely my favorite part of the job. Rip, nardes, toxicity and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nardes Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, travis said: Hi guys. I'm alive! I'm still check the board once in a while. I left HT a couple years ago, leaving had nothing to do with the vinyl or lack of vinyl at HT. That was really only a small part of what I did over there but it was definitely my favorite part of the job. We miss you. All your work over the years is definitely appreciated. Edited April 30, 2019 by nardes N8TRU and travis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 1:56 PM, ckraus333 said: It looks like the original location in Lakewood, Ohio closed about a year ago. Not sure if they ever opened another brick and mortar store. https://patch.com/ohio/lakewood-oh/wax-bodega-closing-its-lakewood-store Kyle went into the Air Force, which is why the store closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panties Hank Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 2 hours ago, scottheisel said: Kyle went into the Air Force, which is why the store closed. When he eventually contacted me, he stated that they were moving the inventory to a new store front and would get back to me later that week. Never heard back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecordsandIPA Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 On 4/19/2019 at 11:49 PM, Buffbloom said: Man I miss Travis So do I.. He was always a great help and a fantastic dude!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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