I think all companies should answer their consumer complaints with a form letter that begins with "It fucking sucks when we disappoint our customers"
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 15 May 2015 19:53 (nine years ago) link
"...and that's why i'm going to ritually disembowel myself right now."
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 15 May 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
Like Fripp & Eno? We think you'll LOVE Loggins & Messina!
It just occurred to me, after reading this satirical tweet, that VNYL is an elaborate operation in IRL trolling.
― austinato (Austin), Friday, 15 May 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link
Twitter Vnylz some good zingers going on. That's one of you, right? C'mon speak up.
― andrew m., Friday, 15 May 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link
Imagining the letter McDonald's would write about the infamous too-hot coffee.
― austinato (Austin), Friday, 15 May 2015 20:02 (nine years ago) link
saw a pro-VNYL dude getting aggro on instagram, saying they were great and fuck the hipsters and he'd never seen foghat in a dollar bin.
― ceres, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:03 (nine years ago) link
Celebrate the life and music of BB King with some gently used Barbara Streisand records! Sign up today using code "BB" and get 3% off! #vibe
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
Why go from yard sale to yard sale searching for that perfect water-damaged Neil Diamond record? For only $15 a month we'll ship you three!
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
― ceres, Friday, May 15, 2015 4:03 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
please lynk
― Evan, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
have the VNYL fans ever been in a record store other than urban outfitters?
― ultimate american sock (mh), Friday, 15 May 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
In a way, bad customer service can be of benefit to a company. It can provide an easy scapegoat in the form of a low-paid phone worker who takes the brunt of the anger and can often use that opportunity to sell the customer on additional services.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 15 May 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
Have the VNYL fans been in a record store?
― austinato (Austin), Friday, 15 May 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
Hipsters ruin everything. Even things that are doomed from the get-go: Hipsters ruined it.
― austinato (Austin), Friday, 15 May 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
http://instagram.com/p/2mMCPnDIo3/
― ceres, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
happy customer right here:
https://instagram.com/p/2pX5a1vDZq/?tagged=vnyl
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link
what is up with the linda ronstadt and mary travers? good for any occasion, i guess...
https://instagram.com/p/2kECKouMlw/?tagged=vnyl
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
level with me, scott, do you have any foghat in a discount bin?
― ultimate american sock (mh), Friday, 15 May 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
pretty sweet looking store...
https://scontent-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11150840_1570216133258817_9016011502914235091_n.jpg?oh=222012ac6a830bf7b6ab1a50a0983199&oe=55D1D6EEp
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
oops...
i'd have to check. i have a two dollar bin near my door. inflation and all that...
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
Good luck. I've never seen one in there in all my years.
― Evan, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
https://scontent-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11150840_1570216133258817_9016011502914235091_n.jpg
anyway, their facebook has pictures...
https://www.facebook.com/getvnyl
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/DaleNibbe/status/598811707562065920/photo/1
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
some of those positive instagram people seem like street teamers...wouldn't doubt it...
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
for sure
― sleeve, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
really hard to distinguish between earnest kickstarter supporters and street teamers
― ultimate american sock (mh), Friday, 15 May 2015 20:48 (nine years ago) link
i wound up on their 'director of product's instagram last night; she is like, 19, and they are all awful. how does this shit happen
― akm, Friday, 15 May 2015 21:05 (nine years ago) link
https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11174899_670693216391539_4597169060904868997_n.jpg
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 15 May 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/tJpElgD.jpg
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 15 May 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link
between this kind of thing and the major labels churning out crappy digital-sourced $30 reissues vinyl is due for its 2nd death any day now. people are so good at ruining fun things.
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
putting Love Beach in my mailbox is like sending someone anthrax
― akm, Friday, 15 May 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link
that big KEEP EM just looks more and more like FUCK YOU to me.
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 21:18 (nine years ago) link
that reminds me, I kinda want a copy of the J. Geils record, I should check my local thrift store
― sleeve, Friday, 15 May 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
it's a good album
― akm, Friday, 15 May 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link
You actually don't need to leave the house to get one now
― Portugal minus Pedro Foster Cage (Spectrist), Friday, 15 May 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link
#keepem sounds an awful lot like "eh, keep 'em, i certainly don't want 'em"
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 15 May 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link
the 2nd death of vinyl cannot come soon enough
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 15 May 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
i even hate that word "vinyl" and all the fetishism it implies
they're just records, man. in whatever format.
saw a pro-VNYL dude getting aggro on instagram, saying they were great and fuck the hipsters and he'd never seen foghat in a dollar bin.Hipsters ruin everything. Even things that are doomed from the get-go: Hipsters ruined it.― austinato (Austin), Friday, May 15, 2015 1:15 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― austinato (Austin), Friday, May 15, 2015 1:15 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"I've never seen Andres Segovia or Foghat in a bargain bin in all my years, TBH." I've never seen them in free boxes, my grandma's attic, a church flea market or in a goddamn dumpster either. But those are all very likely places to encounter these records.
― SCHLITZ MIXED BAG (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 15 May 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
someone needs to start working on a way to turn old linda ronstadt records into fuel.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 15 May 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
i think that's what neil young's been working on all these years.
― tylerw, Friday, 15 May 2015 21:48 (nine years ago) link
a glimpse into one of my two dollar rock sections. to be fair, when people buy stuff i tell them to take a couple of two dollar records on the way out...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMC94VXDla0
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
(having said that, i sell a LOT of two dollar records...)
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
Scott what are some of the shitty digital-sourced reissues? I wasn't aware of this trend but I'm not surprised either I guess
― SCHLITZ MIXED BAG (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 15 May 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
lots of new vinyl is sourced from CD or digital files! probably most of it.
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
I guess unless it makes some claim otherwise assume it's digitally sourced
― SCHLITZ MIXED BAG (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 15 May 2015 22:21 (nine years ago) link
presuming good playability, the Graham Parker, Polecats & Laura Nyro jumped out as good bargains.
― Vic Perry, Friday, 15 May 2015 22:26 (nine years ago) link
#vibes
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 15 May 2015 22:28 (nine years ago) link
i'm still loling at the #danceparty peter paul and mary jamz
― ceres, Friday, 15 May 2015 22:39 (nine years ago) link