"Just dug through your Discogs, saw you like many of the same musical performance acts as I currently like! Hope you enjoy the Peter Frampton, Santana, and Ambrosia records! That Ambrosia albums is one of my personal favorites!"
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 15 May 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
Bespoke Post will send you, each month, a "Box of Awesome."
At least you can skip a box if you don't like the contents.
― skip, Friday, 15 May 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
fell down a rabbit hole last night researching vnyl and looking up irate customers. it's all very entertaining. apparently this nick alt guy doesn't even half-heartedly apologize to misled customers anymore, blocks anyone who voices polite criticism, and has 4x the fake followers ott does.
― soyrev, Friday, 15 May 2015 05:58 (10 hours ago) Permalink
Dude has a brick & mortar store on Abbot Kinney now what does he care
― a-lo, Friday, 15 May 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
wow, i signed up for VYNL's sister service, FUD, and here was my first shipment!:
http://downtrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ctofis2.jpg
amazing! they really nailed my taste.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 15 May 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
@a-lo have a feeling he will speak up about exactly how much he cares (and how sorry he feels) sometime early next week. but i might be wrong: live recordings
― soyrev, Friday, 15 May 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link
Quoting the owner:
“It fucking sucks when we disappoint our members. We honestly feel incredibly sad when a member doesn’t like what we sent. That sucks for them and also for us. It’s like you just spent all this time planning out what you think is an awesome surprise gift idea for someone and then they can’t mask the look of disappointment when they open it up right in front of you. It’s completely deflating. Unfortunately, this comes with the territory of being a human curated service."
I imagine in the back of his mind he's thinking: "Nailed it! Just got to stay in character, then nobody can call us out! It's all subjective, I'll say. As long as enough r/vinyl or Urban Outfitters type kids keep subscribing we should be just fine."
― Evan, Thursday, May 14, 2015 4:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Evan, Friday, 15 May 2015 17:37 (nine years ago) link
yeah read that, though that was before the article hit and social media blowback really picked up -
https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=vnyl&src=typd
if it continues i think he's gonna crack under all the jeering. or at least when he realizes having a brick and mortar vinyl shop with a name that's mud is maybe not the best life preserver in 2015
― soyrev, Friday, 15 May 2015 17:46 (nine years ago) link
of the competing parody accounts, this one shows the most promise imo
https://twitter.com/Vnylz
"Like Amazon Prime for Vinyls!"
― soyrev, Friday, 15 May 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
I await the next move from VNYL with high expectations.
― austinato (Austin), Friday, 15 May 2015 18:13 (nine years ago) link
PRYMLS
― Mark G, Friday, 15 May 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
TPES
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 May 2015 18:38 (nine years ago) link
still no mention of the hot stamper dude on here...maybe we've talked about him enough already.
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 18:41 (nine years ago) link
http://www.better-records.com/dept.asp?dept_id=14-015-034
― sleeve, Thursday, May 14, 2015 7:45 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Mr. Murphy in the wine bar. (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 May 2015 18:55 (nine years ago) link
oops, okay!
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
i have less of a problem with the hot stamper dude though. the people who buy his 400 dollar eagles records seem to be really happy with what he gives them. so, he is providing some sort of crazy service to crazy people. the vnyl people on the other hand, man, i don't even know what's going through their heads.
― scott seward, Friday, 15 May 2015 19:06 (nine years ago) link
agreed
― sleeve, Friday, 15 May 2015 19:51 (nine years ago) link
Just had a look here. Golden.
― austinato (Austin), Friday, 15 May 2015 19:52 (nine years ago) link
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