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Dodgy Online Record Stores (pg. 2)
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| Miss Proximus |
| quote: | Originally posted by barryfigiel
And also, if they were to send you a record in error, how exactly do you prove they sent you the wrong record? Is it a case of they just have to trust you and hope you don't rip them off? |
It's all about marketing strategies sweetie :) |
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| Flowtation |
Its madness!!! I'm not sure of the legal implications, but this has to be illegal, i mean if they are taking original vinyls and pressing copies to sale to the general public this is definitely against the law. Its worth investigating so they don't continue to rip people off!!!. However if this is an innocent mistake on their part, they should be made aware of the fact their suppliers are taking them for a ride. Either way if something is done about it hopefully there standard of service will improve
In reading the whole thread it seems everyone was unhappy with the service they provide but no has mentioned anything about bad quality vinyls or vinyl with incorrect tracks on yet. If anyone has esperienced this they should mention it! I mean you think how many members we have and there friends who buy products from these guys, we must bring them a hell of a lot of business.
Good quality fast service is so hard to find these days:(
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| DJ-Energy |
| anyone knows a good place to buy records that ships to israel chiply? |
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| Narcissus |
I'm a big fan of HMV. I can't list all the things they have done to impress me so far but well.. i'll list a few..
Their new releases are quite cheap upto even 2.99 quids.. i also get a 15% vat refunds and another 10% off using my mate's student id card.. so 25% off every order.
How many vinyls i'd order it's only cost me 10 quids for p&p .. and their packaging is reaally good too.
I've had problem about a missing package earlier and with no argument they just sent it over again.. for free..
etc etc. so if u get a chance to try them out .. i'd really recommend it.
ps: Dj-Energy : Try it out! very cheap p&p as u wanted. |
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| barryfigiel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Narcissus
I'm a big fan of HMV. I can't list all the things they have done to impress me so far but well.. i'll list a few..
Their new releases are quite cheap upto even 2.99 quids.. i also get a 15% vat refunds and another 10% off using my mate's student id card.. so 25% off every order.
How many vinyls i'd order it's only cost me 10 quids for p&p .. and their packaging is reaally good too.
I've had problem about a missing package earlier and with no argument they just sent it over again.. for free..
etc etc. so if u get a chance to try them out .. i'd really recommend it.
ps: Dj-Energy : Try it out! very cheap p&p as u wanted. |
The main prob with HMV, my friend, is that the vinyl they sell is old! They are too far behind to really compete with the likes of www.clubmusic.com, www.deejay.de or www.chemical-records.co.uk etc. Though I suppose if you can get records from them cheaply then that's a good thing. However, I am personally too impatient to wait for HMV- I'd rather pay top dollar to get the new releases as soon as they are available...not 6- 12 months later when the tunes are yesterdays news!
lateRZ,
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| verminator |
1. chemical records <--- WTF???? they dont even have techno.. lol@them
2. yes, htfr do suxx.. a friend of me ordered 2xtechnics 1210 mk3, but they didnt want to send becuase he used his father's creditcard, and they wouldnt believe that he was his son, even though his fathered called them to tell them that everything was correct.
3. as miss p said, only-djs is very good. they deliver very fast, but the bad thing about them (at least for us in norway), is that they charge lots of $$$$$$$ for shipping, but once again they deliver on your door, so that is good
4. juno is best =/
lots of nice 12"'s, and they deliver fast (at least here), and their shipping taxes aint high -_- thumbs up for juno
conclusion: juno & only djs - use these 2 online stores
htfr = suxxxxxxxx
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| Kuffdam |
I only use www.abovethesky.com
Tony the owner is amaizng and very friendly.
The delivery is very quick and price is good.
I stopped buy from Hard to Find after being screwed
to many times for items.
They only read email and on line orders once a week
This sucks.....
DJ Mag gave Above The Sky 5/5 for service
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| thesuperfunk |
Another case of Hard To Afford Records shafting people out of their money! :mad: :eek: :whip:
Somebody should get onto trading standards about them or something, we shouldn't have to put up with this kinda . |
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| Dmatrox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Special_K
I Live for www.djmr.com.
I dont have a credit card but djmr offers Cash on delivery orders if you live in Canada....there Montreal Based. All my orders have arrived in quickly and in mint condition. Nice selection to. |
Er....I bought from djmr 3 or 4 times. Every single bloody time i order, 2/5 records are backordered :whip: and its usually records that i really want. One time i ordered from juno.co.uk and djmr.com the juno records came first :eyes: . Since i live in canada and djmr is in canada.....wtf! So i stoppped ordering from djmr.
Juno has been good with their orders imo.
http://www.theonlinerecordstore.com is also pretty good but have limited selection
http://www.groovetech.com these guys are good and you can actually phone them up and they will get back to you. Good service, descent selection, (my package arrived ONE Day later after it shipped) |
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| dazzed |
well.. I've used HTFR a few times... granted it's really annoying to pay 20$ a record.. but for collection purposes I'll do it at times. I also bought one of their home made records, for way too much. but the quality was good and other than the sleeve being really flimlsy paper I had no complaints.
but my advice to all of you is buy records at a store. its sooo much easier. Have the store order what u want if they don't have it, etc. I use decadance in NYC. they have the best selection and i give dennis (The owner) a weekly list of old records i want.. and he goes to the distributors and digs around for me.. just this week he found me some ancient records (man with no name - teleport is one!!!) and he charges the regular rate for them. 12$, no tax when paying cash (which is only about 1$ more than satellite but you get personal attention). also they do phone orders etc..
i'm telling you guys the way to go is a small record shop..
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| barryfigiel |
SO HAS ANYBODY ELSE HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH A RECORD STORE... IF SO, TELL US!
lateRZ,
barryfigiel |
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| ledge |
The stories you hear about HTFR are truly shocking. How can this company still be in business. I have never ordered from them myself, buta friend has and he had the same nightmare with almost 2 week delivery (to the UK) and two if the six tunes were just illegal bootlegs. Its fine buying a bootleg if they let you know and price it accordingly, but for £12 - £15 you expect the original (after all this is what they say it is)
The most shocking thing I have heard about them is that they have an endless supply of homemade bootlegs of 'Prodigy - What Evil Lurks' @ £100. Everytime they sell one another mysteriously appears on the shelves and the label is just crap quality. Some should tell the DTI about their shocking business practice.
Rant over, I can agree with other board members and highly recommend www.dotvinyl.com they have got it spot on IMO. Fast delivery, massive samples, wicked choice of upfront stuff! I love this place! |
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