Record Store Day Mystery Vinyl

handreads7-30

PJ_Soul said:

Not sure if this was already mentioned, but just wondering if they plan on stopping orders as soon as the requisite number of pairs are bought up, or if they plan on letting us all complete the orders and then just cancel most of them randomly (which would amount to a lottery). I am wondering about the second option just because of the statement about having the right to cancel orders for any reason. I would personally prefer option number two. I like lotteries, and not a huge fan of being an F5 victim. But it looks like the assumption is that we'll just see "sold out" at about 10:03am.

WIth option #2, I was thinking the same thing. I'm cautiously optimistic the majority of us will get through to checkout without hassle at 10 AM, then have our orders cancelled throughout the day as the bundles are assembled, basically making this opportunity to purchase a "lottery".

Regardless, I still love this opportunity to get some out-of-print material at a very reasonable price to listen, feel and experience while knowing that is more likely than not of getting a black Backspacer + 2011 Christmas single.

5 more days!

Blredyellow

301 comments and 11 pages, with everyone worrying, whining and freaking out about something that hasn't even happened yet. Crazy PJ fans!!!

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Blredyellow said:

301 comments and 11 pages, with everyone worrying, whining and freaking out about something that hasn't even happened yet. Crazy PJ fans!!!

Not to mention already making deals based on what they might receive! Lol.

DewieCox

Blredyellow said:

301 comments and 11 pages, with everyone worrying, whining and freaking out about something that hasn't even happened yet. Crazy PJ fans!!!

Hopefully this is letting some steam out of the post mystery sale bitching. I'd like to think that everybody is gonna get a choices piece, whether it's full album or single. I just think the values of the packages are gonna be all over the place so many are gonna feel shortchanged, even if they get their $50 worth.

a5pj

DewieCox said:

Blredyellow said:

301 comments and 11 pages, with everyone worrying, whining and freaking out about something that hasn't even happened yet. Crazy PJ fans!!!

Hopefully this is letting some steam out of the post mystery sale bitching. I'd like to think that everybody is gonna get a choices piece, whether it's full album or single. I just think the values of the packages are gonna be all over the place so many are gonna feel shortchanged, even if they get their $50 worth.

There is going to be quite a bit of complaining of ppl whose orders didn't go through...

pjsteelerfan

a5pj said:

DewieCox said:

Blredyellow said:

301 comments and 11 pages, with everyone worrying, whining and freaking out about something that hasn't even happened yet. Crazy PJ fans!!!

Hopefully this is letting some steam out of the post mystery sale bitching. I'd like to think that everybody is gonna get a choices piece, whether it's full album or single. I just think the values of the packages are gonna be all over the place so many are gonna feel shortchanged, even if they get their $50 worth.

There is going to be quite a bit of complaining of ppl whose orders didn't go through...

I'm not sure it is going to be that fast of a sellout. I could see the board really over hyping this.

demetrios

pjsteelerfan said:

a5pj said:

DewieCox said:

Blredyellow said:

301 comments and 11 pages, with everyone worrying, whining and freaking out about something that hasn't even happened yet. Crazy PJ fans!!!

Hopefully this is letting some steam out of the post mystery sale bitching. I'd like to think that everybody is gonna get a choices piece, whether it's full album or single. I just think the values of the packages are gonna be all over the place so many are gonna feel shortchanged, even if they get their $50 worth.

There is going to be quite a bit of complaining of ppl whose orders didn't go through...

I'm not sure it is going to be that fast of a sellout. I could see the board really over hyping this.

The fact that there's a chance to score a Benny vinyl, it'll sell out fast. But it might throw away many international 10club members when they check out their order. I added a 12" & 7" vinyl in the store & shipping rate was $20.99. That's $70.99 US. So $89.46 CDN. Many might not want to try their luck because of that price.

Though I still believe these Mystery Vinyls will be capped 1 per mailing address. More then 1 shipped to the same mailing address will be canceled.

handreads7-30

In the spirit of continued excitement leading up to Saturday, I threw together a quick spreadsheet with estimated odds assuming you can land one of the mystery packages.

I resorted everything based on PJ vs. Other and tried my best to put things inline with their release time-frame.

Just my $0.02 so take it for what it is worth.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cpe-e6O0pm0WinLlsjbga7H_y6bizXYPc0Gz-aAmyno/edit?usp=sharing

RedMosquito02

AndySlash said:

Sarava said:

This is going to sell out in like 2 minutes, isn't it?

i'd bank on it.

I give it under 30 seconds

MedozK

Yep, Most won't even get it into the cart.

jaykay20

handreads7-30 said:

In the spirit of continued excitement leading up to Saturday, I threw together a quick spreadsheet with estimated odds assuming you can land one of the mystery packages.

I resorted everything based on PJ vs. Other and tried my best to put things inline with their release time-frame.

Just my $0.02 so take it for what it is worth.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cpe-e6O0pm0WinLlsjbga7H_y6bizXYPc0Gz-aAmyno/edit?usp=sharing

Great effort, thanks!

Sarava

As much as I'd like to be excited about this. I have lost out every time there's been something that was an item to sell that would sell out in 1 minute or two.

If I remember right, what has maybe gotten me the last few times is when you hit proceed to checkout. The next page you have to enter your shipping. Hitting continue before the shipping cost shows up puts you in a loop if I remember right. When you do this at a normal time like now, it comes up in like half a second. When the system is lagged, it takes a while. I'll tyr to wait this time and see what happens. This might have affected others as well.

on2legs

I doubt they're going to let all the orders go through and then randomly cancel people. That's way too much work and the complaining would reach epic proportions.

PP193448

Hope I score a vinyl pack. Good luck to everyone. Just remember to log in and order at 10:01a...

Father Hubbard

handreads7-30 said:

In the spirit of continued excitement leading up to Saturday, I threw together a quick spreadsheet with estimated odds assuming you can land one of the mystery packages.

I resorted everything based on PJ vs. Other and tried my best to put things inline with their release time-frame.

Just my $0.02 so take it for what it is worth.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cpe-e6O0pm0WinLlsjbga7H_y6bizXYPc0Gz-aAmyno/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks for this! Looks like almost a 50/50 chance of getting an lp thats still for sale in the shop?

a5pj

Be nice if you could buy it now and then they do a lottery to decide who gets to buy, then charged immediately (kinda like tickets).

But like another poster, hopefully it takes a while like the mystery boxes due to the price. Those boxes hung around for a week or so if I remember right.

benjs

handreads7-30 said:

In the spirit of continued excitement leading up to Saturday, I threw together a quick spreadsheet with estimated odds assuming you can land one of the mystery packages.

I resorted everything based on PJ vs. Other and tried my best to put things inline with their release time-frame.

Just my $0.02 so take it for what it is worth.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cpe-e6O0pm0WinLlsjbga7H_y6bizXYPc0Gz-aAmyno/edit?usp=sharing

I think we're all very, very sick, because I hate to think about how many odds spreadsheets have been created for this (yours and mine included, of course).

The way I see it, it'd be pretty easy for PJ to release exact quantities of how many of each product they have. To know that a product had between five and ten in stock, they'd need to know that there are seven in total. In that case, there's probably a reason they're giving the range - and that's likely to round up where convenient (rare products), and round down where inconvenient (commodity-like products). In that case, I'd guess a game being played, and likely the odds of getting a commodity-like item are greater than even our most conservative estimates, and the odds of getting a rarer item are less than our most conservative estimates.

Going through engineering has left me entirely skeptical about numbers and their true meanings: too often, we think of numbers as 'firm' and 'without bias', but their presentations do change those all the time.

mace1229

As some already said, its about $25 worth of excitement and mystery, and $25 in vinyl for most cases. Most of the vinyl offered can be purchased for $15. And like the previous mystery bundles, I can add up the total cost of the items and they amount to about half of what I paid, and are still for sale on the website.
That being said, I still always sign up. Its worth the extra $25 to know for sure that I didn't get the Benny than to wonder...

HesCalledDyer

mace1229 said:

As some already said, its about $25 worth of excitement and mystery, and $25 in vinyl for most cases. Most of the vinyl offered can be purchased for $15. And like the previous mystery bundles, I can add up the total cost of the items and they amount to about half of what I paid, and are still for sale on the website.
That being said, I still always sign up. Its worth the extra $25 to know for sure that I didn't get the Benny than to wonder...

That's the way I see it!

HughFreakingDillon

on2legs said:

Anyone not going to try for this?

me