Dark matter shipping label printed!

I just want to say that my 10 Club variant is coming thursday and I am ok with that.   I have never had a 10 club release get to my house on release day so I know not to expect it!  I am totally fine with it.  I have spotify and bought a black pressing from my local record store.

I am kind of shocked so many people didn't realize releases have been like this for a long time.  

It feels like people need to get a grip and enjoy it in another format or variant until the 10 club pressing gets here.  I mean is this really a big deal?

Theebs said:

I just want to say that my 10 Club variant is coming thursday and I am ok with that.   I have never had a 10 club release get to my house on release day so I know not to expect it!  I am totally fine with it.  I have spotify and bought a black pressing from my local record store.

I am kind of shocked so many people didn't realize releases have been like this for a long time.  

It feels like people need to get a grip and enjoy it in another format or variant until the 10 club pressing gets here.  I mean is this really a big deal?

I didn’t expect it release day, but the record being shipped on Wednesday, according to the tracking, and not arriving until Tuesday (which is what it sounds like happened for many of us on here, some a little sooner, some even longer) is a ridiculously long time in transit for what we paid for shipping. That seems to be the main complaint. Is it a big deal? No, of course not, just frustrating.

pjalli said:

BF25394 said:

It doesn't reek of greed. They're not Machiavellian. It reeks of disorganization and understaffing. I think they should have had a better plan to get these things out on time, and I'm annoyed that my CDs and LP didn't arrive until Monday, but it's not something sinister.

I'm curious about your reference to listening "properly on vinyl." What did you do for the roughly twenty years from 1990 to 2010 when almost no artists were releasing their albums on vinyl?

Are you new here? We have been buying records from this band from the very beginning. This is the artist that has been consistently releasing on vinyl through all of these years, and they should know exactly what they are doing by now. What happened with this pre-sale is a debacle and pretty offensive to the very people who have been their most loyal fans. As for those saying they didn't ship early because they might be worried about leaks, I find that offensive given the press and insider listening parties they had several weeks ago.

If they are not able to handle this properly then they shouldn't have taken our money months ago. It's 2024, this isn't exactly difficult work. 

Oh and I live in NYC and still no record, tracking now says Thursday but who the fuck knows.

Am I new here? Are you kidding?

What part of "they should have done a better job," which I clearly expressed, are you unable to understand? The issue is about whether it was some sort of sinister plot to sell more records. It wasn't. They weren't rubbing their hands together as the pre-orders rolled in in February thinking, "These suckers think they're going to get this album by April 19. We'll show them, the fools!" Instead, stuff happened. Maybe one of the people on their small staff got sick or had a death in the family two or three weeks ago when this stuff was supposed to be processed. Maybe there was a manufacturing issue. Maybe the shipping company screwed up on the back end. No one here knows. It's totally reasonable to be annoyed about the delay-- I, too, was annoyed until I received my downloads on Thursday night that I burned to a CD-- but this is a small operation trying to get 50,000 items out the door to dozens of countries. It may not be difficult work in your eyes, but it's still a lot of work.

As has also been stated repeatedly, the shipping delays don't only affect vinyl. CDs and Blu-ray discs also were not delivered prior to the release date. It's not about shipping vinyl, unless you think they held back everything else until the vinyl was dealt with, which makes no sense since each format was shipped separately.

You seem to be offended by a lot of things, but you're wasting your energy if you're offended by people speculating as to the reasons why items were not shipped early (i.e., to prevent leaks). There is no actual evidence that this is why items did no go out sooner.

AA295481 said:

This is the first time I ever used Ups tracking for what I ordered from 10C. Today it finally updated. It was strange they sent to a place about an hour or so South of me, then it went to a usps another 1/2 south. There is a UPS hub 1/2 away from me, i found it strange it wasn't sent there.  At this point, I would think USPS would lose $ delivering it to me.  I'm almost sure every Album I ever ordered from 10C starts out at USPS, and is delivered to me via mail.

They’ve been using UPS mail innovations for years now. UPS (very slowly) distributes the orders to a USPS depot near the destination for final delivery. 

jimjam1982 said:

ekwipt said:

jimjam1982 said:

mpedone said:

kmcmanus said:

I know it’s not malice. I know it’s not the end of the world. But when my tracking said Monday 4/22 I was pretty zen, now that’s it’s jumped 5 additional days to Saturday I’m kinda pissed. Especially since nothing so far has made me confident about that Saturday date, for all I know it’ll jump again to Thursday 5/3.

I’m a Mets/Knicks guy who would absolutely have bought the NY one local if I’d known. 
I know, I know, first world problems. But this isn’t “slightly” late anymore.

It's fine to be upset, I'm just curious as to why people are upset at the Ten Club for USPS being slow. Sure, they could have shipped it earlier which might have helped, but once it's in the mail, it's not really their responsibility anymore, is it?

Maybe stop using the government and get a deal with FedEx or UPS or DHL like grown ups. They charge enough.

It is UPS that they use. It’s just the lowest level UPS offers and they distribute the records to local USPS depots for final delivery. Once these get to USPS they’re normally delivered within 1-2 days. The delays we are seeing are with UPS Mail Innovations, not the USPS. 

For 16+ shipping it should be 2 day priority not something UPS pawns off to usps. That is a 10c issue 

It’s a horrible service product and I’ve never understood why any business agrees to use it. 

Still hasn't made it to my local post office yet.   Tomorrow maybe?  Friday?  Who knows at this point.

My 10C red/black is out for delivery today, Southern Illinois.