#1041

i got 110 pages in and gave up - was up around the £11 mark at that point - i had 24 things in my basket and cut it down to this - not bad for £33 inc. postage

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#1042

@zanimos - for info - I ordered a couple of things from them (one sale, one non-sale) on Sunday… Had no suggestion they’d shipped (or were going to ship, and one of the items went out of stock on their website…) so I sent them a note today asking what the order status was (more in hope than expectation) and I got a shipping notification just now… Hopefully it’ll actually turn up :slight_smile:

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#1043

My problem is I’m A: too patient and B: don’t like making a fuss so I let things lie for ages and get more and more annoyed with both myself and the poor service. And Bleep/Ochre have really taken me for a ride since Christmas with this stuff to the extent I really don’t want to use them anymore. In comparison, I’ve used Norman and Boomkat for other orders and they’ve shipped within a couple of days at most or in some cases, earlier than expected. The worst part for me is Bleep constantly big up new stock on their twitter but absolutely refuse to acknowledge that there have been major dispatch issues beyond a cursory ‘may take X days due to…’ in the order which gets exponentially longer. Glad that they actually dispatched for you once you poked them.

#1044

that’s a shame, i loved Bleep’s digital sale after Christmas but never used them for anything physical

#1045

I’d still use them for digital purchases, but not physical until I know for certain they’ve got their shit together again.

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#1046

I’ve not ordered from them before - usually use Resident (local to me) or Banquet. I was also hesitant to chase, i certainly wouldn’t usually so soon after ordering (esp in the current circumstances!), but I read some reviews after your post here, and it seems like a pretty big issue for them at the minute… I’m very impatient so would just have cancelled if there was going to be a delay.

#1047

I’m not sure what their P&P is like but Temporary Residence Ltd are having a discount day for their 25th anniversary. Code is TRL25 for 25% discount today only.

Home of Eluvium, Mono, William Basinski, Field Works, etc.

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#1048

HMV are doing a 30% flash sale. On vinyl. They’ve upped the prices 40% on most things but you can find a few back catalogue bargains like Marquee moon for a tenner.

#1049

Anecdotally I know a lot of retail warehouse fulfillers have had covid outbreaks, not sure if that was the case with Bleep but might explain why it went really weird over the winter/last year. It’s another conversation entirely about working conditions in these kind of places, but hopefully they’re back to normal now things have calmed down a bit.

#1050

Thanks. Guess I’ll give them until after the bank holiday and then email if I haven’t heard anything.

The record I ordered is pretty obscure so I’m guessing the only copy they had so as long as their stock tracking isn’t messed up hopefully it will be ok.

Norman, boomkat and some of the other independents really do provide an excellent service, I haven’t found anywhere nearly as good here in Italy.

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#1051

Bjork etc bargains

Code: OLIBANKHOLIDAY21

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#1052

Yeah, Covid complications to businesses is a big factor in why I’m willing to wait so long before even tentatively making enquiries. Lack of transparency is still an issue, though.

#1053

100% this. Most of us are decent people and we’re not going to make a fuss if a business tells us there is a delay for an understandable reason. It’s annoying when there is no explanation and they don’t even reply to polite emails (had this recently with Sounds of the Universe when an order took a month longer than it was meant to with no explanation and no response to enquiries).

#1054

It sucks that you’ve had a bad experience with Bleep. Hope that this doesn’t come across as smug or excuse them at all but I thought it would be useful to share my experiences as the current issues seem unusual.

I’ve used them quite a lot and the service has generally been good. There has been delays recently with some of my orders since December-ish. But they have kept me in the loop with the delays and even sent me some vouchers to apologise for these issues. I really hope they acknowledge your delays and do the same for you.

As I say, I hope that this doesn’t come across the wrong way, I’m just hoping that they get their act together as I’ve had pretty good experiences with them to date.

#1055

Neither acknowledgement or apology, and definitely no vouchers, hah. Maybe I don’t order often enough to qualify.

#1056

Do you know if this is still available by any chance?

#1057

Here you go… Vinyl Flash Sale - Use Code: VINYL30 | HMV Store

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#1058

If you can spare the time to sift through all the crap that’s a decent sale. Things priced at £17.99 work out at £14.59 including postage which is a good price.

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#1059

Gutted, it’s sold out now. Thanks though

#1060

15% off everything in stock this weekend at Crash records, Leeds.

Bought a few things from them over lock down and they have been excellent. https://www.crashrecords.co.uk/

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