Jamie wrote:People are missing the point about repressing the Vault packages. It's not about preserving value or feeling special, it's the fact that I've had to buy things I didn't really want - such as those crappy postcards, ugly t shirts and certain DVDs for example - in order to get the LP that I did want. I did this under the promise that it was the only way to get it, so if they sell them singularly later on that's incredibly shitty. Other people have also scraped money together that they may not have been normally able to spare in order to meet the deadlines, again it's shitty for those people if it turns out that wasn't necessary.
I don't care about devaluation. I play my Icky Thump Mono and I never plan to sell it so technically it's worthless.
Buy the package, keep what you want, eBay the rest, and make your money back. Pretty simple. As long as they don't turn out like the Wanda package, if you sell asap you should be able to recover your costs. Or find someone who is looking for a different piece than the one you want. Decide on a proportional amount to pay, split the cost, and you only end up paying for what you wanted. Also, just go to eBay. Everything other than the first two packages and B-shows are pretty cheap.
"It's not about preserving value or feeling special"-some correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't one main ideas of the vault? To be be able to purchase vinyl that will be rare and never reproduced again? For TMR acknowledging the collecting aspect of the vinyl industry? What would be the point of having the Vault if it wasn't based on those principles?
I do realize that some people struggle to come up with cash to pay for Vault packages, but I find it a bit absurd by how desperate people get to scrounge up some funds to purchase it. Just wait and in time most recent packages can be pieced together at a price lower than the original. I can't see why someone just can't decide not to buy it. Save some money and get it when you are able to. Having that rare 7" now or months from now won't kill you. Maybe, by magic, you'll somehow learn to live without it. I haven't bought the past three Vault package simply because I didn't feel like it. Sure they're badass, but I don't think I'd feel any different if I did have them. I will admit however, if the next package has some Black Belles or DW on it, I will resubscribe asap. All that being said, my main point is if you can't fund the cost of collecting, don't do it. Like we all joke here, it's as expensive as a drug habit. Save yourself the stress of not getting what you can't afford and being around pricks like us.
"There's nothing as reverential as putting on a vinyl album and manually flipping it. You can't fast-forward. You can't pause. More than likely, you are going to let the whole thing play."-Jack White III
thanks for the update and its good to hear from a direct source from TMR.
