From Mxyzptlk Sent Sun, Apr 26th 1998, 18:09
From Mxyzptlk Sent Sun, Apr 26th 1998, 18:09
martin burbridge wrote: > Geoffrey Elgey wrote: > > > > G'day, > > > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Boffin <xxxxx@xxxx.xxx> > > > > Anybody hear of this On-line record store called "iVMS". I ordered > some > > really rare stuff from there...almost too good to be true items. Of > course > > they didn't have them in stock, and I'm only receiving the Plaid EP > (3.51 > > UKP). Anybody have any experience with them? Did anybody get what > they > > wanted? > > --------------------------- > > > > If it's too good to be true, it usually is :-) > > > > I've used iMVS before - about 90% of what I order eventually (after > about 3 > > months) gets cancelled as is 'deleted by manufacturer' :-( They even > had an > > Atom Heart CD listed at UKP1.35 once - but of course it never showed > up. In > > fact, I just got a message from iMVS today saying that a title I > ordered > > back in December is 'deleted'. > > > > Cheers, > > Geoff > > this seems to be a common ploy - albumsup also springs to mind - of > luring punters w/ rarities, and only supplying the easily available > stuff. i think it stinks. try 'em out first, order one of the hard to > gets *and nothing else*, sit back and wait. even if they're only slow > in > removing deleted or unavailable items from they're site what is that > gonna tell you about the rest of they're service. 5 months for a > reply!! > if you want reliable supply, and delivery w/in a couple of days to a > week, and genuine supply of ltd and hard to get items, you can't go > too > far wrong w/ modern music and bent crayon. you know it makes sense. > this > wa not a paid commercial. > > thanx > -martin A hearty second to all that was written above, with the addition of David Hodgson's Playing By Ear thrown in (xxx@xxxx.xxx). Once in a GREAT while these places can come through with the unexpected (e.g., I got "Pentamerous Metamorphosis" from imvs last December), but for the most part you'll be waiting in vain and wind up disappointed. Even big places from which you wouldn't expect this kind of thing ( e.g.,cdnow) do it. I'm still waiting to hear something on the oders I've placed for "Bel Air" and "A User's Guide" - and the only reason I went there was because I've tried a lot of other places w/ no luck) You'll find Coldcut's JDJ on a few sites which can't get it as well. It doesn't hurt to try if you do it with a 40 lb. bag of salt on hand (as opposed to the proverbial grain), but generally if it can be gotten, pj, John c. or David will have it and get it to you with the service you're looking for and more. Never been disappointed by these three. jeff -- dancing/about/architecture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ 904008